Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1890 — WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.

General Browne introduced bills in the House, Monday, to pension Carolina Sheeley and Julia Green. He also introduced a bill providing that whenever it shall be made to appear to the proper authorities that a soldier, sailor or marine, who served in the late war, and who has been honorably discharged, contracted a disability in the line of duty, caused by wounds, injury, exposure, imprisonment or disease, resulting in total deafness of both ears, he shall be entitled to receive a pension of SSO a month, and for severe deafness of both ears, approximating total deafness, he shall receive an equitable portion of the total pension. Mr. Martin introduced bills to pension W. Bryson and William Boone. Mr. Owen introduced a j bill to correct the military record of Nathaniel Crane. Mr. Shively introduced a bill appropriating $75,000 for a public building at South Bend. Before the house committe on territories Tuesday Bishop Judge of the Mormon church argued against the disf ranchisemen of Idaho mormons. He said he had not been indicted for polygamy, as charged by Dele gate Dubois. He had been acquitted of unlawful cohabitation. The church did not teach that its rule was the supreme law of conduct. On the contrary, the church admoished obedience to the laws of the land and the divine inspiration of the U. S. constitution. The church, he said, did not teach polygamy as an obligation; it came to them as a revelation, and until the same power that revealed is abrogated it, it would stand. But the practice of polygamy is decreasing, and the number who did practice it had always been largely exaggerated. On the subject of blood atonement, Bishop Judge said there was no such principle held or taught by the mormon church; on the contrary, it believed that a man guilty of murder could not be forgiven in this life, or in the life to come. Delegate Cain of Utah spoke in the same line. Ex-Gov. Stevens es Idaho argued in favor of disfranchising the mormons. Gen. Raum, the commissioner of pensions, has sent a letter to Secy. Noble, requesting the removal of Henry Phillips, of New York, chief of the middle division of the pension bureau. Phillips’ pension was rented and increased during Tanner’s m! ministration. Secy. Noble reonested him to resign. This he declined to do, and no further action has been taken in the case till Saturday, owing to the pressure brought to bear in Mr. Phillips’ behalf by members of congress and others In! high official positions. It is believed that i Phillips’ dismissal will be followed by others whose pensions were rerated and | that several who are regarded as less guilty will be reduced in rank and pay. -5 After several week’s consideration, the Senate committee on pensions Tuesday uhanimo—ly directed Chairman Davis to report a dependent pension bilL The title; of the bill readd as fafiews: “A bill grant--. Hag peaatens to aaldiaca and sailors wise are | inaparriftnri far tiwgmsfmmnoeeef tabor, mad providing for pensions to their sridsws, sun or children and dspeaden*