The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-06
rbe Bill Passed the Senate on
Friday, = Il
,op HER ADMISSION ASA STATE
..,.r,s substitute Defeated and the
CoAmittee Bill Passed by
voteof 80 to ~.
voRTy-NINTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

IL A
nan of Sewen, the Senate passed the
an an heretofore introduced by him,
Omsnding sections OF the revised stat
rtos relating to the annual appropria-
t;onsf for the militia.
IN Harrison's motion the business
u,aslsid aside and the Dakota bill taken
~ IN which Butler took the floor.
prt,ar said the Senator from Indiana
1Harrison) had either evaded or for
-,,,or anyof the facts bearing on the
EHotnta question. He (Butler) charged
80 The onposltion to Dakota had first
oo not from the Democratic side of
.Sa senate but from the Republican
sjSs and quoted some remarks of Hale
in a former Congress to sustain his po-
sitiOn.
stood alone,
The Senators from Indiana and Hi
B0is he said, had referred to the vote
nolled in South Carolina and other
Southern States, and compared these
votes with the vote of Dakota. Butler
udu " doSuulC Iu1b " do OQllC III lllC
purpose of giving a sectional turn to the
debate, and arraying popular perjudice
against Southern people. Southern
States, Butler continued, had been
under q fire for q good many years.
They had survived heavier artillery
than that now turned against them,
and would survive this. whatever might
be said against South Carolina land no
~ no had ,f5ko bo, h.
past and would make mis-
takes in the future). Never until
The political friends of Senators on the
other side camped upon the fair bosom
OF that State had her officials been
tainted with the Flemish OF corruption.
Il had never happened till then that
her officials had been compelled to fly
iyOmher borders to escape States prison
and, while degrading. disgracetul and
bumIiating ISOLATION had been going
oa,not one word of protest had come
from honorable Senators on the other
Ide who nov arralgned South Carolina.
Mr.. Logan said his attention had
been directed to the vote of South
Carolina because the Senators from
South Carolina and Missouri had
complained that Dakota, in 1884,
had poled 5000 votes while
on the adoption of the pro-
posed constitution only 81 coo votes had
been pOled. He, Mr.. Logan: had then
called attention to the vote of the
senator's own State, South Carolina.
DAKOTA, with only quarter OF a
million OF population, had polled 81 900
votes while South Carolina had, with a
population Of million, pessed only 91,-
w votes and he, Logan, had inquired
Rlsiher, II the explanation was re-
CURED for Dakota, If the explanation
vas not also required for South Carolina.
Nj. Butler replied that the explana-
aon vas, that at the last election in
south Carolina, the political friends and
a4eS OF thevSenator from Illinois, were
lda;trlously neglected. They had not
E7l instructed or even approached by
.aat senator. He (Mr. Butler) believed
al The people of South Carolina, white
ana colored, were satisfied with their
SsSt OF government.
NJ. Logan commented on the refer
s.ce of Mr.. Butler to the "lolling in
.4eI tents" of officers while the "sol-
GeTs we're on the march," That remark,
ne sad was not just to the gentlemen
On this side of the chamber"
M. Butler diSclaimed having intended
E application to any Senator.
Nj Logan recognized equal merit in
2. Were there had been faithful SER
Wee. In conclusion, Mr.. Logan re-
Feated that whatever pretense may be
made as 20 the reason for excluding
pdAota, however Senators may "hIggle"
over words, the real reason was that it
YOU'D have "A Republican majority.
az 3eL may argue IS they please with
|4Sy DrOteNts-that was the real
s9ulee of the difficulty. But the Amer
Aa people had an abiding sense of
;-Sgee, they know that the elements
=. W Statehood existed i'll Dakota; that
Aau the necessary population and
s4 and all conditions of industry,
,assIgy and civilization. Then, why, he
IAed should not this new State be
laced IN the cluster of the American
F.loh' that 1t may add its share to the
~ ~ and glory of the Republic2
rL ol. Gali opposed the committees bill.
10 ae VII OF the whole people of Dakota,
rSs S4d, had not been ascertained on
h. question OF a division, or on the
b9o>ed constitution, and they should
oSas e9t opportunity of voting on those
FSIohS before the action of Congress
'S Necessary.
SqBmunds inquired whether Mr.. Call,
~. 9utler and their associates would
~, y's LOT the bill if an amendment were
~ rue 70 1t providing for the submits
n NJ % new constitution to the people
into , oNeir approval before it should go
tho operation, or would they vote for
Tue VI, WI which would be submitted to
usIp eop'e OF the whole Territory, for
GTis;oD1 70 say whether they wanted
stpso. SalI saw no necessity for such
dsSidLsss haste. This matter had to be
ss With view to the future as
mont VIII the Senator from Yer
eli;ais, before submitting this bill,
bsea sa aH from it everything that has
Seas,so-,nas IN the way of elections of
Mn, eongressrne en- and
slihe.a Hlmunds = will not. After
by theSsa years 0! effort and application
be dispo, People the matter should now
like The ~ OF. Here was a constitution
constitutions of other states in