Show I THE CLAIMS OF UTAH y Hon John T Caines Speech Concluded 1 I I DELEGATE DUBOIS PROTESTS JudgeAdvocate Swaim ConsulGen eral SowallF PortauPrince The Indian Commissioners WASHINGTON January 17The hearing hear-ing on the claims of Utah to be admitted admit-ted as a State was continued by the Senate committee on territories Delegate Del-egate Caine of Utah who began an argument in favor of admission yesterday yester-day continued his attempt He said there was a belief that PRIESTLY INFLUENCE would dominate the State that the Mormon people were subjected to ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical tyranny and that part of a shrewdly devsed scheme is organized with efforts to accomplish the overthrow over-throw of the majority and the elevation to power of the minority and the doctrines of the church would be proclaimed pro-claimed and insisted upon because of the dissatisfaction with the civil and political powers There was nowhere to be found a body of people so generally gener-ally intelligent and wellinformed whose natural tendency was independence inde-pendence of thought He took up the published statements of Governor West L and said he hoped the committee would not believe such twaddle What right had any one to apply A KELIGIOUS TEST to the people of the Territory seeking the privileges of statehood to which j they were entitled They were American i Ame-rican citizens of the United States and had presented a constitution Republican Repub-lican in form prohibiting polygamy and providing penalties against transgressors trans-gressors of the fundamental law andS and-S making the union of church and state impossible b DELEGATE DUBOIS Delegate Dubois Idaho then addressed ad-dressed the committee in opposition to its admission He said statements have bEen made which were calculated to mislead in regard to the sentiments of commnniiijs adjacent to Utah and in compliance with the wishes of his own Territory he desired to address the A committee There were about 15COO t Mormons in Idaho and there was not no-t difference between them and those in Utah He dwelt on the difficulty of securing convictions of Mormons that practiced polygamy in that part of the Territory in which the Mormons were settled He said in his judgment onethird of the adult Mormons in Idaho were in polygamous relations He submitted a few remarks I in regard to the civil power of the Church Ho said his Territory was A very much concerned in the issue of the ill question of Statehood for Utah which 1 would mean polygamy formally in J trenched In conclusion he presented d a memorial from the Idabo Legislature unanimously opposing the admission of Utah as a State TO BE FIEST PARDONED Judge Advocate David G Swaim under sentence of suspension from C duty appeared before the army retiring retir-ing board for examination for retirement retire-ment in obedience to an order by the Secretary of War Swaim stated that he had requested the President to restore re-store him to his former status after which he would be willing but he did not care to be examined before being I pardoned The physicians stated before t be-fore the board that he had indications of kidney disease which which would unfit him for active duty but asked for more time for further investigation General Grosvenor who was at the court martial and who has looked after his clients inters ever since the conclusion of the treaty said today that the order directing General Swaim to appear before the board and be examined ex-amined for treatment is made at General Gen-eral Swaimd request and with his full concurrence Friends considered it so far as it had in view the remission ot the court martial sentence and the generals retirement on half pav as in the best interest of General Swaim COHSILGENEEAL SEWALL The examination of Sewall consul general at Samoa by the Senate committee com-mittee was practically concluded but heis held here to await the printing tf his testimony when he may bo called upon to modify some points tugcested by the reading of it Sewall is deeply ft interested in the Samoan situation and is anxious to return to his post but is more anxious that the people of the United States should arouse themselves to an intelligent appreciation of the importance im-portance of maintaining the independence indepen-dence of the island in order that this government maintain its interest there THE BLOWERS Representatives of the Glass Makers 1 Convention which has been in session I were before the Senate finance committee commit-tee arguing that the duties proposed by the Senate tariff bill were too low FOR PJRTAUPRINCE The question as to where the United States steamer Atlanta is to go isHettled at last Orders have been issued to her commander Captain Howard to proceed < pro-ceed in her at once to PortauPrinoe report to Rear Admiral Luce commanding com-manding the North Atlantic station now on board the Galena The Atlanta will sail from New YorkBaturday morning morn-ing The United States steamer Galena 1 returns to the United States on being elieved by the Atlanta and tho commander com-mander of that vessel will be in command com-mand of the naval forces in Hayti I waters Nothing has been heard from o 5i t 5il 1 h u > < j t ianlw < c the United States sfeamer Ossippee since she sailed from Norfolk but it is thought at the Navy Department that she has arrived at PortauPrince before be-fore this time INDIAN COMMISSIONERS The board of Indian commissioners held their annual meeting today Resolutions were adopted deprecating the changes of Indian