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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - December 6, 1899, Mitchell, South Dakota Mitchell daily Republican. Volume ii Al ii. South Dakota wednesday. December it it Ihm numb a Secretary Gage a annual report transactions of the fiscal year of unusual magnitude and importance. Surpassed Only in the �?T60s revenues mid expend ii urea 1 Hoo and i too and estimated Lor i of i National Banks Reform. 5 Vashii Igloo Dee. 6.�?the annual ice sort of the Secretary of the Treasury shows that the revenues of tile government from All sources for the Fis a a ii year. Ended june 30. I Sot were it 10,1 a 2,004. The internal Revenue a elder i a it .1,437,161 Eustolis. $206 >.4>1. The profits on coinage Bullion deposits. Etc., were $4,016,533 tax a i National Banks. $1,912,411 sales of j i lie lands $1,678,246 sales of lug ii lands $1,476,175 tax on Seal it ins and rent of Seal islands. $1,116. A a the receipts from the postal or ice were $05,021,364. The expenditures were $700,093,564. I lie civil establishment expenses were it u,<i79,6r5 military establishment $229,41.254 naval establishment. $63.- .2,104 pensions. I o,39-929 inter to on Public debt 30.k06.205 postal service $103,232,054. I ii deficit w As $9&Quot. I 11,560. I addition to the revenues collected the Cash in the Treasury was increased $204,005,314 by the Sale of 3 per cent i minds $108,678,720 and from National Bank funds deposited in exit Quot of Bank note Quot redeemed. $5,324,234. The securities redeemed on account to the inking fund amounted to $31, $1,700,147 Over the previous rear. I in in seipts in flit same period were $ >7,-581.040. A the grease of $l0.426,s94. By september 30 the continued demand i for these coins carried the total in circulation to $68,755,243, the highest amount Ever reached. Similar activity in the Call for subsidiary Silver coins j of which the Treasury received $36,-j 503,1 of Aud paid out $40,19 s,.375 during i the same period gradually reduced a the Treasury holdings until a1 the j close of the year univ $6,070,497 remained on hand. In the ensuing three months a continuance of the demand a decreased the Treasury a to $2,477.-571. The amount estimated to be in i circulation on the nth of september for i w As $74,045,762. Increased of Gold. In the aggregate operations of the Treasury the receipts of Gold in i Quot of amounted to 37.a per cent of the whole and the disbursements to 35.37. co flared with 10.03 and ll>3 respectively in &Quot. Poi the Quarter ended a september. The percentage of Gobi receipts was .s., and of tin disbursements 35.2. While Large a part of the business was transacted in gel l Ami while Large additions were made to the Coin in outside circulation and Are estimated to have reached $702,060,439 on i Nix i. I Suo tin Wold holding Quot of the treasure have exceeded All previous records both in the aggregate Ami in the net amount above outstanding Gold certificates. On september 30 the Gross amount of Gold Coin and Bullion in the Treasury was $353,002. Ami the not $251.32v 821. The maximum net Gold a Quot $25\-081,565 on october 12. The highest previous records for the end of any month were $332,551,306 and $21 &Quot.253. Re . The former in september and the latter in March. a. The Gross on october 31 was $379,817,316. The receipts and deposits of Bullion at mints and assay offices including redeposit aggregated $254.302,"56. Of which $221.im.5 o was Gold and $ .3,-20&Quot,325 Silver. Imports and exports Lorn billed being in iv7a Bot f>2\73u. Ith. While those of 1$w were ll.824.171.thi. Aud seem Likely ill the a year i to pass the two billion Dollar j line ibis remarkable growth has teen chiefly on the Side of exports the imports of Isva Benny but no per cent in excess of those of Hoo while the Export of Are 212 per cent greater Titan those of i he this comparison of the increase in our imports Anil exports scially in Tei Sling when considered in connection with the growth of population the population in 1x7 1 Nas 55s.37 and that Iii in it estimated by the Actu in of tile Treasury at 76.14$."�> it will be Quot ecu that while the population frn 1"79 to in has i doubled that imports Nave increased but Ca per cent and the exports 212 per cent showing tic rapid increase in the capacity of die citizen of the United state Quot to Supply his own requirements and to contribute to those of other parts of the world file average importations per capita in Stu Waie mind in i it. A it 15. the average exports per capita in Uto Wen Ila it and in to 12 in other words the exports per capita a per cent greater than in 1x70. Gratifying record. In exportation the record of the fiscal year Especial ii Gratifying. The phenomenally Birk Ltd exports of Quot due Iii a considerable degree it was be i Leveil. To the shortage of crops Iii other parts of the worlds and the consequently Large demand and High Prim enjoyed by tile