Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-07
F|FT|ETH CONGRESS.
Senator Mitchell Urges the Need Of
Another Pacific Naval >tatiOn.
The Action Necessary to Check En-
crOachments of British Power.
Reagan Opposes the Methods OF th'
Blair Educational Bill.
He Thinks Congress Has no Power I,
Epact Such Laws.
Some Of the House Committees An.
nOunced by the Speaker.


WASHINGTON, January 5.-Those portion
OF the Presidents message concerning right
oI-way for railroad purposes througt
various Indian reservations, also relating
to trespasses on Indian lands, and to tim
ber trespasses were presented and referred
to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Anon.
the petitions presented was one by Mr.
Blair, in favor OF a national prohibitory
amendment and one by MIR. Hoar against
the admission OF Utah as State so long a.
it's power is in the hands OF the Mormon
priesthood.
Mr.. Dawes, from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported bill to provide for COM
pulsory education of Indian children, and
in relation to marriage between white men
and Indian women. Among the bills in
troduced were the following:
By Mr. Hoar: To provide for a worlds
exposition at the National Capital in 1892
to form thereafter a permanent exposition
of the three Americas III honor OF the
Four Hundredth Anniversary OF the dis
covery Of America. Referred to the select
committee on centennial celebration.
By Mr.. Dawes: To establish postal
telegrap ph system.
By Mr.. Platt: For the formation and
admission into til. Union Of the State of
North Dakota.
Mr.. Mitchell called up the Joint resolution
introduced by him for the appOintm ent OF
commission to select q site for E naval
station on the Pacific Coast and addressed
the Senate in it's advocacy. The joint reso-
luton makes it the duty OF the Commits
sion to examine the coast north of the 42d
mara al l,,f north la tifu1n in OrepOn Wash.
ington and Alaska, and select suitable site
having due regard to commercial and
naval necessities OF that coast for a navy
yard, and to make a full and retailed re-
port to the Secretary OF the Navy to be by
him reported to Congress. Mr.. Mitchell
said that while $50 100000 had been
spent for navy yards and naval stations,
of which amount only five per cent had
been expended west OF the Allegheny
mountains, there was only one navy yard
on the coast on which about $3,HOO,OOO |
had been expended. One establishment, |
no matter how we'll equipped. was wholly |
inadequate to meet the demands OF the
country on the Pacific ocean. He con-
trasted with the Indifference or criminal
neglect of the United States Government on
the subject of a naval establishment the
care given by the British, French Russian,
Italian and German Governments
to the building up OF great
naval establishments. 1t was not
safe to act on the theory that this coun-
try could whenever occasion rose. provide
for it. The rapid environment Of Pacific
coast by important military and naval
establishments representing British inHu-
enre ana British power, aud the military
occupation by Great Britain Of Islands in
the Pacific Ocean. was in itself a subject
whiri, ought to arrest the attention of
the Amrrica people aud prompt the Gov
or aren't to Ucll speedy and effective ac-
tiun ~ siinls i be /, ittirg response to this
formidable extension OF British power.
Th, whole 'Op,tiy north aud wntt was
envir,'ut.i and lnenactd .,y Gordon OF
British military and naval esta blishneHts,
aud hy lines cf British railroad nd steam
ships, which in event OF war between Great
Britain nd the United States. would give
the former immense advantages. heSn
forces would fail with unmpeded and re-
lentlcss rrwer upon the people and indus
tries and commerce OF the Northwestern
Pacific coast Oregon, Washington and
Alaska, with ali their imitirss resources (
unprotected, would become thr sport and
toy of Great Britain. /
Mr.. Dolph said that PUGET Sound p,s- .
sessed all the advantages that could be [
found for Il first class naval station. The !
importance OF the subject could not be &
overes imated. His cola2ue had referred
to British inference i'm the Hawaiian n Islands
but the United States cannot permit those
Islands o pas. under the control of any t
European power because their possession {
by any modern naval power would give to c
that power the control not OILY over the s
Pacific commerce of the United States but {
also over its coastwlse commerce. We r
cannot afford to allow foreign conquests and j
acquisitions to be carried to our very
door. II we DO shall abdicate the
position of which oar power. our indepeE-
dence our wealth, our location permit us
to retain among the nations of the earth.
The joint resolution was referred to the | O
committee on Naval Affairs. r
The Senate then took up the Blair educa-
tiOnal bill as unfinished business. Mr..
Cameron moved that when the Senate adj IL
journed to-day, it adjourn to meet or "
Monday. The motion was agreed to. p
Yeas 43; nays. 10. II
Mr. Reagan opposed the bill. He ielt it
due to the people of his State to give a
reason why he should vote against the bill. =,
So much OF the purpose OF the hill as looked
to the enlargement of common school II
facilities had his hearty approval. 1t IL
was not to the purposes Of the bill
but to the methods Of the bill. he was op-
posed. His opposition to it WAS based
upon the absence OF power in Congress to
enact such law. 1t would be the adop-
|
would establish the dcspotism OF
popular ma jority, overthrow the constitu-
tion and endanger the liberties Of the peo-
pie. It offered hribc Of money to the "
people to snc critice their manhood self re- &c
lance and State Government. 1t would be
q surrender by the people OF their birth ~
right for IA mess of pottage. He said the hi
Southern States were not in need OF federal IS
aid fer the support of their common
schools. He showed that in the State of r
Texas the school fund for this year was
81. 600 600.
Mr. Vest obtained the floor, but yielded az
TO Mr.. Plumb, who offered an amendment
10 the second section, providing. that the b.
money shall lie distributed among the !;
several States and Territories. in proper -
ton to their population, according to the Id
;e asus of 1880. hi
Mr.. George stated that twenty-three til
Democratic Senators had voted for this -
D'il on Two occasions when it passed the 4,
senate, and gave their names The nom "a
Der OF d. smocratic Senator's voting against bt
It WAS thirteen.
Mr.. Plumb suggested an inquiry whether
,he object in giving the list was the appre-
,ensi0n that any OF the Senators who had "
5oted for the bill might get away. After -,
IN executive session the Senate adjourned 81 g.,
The House. bt