Show f II 11 am FUND T will le be restore restored Ke stored 0 by uncle sam ME J ACTION the house decides to return what properly belongs to the church I 1 D 0 oct 5 15 special to tribune bune delegate cawlina yves was a i happy man this after afternoon noo near the close of tho the mornine hoar boar chairman batea OR tea 0 oi 1 the judiciary committee called up ibe joint resolution of 0 delegate raw i una ins to the the in es eE cheated personal nal property now in the hands of the re t beiver with the bill as introduced tie he reported an amendment excepting aiom its operation funds arising from the sale of real estate since march 3 issa iless rs barrows and hopkins rallied raised a point ot of order that the bill should be causi considered dered in committed commit tea teo of the whole on od the ground that it contemplated turning over funds of the united states to private individuals and representative oates gates replied stating the facts in the case and giving it as his opinion that the united states had no claim whatever upon the funds affected by the tap bill mr oates seemed unable to make his point clear ta the satisfaction of either the speaker or representative hopkins Hop kina and delegate rawlins took the floor to explain the situation mr rawlins stated that he ha had bad been one of the attorneys of the united states in the suits and that the question involved was simply the dispo disposition altion of an amount of personal property now in the hands bands of a receiver rec eivar lor jor which the edmunds tucker act had made no specific provision he stated that the supreme court of the territory of utah had decided that polygamy poly eamy amy had bad been giyen given uv and chief justice zane the ablest jurist who had ever sat on the bench of the territory had bad delivered an opinion buting ati ting that this personal property ought to go ge back to the organization which slone coald devote it to the uses fo for which it had been intended by the original donors today said mr i rawlins the church is ia tripped stripped pred of its ita property and elezy one a admits that it has given up polygamy he concluded conlu ded DV saying that while it was eminently proper for congress Jon greas to lay its ita heavy hand on the church while it was violating the law of tha chaland th land aland it was when it had bad complied with the requirements ot of the law aw to oro acute it he made a very stong a appeal for a restoration of the funds unda in dispute stating that hat t the church was heavily in debt owing notes to private which it could not meet and that the restoration of its obligations another comloquoy coHo collo quoy then ensued between mr hopkins and mr rawlins with reference to the point whether property in the hands of ii ft receiver appointed by the united states was not in effect for the timo time being united states property after which representatives senta tives ray of new york and broderick of cansas spoke in favor of the measure at this point the morning hour expired mr rawlins appealed meat earnestly to the house to vote upon the till bill before taking up the order ot of bu business sineas and asked ked for unanimous consent lor for that purpose burrows aud and hopkins both stated that they were satisfied that the he t feln point t of order would not noi bs be against the measure mea sura and unanimous consent having been obtained obtain edthe the amendment to I 1 the bill was first ad adopted adoo booted ted and then the bill itself was passed without division the joint resolution will now await ita to return in the senate where there is every reason to believe that it will be vasgen as soon boon as it can bo be considered by that body |