producers of tile United states seemed to justify the expectation that the year in with Ivun Tufui crops in other parts it the world and the consequent fall in prices and in a Maud upon the i noted Blate Waul Tali partially tie Low in a in it Quot expert a pet Aton has not imports of the fiscal v i4.4v�.c> be w to products. A was exp the plentiful Supply of Roberts Garred from the House mormon congressman elect excluded pending an investigation Resolution adopted 302 to 30 Roberts makes no ebullient Pica Iii his own behalf l a i r anti Richard Quot i talk pit anti i Tut. I a a i hat this Neil. The i it Wen 1x98 agr cult cute i by reason food stuffs Abr. But Washington. Dec. 6. After an interesting debate for three hours tin House bin a vote of Dill to 30 carried the Resolution offered by or. Taylor. A if Ohio in the appointment of a special com in it tee to investigate charges against Brigham la. Roberts tile mormon representative elect from Utah. Previously the House reject Ell a Stile Quot finite Resolution offered by or. Richardson. The Leader of the minority to allow or. Hobe of Quot to in sworn in and Felt off in exportation from $x5."ti$3.57f Iii Lxi to $784,775,142 in in and formed but 65 18 in r cent of the total against 7�.54 or cent in in forming a smaller percentage of our total exports than in any year since ix7ti. The fact that our total exports continue far alive those of any earlier year excepting a. In the face of this reduction in agriculture ports especially interesting and restive. Of the Otto i class. Of pro. Exported those of the mines t he four to Send flu commit tee. Fion. However cd the full lie cae to the judiciary ibis substitute retrofit by no Means comma mimic rat in strength. Only nil the certain it Asherien her peril exp Agnel ests Cal Mil. Forma. A Xii exportation fast users to crease win exports up ure Ahi port in that of much a1 a1 to a no great in the Hist therefore list look i a pm the to r to r our ainu a in to a to in or Aesi adv the same Tig kept the total of our exit Lea i ii the Sam in figure to Lineal Yea i Iraggi Hills compared a it i the fiscal year of i"98. The receipts of i"99 increased $ 11�>.64 &Quot.0.50. The principal items being internal Revenue $102,536,520. Customs $.>,553,419 and postal service $6,008.-7 5. There was a net increase of $161.-703.579 that in the civil establishment being "j2.67o.75o. War establishment $1 u."49.254. The naval establishment $5, ii Quot. 120. Indian service >1. "11.043. In Teresi a Public debt "2.311."ii&Quot. There was a decrease of $&Quot.057,439 on account of pensions. for 1900-1901. The revenues of the government for the current fiscal year Are estimated upon the basis of existing Laws to be >649,958.112, Ami the expenditures $�?�1 9,95&Quot.j12 a surplus of >49.000.099. The revenues for 1991 Are "607.77 3-253. And the estimated appropriations required exclusive of sinking fund Are &Quot>"5."53.448 tin estimated deficit of $18,080, i 94. It believed however thai Congress will be Able to reduce the estimate to such a Point will bring the expenditures within the estimated revenues and leave a fair and substantial margin for surplus. The transactions of the fiscal year were of unusual magnitude then to Ordinary receipts having been exceeded in any like period but once in i "03.1 "64 Ami i"05. Inclusive of the amounts involved in the Issue and redemption of Bonds notes and certificates. Tile Gross receipts were $1,058.-151.349. And the Gross expenditures $946,222.14&Quot. There was. In consequence an addition of $92,229,191 to the general Treasury Iva la Nee. Which i increased from $775,751,36$ to >67,-10.559. These operation were conducted through the offices of the treas c it Henage of Silver. Silver Bullion purchased for coinage of subsidiary Silver aggregated 4 20.-737.27 Tine ounces costing $235,220. I lie total coinage executed during the year was $116,855,676 Gold it j a Quot 177 . Silver Dollar $18,254,709, subsidiary Silver $9,466."77. Minor >956,910. I he total coinage of Silver dollars from Bullion purchased Limiter the aet of july 14. I Quot no. From August 13. I "99 to july i. I"99. Was $97,005,966, containing 73.02,051."i Fine ounces costing $71,195,539, giving a Seirio Iago of $23,810,426. Tile balance of Silver Bullion on hand at the mints for the coinage of Silver dollars subsidiary Silver Coin Quot and for payment of deposits of Silver Bullion in Fine i kits. July i 199 was 94.62&Quot,i"2.67 Fine ounces costing it it .-515.897. The total Mealii Stock in the i Iii Ted states on july i 1899, was i in us <962. 65,505 Silver. S693.2>6,7 3. The amount of Public moneys held by the Bank depositories on june 30, i99. Including funds to the credit of the treasurergeneral account and United state Quot disbursing officer Quot w.->76.j&Quot. 5. An increase since j me jul. J "9$, in amount of holding Quot of a it 7,5 9.