The semi-weekly miner., 1886-01-30


| rushed in on these lands in the night, and
as result of midnight telegrams," and,
after the publication of President Cleve.
lands proclamation, some of those people
had told him Qngalls) they proposed to
stay there in spite of the proclamation.
In the course of the debate Mr.. Ingalls,
said he had been informed by reliable
authority that Maj. Gasmand, the Indian
Agent, had been removed because he had
| been "too pitiful" to those settlers. Mr..
Dawes denied this and said the present
administration was disposed to remove
the settlers, without regard to the hard
Dawes said, was desirous of relieving, in
some way, the honest settler who went Gil
those lands in good faith. Mr.. Jones, OF
Arkansas, said the amendment OF Mr..
Ingalls, would hurt nine honest men to one
dishonest man. He admitted there had
been some talk by a few men among the
settlers of resistance to the Presidents
proclamation, but such men were relatively
few. After further debate the matter went
over.
The Electoral Count Bill was postponed
until Monday next.
THE DAKOTA BILL
Mr.. Harrison then called up the bill for
the admission of Dakota. The bill,
having been read, Mr.. Harrison
addressed the Senate in it's support. He
said that no man could suppose that the
descendants Of men who, in 1776, com
planned of the appointment of their Of
ticials by others than themselves, would
long be content with the treatment OF their
affairs as territorial and colonial depen-
dents. We should remember who these
people were who inhabited this Territory
Of Dakota. They had been until lately
citizens OF several States, and had exer.
cised all the privileges Of citizenship. They,
therefore, knew how valuable was the
privilege of citizenship. Mr.. Harrison spoke
of the immense products of the Territory
last year. and OF the general thrift OF it's
people. and continued. ''How could we
justify ourselves in denying to people
capable of such rapid and prosperous de-
velopment the right to admission as
State. They were a people largely made
up uf brave men who had fought in the
Union armies, having, by their service in
these armies, given perpetuity to the in
stitutions of this Government. That fact
may account for their discomfort with their
present political position. Dakota had,
by it's proposed constitution, made ample
provision for perpetuating and maintain
ing the public schools, and had made a
compact with the United States forever
securing religious liberty to all residents.
The State of South Dakota had made her
self fully and lawfully real, and now stood
at the door OF Congress asking for admis-
sion to the Union" Mr.. Butler asked Mr..
Harrison to give the names OF the States
on whose cases he relied as precedents for
the method OF admission proposed
in the case OF Dakota. Mr.. Harrison
replied that the cases were Tennessee,
Michigan California, Iowa, Florida, Ar
kansas and Oregon, and in turn asked
Carolina disputed that Dakota had not
come within the line of precedents.
Mr.. Butler said he would satisfy the Sen
ator from Indiana before the debate was
Mr.. Harrison concluded with the remark
that the people OF Dakota had not cring-
ingly, but respectfully, requested to be al
lowed to participate with the other States
OF the Union in all the privileges OF Amer
ican citizenship.
Mr.. Butler took the floor to reply to Mr..
Harrison, but yielded to an executive ses-
sion, after which the Senate adjourned.
House.
A smile ran through the House this morn
ing 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 indi-
cation that the religious portion OF the
community was in favor OF the double
standard.
The Senate resolution touching the death
Of Vice President Hendricks was presented
to the House this morning. and on motion
Of Mr.. Holman, OF Indiana, it was laid on
ho koh -
notice that on Tuesday next he will ask
the House to consider similar resolutions.
THAT NORFOLK NAVY YARD.
Mr.. Boutelle, rising to a question of priv
leges, quoted from the remarks made some !
days ago by Mr.. Wise, denying that the
Try dock at Norfolk had ever been de- |
'troyed. Mr.. Cabel' called attention to |
the fact that his colleague was not in the |
what he had to say was simply in vind-
;ation of himself and had nothing to do
With the gentleman from Virginia (Wise). |
He did not intend to attack any gentle,
nan in that gentleman's absence. Mr.
Boutelle, continuing. said that the remarks
\ hich he had quoted had been telegraphed
Ill over the country, and his (Boutelle's)
to the contrary had been widely
commented upon. Mr.. Herbert made u
,oint OF order that the gentlemen had not
tated anything which entitled him to the
loor on a question Of privilege. Mr..
5outelle, in speaking to the point OF order,
epeated that animadversion had been
made upon 9 intelligence aud veracty. He
lid not exaggerate in saying that
lumber of publications had O .sumed that
he statements he had made had convicted
i'm before the House and country of hav-
ny trifled with the House and having at |
east connived at gross falsifcat tion OF what
ught to be matter of familiar history.
n vindication of his veracity and of his
4 vindication of the representations made
.ecord some brief citations setting forth
he fact of the destruction OF the Norfolk
avy yard by rebels on the 10th and 11th
I May, 1862.
After some further discussion as to Mr..
'outelle's right to proceed, the speaker
eld that he was not entitled as nothing
ad been said by Mr.. Wise attributing any
improper motive to Mr.. Boutelle.
Mr.. Hammond suggested that the gen.
leman from Maine appeal in order that
e might see how unanimously the House
'ould sustain the speaker.
Mr.. Browne (lnd.) suggested to Mr.. Bou-
ellie that, in view of the anxiety mani
,sted by the other side, to get at the facts,
e should ask unanimous consent to pro-
eed.
Mr.. Mcmillan, "that will not be granted
4 the absence OF Mr.. WISE"
Mr.. Browne, "nor in his presence, either"
Mr. Cabsll, IF the gentleman wants