St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-20
The Senate Accords Him the Privilege
Of Seat on the Floor Of Its
Chamber.
Senators Vest and Harrison Have a Tilt
Over Dakota, Utah and Thomas
q. Benton.
The Dakota Delegation Visits the
President and Comes Away
Well Pleased.
Senator VOORHEES, Favors the Admis-
sion of Dakota, Montana and
Washington Together.
MOODY Gets a Back Seat.

Special 10 the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-SOuth Dako-
tans think they are inching along toward
statehood. Senator Moody was admitted
to the floor Of the senate to-day after an
acrimonious debate.
SAID IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. l9.-ln the senate
Mr.. Harrison's resolution of yesterday, 10
admit Mr.. Moody of Dakota to the floor Of
the senate. was laid before the senate. Mr..
Vest said he yielded to no man in courtesy.
TO political or personal opponent, but
thought the people whom Mr.. Moody repre-
sented had not been courteous To the SEN
ate. and Mr.. Vest believed that courtesy
should be reciprocal. These people had
acted against the deliberate parliamentary
action of congress. and had taken action
that Mr.. Vest declared 10 be revolutionary.
lie denied that Dakota was state either
de jure or de facto. or that il could become
so without the authority OF congress. He
quoted remarks OF Judge CamDbell TO the
effect that Dakota had the right 10 become
a state in spite of congress. Referring TO
Mr.. HarriSon's illusions yesterday TO
Thomas II. Benton of Missouri. Mr.. Vest
denied that there was any Similarity be-
tween the case of the admission of Missouri
and the case presented for Dakota. Mr..
Benton had discharged his duty as a sena-
tor, and Missouri took pride i'm his dstin-
gushed public service. but Mr.. Vest did not
agree
WITH BENTON LIVING
and did not agree with him dead. 1t would
be peculiar. he said, if Utah should come
here with a constitution republican in
form" and thought Mr.. HarrisOn's pre-
,frrba INF Ia
knew the resolution would be adopted. as
it was part of the program agreed on by the
committee on territories. Mr.. Harrison
denied that it was part OF any program"
The resolution was introduced by him with
out reference TO the committee. he de-
Tended Judge Moody against aspersiOnS
which Mr.. Harrison said had been cast ON
him by Mr.. Vest. Mr.. Harrison denied
that there was anything exceptional in the
course pursued by Dakota to gain admis-
sion. Ii had never been said that the like
course pursued by other territories had been
disrespectful TO congress. The $4,000
citizens i'm Dakota Who had combined in a
respectful petition for the admission Of
South Dakota TO the Union were entitled to
respectful treatment. There was
NOTHING IN THEIR CHARACTER
or conduct to warrant the comparison of
Dakota WIN u tan. MI. hafflsOn DIleuN
reviewed the case Of Utah and urged that
courtesy warranted the admission Of Da-
kOta's new senators TO the floor. Mr.. Sauls-
bury moved To amend Mr.. HarriSOn's reSO-
luton by adding:
But the courtesy hereby extended shall not
be considered as any recognition of Dakota to
admission as a state into the Union
Mr.. Vest said he had not been personal,
as Mr.. HarrSon's remarks implied. Had
he wished TO be personal he would present
columns of vItuperation that would put TO
shame the worst "billingsgate. all of
which had been published against him (Mr
Vest) in the newspapers of Dakota. He
had no objection TO the senate filling up the
sofas. as done i'm the chamber. but it should
not be done under the impression that there
was precedent for it. He emphatically
denied such precedent, as Mr.. Dolph stated
i'm the case of admission OF Oregon, as
showing the paralleism of that case TO the
case under debate. Mr.. Butler expressed
himself as willing TO admit Mr.. Moody to
the floor. but thought Mr.. Saulsbury's
amendment a very proper one. Mr.. Sauls-
bury did not want the courtesy extended
to Mr.. Moody to be misunderstood in Da-
kota. 1t was not TO be taken as a pre-
judgment of the application of Dakota for
admission. Mr.. Saulsbury's amendment
was lost-yeas %. nays 90. The resolution
admitting Dir. Moody TO the courtesy of
the floor was then agreed to.