-36&Quot. It it of tile Bank depositories nearly 200 were specially designated to hold funds Dej it Teil therewith temporarily and will be discontinued gradually the funds held by them Arr withdrawn when needed for Trent i Burse intent Quot. In re i199 at t a about 25 kers Arni a Leo Arni Dana of 297.349 from i Tutti Tilger. I Ion. Veil during the of the United 15 immigrant. It who i am Asok in in in Nisei i. The t Europe. From Africa and 5.343 source Quot making an ii number for the preceding Yea nearly 36 a a a r cent tile to it were 421.45. And the loft i for the enforcement of a Laws other than the alien co Laws reached the sum of 2\ h him appropriate by pm enforcement of the Aden Law there was i during fifty seven members voted for it. Of the thirty who then voted against the Taylor Resolution All were democrats except two or. Loud. Of Republican and or. New verite from Nevada. By the terms of the Resolution or. Roii erts not Only excluded from All participation in the proceeding Quot of the Holts until the committee Aud the House passe upon his Case lint he denied a seat in Fin Hall. Whether thi Quot will interpreted to deny him admission within the Charn has Ilion of his a. H of fro Ai i �T�72 for from Rea Iii Alex a reposed Asiasi Aff other Over the r of $2.4 6. Or ital receipts Sbur sements immigration it Rad la Lair . Of the for the t labor at run pending i Quot y it to the Reading age was conic the d lie Dee of t i let Cly proc i i Oftill Ingres onto i he Alen haul Marine. 3<nh of june. L b9, the Merci of the United a Quot Tate. In Cut of documented shipping. It Essen of 4."114 23 Ufi Quot a t 1$9>. It comprised 22.tk our total it the area output of year was cd the Marine ail Al prised on june it it sets of 4 .�?~49 rage on june i recorded since j>5 Ai shipyards during the largest of any War Gri u a ii the to sea Chi past Quarter time in our Stet in verse documented registered f and tonnage the current of a Century it store the Ixo t i t h Craft and a r foreign to Marpa fiscal for la pc a ton Ite tour the t he shipyards fully employed and no Val construction tonnage of our at of All other or steamships Ide in number our former records. A opened with our i commercial j while the Large Anthe Trutha niacin ing u a Trent h the Govi Rable Tho reps 4 inane her men a to in Ury numbering ten those of tin mint increased during the year from eleven to twelve and the depository Banks of which there were 172 at the beginning of thy air Ami 357 Al the Clos. The aggregate of Money handled by the Treasury offices alone Vii Quot $2,393,199,-7 47 in the receipts and $2,371.2&Quot 7,629 in the disbursements. While there was it deficiency of $89,-111.55&Quot in rile Ordinary revenues tile excess of receipts Over disbursements a i account of Loans was Zuffi event to realize a net surplus of $100,791,521, the result of the fiscal operations of the year. This substantial addition to j the available resources together with the steady Advance of the receipts from taxation to an actual excess Over current need Quot has relieved the treas j Ury of All danger of difficulty from sudden emergency. Nor was the 1 growth of the available Cash balance which stood it $284.488,516 at the close of the year More wholesome than the improvement of the character of the assets which were converted into Gold far Ais statutory and other limitations would permit. It Bange Iii tin Stock of Money. Important changes took place during tin vent in the composition and distribution of the Stock of Money. I he amount of notes and Silver certificate Quot in circulation was increased by $4 j,828.386, reducing the paper hold j Ings of the Treasury to the minimum required for la transaction of business. The outstanding Treasury notes j of 190 were Cut Down by cancellation i or redemption in Silver dollars from it 101,207,20 to $93,518,280. This pro Cess however Filiti not involve a contraction of the currency. Since the coins pail out for the notes either remained in circulation or Wert posited Iii the Treasury for to fica t is. National rank. During the existence of the system. Up to the close of the year ended line ii. 1899. 5,201 Bank Quot were in operation. 1.247 Hail been placed in voluntary liquidation by shareholder and Ai placed Iii Lite charge of receiver. He june 30. 189&Quot. There 3.560 flanks in existence showing a net to Quot during the year of one Bank. I Biri to tile past fiscal year 73 Bank were organized and 67 placed in voluntary liquidation and eight in charge of receivers fir authorized capital Quot lock of the flanks of june 30 last a $607,871,245 and Oil june 30. I"9s, $630,025,295. Showing decrease during the year of $22,154,959. The National Bank circulation outstanding on june 30. I Soo. Aggregated $241.26,6�?~. 6. Of which $305,264,094 was Quot Elk i red by Bonds on Deposit with the i treasurer of the United states and >36,004.602 by lawful Money deposited on account of liquidation and insolvent associations and those reducing circulation. The increase of circulation during the year was $13,451,994. Fille interest bearing debt july i. 1 1899 included miniature i United state Bonds outstanding Iii the amount of $1,046,019,929. This i it an increase of $19. 