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Show THE HOME RULE BILL. IT PASSES THE HOUSE LAST MGHT BY 164 TO 41. Washington Speaks for the Measure The Debate on the Question and Details of the Vote.- . Washington, July 9. The home rule bill passed the house last night by a vote of 164 to 41. Th e republicans filibustered as much as possible against the measure but 'the speaker was with the majority and the measure was rushed through. At ten minutes after five Chairman Washington called up the bill, a point of order was made that tha hour for doing business had expired under the rules at 5 o'clock and that a recess should be taken until 8 o'clock. The speaker referred the question to the house which decided by a vote of 160 ayes to 31 nays to continue. The bill was then read after which Paine of New York moved an adjournment while Taylor of Ohio amended by moving a recess until 8 o'clock. The speaker declared the latter motion out ! of arder. Paine called for the yeas and nays and was defeated by a vote of 13S to 34. The republicans refused to vote in an attempt to break a quorum but a call of the roll showed 168 present, one more than necessary. Ex-Speaker Reed and Julius C Burrows indulged in some remarks on parliamentary law, after which tellers were demanded, aud 168 members were harvested outside tho re-'publiean re-'publiean members. At 6:30 o'clock the chair apportioned the thirty minutes' debate on the measure to Hon. J. D. Washington and Mr. Perkins of iov.a. Mr. Washington stated that he did not Care to debate the matter, but reserved his time, for which he was made a target for ex-8reaker Reed, who denounced his conduct as, shameful, and said a bill of over one hundred pages should be explained at least- .Mr. Perkins of Iowa then took the floor and said that it was proposed to create a condition never before'hsard of in the his-torjfOf his-torjfOf United States. Tke proposition is not for statehood, and I would much prefer pre-fer to vote here today for the admission of Utah as J 6 late than vote for this bilL The purpose is not to establish a closer relation with the federal government, but to ; sever the relations that already exist. It is proposed here under the suspension ol- the rules and under the whip to determine the contention that has been existing for a period of forty years between the Mormon church 'and the government gov-ernment of the United States. The prediction predic-tion of one of the bishops of that church is being verified "In the course of time wo will have a political party who will unite with us for the purpose of the reward we can offer." Not until September, 1898, was there any pretense on the part of the chureh of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints that there was any abandonment of the teaching of polygamy. In December, 1891, when the amnesty petition, pe-tition, f the church was filed with the prey-dent prey-dent of the-United States; there was a confession con-fession thafr for forty years the church had been in rebellion against the o.rerntnent of the United States. InOtay of last year the people out there, organized under 'the dtnn-' dtnn-' mation of the church in Utah, abandoned formally In a day any idea of maintaining their old part. The recard of tho vota 'since that time shows that the church is as eom-.pact eom-.pact a body as ewer before. Njbw it is proposed pro-posed to relieve the territory of Utah of "any -control or dictation on the part of the United States and to turn the government of affairs completely into toe Hands or the Mormon church. 1 say it is an outrage on our civilization; it is an outrage on the Christian spirit of this country; it is an outrage on the gentile population of that territory, who have f amed passession of Salt Lake and Ogden. t turns tkejn over completely to the-domination ef this chureh power. It is proposed here to establish and recognize a theocracy; and that is said to be in harmony with the interests ef, that country, while both democrats demo-crats and republicans in the territory who are not mormons are protesting against this action. I say that we should have a crop of American civilization in the territory of Utah before we break down these barriers we have upheld for so many years against that people. , I am willing and anxious at ; any time and the minority of this committee have signified on its vote its willingness to admit Utah to statehood in this government whenever the good of Utah and these states will warant,-not bafors. So now we come to the proposition of abandoning the contest con-test we have made and turning the government gov-ernment completely over to the hands of these people, debarring ourselves from any interference. Tn renlv Mr. Washington said: Mr. Sneak- er, just one statement, and then, so far as this sidorts concerned, we are ready to vote. I was astonished to hear my Colleague on the committee state that this bill changed the condition of affairs in Utah so as to turn the entire control of the territory over to the mormon church. There is nothing in the bill that can accomplish that end. This bill simply allows the people of fhe territory of Utah, fu addition to their legislature and the officers who they now under the law elect, to choose their executive officers and some seven or eight judges to comprise the supreme su-preme court. These judges are to have control con-trol of such matters only as originate in the territory between citizens of the territory. There is to be a United States district judge over the territory of Utah, only ome instead of four as at present, but that one is to have all the authority to en-force the laws of the United States against polygamy and all o'ther offenses civil and criminal that is now possessed by the four. The Edmunds-Tucker law will be in as full force and e fleet after the passage of this bill as it has been ever since its enactment in 1S82. This is simply a democratic measure to give a community which has been unjustly un-justly branded for years the right.to control its local affairs, and the opposition to this bill comes only from those who believe that these poor people who have gone thousands of miles into the , desert and made it to blsssom as a rose are supposed to be democrats. dem-ocrats. What is the reason and the only reason f the opposition? No democrat came before be-fore the committee on territories to protest against this bill, not one. One man ap---peared who claimed to be a democrat, but he went to Chicago and demanded admittance admit-tance to the National convention. As the. demand was refused he called himself a littoral. Speaker Reed spoko against-the bill which" thex&rassed. . |