St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-05
A SLEEPING MEASURE.
Dawes Sioux Reservation Bill Efeotu-
ally Put to Bed by the 0leomar-
garine Discussion.
Consideration of the Former to be Resumed
Next Saturday, With but Small
Hopes of Passage.
McManima Forsakes the Ship and
Returns Home Mcclure Says
He Was Misquoted.
Day Reported to be Disguised With
Politics. Contirma-
ton Doubtful.
Ina Comatose Condition.

Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-In conversation
with several friends, a prominent Dakotian,
who refuses to be quoted by name. said:
THE bill for the opening of the Sioux reser-
walton is not dead. 1t is comatose, l will ad-
init, but it is not dead. We are to have the
18th and 18th of June for its consideration
by the house, and IL may go through. We
are satisfied that If we are not prevented
from having a hearing, the bill will yet pass
All reasonable contingencies had been
guarded against, but who could have fore
seen the oleomargarine bill? Who could have
laid pipes to carry Off the garbage OF an unseen
whirl such as the House has been suffering
with? We had no idea that the genuine inter-
est OF people could have been interfered
with by bogus butter We had the promise
of MIR. Randall and of Mr.. Morrison that they
would not stand in our way. We had the as
surauceS of men who most obStruct legiSla-
ton that they would not only permit US to
have hearing, but several of them had
promised TO assist US. I am willing TO con-
TESS that the outlook, at present, is unfavor-
able, but l am not willing to acknowledge that
We are without hope. All we want is hear
ing before the house, and believe that we
may yet obtain it. The bill is now sand
wiched between the appropriation bills and
the tariff measure, and thousand other I'M
portant public matters. At the close OF the
session we may be either ground to powder
between the milstones of legislation, or we
may be damned out of place by bigger grains,
but we are in the hopper and there we will
stay as long as the congressional mill con-
tinues to grind its grist.''
ASSURANCES OF AID.
'But have you any assurances of aid from
your friends in the house, for the days set
apart, this month"; was asked by one of his
irterlocutorS.
Yes, we have. I cannot say that feel as
certain of the fultillment OF the promises
nc Il a unal- Nov, do Foo tbo+
we have right to expect the gentlemen to
neglect the matters which most concern them
and their constituents. But l have no doubt
of their sincerity in promising us their aid
They have been in earnest until now, and
they are honest in their sympathetic assur-
ances of aid; although L feel that allowances
must be made for their duty to their districts,
and of the preferences which they will and
ought to give to their own immediate affairs.
Nevertheless, l believe that we have sufficient
friends in the house to carry US through yet,
If we can only get the time to be heard
I'VE are pleased with your expressions of
confidence in your friends but upon what do
you most base your hopes of success at this
late day?'
well, the order for June Is is continu-
ing order. That is, if we are crowded out by
unforeseen business we will get the first day,
afterwards, unprovided for. Moreover, the
business of our committee must be attended
to before the house can adjourn. &c. you see
there is reason for the hope that we have of
ultimate success"
How came this oleomargarine bill to get
in your way?'
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
Ell thought that everyone knew all about
that. You see, Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, from
the committee on agriculture presented the
BILL and said that it was of such nature that
il could be passed in two hours aud be set
tied. But when it came up for discussion,
there was such opposition developed that it
has lasted woweekS. Our bill is not the only
one which has suffered. There is the naval
appropriation bill, and several other bills
from that committee. There is the shipping
bill, the Morrison tariff bill and several thous-
and special pension bills. The house has 1000
bills on the calendar to be considered; but
all of them had to be give away to this bogus
butter nonsense
'How do your people feel about the mat
teri
''Oh, they are reading everything about the
action OF congress, and they probably under
stand the position of affairs. They know that
we have done all that we could do and they
are satisfied. There are some of our business
men so anxious about the matter that they
a - e disposed to findffaut, but they are few
and far between"
xviii not the return OF Mr.. McManina Grip
pie your work.:
Yes great deal. McManima is splen-
idworker. But, there is one thing that am
pressing business engagements to fulfil and
had to go; and am reconciled to his DEPART
ure because l know he will be able to reas-
sure our people and explain to them the Iaby-
rinthine meSheS of congressional proceedings
and encourage them to hope as we are hop
ing"
THE MEASURES IMPORTANCE.
You will probably pardon me for dwell
ing so much at length upon this subject,
x1-ba 7 foil hot
ing of the great reservation is now the most
important matter before congress, in rela-
ton to the territory. All political bills are
dead. Many of them ''died bornin'" and
the others have been garroted But the
opening of the reservation is a matter of
business, and actually of bread and butter
to the entire people along the Missouri
river. 1t has had the active support of Mr..
BoyntOn and of Mr.. Day. 1t has received
the support of Republicans and Democrats
alike, and should have been a law to-day
but for the perennial scintillation of abnor-
NAL nincompoopiSm of the house, yclept on
this occasion, oleomargarine. You must
know that it is the custom of the house to
show its asinine proclivities at least once
every year. 1t doesn't make much differ
ence what may be used as the preteXt. 1t
sometimes happens that there is no preteXt
Nevertheless, there must be just so much
insane stupidity displayed in body which
contains but an average of two ounces of
brains to each member. Some of them
have pound of brains, others have little
more; but the majority have less than an
ounce of the genuine grey matter. where
with to produce phrenal convolutions.
Hence it follows that there must be folly
and foolishness displayed very often, and
once year Is small drop in the legislative
bucket.