4.97 of i la amount outstanding july i. 189&Quot. And caused by the Issue of i to percent 10-20 loan authorized by act of Congress approved june fit 189$, amounting to $198,678,720 and by the conversion of refunding certificates of the aet of february 26. I"79 into Bonds of the 4 per cent loan of t$07, amounting principal Aud interest to $6,250. Iraq rarer eed jul aws. B or Trad Iliff of a be. Price of steel May or output tins year a la dons favor tile of Atli Prosperity in ship build Nile period. The state of the Trcoli Bree of financial equated. It Dace position More a von existed to Lake any consider i Quot Tow a fib improvement i i to Dicous modifications in the it there Are two Points to which up attention has Long been directed and on which legislative action ii earnestly desired. These Are. Money Standard and. Second a leu adaptation of our currency system Tii requirements of expanding Industry. If it tie Rue. True it uti Doi that Gold now our Standard values the future needs Only i Anre that it Wilt continue to Al least tile i Keopf a shall be unit their desire i Ltd a a change therein i aide to direct the voice of both houses of Pongee Quot amt Scure the signature of the chief executive tie co n fide Nee that Congress will furnish this kind of a guarantee inspired enter prise called capital into . Improved the condition of labor and Given new impetus to ail our energies. To make this favourable state of affairs permanent the highest Security should tie Given thai the i it Bailo wed by i the dramatic proceedings which re Quot listed in the action if the House. The galleries were thronged with Joee tatar. Mostly women who sat patiently through the weary hours that preceded the debate and then waited it in three hour More until it was Eon a eluded. I ii most remarkable feature of the debate was the fact that or. Roberts presentation of his own Side of the a Quot. Which la Teil almost a hour became it a it absorbing that he won the sympathy of Many of flume in the galleries and a several times showered to till applause. It was evident Tutt he realized that the House was overwhelmingly against him. And at times he it be fiercely and defiantly. During the Debute or. Grosvenor. Republican of Ohio Root a to indignantly repel an insinuation of or. Bollen that the president had knowingly appoint men guilty of Ady a my to Federal offices in Utah. M i. L a lords spec ii. Whew or. Taylor began to speak or. Roberts left the cat lie had been of cd Ping and took a seat near the main aisle where he could hear with great tall rre or. Except to take h he de in to Ablations the estimated jmj pulsation of the i i i states november i. I was 75. ».7.0m. Rind the per capita Supply of Money om��6b til treasure was 21 set. La population and per capita r a pay fan one v november i. I a were ?6,>96 a a a and 125 60 rope Lively. Exports mid imports. Tin commeria la year bal men marked by that fall it notable _ Yeteri Attica first a or the Pheno Tornal exist its Ltd of last year a a gtd. A moderate increase in importation Quot Anil third the combined imports and a Poi form the largest total Ever shown by a single year in tile i. Tory of our foreign Commerce. The total of in Ltd it Rian Lis it Iai Iivo i eel inc the year arc w97,14$,4c a Quot Ltd mar a with $616,049,654 in la tibial it ear i a tin tis a1 year h"0<. It a a fiscal year since u c. Wert a a get. Throughout or Mark Quot lie Quot at facing High accuse when he turned to his desk notes of the Points to Xxiii sired to reply. Or. Taylor continued i that or. Bogie its conviction of the violations of the Edmunds Law in Fossq rendered him ineligible by the eighth Section of that aet 2 if guilty of polygamy he i Quot still ineligible Limiter that act j that if polygamist within the meaning of the decision of the Supre i court he ineligible Independent of that statute i that the compact Between i Tab Ami the United.te> justifies tin House in refusing him admission. Or. Taylor urged that it would a letter for the House to exclude or. Bober Quot than to expel him. Auth authorities he said. Were against the right of the House to expel a member for acts done prior to his election no matter How vile they might lie. Cont inning. Or. Taylor read from a decision of the supreme court defining polygamy which stated that irrespective of whether Roan Hail contract a plural marriage after the passage of the Edmunds act and irrespective of whether he had since of habituated with a plural wife he was guilty of polygamy if lie still maintained the relation of husband to More than Otic wife. By furring again to the two proclamations of amnesty he argued that the claimant was in no better mgt Siti Oti than lit would have a in had no Licen issued. Bill higher