National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-30

| bdulb WIN lOfCe ana skill. lie nuu never
made his leadership offensive by too open
an assertion or display OF it. His oratory
was persuasive, his style clear and lucid,
| and, II he did not win his adversary over,
always left him kindly disposed. The
speaker paid a high compliment TO MIR.
Hendrickss legal ability. lie always ar
gued, he said, as lawyer should In his
| private life he was a man above reproach,
strong In human sympathy and loving the
charms Of home. "He had been blessed I'm
his married life,n said Mr.. Harrison, in con
cusion; "the wife whom he wooed aud we'd
| in his young manhood walked with him in
love and affection to the end. THE bridal
| vow hath been kept till death do us part "
The resolutions in memoriam were agreed
| TO, and, us q further evidence Of respect for
the memory of its late presiding officer, the
| Senate, on motion Of Mr.. HARRISON at $40
p. M, adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. %.
The bill to create a state out of that por-
tion of the territory Of Dakota lying south
of the 4Gth parallel was taken up in the
Senate yesterday and debate inauguratcd
that promises to be lengthy, interesting,
and instructive. Prior thereto the Senate
had disposed Of quito a lot Of memorials
and resolutions and debated at some length
the bill TO divide the Sioux reservation In
Dakota and secure a REIMBURSEMENT of the
Indian title to part thereof The pending
question was an amendment offered by Mr.
| Harrison to protect the rights OF persons
who had located on the land between the
| date OF President Arthur's executive order
admitting settlers to 1t and the date of
| President Cleveland's proclamation order
ing such settlers of the reservation.
The debate on the amendment was par
ticipatcd in by Senators ingalls,, Teller,
Jones, Of Arkansas, and Dawes, but the
| bill went over without action.
The electoral bill was then laid before the
Senate, but its consideration was postponed
until Monday on account OF the absence of
Mr.. Edmunds aud other senators who de-
sire to discuss It's provisions.
Mr.. Harrison then called up the bill for
the admission OF Dakota. The bill having
been read, Mr.. Harrison addressed the SEN
ate In It's support He agreed that the work
of admitting new state to the Union was
| very important one, while on the other
| hand, the interests of the people OF the ter
| ritOries could not he ignored. He agreed
that the United States should insist on GER
tain preliminary conditions as to popula-
| ton, territory, &C., but when those con1l-
| tions existed he believed we were bound,
| as well by moral right as by treaty stipula-
tions, TO admit as state people and terri
| tory situated as we've the people and
territory of Dakota. The ordinance
of 1857, which had been extended to the
area covered by the present territory Of Da-
kota, provided for the admission of states
from time to time ont Of such ga; the
provisions Of the treaty Of 1903 with France,
which coded the territory TO the United
states, also provided for the admission of
states from the coded territory as fast rs
population cnG circumstances should war
rant. But we did not need to appeal to
treaties and ordinances In support. of a
proposition so plain. No man could sup
pose that the descendants of the men who
In 1776 complained of the appointment of
the officials by others than themselves
would long be content with the treatment
OF their affairs as territorial and colonial
We should remember who these people were
who Inhabited this territory of Dakota
They had been, until lately, citizens of the
several states, and had exercised all the priv
ilcges Of citizenship. They, therefore, knew
how valuable was the privilege Of citizenship.
AS to the conditions precedent that should
exist as to area, population, &C., Mr.. Har-
rison showed that the proposed state OF
Dakota was larger by $4,000 square miles
than the state Of Mississippi, and twice as
large as the state Of Indiana. II would, II
admitted, be the eighth state Of the Union
in area. AS to population the largest claim
ever made was that a new state should have
enough people to entitle IL to one member
in the House OF Representatives of the
United States. Dakota had, on the LIST of
June last, 2G3,C00 people by actual count,
which was 10000 more than enough to
entitle II to member Of the lower House
of Congress. Were these permanent set
tiers there ? Certainly. They were
people not digging mines, whose treas
ures might be exhausted tomorrow,
but digging in the cXhaustess mine of
agriculture. There were IN South Dakota
5O,CCO farms, containing 3, $50 600 acres of
tilIpl land IA efv &c he
being 1914 acres. Last year it raised $780,
eco bushels of corn, l3,00O,000 bushels Of
wheat, 12O0O,0GO bushels OF oats. The
value OF its farms was SI,00O,000, and Of
Its live stock S25, 100000, and the value Of
its farm products SlS,000,0O0. How could
we Justify ourselves In denying to people
capable OF such rapid and prosperous de-
velopment the rightto admlssiOnas a state?
They were people largely made up of the
bravest men who had fought in the Union
armies, having by their service in those
armies given pcrpCtuity to the institutions
OF this government; that fact may account
Tor the discomfort with their present politi-
cal condition.
But Mr.. Harrison had heard the ohlec-
ton mot however, in the Scnate) that there
were not Democrats enough in the'territory,
and that Dakota should wait till another
territory, Democratic in politics, was ready
for admission. Could we not get rid Of this
Olb IuHlIE hlHltlu IL HTtW OUT OF
slavery and ought TO have died with slavery.
Every territory should be admitted on tile
basis Of its own conditions.
Dakota had, by tspTOpOsed constitution,
made ample provision for the perpetual
maintenance Of public schools, and had
made n compact with the United State for
ever securing religious liberty to all resi-.
dents OF the proposed state,
South Dakota had made herself fully and
lawfully ready, and now stood at the door
OF Congress, asking for admission to the
Union.
As to whether preliminary ''enablng''
act by Congress was necessary before a
state could be admitted to the Union, Mr..
Harrison cOntended that no such act was
necessary. lie reviewed the cases OF states
already admitted without such act. In the
case of Tennessee, he said, the new state
sent copy Of its constitution to the Prcsi-
dent Of the United States (thcn George
Washington without waiting for any act OF
Congress, but with simple notice that on
certain day the state government would
go into operation. President Washington
had seen no disrespect in such notice, and
no sign of secession In IL.
Mr.. Harrison, in reply TO Mr.. Butler gave
as the names Of the states on whose cases
he relied as preCedents for the method of
admission proposed in the case Of Dakota,
Tennessee, Michigan, California, Iowa,
Florida, Arkansas, and Oregon.
Mr. Harrison concluded with the remark
that the people OF Dakota, not crnglngly,
but respectfully, requested to be allowed
to participate with the other states OF the
Union IN all the privileges OF American
citizenship.
Mr.. Butler then took the floor to reply,
but gave way to Mr.. Morrill, for motion
to go into executive session. The motion
being agreed to the Senate, at AGO p. m,
went into executive session, and at 1850,
when the doors were reopened, adjourned
A smile ran through the House yester-
day at 1890 p. m, when the chaplain In
his opening prayer returned thanks that
"our silver and gold have been multiplied
and the silver men pretended to see In the
fact that silver had been placed before
gold, an indication that the religious por-
ton of the community was in favor OF
double standard.
Mr. RuutnlIn NJ Mama risipo, 10 a o,.g