St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-23
Suppose 1t Was on the Other
Foot of the "Non-PaPtisan"
% MP. Clifford?
What if Dakota Was Reliably
Democratic and Was Ask
ing for Admission.
Certain Statistics About the
Sioux Reservation Never
Before Printed.
Democrats in Congress Will
Object to Reopening the
Thoebe-Carlisle Case.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Delegate Gift
ford, in the house restaurant to-day,
cheerfully consented To be interviewed,
saying; The fair treatment always
accorded me by the GLOBE has con-
WINGED me that my sentiments will al
ways be correctly printed, and hence
there is no need of heSitancy about
talking with political enemy
well, judge, what are you doing for
Dakota?"
Il am doing several things which seem
TO me to be of interest to my cOnStitu-
entS. You have telegraphed my private
bills and are probably now after infor-
nation about matters of public interest.
The Platt bills, in the senate, So-called
because introduced by the senator from
Connecticut, will soon be reported. One
of them is practically the same as my
bill for the admission of North Dakota
to statehood. and the other embodieS the
work of Mr.. Moody for the admission of
South Dakota
when will these bills be reported?''
at is likely that the bill for admission
of South Dakota will be reported to the
senate in very few days. L have rea-
son to believe that the senate committee
on territories will approve the bill, and
that ii
WILL BE PASSED WITHOUT DELAY.
The other bill. for the admission of Da-
kota, may not he reported for week or
two. But, when reported, it will pass
the senate almost without discussion"
DO you expect Democratic senators
to allow such bill to pass without pro-
teSt?"
..nf oouroa +l,a1- will ,,ro+as+ b,,+ +I,o,,
will probably not take much time for
debate, because it is their hope that the
house will kill the measure or let it die
i'll committee
''HOw about the bills on the same
subjects which are now in committee?'
Il shall make an argument in their
behalf before the committee on terri
tories. Mr.. Springer is chairman, has a
bill Of his own, and will not be likely to
take very kindly to my bills. How
ever, shall do all that | can in the
matter of urging favorable action by
the committee, and to secure an early
report of the measures to the house. If
we can only induce Mr.. Springer to
bring the bills before the house you
may expect lively times. for the wrongs
inflicted and the rights denied Dakota
will be plainly, fully and strongly
stated so that the people of the entire
country may know our trammeled con-
ditiOn.''
''Do you regard the matter as po-
litical?"
1T ought not to be. but it is. There
are no politics in our plea for justice.
We have Il right to admission as two
states. There is no question. and ought
to be no question, of how the people
may or may not vote, if admitted. But
Al
and an issue been made by the Demo-
cratic party. No sense of right, no ray
of reason percOlateS the mind of a DEM
Ocratlc representative or senator when
the wrongs of Dakota are told. Those
gentlemen anticipate that the people
are Republican by large majority, and
they ignore our rights on every Occa-
SION"
''HOw about the Sioux reservation"
THAT matter, | am pleased to say, is
nOn-political and has no phase of par
tisanship in it. Some of its best friends,
like Peel. Hudd and McShane. are Dem
Ocrats. Consequently, the measure is
in excellent condition. 1t is only where
political advantage and partisan zeal
come in that Dakota suffers. The
opening of the Sioux reservation is a
matter of business. There is no QueS-
ton as to the present status of the
measure. 1t has friends everywhere
and no enemies at all. The Dakota
people here, MeSsrs. Kleiner, King, Pet
tigrew and others. have had a hearing
before the subcommittee on Indian af-
fairs, and the gentlemen of the commit
tee have expressed themselves as being
well pleased with the succinct and
lucid statements made, the statistics
presented, and arguments delivered.
regard the bill as in very good shape
indeed. The reservation will be opened,
and there will be no unnecessary delay
in the natter;