after year wih tile Aii Tumuai season of. A a it. I it a a Bank credits checks Anil drafts instr i to a Quot a Quot 8 a Quot of rent Quot of Exchange Are prove i to i it in j in Tsiou. Which demanded that one tainted should be excluded. Supposing Lex the higher Law a member was answerable Only to Bis Conand ids Eon tit Hents. There dents for such an Upp Eui the higher Law. In cited the Case Whittemore who had lice ii guilty Quot oiling Cadetship Quot and who. Upon common Denomie in vain shall . Important Tiar Money Standard it Alt Andia Stab on a a of cd. Stint it of Ife and enduring Bas Quot important the guarding of the National demand obligations by adequate reserves these alone will still leave our Finan Lal system Exxa sed to evils which ought to tie cured these evils arise out Ltd a our situation As. It re relates to the currency. More Al. Elicit needed. While stability in the currency should be safely guarded flexibility the mover to it of needful expansion Mats also ii prot a Vidd. To the exercise of this Power with proper limitations and re striations. Must be entrusted to the Hanks there no other Agency that it at a fat sent five execute it. W Ith period a1 regularity clearly marked. A a mining of i int for the service then the crops a to be harvested Cost paid. The grail and the i to be marketed. The Vav Steri Arni merchants who have fund required the labor rattle Are i Bankeror cred Retle any when importations. A and $764,730,412 Iii in consequence Ltd these Jeff pm pin in. And the increased of Gold there j except Imp. Was a noteworthy addition to the de Jeffi u due via in Tariff Ami i a when Thev were Atnori daily Low be a of excessive importations in the Pree i year or. of i in areas d nomination of $20 and Limiter in Active circulation. In the year ended a sept. 79last the increase in the amount of paper Money of these outstanding amounted to $58,665,416, while the increase of the Gold Coin in the hands of Ali people was estimated at $23,911, 73. Inclusive of the higher Den Orui i uti uns of paper Uncial increase of the Active or ablation reckoned on the pipe basis a $12>,751,oi4. I to the fiscal veal the officers of the paid out $42,532,296 instant Dard Silver dollars an increase Thrift the exportation of la a a wet 27 923 362. Agait $1.22l.4h2.v.tii in the Floral Vear and $1 50.993,556 in . I the fourth Vear in our history in billion a fid Long at rest with the banker in the financial centers find that checks and drafts i Are not suited to the purls."now in question til Bank credit i Quot Iii Rig jux r a. But Iii form Iii which that credit j in evidenced nut convenient. What they lied for these a form of Cretin instrument easily recognised by i the people one it Toiven Keiit to denomination and one w i ii will pass from hand to Ham without being questioned in Short their need for paper Money or i hard Cash. Now. Subject to one Tiona that of safety to the note Holder a qualification never to be disregarded it. I Quot impossible for Itzy Ltd no to nam1 i get a l reason Why tie of the in this Field of exchanges should not be expressed l r Cly in Iii Quot notes of hand of convenient/., in on a i sol dated entry to the Cre let of his dealer upon ills books of account. It i precisely at this Point that it i Iii cultic Quot. Enil it. and loss Are occasioned. What would in a natural economical and a a i feet Ive operation by tile inhibition Quot and restrictions of Law now made impossible in a Quot Tai of Freedom the extraordinary wants of the country at Harvest Tim would in largely of not wholly met by tie conversion of Bank balances not available for these general purposes. Into a of note or paper Mono these per forming their function would again i to ctr Servile was ended to i science were prec to of of of w Iii ii the exports exceeded a lain an and falling but $4.459.u2>> be a t Vav f i Tiff Iijima Filiti v t a sign or it a Nuiji the Supply of bread stuff in a Grain into balance in Diori and that of tic i t.lte-1 Bank where through i Iii medium to 81 a Ina i n la a u a i h i a the tot i of a fir a Heck Quot and draft the Jar in i on in foreign Commerce for the fiscal year Elal uses would to Ute Betti server thus stand Quot at $1.924.iti.tw. Or $b6,4fh.im without making a. No Reco Niem. A tuna a i Ana. A nr�,.diuc Vear Lions the Quot dec rotary commended the v or it our foreign comment has much More. Lect to the the Gotful of a than doubled since Utu the to a of the Gress. His appearance at the bar of the hoist j was rejected a unfit to Quot it in the i House. The Power and the right were inherent said or. Taylor. It was Only a question of propriety of Wisdom i land of precedent. Iii do his i Vestiga a lion and study of precedents or. Tay a lop said he had failed to find a single u where the House had hesitated to i . Timmin proper occasion it Quot right to halt a member at the Bai when his qualification for a Quot eat were ques tinned. I in quoted ext ii