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Show THE IDAHO ADMISSION BILL. The Herald published yesterday as a special telegram a portion of the discngenuons speech of Congressman Congress-man Mansur of Missouri on the Idaho admission i bill. The debate on the bill, reported favorably to the house by a majority of tho committee, commenced Wednesday, with the galleries galle-ries well filled with interested listeners lis-teners who sat patiently through the four hours hearing. Thecorrespobdent of tho Herald says: "The aflinuative side of the question was argued by such second-rate men an Horsey Hor-sey of .Nebraska, Dubois of Idaho, and Peters of Kansas. The democrats on the other hand were such brilliant orators as Mansur of Missouri, Chip-man Chip-man of Michigan, and Smith of Arizona." Ari-zona." ... . Mansur, the "brilliant orator," oppressed, op-pressed, it would seem, by the lack of good material to sustain his side of the question on its merits alone, indulged in special pleading upon a side issue and in appeals to the fears of mere poli- ucians. uc uraggeu into me debate a statement of parties in Boston, "That the relation of Catholics toward our government is similar to that of Mormons who have taken the oath of the endowment house." On-this statement, the "brilliant" "bril-liant" pleader built his airy castle talk against the admission of Idaho as a State. To the cowardly politician who would sacrifice principle rather than risk his craving desire for office, this unfair appeal to sectarian zeal .will possibly have the force of legitimate argument. ar-gument. By reference to our telegraph columns it will be seen that the bill passed yesterday yes-terday by a vote of 129 in favor and one, Mr. Buckalcw, opposed. With this exception, ex-ception, the democrats refrained from voting. The speaker counted the democrats demo-crats present in making up a quorum, and upon th's ruling it is proposed to test the constitutionality of the rules as construed by the speaker. |