Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-29
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BY Sherman TO discontinue the coinage
Of the silver dollar. and 30 provide for
tie purchase Of silver balloon II bars, OF
Dot les than 600 coo oopces nor more
than 900 900 ounces per month, AZ tie
lowest market prise, and for The issue
il payment therefor Of COIN certificates
of not less dsnot- in alton than <lS each
TO remain IN the treasury a. security
for tie payment Of the certl6sstes-
Ingalls, Presented . pesItIoc from
Frederick Douglass and leading eitszsrs
Of tue District Of Coiuu bse corrpl siu-
ing OF the Discrimination made against
then az thsaiers ald OTTER places OF
public entertainments IN the city Of
Washington. and praying that the IL
cecse laws of the District OF Columbia
be % amended ss TO prevent such dis
GRIMM alton. The petition, ingalls, said,
vas accompanied BY sfhdavits in sup
port of It's svernents- IL vas sppropri-
ateiy referred.
The senate then went at the calendar,
and ressned consideration of the bill
to divide the Sioux reservation IN Ds-
kots into separate reservations and So
cure the REIMBURSEMENT II the Indian
title to the same. After debate, tie bill
at o'clock vas displaced by the bill
providing for the admission of Dakota
Butler's substitute for the committees
bill vas read. Ii 10 an enabling act.
providing Cor the admission Of the Ter
risory Of Dakota. as vhois, ssa STATE
Of the Union. when an election shall
have been held under this act and
constitution shall have been adopted
by the people Of such Territory. The
substitute also prescribes IN detail the
cor ditions TO be observed by the pro-
posed state as 10 public lands. schools,
etc. Batter then took the floor In sup
port Of his substitute. He insisted that
the action of south Dakota had beep
ultra r1es and void; besides. be had re-
ceiyed intimaiiops of fraud in the pro-
ceedings taken there, of criminati-p,
rrcriminatiou and ringism. Much d.
vision of opinion prevailed IN the
Territory as to the division line,
the forty sixth parallel. Why not have
. fair bearing on all questions involved,
80 that when Congress should meet
aaais it should have material for intel
iieent action. Butler could hardly con
eeive that any personal discoortesy had
been meant by railroading through the
CoBmlttee on Territories an adverse
report on the resolutions offered by
Vest and himself relating to Dakota.
/ hey bad been adversely passed upon
at tie very first meeting of the eomnit
tee after tneIr reference by the Senate,
without notice or opportunity, Batter
said. to him to be present at their con
sIderatiou. He iDq.ired whether tbis
haste was because OF fear that if full
consideration hsd been given to those
resolutions the weakness of the case now
made for Dakota voald be made mani
fest, or shat motive behizd the eforte
Of the State Executive Committee would
be exposed. II Dakota were admitted
| under the constitutional action already
taken, We might as we'll abolish all par
liamentary proceedings and Judicial
forms. when Dakota shall come
here" said Boiler, in conclusion, PRO
vided With Q proper ooantersiRn, If it
shall be my duty to be on guard, will
with pleasure pass her on TO the heart of
the citadel Of the nation"
Wilson, of Iowa, commended that the
Senators Who should insist that every
step for the formation Of new States
should be in accordance With their own
views Of form, displayed but little know
ledge Of the processes BY which States
bad been made. Some Of the most loyal
and patriotic States had laid their fonn
datioss in violation of Congressional
action. Our hardy pioneers had car
RED civilization yearly farther west
ward, and planted States as milestones
to mark the onward progress of their
journey. 1t bad taken the United
states Government long time to IN
dsrstand the movements of those pio-
neers. The action of the people of
Dakota, Wilson insisted, was in every
sense proper, peaceful and constitu-
tional; and no marrow partisanship or
political bias should be permitted to
interfere with the manly and honorable
demands of its people to admission as a
Stale. The population of South Da
kota was sufficient to entitle her to tvo
Representatives in Congress. Wilson
compared the conditions of South Da
kota In wealth. population and re-
sources with those OF many other States
at the time Of their admission, and
argued that the new applicant for state.
hood presented a CASE that challenged
criticism. Her methods had been or
derly, conservative ana creditabie. We
should welcome her to the sisterhood OF
States.
| The debate then closed, and the bill
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which hour Vest will have the floor.
A message from the President vas re
eeived transmitting a communication
from the Secretary Of the Interior sub.
hitting the draft of a proposed treaty
amendment with the Grow Indians in
MoRt4na for the parpose of increasing
the annual payments under the agree
meBt and reducing the number thereof,
In order that sufficient means may be
provided for establishing them in then
individual allotDents- THIS message
vas referred to the Committee on In.
dian Affairs
The mssse.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-The Spea ker
laid before the House q letter frem the
Secretary of State. giving q list OF EN-
ployees IN the State department, and
setting forth that the services Of mons
can be dispensed With Also comm.
uicatiou from the same officer trans
hitting replies from United States Con
suls TO the Department circular asking
for information a. TO cattle and dairy
farming in their respective districts.
Weaver introduced bill to provide
for the organization Of the Territory Of
Oklahoma. for the allotment Of home
steads to Indians In severalty. and %
open up unoccupied lands TO actual SET
tiers. Referred.
Robertson offered q resolution recit-
ing that section 1878 Of the revised
statutes prohibits diversion Of apprs-
priations. and that representations are
made that this section is violated IN
this, that certain moneys appropriated
by Congress for carrying on the Sipnsl
Service Bareau have been misappted,
and directing the Committee on Expen-
ditures in the War Department TO en-
Qulrs " the statute 10 being Observed
and oh. Their or not IL has heretofore
been violated, and to report such meas-
ures a. will secure its euforcsment.
Peters oojs ted 10 the pres-nt consid-
Grafton of the resolution. and IL VA
referred to the COMMITTEES on Expendi
lures In the War Department
Wheeler, from the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs reported q bill authorizing
the President 70 restore officers to the
army 10 certain cases. This bill applies
10 the case OF FItx John Porter, ana q
10 vas placed apon the public calendal
IL may Be- called mp for action at any
time during the morning hoor, an sd-
vantage which 10 noe sojoyed by the
speeific Fiiz John Porter bill, which ID
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