Quot Ivel from a a met re Ary on elections Quot in support Othi Quot argument. Ile reviewed the a i Quot a of Proctor Knoll. Boyd Winch Der Ami i i John m. Rice of Kentucky who a been stopped at tilt bar of the Hon Sion the ground that they were disc Una died i it Eft they had be to disloyal. A we Are to aul i Lay lot in delusion i 1 voice ringing out Elear a a. A that one Hie boil to Leat Art cd Happy precedent. Why. Or. It Ptak a we arc doing thi Quot in open face of tic whole world not in a cloistered court. We Are the servants of the a eople empowered to do the right a it we Sec it the Public Eye upon us. The pubic conscience quicken Quot us. Iii that presence Vic can do no wrong if we do lint obey. Or. Taylor concluding word Quot were greeted with a Morro of applaud both from Tho Fly or Kiel galleries l new Democrat Quot however joined in the applause. Or. Richartson followed or. I Ayle or arguing that the Prima Facie right of room tvs to his seat win Clear. The Only constitutional ground against the Nae in let Ere Lect related to Iii Quot naturalization. And. Or. Richardson to Quot sorted they would not hold. Roberts i in it for himself or. Rol it Ert Quot Svitil of time the the r ii i Quot i a n defense aft or Richardson had concluded. He occupied a conspicuous place immediately in front of the Clerkde a. Several Legal volumes were piled tip Iii front Ami a bouquet of carnations Lay on i desk. The most intense interest was manifested he arose. Member crowded about but were compelled to return to their a a a a. Galleries were Hue lied. Or. A do Ert spoke in a voice soft Arni Low. Iii enunciation a distinct Ami in Hie stillness could in heard to the farthest Corner of the Hall. She a f int i Quot argument to Quot voice Grovv hinder until on several of evasions it rang out until the fret Al ceiling overhead gave Back the Echo. Or. Roberts began by sending to the clerk a a Quot a and having read a copy of his naturalization paper in order a he &Quot.lid. That All the Doczi Lieut in the Quot extraordinary Case should he before the Bou Quot a. Ile then read a paragraph from a met teary on elections containing a general caution against to procedure in election contests. A now. Gentlemen continued or. Roberts a that the statement of on 1 whose Ivonok has authority Iii Fhi Quot country Ami if it i it the Rule of the House in eases that arise to the dignify of a contest How infinitely Mort should that Rule i a observed when it it a Mere protest made against a member who presents himself to take the oath of office. A i next proceed to the consideration of the charge that Are supposed to justify what the gentleman from Ohio Ravine himself concede to be an unusual proceeding and which my Friend on this Side or. Richartson a Quot demonstrated to in ail unprecedented proceeding. The gentleman from Ohio hoses his charge on a court recur a that some twelve years ago in the midst of our conflict in tile territory of Utah Over the subject of polygamy i pleaded guilty a a Large of Misdemeanour the gentleman seen Quot to he oblivious to the fact that Quot in a i the Date of his court record on this subject a had two Prudential amnesties proclaimed that have i it Een applied to melt disqualified by the Edmunds ticker act. I understand gentlemen w to were lawyers to admit i this fact Anil they will certainly appreciate the Force a it fit. A a the gentleman from Ohio has no court record to show that i was Ever arraigned or come in be i of any crime whatsoever since the promulgation of the amnesty proclamation of the president of the United state. Ilc gentleman seems a to forget that since the confession of that Misdemeanour to which he i Quot referred there a a Quot Good by emigres an enabling get authorizing the people of the Quot Tate of i Tah to form a state government. A the second charge which sup in it Quot cd to go to the question of eligibility of the Melver from Utah. that it xxv affidavit Quot an other papers Iii his Possession. The gentleman front Filiti sat Quot that Ever since 1889 he Lias been a persistent Law breaker Iii the state of Utah of that Ive True let me Why it that i not punished for lawbreaking certainly there was no disposition not to execute the Law on til it if of the people of Utah. Its administration a Quot Iii the hands of nun mormons of those win had no yrs j Pathy with men of my religions Faith. I the machinery of the Law a in the hands of Federal appointee. How it. Then. That i could Lee an open Ami defiant lawbreaker Anil yet Eca 11. Penalty of Law a the gentleman. Objection then based not upon court record but upon affidavits and paper that have i in supplied him by the people. A and now a to the Mintier in which these charge Are made. It has been about fifteen months since the began since the representative from Utah a heralded throughout this i land a defiant lawbreaker. In yet i walked the Street of Salt Lake Iii open tiny within easy reach of the