Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-30

pertlnently inquire what political party
was 10 be benefited hy this
Cmsarian operation, by which Da-
kota was cut In two for political
reasons. Would 1t not add TO the Hepub-
lican forces aud perhaps give preponder-
auce TO those forces Ia a national con
icstg The great question once was, said
MIR. Vest, how rapidly to get new states
into the Union. Everybody then wanted
to push the Union, everybody then wanted
TO push the frontier away from their own
borders, because the frontier meant the
scalping-knifc and the tomahawk, but
what was our Ipresent condition. our
population, development and resources
had exceeded the Imagination OF the
facts. The admission Of two new mem
beers into the senate OF the United States
as soon as any fraction of territory
could show the same number OF inhabl-
tants that were now claimed for South
Dakota would soon swell the senate TO
the size OF the house of representatives,
and such admissions would be unjust TO
the older and much more thick
~ populated states. Mr.. Vest
compared the position assumed
| by Dakota with that Of Montana 10 show
that the latter territory had acted in re.
spectful and constitutional manner, though
he said he should be compelled TO vote
against the admission OF Montana until It
had population at least equal to the
united representation In the lower house
of congress. Dakota had not evinced
proper respect for the supreme court OF
the United States. Its people had entered
into q conspiracy to nullify the decision
of that court in regard to the territorial
bonded Indebtedness. BY the vote on the
constitution now presented, Mr.. Vest
continued, 100000 persons residing in
North Dakota were DISTINGUISHED and had
not taken part in the election lie ridi.
culed the Republican pretensions as 70
the anxiety pervading the people of Da.
kota on the question of admission. one
would think, he saio, that even the babies
, of Dakota were crying for admission
! Laughter. The manipulaters of Tic
movement had tried to bring every ISSUE
TO bear in their support, even the prohi
; bition issue. Cut off whisky from a maj
on the plains, said Mr.. Vest, and YOU
take from him all that makes life endure
bic. The speaker related an instance o
finding in the wild West three men VIII,
for three years had been cut off from civ
illzation, from bread and from salt. TIL
first thing they as ed for on seeing othe
9 human beings fresh from civilization, wa
9 not bread, not salt, but whisky. Laugh
ter Mr.. Vest mentioned this, he said
e not TO show the deprayity OF the men, bu
to show that the rigor Of the climate rC
quired whisky. Mr. Vest denied that tn
action OF Dakota was the action OF II
a whole p, ope. 1t was Republican move
: ment in the interests of certain individt
e ais. The Democrats OF Dakota regarde
"a g., i,.,A Of al al
n the vote on il. He had tn
i clerk read an Official addres
= by the Democratic committe
a of the territory to support his statemen
d The whole trouble, he said, was thu
IS Fargo and Yankton were competing eel
;. tiers of political ambition. He charge
l. that the record of the last legislature
e Dakota, even ON the showing of Republ
l. can newspapers, was without a parallel
l. the history of bad schemes. In concluslc
Is Mr. Vest said he would hereafter subm
d Il proposition TO divide the territory by
ID line running north and south on the l0l
le parallel of longitude, 80 as to provide Il
y the keeping of the unsettled western SIC
ie In a senatorial condition
Ia Mr.. Logan took the floor, but gave WI
m to motion to adjourn, and the sena
NJ accordingly adjourned until Monday
IN THE HOUSE
n. WASHINGTON, JAN 29.-Atter 10
Ut civil measures mad been reported by 4
{. committee, the house at - 80 went In
I'd committee OF the whole, Mr.. Hatch
or Missouri in the chair, for considerable
a, of the private calendar. The first me,
IS urc on the. calendar was Mr.. McAlillll
&c bill providing for the payment OF
OF Fourth -ot-July claims.
lis Mr.. Getldes OF Ohio explained that
er bill comprised 9iS claims distribut
ny among eleven states and one territory, a
to called for an expenditure of $229,O l
N In the course OF short debate viii
nc ensued, Mr.. Browne of Indiana declar
% that the government treated its creditt
re- shamefully, especially II the credit'
a were small claimants living
ad from Washington, too poor TO sect
as the services of some one TO log-roll IN
by bills through congress. The bill was
sht aside for favorale report,
est 4 long discussion arose over the n
to- bin referring to the court OF claims
nd the adjudication OF the claim oil the
ota sonal representative of G. Nj. Briggs,
rus ceased for the proceeds OF col
ri, now in the treasury. Several anne
> ii ments were offered. The first anne
VIZ llpII upon nnlNh q 49,
,rt- reached was one offered by Mr.. HolI
Ter. OF Indiana authorizing the court to de
to mine the claims under the provision
fire the Bowman act, and to report to
est, cress tho cause OF delay in the pres
the action and prosecution of claims. ]
for was rejected by a vote of to G2.
her motion OF Mr. Rowland OF Illinois
for amendment was adopted authorizing
'ort court to inquire into the loyalty OF u
lily Briggs and of the person from whom
asst. obtained the title.
'uld Mr.. Gibson of West Virginia sugge!
the the propriety of amending the bill SO
.ota to REQUIRE the court TO determine wne'
Mr., the cotton grew on loyal ground,
the picked by loyal hands and was II
TINS loyal. - AZ;
8 On motion of Mr.. Burrows oil MI
the gan an amendment was ADO
rom providing that II Mr.. Briggs, or
iere person from whom he derived MS !
gov shall be found to have been dlsloyal
in clam shall be dismissed.
who The committee then arose ana repo
the the Two bills to the house, when