Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

90 laVoraply on the bill granting a PEN
sion to the widow OF Gen. Grant.
Mr.. Hampton introduced a bill max
ing it unlawful for senators or repre-
sentatives to recommend or solicit aI-
pointments to Office.
Mr.. Hawley inquired of the chair ii
the bill was retroactive in it's operations.
Laughter. The chair replied that in
his opinion it was not. Renewed
laughter.
Mr.. Butler called up his resolution OF
inquiry relating to the alleged organiza-
ton of the territory of Dakota into a
state.
Mr.. Vest said that the senate by its
report stood committed to tue fact that
there was no such a thing in existence
as the state of Dakota. A paper here
tofore presented by MIR. Harrison and
read from the desk had borne the
words estate of DAKOTA
The body of gentlemen coming here
representing Dakota style themselves
the executive committee of the state OF
Dakota, the chairman being Hugh j..
Campbell, who was not unknown to fame
since Hayes administration and his far
Jealous aud not over scrupulous politl-
cal assistance to that administration,
that person, as Vest saw by the news
papers, who was to receive an ovation
for having received the recognition
of the United States senate for 'the
statehood of the state of Dakota"
Mr.. Plumb thought Mr.. Vest was Civ
ing Campbell a good deal of gratuitous
advertising.
MIR. Vest said Campbell was welcome
to it. He (Yest) was a lawyer and re.
garded this Dakota organization as reyo-
%lutlonary. Be had no doubt
that the intent of the men
concerned was to organize a state gov
eminent in case this congress should
adjourn without organizing the SO called
state.
In reply to the remark by Vest as to
the condition under which the territor-
les might be admitted to the union, Mr..
Harrison said there was no such thing as
breaking into or breaking out of this
union.
Mr.. Vest said If he was talking of
"breaking out" we have settled that.
MIR. H~arrison-then there could have
been no point to the senator's remark.
Mr.. Vest-I am not leaving this mat
ter to the senators.
Mr.. Vest argued the question from q
legal standpoint and cited authorities to
show that the recent action of Dakota
was revolutionary, and he offered an in
dependent resolution to the effect that
the memorial from the persons calling
themselves estate Executive Commit
tee of Dakota" be considered as COM
ing from private individuals of Dakota.
The resolution was laid over and order
ed printed.
Mr.. Logan thought it Unfair fer sena-
tors to regard the action of Dakota as
revolutionary until they should set up a
state and undertake the functions of a
state.
Mr., Butler said he had missappre-
hended what constituted a state, if the
election of senators and ijudges was not
asserting statehood.
Mr.. Logan answered, that this was
done SO Is. to take effect when they
should be admitted, as had been done
before.
Mr.. Butler could remember but one
such instance.
Mr.. Logan said he could not under
take to correct the senator's recollection
of history, but cases of Michigan, Mimi
esota and Kansas were cited by republic
cans, Mr., Plumb saying the latter pre-
sented exactly q similar case to Dakota.
Mr.. Vest said he had not especially
looked up the case of Kansas although
Missouri had some interest in that adj
mission, ''for," saidshe,!"a large portion of
our personal property escaped into that
state"
MIR. Plumb-'Yes, some that was
black"
Mr., Yest-"No sir, some other, but
let that pass" He tVest) would not
accuse the republicans of needing three
electoral votes.
Mr.. Logan suggested (sotto voce) that
the reason urged for trying to get q
state into the unio9 might be appl led to
the attempt to keep q state out.
THE poIrsE.
The consideration of the report of the
committee on rules was resumed, the
pending amendment being shat offered
by Mr.. T%oringer, of nlinoIs,to abolish the
various committees on expenditures in
the different departments and to con-
centrate their duties to one &C mmittee
consisting of fifteen membeis. In adyo-
eating the amendment, MIR. Springer
stated that during the past ten years
the clerks of these committees had been