Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-26
THE DAKOTA BILL.
The Senate Passes the One Which
Admits South Dakota TO the Sis
teYl1ood of States.

ADMITS SCUM pdkOtd 10 me SIS
teFhood of States.
BY vote of 20 to 90 the bin for the adj
mission of South Dakota to the Union
passed the senate. Ii became, before it
was finished. the pivot around which re-
volyed one OF the most bitter debates the
senate has ever INDUCED in For two days
debate, while the old battle of 1876
was fought over again. Every
charge that was ever made against the
South in relation to illegal elections and
violence and fraud was reiterated while
the whole history OF tho Republican party
in the North was revamped by Vest and
Butler, and it's alleged corruption again
paved over. Senator Allison had taken
the floor with the expectation OF making q
speech. which had caused Mr.. Butler to
state in his peculiarly fiippant way that We
had listened to two presidential stump
speeches already and would probably hear
another. When the bill was taken mp,
however Senator Allison gave way to
Plumb, who made short speech, in which
he called attention to the difference be-
tween the population OF the Southern
states and that of Dakota, which the
Democrats were aiming to keep out
of the Union. He read from the as
SCISSORS list OF articles subject to taxation
in Alabama, and showed that the taxes
paid upon guns. pistols and dirks were
greater than upon agricultural implements.
He submitted that gentlemen representing
the South we're hardly able to Judge as to
the right to be admitted into the Union of
Western community, or even OF a front
Ter settlement, whose agricultural imple-
ments far exceeded in value its weapons OF
offsnss or defense. Mr.. Plumb's speech
had an irritating effect upon the senator's
on the Democratic side OF the senate, but
they could not restrain their laughter and
Joined with the rest Of the senate and the
galleries in hearty laugh when the Ala
bama tax list was read.
Sena tor Butler then took the floor to re-
ply to some or the insinuations that had
been made against the South. Mr.. Plumb
asked him II he would be willing to apply
the same rule to Dakota that had beea
applied to Texas-thas is, admit her
with the privilege of sfterward di.
yiding herself into a number OF
states. Mr.. Butler said that he would
be, but he looked upon this attempt
to admit South Dakota at this time as a
political trick to get two senator's upon
the floor Of this chamber. aud ne did not
propose, u he could help il, to allow any
party to take snap judgment in increasing
the number Of senator's at time when
the party supremacy OF the party in
control Of this chamber was rapid.
ly waning. From Buffers speech the
senate branched of into a political discus
sion which had nothing to do with Dakota
Then Sherman and Vest got into q
wrapgle over Hayes election again, and
Hosr took the floor and explained all
about the Louisiana returning board. Mr..
Platt's closing speech WAS the best he has
delivered.
Piatt closed With another statement OF
the hopeless nature OF the case so long as
it was in the hands OF the Democratic par
ty, and strong appeal that Dakota be
given Justice. Then Chandler. Hall and
Pasco got into q fight over the Florida
had been talked out vote was taken on
was voted down by a purely party vote,
90 yeas 80 20 nays. Edmunds demanded
the cas- and nays on the passage of the
bill and by the same numbers reversed it
was passed Following y the vote:
YEAs-26.
Aldrieh, Allison, Blair. Bowen. Chace,
Chandler, Cullom. Davis, Dawes. Dolph.
Edmunds, FarweIl. Frye Hawlsy. Hiseoek,
Hoar. Ingalls,. Henderson. Mitchell, Palm
or. Plat. Ssbin, Sherman, Spooner, Stock
bridge. Wilson (Iowal.
NAYS 90.
Bate, Berry, Blackburn. Blodgett, Brown.
BItler, Call, Coke. Faulkner. George. Cor
man, Gray, Harris, kenna, Morgan. Pas
SEQ, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, salisbury,
Turpie, Vance. and Walthall.
Mr.. Platt gave notice that he would st
an early day eall up the other territorial
bills.