St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-11
WASHINGTON'S PULSE
Beats Stronger Now That the Senate Has
Passed the Statehood Ena-
bling Act.
Bridge Bills Passed in Which Minnesota
Wisconsin, Iowa and Dakota
Figure.
A $4,000 Damage Suit Against a Cit
izen of Iowa for Lascivtous
Conduct.
Fraudulent Voters Arrested in Mil.
waukee-Prominen Democrats
Implicated. -TatlA
The Coming State of washington


WASHINGTON, April 10.-ln the senate,
on motion of Mr.. Platt, the Washington
territory admission bill was taken up. Mr..
Eustis' amendment having been disposed OF
the question arose on an amendment offered
by Mr. Morgan, requiring the constitution
of the proposed new state to be submitted
to congress and approved by it before the
admission of the state. This was offered to
take the place of the section of the bill
which provides that the territory should be
admitted to the Union on the proclamation
of the president, when the territory should
have complied with the provisions of the
act Mr.. Morgans amendment was voted
down-yeas 10, nays 25. Mr.. Mitchell of
Oregon spoke in support of the bill. He
also advocated the speedy admission of Da-
kota and Montana. Mr.. Salisbury said il
was not yet clear but that we might
have to pay an indemnity for the
maltreatment of the Chinese resi-
dents of Washington territory, and he
thought congress should make some pro-
vision for reServiDg from the fund going to
the territory as proceeds of public lands an
amOut sufficient to cover such possible in
demdity. Mr.. Edmunds said the fund re-
ferred to was school fund. He depre-
Gated any reduction of that fund. The
gence to repreSS the disturbances referred
to. The acts referred to had been wicked,
but they had not been the acts of the citi-
Zens of the territory. but of foreigners who
in no way represented the feeling of justice
and good order characteristic of the people
of the territories. Mr.. Edmunds favored
the punishment of the acts of violence and
wovld favor the taking of such popular
course by the United States as would be re-
quired by the United States Of foreign
country if it had been
AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD
that had been similarly treated. Still this
did not in Mr.. Edmunds' odinion, render
it proper for congress to pursue an abnormal
or unjust dealing with the the school fund
of Washington. The bill was then brought
to vote and passed substantially as re-
ported from the committee-Yeas so, nays
-. The Democrats voting with the Re
publicanS in the affirmative were Messrs.
Butler, George, Jones of Arkansas and
Morgan. The negative votes were all Dem
Ocratic, among them being that of Mr..
Hearst, whose first vote was cast on this
bill. The bill as passed authorizes the in
habitantS of the territory of Washington
and the adjacent part of the territory of
Idaho to form state government with the
name of the State of Washington. 1t pro-
NldeS 1or convention TO formulate ana
adopt constitution which shall be
Republican in form and not repugnant
to the constitution of the United States.
or the principles of the Declaration of indie
pendenee. The persons who shall be enti-
tied to vote for the members of the conven-
ton are described by the bill to be 1.-The
qualified electors resident within said
boundaries" The convention is to meet at
Walla Walla at such time as the governor
Of the territory shall designate, and when
the new constitution shall be completed it
shall be submitted to the people for ratif-
cation. If ratified it snail be certified by
the president of the United States, who,
if the constitution conforms to the require
ments of this bill, shall by public proclama-
ton declare the state admitted to the union
on an equal footing with the original states
without further action by congress. The
bill now goes to the house of representa-
tiyes for concurrence.