Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1888-04-20
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of the democratic party as repre-
sented on the senate committee on
territories, as we'll as the action
of the house committee on territories,
showed its policy on this subject. The
former had proposed substitute in the
way of an enabling act and the latter had
reported an omnibus bill for four territories
to come in pari-pass in with the state of
Dakota. This in his judgment was polit-
ical legerdemain. The idea was to tamper
with the question until the presidential
election of 1888 shall have passed away
and If the political exigencies of the future
required it the democratic party would
continue to play the same game. If the
democratic party wanted the state of Da-
kota undivided in the union, why did it
not when it had the power present bill
for that purpose. He himself would hes
itate long before he would be willing to ad-
nit Dakota as single state. He would
join hands with senators for the admission
OF Montana. Mr.. Butler congratulated the
senate that the discussion had got back to
the real issue and then thanked the SEN
ator from Iowa (Mr. Alllson) for having
discussed the question from the standpoint
of a patriot and statesman. He declared
the democratic senators were prepared
now and would be prepared in the future,
to admit Dakota into the union as a state.
He referred to the charges and expressions
made by senators against southern states
as ga descent into the very quagmire and
slime of township politics and ward meet
ing controversies If this, he said, were
the occasion to 60 into ancient history he
could recOllect in those southern states the
shameful parodies on government that had
once then set up their debauching in the
high places of state diffusing into the very
atmosphere the stencil of corruption,
and those governments had been set up and
sustained by senators who were now de-
nouncing the southern states. IT he could
| resurrect the disgraceful republican gov
ernments in the south and could ask the
| country to 'slook on this picture and then
on that,' instead of seeing all the evils and
damnable herisies spoken of by SEN
ators, they would see peace and quiet
and progress and devotion to the
constitutional government xSg and the
union OF the country. If he was to proceed
| to show this the senators who have spoken
against the south would be utterly scorned
and driven out by the intelligent people
and would hang their heads in shame for
| provoking the contest. Coming back to
the question of South Dakota and the ad-
mission OF the two men claiming to be
senators from that state, MI. Butler asked
where were the credentials of these two
senators? Who signed them? Were they
signed by blizzard and countersigned by
asnow bank? Who was the governor of
South Dakota? Where was he and what
were his powers? The mere statement of
the proposition carried with it its own
absurdity. All the sounding of gongs, he
said, and diversions from the real issue
were intended to cover up and conceal from
the public the real motive behind all this
movement. He spoke of the two senatorial
claimants from South Dakota as the new
political firm, not of Moody and Sanky, but
of Moody and Edgerton. He said that the
senator from Ohio (Alr. Sherman) had in
dulged in TRADE of abuse and misrepre-
sentation of one section of the country and
condescended to deliver to that section a
lecture on how its people should conduct
themselves and had reflected on the sena-
tors from Louisiana for taking advantage
OF alleged frauds and violence. Sherman
denied that Blaine had ever doubted the
legality OF Hayes election, but had said
that If Hayes was elected, so also was
Packard. In long discussion between
Vest, Sherman and Hoar that subject was
again gone over IN detail. After further
debate, at times quite excited, the senate
came to a vote on the substitute for the
Dakota bill and then on the bill itself.
The substitute was defeated-yeas %,
nays 26-and the bill was passed-yeas 26,
nays ga strictly party VOTE
Mr.. Platt gave notice that he would at an
early day call up other territorial bills. The
senate then adjourned until Monday.
! The House.
1t was agreed that debate on the tariff
bill would be resumed next Tuesday, Sat
urday beng accorded to the committee on
public lands for the consideration of the
homestead bill.
The house then went into committee for
the consideration Of the Indian appropria-
ton bill. An amendment was adopted ap-
propriatlng 100000 for the education Of
certain pupils in Alaska. An amendment
was adopted striking out the provision for
inspection of Indian schools and providing
for superintendent of Indian schools.
Mr.. Payne of Pennsylvania offered an
amendment providing that at Indian day
and training schools where church organi-
cations are assisting in educational work
the Christian Bible may be taught in the
native language of the Indians if in the
opinion OF the persons in charge of the
schools it is deemed conducive to the moral
welfare of the pupils. Adopted The
L NoV, <h0,, af- d.. ~