Law. I Ami my fault Lay of a to the Law if j i were guilty of Quot ing. Other men were arrested in fore the courts of Utah and were fined for the very offence allege against me. And yet j in complaint a Matte against me. No. It did not snit the purpose of those w to had thi Quot present agitation in band to vindicate the Law quietly Ami Ivy the usual method. To stir i tel i a Ben i Tine to i. A they desired particularly to have this Che xxx till which apparently to arouse the sentiment of the country. Not until my business called me e did they undertake to make any charges against my. I Call your attention next to the polygamy charge against me. Which even by the pro i Posen of this Resolution alleged that of a Misdemeanour. I hey do not charge a felony. I understand the members a it of Congress Are granted certain priv Ilges a. Hilt in attendance on this House of would in in to sible to arrest any one of the me mixers upon j the charge of a Misdemeanour and yet you would deny me the privilege of boing sworn a member of the Quot House upon the allegation of the existence of some charge or other that j was guilty of a Misdemeanour. A i understand sir that these in nullifies Are not Given for the i of the individual members. They a git in rather a Protection to his con it ency. Who ure entitle to Bis services their representative. Aud. Therefore i invoke the Protection la Given to the constituency of a Sovereign state Agni list the proceeding that Are h of the privilege of be member of this hoi Quot i say. Rid i am Rod Liege in this House. I Ani any favor of this House Constitution of the f Uit cd merely both for myself Ai pie of my mate for Tbs that in due to us. Ami it i it re a it deprive me a sworn i in a privileges did asking any priv i Ani not asking Nae. Under the states i i the pen death comes to Hayward a a Relief i and it la asking no a on the democratic ride and in i series. J or. Roberts next called att the precedent in the forty Tigre a in the Case of or. I int i in notwithstanding he was by finn of Law. Still they Iid mite 1 a in my it erupt a the boor or. Koine its urged the go to the judiciary con it Coni be investigate the Republican Side that Nous quest ii. Of the j were guilty of violating the with the Union what of the or who appointed to life my sit ii Utah men chargeable with the offence ? or. Roberts ridiculed the nit which the petition favouring his demand. Applause the Gall a to it a Biti fitted states be Brasna passe Long i Ator Frorer be a a a after Ness was a Pioneer of the state Case of Metier. He v this i pie a him of this Light to w Here had lived in Nebraska Uny f it a thirty-1 to yen Rny Brier sketch of lit i a Arret. Utah n pact i Lentin Orbr nor la in it urn sen years do i if third life than i it Ward i after j mom two stat Xvi cd of l. D ii a ars. Of Aion hat been procured ing. He denied that the i voted to seat him would polygamy. The question was set Levi. A i hold it an lion Quot i will in quoted Long in w to ii let de to Settle Cha the of by it a of the Nstit it lion. I Ani not defends it i or. Robert concluded or. Taylor a Abl the intern dul Gempe. Ile was Grin he took his it ii two Tori lipid. It ii it Lacy f d the fight Steres in fitted for i ago re a in Siripo Tat tire v Hay wan r the ii Rhi i k. Dee Hal illness Hay w a in in his a ate a Tai Poi get thi Tith Long Ivr to out c Hith the afterwards h Aly Ria meet ii it of the to set App Midi Bra in of the i a in i Mao was Rhi h i brie in in while and of. Or. I civil War. I Reg inn i. And Lute tied miss Jem linty. New to Luma i ionneb., la a or a re of the g in the new y e fifth Belton in was Nebraska election to his first lilies he a Router fusion a when the to in re in ids canes Senate d was the e state. A lock final Ith Par Puli heat v it Era to e in Wen a in it a and his by or ailed Fen a Lur la tires the the r the half Bali. Brewer. Burll Sor in a h t a or c6 avy. Degraft Caret. J. Data More. Eitz pair i a a. Fran Lite. Kite Hen. I Ester. A a it Lellan Mccune cd. Maddox. N a ton a1 South Carolina. Rhea. Intr Herdson. Robb i s. a Ven. Mal s. Sr.>dxras�. Stephens. Turner Demon Al Newlands of nv.,i la. Sli verite Lam a of California re fun v re a sch friends have matter within the p aside from that he a broached the m sidereal it bad taste f univ names suggest senator Allen Aud editor of the world a a Mer. 3.�?governor to mat Ion today it Public build i kept Low Ere i senator Hay interview he abuts Quot the ques Elessor to the his intimate him a1 hint the re a i j. My hem i m no he f it. Men i ii a nor a it i u n ii it. Rumor that 4 Haiir Eil Andrews the i Lerel Quot hip not relieved. Anxious to surrender Walh. Reported that do Ai. To vie d to Consul Wiki Man. Soil i cell and it it rat r j in i i i none actin. Neb. Receive it k. Heidi Sumii a intendant ols. Has Lef a ship of Thim accept a a resp North to Oln for i t h in. Lined Amir if the i tend nears ii the i 1 with Iteni at i a movers ,1 to Quot world say it a fib u Ilia id Sui Wihlon Nila. The munic Atio and Nevis the mercy Manila. Ark. De. Hong a Hei Pratl an w Filip Iri Emler to ii if a in ii with a git in a if i til to the of the l pulled states. Lire. 3.