The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-02-10
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Proceedings in Both Branches
of Congress.
Al NOT III E R ID E l. A Y
For Dakota-Miscsllaueous Legislation
The Cabinet and the Senate
Lind and O.her n alters.

WASHINGTON. February Son motion Of
Mr.. Sewell. the Senate passed the bill here
tofore introduced by him. amending the
sections OF the Revised Statutes relating to
the annual appropriations for the militia.
On motion of Mr.. Harrison the morning
business WAS laid aside and the Dakota
bill taken up, on which Mr.. Butler took the
floor. Mr.. Butler said that the Senator
from Indiana (Harrison) had either evaded
or forgotten many of the facts bearing on
the Dakota question. He (Butler) charged
that the opposition to Dakota had first
come, not from the Democratic side Of the
Senate. but from the Republican side. and
quoted some remarks of former Congress
to sustain his position.
Mr.. Mcmillan believed that Mr.. Hale had
then stood alone. Mr. Butler did not care
how that was. The SENATOR from Indiana
and Illinois, he said, had referred to the
vote polled in South Carolina and othe'
Southern States. and compared these votes
with the vote f Dakota. Mr.. Butler
had to assume that that WAS done
for the purpose OF giving sectional
turn to debate and arraving popular pre-
iudice agair st the Southern people. The
Southern states, Mr.. Butler continued, had
been under fire for good many years.
They had survived heavier artillery than
that now turned against them. would sur
vive this Whatever might he said against
South Caroliua land no doubt she had
made mistakes in the past and would make
mistakes in the future) never until the po-
litical friends OF the Senators on the other
side camped on the fair bosom OF that
State had her otfirers been tainted with
blemish OF corruption. 1t had never hap
pened till then that her officials had been
compelled t. fly from her bOrders to escape
the States Prison. and while this degrading.
disgraceful and humiIia ting spDiIati"n had
been going on. not one word OF protest had
come from the honorable Senators on the
other side, who now arraigred South Caro-
lima.
Mr.. Logan said attention had been di
rectrtl t., the vote ~ S',ut h Carolina Ire
cause the Senators fr'n 5 ,lth Car ,liia
and Missouri c.,mp|,irrl that DtkOta in
1884 had p,ll-d 5000 y ties, w il- on the
adoption nf the p',l'' - G"nStlfut'oI only
81 900 vntrs had bee: pnll.,d. He Mr..
Lugan) had then caIie. attention tn the
vote al the 5 n4tur's own State-SDuth
Carolina !iiLknft with ONLY quarter at
milli,r poDn!nti'n had prlled 8 900
votes, wh,l, ) nth Carulina had with IL
p"puatinn of II million, pIlsd only 9l.-
900 VOTES and hr (Lrgar) had inquirad
whether ii an explrunti,'n WIS required f'r
Dlknt :, ii an rx IL. ua tinn was not also re
quired or south Carnlna.
Mr.. B lker replied that the
explanation was that at the last
election in South Carolina the political
friends and allies Of the s nat"r from Hi
nuis were i,.dnsi rinusly neglected. They had
not been ustrIlrt- ar even approached ny
that Senator. H. (Mr. Butler) believed
that all the people "f S"lth Carolina white
and cnlOred. were satisfied Nth their State
Government.
Mr.. Butler to the .luling in their tents OI
officers whI. the soldiers were on the
march THAT remark he said, "was
not Just to the gentlemen on this side
side OF the chamber
Mr.. Butler oisclainpd habing intended it's
application to any Senator.
Mr-Logan recognized equal merit in all.
where there had been faithful service. In
conclusion, Mr.. Logan repeated that what
ever pretehse may be made as to the rea-
son for excluding Dakota, however, Sena-
tors may "haggle" over the words. The
real reason was that it would have
Republican majority. Men may argue as
they please, with flimsy prrt-xts, that this
was the real source OF difference, but the
American people had Il big sense OF justice:
They know that the elements for statehood
existed in Dakota; that it had the neces-
sary population and area, and all the
condition of industry, energy and civi'iza-
ton. Then why. he asked, should not this
new State be placed in the cluster of the
American Union that it may add its share
to the light and glory Of the Republic? Mr.:
Call opposed the committee's bill. The will
OF the whole people Of Dakota, he said,
had not been ascertained on the question
OF division or on the proposed Constitu-
ton and they should have an opportunity
OF voting on those questions before action
OF Congress WAS necessary.
Mr.. Edmonds inquired whether Mr..
Call, Mr. Butter and their associates would
vote for the bill if an amendment were
made to it, providing for the submission OF
the new Constitution to the people for their
approval before it should go INTO opera
tiun Or would they vote for n bill which
would be submitted to the people at the
whole Ter tory for them to Say whether
they wanted II division or not.
Mr. Call saw no necessity for snch urgent
haste. This matter had t, be decided with
view to the future as well as present
Mr. Butler-Will the Senator from Yer
pie eliminate fro II it everything that hA
been done i'm tn. way ftne election uf Sen
ators, Congressman, ETC.!
Mr. f. EImuuds-i viii not. After all these
years uf effort and app'icat"n by these
people the mat ter should now he disposed
OF. There Was a Constitution like the Con-
stitutions nf the other s, ,ates in respect to
security of property, adn'n'si rat ti"n'" "f
Justice, equal lev!i"g taxes and every
thing that goes To AXE up he best "f mod
ern Constitutions. | would not. therefore,
say to those people that they niusi again
put it of for one, two or three years. A
Territory has no right to remain Il Terri
tory forever. Th- United States paid
very large part of the Territorial expenses
and should be relieved Of that burden IA
soon as it was sttnt with the general
good. 1t was the misiurtuneuf late Tor tue
Senators ON the Dem, cratic side that the
Dak'tans did not have poll ial Opinions
with which those S.';,nt"rs could Hg'f'', ana
that was what thu .nttrr "as.
Mr.. b OK de,d tn rl-hi II Il T,rrI'"ry
to divide t,rii, that h,'iiiI - power i'"'grh
only in Cungr -. The p '!,ul"ti"n II the
new Trrrit"ry ~ sid .'''s'>trd t" II con
siderable extent Il f.r.i -ner-, Sra .'ilna-
El"ns and 9th, mhp were not l,rtparcd
lorcitizenship
The de att, then srd aud Mr.. Buffers
sui's'i,u ut. was put 10 v"teahd lost; Yeas,
22; nays. 3S.
The bill reported from thecomnittee was
then passed; yeas. -: NAYS. ~. he only
Democrat voting in the affirmative was
Mr.. Voorhees,. The negative votes were all
Democrats.
The bill divides the Territory on the
forty sixth parallel OF latitude and pro-
vices for the admission of the southern
portion as n State under the title OF Da
kuta and the organization Of the northern
portion into a separate Territory, under
the name uf Lincoln.
Mr.. Blair moved that the Senate take up
the education bill. heretofore introduced by
him and reported favorabl, from the Com.
mittee on Education and Labor.
Senator Blair, from the Committee on
Educatinn and Labor, reported favorably
Mr.. Frs e's bill to provide for the appoint.
ment ly the President of a commission Of
hve persons to investigate thu alcoholic
hquor traffic. 1t provides that the men,
pers Of the commission shall be selected
solely with reference tn the nprsonal fitnpsa