Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-19
Fiftieth Congress--First Session.

WASHINGTON AprA 10. SENATE-The Senate resumed considera-
 ton of the bill for the admission of South Dakota as State and the organization of the territory of North Dakota. Mir. Sherman said that in the absence of Mir. Edmunds,
 who was engaged in the Supreme court, he
 would ask the attention of the Senate. It had always struck him, he said, that opposi- tion to the admission of Dakota as State was totally unjustiiable, and latterly fac- tious, so much so as to be subject to the se- were criticism of everybody who liked to see fair play on great questions affecting large masses of people. Why, he asked, : should Dakota be exoluded as aa a of the debate and had not heard single reason given for such ex- clusion. Never before had 8 territory ap- piled for admission as Q State with anything like such population or such resources. Why should not South Dakota be admitted; in the name of heaven why? Simply because the Democratic party did not want that State to be admitted. There was no use in going behind that. The Democrats sad that they had the power to prevent it-and they had the power and had prevented it. The people of Dakota were suffering all the inconven= fences of that state of things. They com- plained of it. They said that they were American citizens, contributing now to the national wealth more than many of the old States. With population of about 400, 900, entitled to two or three rep resentatives in Congress, they were denied representation and they made the same complaint that had been made against Great Britain by the thirteen colonies when they had only four times as much population as Dakota now has, and when they rebelled be- cause they were subjected to taxation with out representation. Dakota would not be kept out, notwithstanding all these com piaints, until some other Democratic State I--- IL T-- sL I hauled in at it's skirts. The Senators from Connecticut, Minnesota and Wisconsin Platt, Davis and Spooner) might expend their learning and eloquence and reasoning, but what they said would fall as impassive and uEimpEessive on the Democratic party as if they spoke to the icy winds of the North pole. There was no use therefore of wasting argument about it.
 As several senators wished to make speeches the bill went over until tomorrow.
 A message from the President vetoing a bill for the relief of Psymaster Bash was laid before the Senate.
 Senator Frye presented the conference re- port on the bill providing for commercial conference with Brazil and the South Ameri- can republics. Messrs. Edmunds and Chandler questioned the propriety of the provision which vests in the president of the Senate and the Speaker of the House the ap- pointment each of two of the ten American delegates.
 Pending further consideration the Senate at 5 o'clock adjourned.
 HousE.-The bill to create boards of ar- bitration for the settlement of controversies and differences between interstate common carriers and their employees was called up and considered in committee of the whole.
 After long discussion which at times drifted on to the tariff, on motion of Mir. Cannon the sixth section, which provides for the appointment by the President of boards of arbitration, was amended by substituting the word commissioners" for "arbitrators" and ''decision" for "award."
 The committee then rose and the bill was passed.
 The bill, which was introduced by Mir. O'Neill of Missouri, is substantially similar in it's provisions to the bill passed during the last Congress and provides the machin- cry by which the difficulties aris- ing between interstate common car riers and their employees may be settled by arbitration. The sixth section is 8 new feature and authorizes the President to select two special commissioners, one Of whom at least shall be a resident of the State or terri tory in which the controversy arises, who, to- gether with the commissioner of labor, shall constitute temporary commission for the purpose of examining the causes of the con- troversy, the conditions accompanying and the best means for adjusting it, the result of which examination shall be immediately re- ported to the President and Congress, and on the rendering of such report the services of the two commissioners shall cease. The ser- vices of the commission to be ordered at the time by the President and constituted pro- vided may be rendered for the purpose of settling controversy such as contemplated either upon his own motion or upon the ap- plication of one of the parties, or upon the application of the executive of a State.
 The House at 5 o'clock adjourned and 8 Democratic caucus was announced for to- night.