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pies faces, Mr.. Logan inquired of Mr. Butler

pies races mr. Logan inquirer OF mr.. busier
Mr. Butler--I must do the honorable Senator
the justice to say that he has not.
MIR. Logan--Very well; / am obliged to the
Senator for that / hope shall never do that,
for If there is anything have q contempt for, it
himself has done. Mr.. Logan commented on
the references of Mr.. Butler to the lolling in
their tents of officers while soldiers the
march. That remark, he said, not just to
gentlemen on this side of the chamber
Mr.. Butler discamed having intended its ap-
plication to any Senator.
Mr.. Logan recognized equal merits in all,
where there had been faithful service In con-
cusion. MIR. Logan repeated that, whatever pre-
tense may be made as to the reason for exclud-
ing Dakota however Senators may higgle over
the words. the real cause was thatit would have
a Republican majority Men may argue as they
please, with himsy pretexts, that was the real
source of difficulty, but the American people
had an abiding sense of justice. and they knew
that all the elements Of statehood exist in Da-
kota- Then why. he asked, should not this
State be placed in the cluster of American
Union, that it may add its share to the light and
glory of the Republic2
Mr.. Morgan had heard good deal in this de-
bate, but had not heard any of the advocates of
the bill answer the facts presented against it.
Senators as much as said to the opponents of
admission under this bill your facts are all
right, but your motives are wrong. You 90 not
want to pass this measure because you are Dem
ocrats and want only Democratic States admit
ted" He [Mr. Morganl could, at least. as log
ically reply that gentleman who was not elect
ed at the last election wanted a new Repu blcan
State admitted, or that he wanted it in order TO
retain power in the Senate. 1t would, perhaps,
be unjust to the Senator from Illinois
to say that, but no more unjust
than the motives ascribed to the opponents of
this bill. Mr. Morgan conceded that all the con-
ditions necessary for admission existed in the
case of Dakota, and he would be glad to see it
admitted as one State. The Senator from IL
linois insisted upon having two States from it.
That Senator had said that he would give him
Mr.. Morganl enough before he got through.
Well, Mr.. Morgan had had enough already, and
so had retired to the cloak room and gone to
sleep. He had had enough of reproaches against
his State because of a ticket that did not draw
very large vote from Alabama last year. The
vote of Alabama had been light. he said, be-
cause the Republican ticket did not have any
such popularity in that State as to make it nee
essary for the people to come out very largely in
order to defeat it. and even the Republicans
themselves did not care about it. AS long as the
Southern States had liberty of action they al
ways voted for the admission of new State
whenever the proper conditions existed. The
objection to admission had come from the East.
Mr. Plumb said the Democratic party had
always favored the admission of new States
when the new States were Democratic. He
viewed at some length the question of the
admission of Kansas 1t had to fight to get in.
he said. and it had fought the fight well. The
bleeding Kansas of that time had become the
ministering angel of the Republicans It may
be that, In the estimation of some the vote of
Kansas was not valuable as that of South
Carolina or Alabama-they were folder" States.
Out our way" said Mr.. Plumb, I'VE don't ask
man how old he is, or where he came from; we
are too busy to 60 into pedgrees. We ask him
what he Is, and what he can do. Kansas says
welcome to Dakota, which is opposed now by
the same party that opposed the admission of
Kansas. The first steps under the new Demo-
cratic administration follow close ON tho last
steps OF the other Democratic administration"
MI Harrison replied to Mr. Butler. After
reviewing the points made by that Senator this
morning, and commenting on the warmth with
which the Senator had spoken, Mr. Harrison said
he knew no cure for Mr. Butler except Pasteurs
new treatment. daughter
Mr. Butler inquired whether the virus to be
used in the process of incubation was to come
from Mr.. Harrison. Laughter That Sen
but he Mr.. Butlerl was free from the bite.
Mr.. Harrison said his remark was persfiage,
but admitted that Mr.. Buffers reply was good.
Dir Cali opposed the committees bill. The
Will of the whole people of Dakota, he said, had
not been aseertained on the question of division
or on the proposed Constitution, and they should
have an opportunity of voting on these questions
before the action of Congress was necessary.
MIR. Edmunds inquired whether Mr.. CALL Mr.
Butler and their associates would vote for the
bill if an amendment were made providing for
submission Of the new Constitution to the peo-
pie for their approval before it should 60 into OPP
GRAFTON, would they vote for bill which would
be submitted to the people of the whole Territory
to say whether they wanted division not2
Mr. Call esswb ne fHeceseity for such urgent
haste. This matter had to be decided with
view TO the future as we'll as the present
Mr.. Butler-Will the Senior from Vermont,
nate everything from it that has been done in
the way of elections of Senators and Congress
meng
Mr. Edmunds-I will not. After all these
years of effort and application by these people
the matter should now be disposed of. 1 would
not say to those people that they must again be
put off for one two or three years. The people
of a Territory, Mr. Edmunds continued had no
right to remain Territory forever. The United
States paid a very large part Of Territorial ex-
penses, and should be relieved of that burden as
soon as was consistent with the general good. 1t
was the misfortune of fate for the Senators on
the Democratic side that the Dakotans did not
have political opinions with which those Senators
could agree, and that was what the matter was.
Mr. Beck denied the right of Territory to di
vide itself, that being power lodged only IN
Congress. The population Of the new Territory.
he said consisted, to a considerable extent, of
foreigners, Scandinavians and others, who were
not yet prepared for ci tizenship.
The debate then closed, and Mr.. Buffers sub
stitute was put to vote and lost-yeas, ~
nays, 49,
The bill reported from the committee was then
passed-yeas, 80; nays. %. The only Democrat
voting in the affirmative was Mr.. Voorhees,. The
negative votes were all Democratic.
Tine bill divides the Territory of Dakota on
the line of the forty-sixth parallel of latitude,
provides for the admission of the southern por
tion as State, under the title of Dakota, and
the organization of the northern portion into a
Territory, under the name of Lincoln.
Five Thousand Starving People.
CHICAGO, Feb. ga Montreal special says
"The most distressing intelligence continues to
be received from Gaspe regarding the starving