Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE

In the senate on February 9TH, the resOlu
ton heretofore submitted by Senator Dawes,
calling on the interior department for cop
les OF all papers IN possession OF the depart
ment, or that had been received by any Off
GERS of that department as to the perform
ance of the duties OF Henry Ward
while Indian inspector, was called up
and agreed to without debate.
The Senate took up the passed bill providing
for the sale or old Fort Brady, Michigan,
and for the purchase of a new site and the
erection Of suitable buildings thereon. The
bill making Iampeey Florida, a port of
entry was also passe. The Dakota bill was
then taken up and discussed. Among
others, Senator Plumb addressed the
senate on the measure. He
said the democratic party had always favor
ed the admission of new states, when new
states were democratic or would add to the
power of the democratic party. HereVieWed
at some length the question of the admission
of Kansas. 1t had to fight to get in, he
said, and it had fought the fight well.
The ''bleeding Kansas of that time
had become the ministering angel of the
republic. 1t may be that in the estima-
ton of some the vote OF Kansas was not
so valuable a.: that of South Carolina or Ala
bama. They were ''Old6r'' states. Out our
way, said Senator Plumb, we don't ask a
man how old he is, or where he came from
We are too busy to go into pedlgrees. We
ask him what he is, what he can do, and
Kansas says welcome to Dakota, which
was opposed now by the same party that Op-
posed the admission of Kansns. The first
steps under the new democratic aQm1n1Stra-
ton followed close on the last steps Of the
other democratic administration. After con
siderable debate the bill was finally passed by
a vote of two to twenty-five. The bill di-
Vides the territory of Dakota on the line of
the fOrty-sixth parallel of latitude, provides
for the admission of the southern portion as
a state, under the title of Dakota, and the or
ganiZatiOn of the northern portion into a
separate territory under the name of Lin
coin" Adjourned.
In the senate on February 6th petitions
were presented by Messrs. Logan, Sawyer,
Wilson, COckrell, Coke, Miller, Harrison,
Plumb and Dawes, from various assem- blies
of Knights of Labor, praying for the open
ing to settlement of the Oklahoma lands,
and granting lands in seVeralty to the In
dians. Also a number OF petitions praying
that a constitutional amendment be sub
mitted by congress to the several states for
bidding Acknowledgement on account Of
sex. A memorial of the Kansas legislature
was presented by Mr.. Ingalls,, urging con-
gress to provide for the right of way
of railroads through the Indian terri
tory. Papers appropriately referred.
Among the measures faYOrabIy reported
from the committees and placed on the cal
endar were the following: By Mr.. Hoar,
from the committee on printing, a bill Tx
ing the time for the meeting Of congress in
1887, and every second year on the first Mon
day In October, and in 1888 and every sec
Ond year thereafter on the second Monday
mitteee on rules, reported adversely on Mr..
Plat resolution providing for the consider
alton Of executive nominations IN open 6eS-
sion. Calendar. Mr.. Ingalls, offered resO-
luton, which was agreed to, directing the
committee of finance to inquire into the
prOpriety of making such amendment to
the revised statutes as may be necessary to
require the issue OF United States notes OF
the denomination of one and two dollars
Mr.. Eusts offered a resolution directing the
finance committee to inquire whether 1t had
been the custom for the assistant treasurer
at New Orleans to receive deposits of stand
ard silver dollars from the shippers of said
coin, and to issue to their correspondents at
New Orleans receipts for the silver subject to
count and TO issue silver certificates after
the count of said dollars so deposited had
been made; and whether said custom, If 1t
had prevailed, had been changed by instTuc-
ton of the treasurer of the United States and
the reasons therefor; also, whether snch Gus
tom was now In force at any other sub
clerical force at the New Orleans sub-treas-
ury; and If not, what increase was necessary
there to enable the sub treasurer to carry
out the law. This bill was laid over. and af-
ter an executive session the senate adj
jOurned.
In the senate on February 9Th, the com
[ m1tue6 on public affairs reported favOEably
/ the bill to increase the efficiency of the army.
Placed on calendar. Among the bills intro
I duced and appropriately referred, was one by
/ Senator Allison to make full legal tender
/ money interchangeable at the treasury and
\ at the sUb-Teasury in the city OF New York.
( A bill to provide for the sale of the old site
I of Fort Brady, Mich, and for the purchase
\ of a new site, and the construction Of a suit
/ able building thereon was passed The chair
( laid before the senate the resolution hereto
/ fore submitted by Mr.. Plumb, calling on
/ the secretary of state for information
/ as to the supplies Of cereals and cot
I ton contributed by the United States
I to foreign countries was agreed 70.