officials for partisan par-tisan reasons and urging the extension of the civil service system to the Indian In-dian service opposing the removal of timber from reservations where they are settled and are making progress toward to-ward civilization urging tho passage of bills for the relief of the Mission and Round Belly Indians in California and for the payment of the expenses of the Indian court asking for liberal appropriations appro-priations for carrying out the land in severalty act that immediate steps betaken be-taken for the industrial education of all children and demanding that the sacred sa-cred obligations of treaties be regarded re-garded in all negotiations with the Indians In-dians TAXING IMMIGRANTS A minority report was offered by the committee on contract labor that a 5 tax shall be imposed upon all immigrants immi-grants Chairman Ford proposed an additional section to the bill which has been prepared to give effect to the views of the committee and contemp lates the expulsion of all aliens who do not iutend to become citizens This met with some opposition and it was resolved to present the proposition to the House as an independent move insnt TUB NICARAGUA CANAL A dispute having arisen between Nicaragua Nic-aragua and Costa Rica in retaliation to the site of the proposed Nicaraguan Canal the American minister to Guatt mala some time ago was instructed to use his good offices to bring about an understanding between the two governments govern-ments The following dispatch was received re-ceived from him at the Department of State today A convention between Nicaragua and Costa Rica to arbitrate the question offecting tne Nicaraguan Canal was signed for the 10th The President of the United States is named as arbitrator THE VICEritESIDENT ELECT VicePresident elect Morton and wife arrived in Washington on the limited express from New York this afternoon and are stopping at the Hotel La Normandie A VETO The President returned to the Senate without approval the bill to pay 38 i 000 to William D Wheaton and Charles H Chamberlain for many years prior to 1879 register and receiver of the land office at San Francisco The two officers were required by an order issued July 1st 1877 to turn thereafter into the Treasury certain fees they had prior to that time re tamed February 18 1879 they were allowed two clerks and the President says it is proposed upon the theory that the clerks were employed to do the work for which tbe fees were formerly allowed to reimburse the I officers for the amount paid for clerk hire between the time of their retention and the fees were stopped and the time the chrks were authorized to be employed and paid out of the public treasury The President Pres-ident says the officers had notice that such employment and payment would not be approved government and it reads I am decidedly of the opinion that the relation of duties and obligations obliga-tions of subordinates in the public employment em-ployment should be clearly defined and strictly limited They should not be permitted to judge of the proprietary or necessity in incurring expenses on behalf of government without authority author-ity much less in the disregard of orders or-ders Yet tnere are cases where money is paid for the benefit of the public services by officers which although al-though not authorized ought in equity to be reimbursed If the present case was one of equity a verfiod statement ought to be made out showing the exact ex-act anount expended by the beneficiaries benefici-aries from their private funds and the amount found paid allowed Such a statement nownere appears and the I Presiden t thinks the beneficiaries should be required to establish the amount paid out before a reimbursement is made I1IPOETAHT DECISION The secretary of the Interior rendered ren-dered a decision in the case of James K Martin guardian of Calvin James I and the city of Cheyenne Wyo vs Frances Nolan The land involved lies near Cheyenne and is used for waterworks water-works The decission sustains that of the CommissionerGeneral of the Land Office rejecting Nolans preempfion application but leaves the claim of Cheyenne undetermined SENATORS STANFORD and Stewart argued before the Senate finance committee in favor of the removal re-moval of the internal revenue tax on fruit brandy THE WOOL TARIFF Senator Sherman proposed the following follow-ing amendment to the bill which the manufacturers now have under consideration consid-eration and will express their opinion on behalf of the committee tomorrow and paragraph 3144 is to read as follows fol-lows On wool of the first and third classes which shall be imported washed shall ba twice the amount of duty to which they would be subjected as unwashed The duty upon wools of the second class which shall be imported im-ported washed shall be 5 cents per pound in addition to the duty which they would be subjected as unwashed un-washed Washed wools are defined to be such as are washed in cold water on the back of sheep The duty on wools of all classes which shall be imported scoured shall be three times the duty to which they would be subjected if imported unwashed which wools imported shall contain less than 12 per cent than the weight thereof Yoke dirt grease or other foreign substance sub-stance or matter shall be classified as scoured wool and pay ra duty accord r t < ingly Before they left the room f some of the manufacturers asserted such an amendment meant a practical destruction destruc-tion of their industry and that as against it they would work for free wool |