Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-02-03
.FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS
Senate.

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Senator Evarts presented petition
of SO7 people in New York praying for u
suspension of the silver coinage His col
tors attention to it, and they laughed hearth
| " ut Mr.. Evarts's known embarrassment on
this subject,
Senator Dawes presented the memorial Of
| Henry FaXon and 90 Others In Massachusetts,
in favor of female suffrage,
The senate, after talking for long time
upon the bill to keep outsiders off the Indian
reservations, took up the Dakota bill, and
discussed it.
Mr.. Sherman introduced bill to discon-
tinue the coinage Of the silver dollar and to
provide for the purchase Of silver bullion in
bars, not less than 2,OOO,OOO ounces nor more
than 4, 900, 600 ounces per month at its market
price, and for the issue in payment therefor
of coin certificates of no less denomination
than $40 each, the bullion to remain in the
treasury as security for the payment of the
certificates.
The bill providing for the admission of Da-
kota was taken up Mr.. Buffers substitute
for the committees bill was read 1t is am
'enablmg" net, providing forthc admission Of
the Territory of Dakota as whole as state
when IN election shall have been held under
| this act, and constitution, republican III
form, shall have been adopted by the people
of such Territory. After a. brief debate the
bill went over A message from the house
announced the death of the Hon. Reuben
Ellwood late member of that body from the
State of Illinois. After culogistc addresses
by McSSrs. Cullon and Logan the senate, out
of respect to the memory of the deceased al
| jouncd,
Mr.. Platt offered resolution providing for
the consideration of nominations in open
session.
Mr.. IIoar submitted an amendment to the
electoral count bill which he proposes to oiler
when the bill again comes up for consldera-
| ton.
A resolution, offered by Mr.. Edmundi,
was agreed to directing the Secretary Of the
! Navy to transmit to the senate copies OF the
drawings and report of the recent survey of
the Nicaragua canal route made 10y Chief En-
ginecr Mcnocal
A resolution, offered b. Mr. Eustis was
agreed to directing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to inform the senate whether any
instructions had been issued TO the assistant
treasurer At New Orleans to refuse to receive
silver dollars on deposit and Issue therefor
certificates, or whether he had been instructed
TO receive only limited amount OF such ST.,
yer dollars, and il such instructions hal
been issued, to inform the senate the reasons
upon which they were based,
Proceeding to the calendar the senate re
sumcd consideration of the bill to divide the
Sioux Indian reservation in Dakota. lncollrsSc
of the debate Mr.. Teller said he had recently
met lady who had built and organized free
schools among the Indian tribes, one of winch
cost Sl6,OnO, and she kept up the schools by
private contributions furnished by phllal-
thropic people. Mr. Teller thought it burn
ing shame that individual citizens should be
required to contribute to Indian education,
while the government had itself undertaken
that task.
At two o'clock Mr.. Vest took the floor ON
the Dakota bill. He asked why repeated
references had been made in debate by rcpub-
Leans to party feeling. Why had reference
been made to the fact that the people OF
Dakota We're largely composed of Union sol
diers and that that fact might account Tor
their restivcneSS in their present political
condition. But he denied the right of any
man to peculiar privileges in this country,
because of having fought under one flag,
because of having cspoused any cause, be
cause of having done his duty to his princl-
pies and convictions as he understood them,
Justice should be done to all men.
Mr.. Vest severely animadvcrtcd upon the
course pursued by South Dakota in this mat
ter of its proposed admission as n state lie
sent to the desk and had the clerk read sew
cral editorial articles from Dakota news
| papers insisting that there was no law to
| forbid the people from gov, rnng themselves.
one such article inquiries: "Shall the Scared
veterans who put down the rebellion now
submit to the rebels We say a thousand
1 times no; YOU have once conquered rebels
with gums in their hands, YOU VIII again con
uucr the 'rebS' in congress having votes in
their hands. Mr.. Vest insisted hat congress