�? general hug to last h a in ii u in tag it Gnu a Coron be k if on copies Santa Barbara Ami Island of Panay. His lines e thirty five Mil in the of do Cen pie i Twenty town. The Tauts Are returning with i Hei my t re Sun r fear of they Ted. It rents to to the lean Imp it. A Ricau Quot to the Mountain i Eti resistance i wagons mules an timing used for a finite Quot advancing his brie. Thev sri by the pee Vav ate King. Orth w Iii tending o. He in a Biff flags. In Well o get the snare retiring Tore Organ. Artillery Niff Aloe Quot Arceon a Ling f thing in Lincoln. In Lnu Ting teeters knew anything i matter the information a lie either without of Uniat premature discovering of pm regents who will take their the first of the year. The special committee charge the selection of a cd the University consists o Rawlings of Wakefield a Wisner Weston of Haygould of Ogallala. The up Niit tee has not Hail a uie Efin inst meeting of the entire b gents. J. L. Letters when that he Hail not talk with regents since the election w to Chancellor and had had Spon Dence with any of then Erenee to a Chancellor. In it Quot Patch g that. At present Cag a City the Chan Tini Verity the re by pm Sist a inc Olaf Ion. But Critien by a Treut elect the greed to v or the of the at after icing in re Hor of Nof mugs and irial rom a since the a Ard of re seen said any of the Ith regard no Lorre i with ref item Mer hug 6en. Joubert Falls Back Boer commander retires Estcourt and b own u co enso Bridge. Loo re Azo mar pie. Nov. Eral Jon be of has retired from Ami now blowing up the Bridge. In bring Quot a Large a a attle and intends to Coneen ducts around lowly Smith. London. Dec. 5. Although pairing of the Cable Between on Gen i ions i to liter Iii Lyons. Neb. De5.�? ago Henry Crellin Hart burglarized and among overcoats taken re was no Cine and the matter v morning Jam sted at the Home a Loon Ami Haig i. Kids Ley i j of age. A Barbe always a in nest and upright was something Vas a Wagon of utile Herd trate six fur time the tractors. Yeat eld a Sah it 111 or. Mrs. Tekamah. £2 Vears c Arni a a an Hon his arrest prise. He a Nei Terre a in Siipple Smalt Hil Frank i trouble \ few weeks Iquot Hep Vav a Quot other things of some to the Erpe had re i of his la kith and a business to in Reb Cleone lock int died out. Quot Kidd be y it of his Ruth a in jail at Mere boy by Trale. Make a u j Young Man. If of a stir a with Collie the or amt two work Quot for Itafter re try and it pelted the re Den and Zanzibar has restored the rotate a Xiii Ien to South Africa and thereby relieved quite a budget of belated ii Patch Quot there it it nothing at hand throwing Light tin Buberpreparations for the Relief of Ladysmith or the movements of the other British columns. News from lady Smith has been received up to the night of november 29. When All was Well provisions plentiful Ami the bombardment ineffective. Dispatches of the same Date from Boer Headquarters Reft a to the renewal of the heavy a Osuh try Niento with Boer siege guns. Chri tend which have just arrive from Pretoria an a life Quot Quot up it be from the Garrison. A special from Durban a tie Boers lost i.>00 men at what a in it a i known the Buttle of Glencoe. Its also Aid a anti dysentery a. Rampant among the Burgher who Are Bele Guering lady it Inith a dispatch from Pretoria Mentio Quot a unimportant sortie from hint Herb y november 25 anti a it a eth. Are Well. I he it Vern meat j�-1 rni11ei them to subscribe to die Library Arni allow them to it in a Beer a a i v a rout a of Iii in ment the burglar ing their a was found that it like a Charm. To Keg in unlocking the door. This was kept quiet bul Kidd my was watched closely. Sunday four of the a i Quot Wert it Hind among the Hay in the barn where Kiddney kept his horse anti some Lay ago a fifth it it at was foun a on Ham Johnsonfarm by a Haystack having the appearance of being placed there easy finding. One of the still missing. Neui for n delinquent Lav list. Columbus. Neb., let dec. 5.�?a arg amount of personal taxes Lur the county treasurer in thi Quot City Ami Cut in in timing tomorrow execution Quot will e suet Ami judging ends taken to collect in All taxes overdue in a turn Lier of instances the taxes Are owed by prominent residents of this City tit amounts that have been accumulating for several years and now run up info the hundreds. County treasurer c. W. Phillip Quot a engaged three deputies amt will take Swift action against the Delili Questa. Found fiver Kearney be i in Iii Hee. I had a Ter Day i Bas tar a girl i Over to. I placed pol prel it to i re. lug Al Healing left charged with Mary k Fox it was of Alii i Aud Bbotel

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