Show church fui arfa th house bill supplementary to the ct of march in reference to bigamy was taken up it provides that all fauda and property lately belonging to the mormon church shall be devoted to the use and benefit of the common of utah territory Terri ory bailer offered an amendment devoting to the funds to the endowment of institutions of learning in utah and for that purpose turning them over to the board of education of the church of jesus of day saints subject to regulations to be approved by the president of the united states and not to be used in teaching or propagate pro ing polygamy mr edmunds in charge of the bill opposed the amendment voorhees ea estimated that edmunds was in too great a hurry to get at the re aulta of litigation not yot concluded with that litigation still undecided in the supreme court of the united he though this was not a proper time to decide where the fruit af pf litigation should go butler also argued that the proposed legislation was premature teller also favored a delay if the mormon church could nee the money for proper and right purposes the mormon church ought to have it that was the plain ethics of the matter Butler 3 amendment wis defeated yeas 9 nays 24 the nine affirmative were i iven by bates berry butler call coke harris teller and vance all the negative votes but ope payne niven by be publicans public ans there was no quorum but butler in kiev of thia vote withdrew ahe amendment voorhees moved to postpone the bill until the tuesday in decem bey edmunds opposed the motion he said the bill did not effect the property oro perty at all until after the supreme court dispose of everybody bights public and private Voorhees motion waa not agre ed to yeas 20 nays 25 the bill was then passed without division there were some formal amend menta made to it which will require a conference morrill moved to proceed to consider aaion of the senate bill to establish an educational annd and apply the pro ceede of public lands and receipts from certain land grant railroad companion to a more complete endowment and eup por of colleges for the advancement of science and industrial education cation jt ras taken up b ut abon went over without action |