St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-04
LAPSUS LINGUE LOGAN
Takes Up the Time of the Senate With
Remarkably Tame Dakota Admis-
sion Speech.
Senator Harrison Announces That He viii
Seek to Get Vote on the Bill
TO-DAY.
A Recent Decision of Commissioner
Sparks Affects the Title OF 49,
100000 Acres of Land.
Nebraska Scores Another Cold
. Blooded Observation-Disclosures OF
the Elizabeth Tragedy.
CnnninEfO "A vote.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-At 2 O'Clock
this afternoon the Dakota bill was placed
before the senate and Mr.. Logan TOOK the
floor.
He differed materially, he said, with the
senator from South Carolina Mr.. Bnuer') ana
the senator from Missouri (Mr Nest) IN re-
gard to the question under consideration.
Fourteen states had been admitted under the
force of enabling acts. and eleven states
without enabling acts. Congress therefore
was free to adopt either course according to
tho circumstances which in each case III ght
be best adopted TO the public good. What
NUas the substantial objection to Dakota's adj
mission? BY reading paragraph from Mr..
buffers speech we might get glimpse of at
least a shadow Of the objection. The mean
ing of the objection was that If Dakota was
admitted it would add three electoral votes to
the Republican strength at the next presiden-
tial election. He inquired of Mr.. Butler
whether that was not the point.
Mr.. Butler denied it and said he had al
ready declared that even if the political com
plexlon of Dakota were Democratic he would
have felt Obliged TO oppose It's admission
under the present aspect of its application.
WANTED BY A CLIQUE.
Mr.. Logan said that when Republicans
wanted anything the idea of the senator from
South Carolina was that it was wanted by a
''clique." MIR. Logan's idea was that without
regard to the politics of the territory it
should be admitted when it had the necessary
regretted to be obliged, in the absence of Mr..
Vest, to object to some of that senator's re-
marks. He (Mr. Logan wanted 10 know IL
any great harm was done If in the congress
OF the United States a man happened to men,
ton the fact that ex-Union soldiers inhabited
Dakota? Some extraordinary differences had
been drawn from reference by Mr.. Harrison
TO ex-Union soldiers in connection with the
population of Dakota Mr.. Logan said his
references were more in sorrow than in anger
but he could not forbear saying IL was not
North of the line" that bitterness was found
or injustice inculcated. 1t was not North of
the line that it was sought to deprive the
people of their votes. The objections to Da-
kota were part of a great scheme to keep out
Republican states till Democratic states could
be brought in. That was the repetition of
the old principle of ''slave" and free" states.
Mr.. Logan read from the Charleston News
and Courier au article advocating the enact
ment of property qualification for voting.
There he said, was proposition TO deprive
the mass of the people of
THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
1.-The senator from South Carolina laughs"
said Mr.. Logan. ~ don't see why you should
not laugh, because that is the only way you
are going to control that country after
while" The start of the Democracy had
been in South Carolina. "Yes." said Mr.
Butler, while the distinguished senator from
Illinois (Mr. Logan was leader of that
party"
what a leader" replied Mr.. Logan. was
q follower. and followed so far BEND that
got left. Great laughter and applause i'm the
galleries. The attempt to keep out Dakota.
Mr.. Logan characterized as part of great
scheme to keep out states that send RepubI-
cans to congress. He appealed TO the justice
and magnamity of senators to give ear to the
voice of the energetic and enterprising peo-
pie who were applying for admission to the
union of states.
Mr. Morgan opposed the admission Of Da-
kota under the present conditions. He
thought the senate was asked to admit the
new state merely for the purpose of admitting
the ofHceholders that had been sent here The
patriotism that had been so much referred to
had in ii a strong flavor of self-interest.
Mr.. Harrison obtained the floor and gave
notice that he would ask the senate to bring
the bill to a vote tomorrow.
The senate then adjourned.