Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate Discusses
State-Making.
THE HOUSE DEADLOCKED.
The Senate Dependant Pension
Bill Much Amended in the
House.
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WASHINGTON, April 9.-Teller re
ported back the House bill to give
validity to certain patents for inven
tions that were irregularly issued
being signed by Second Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, Hawkins
instead OF by the Secretary himself
Passed.
Butler reported back the House bill
to ratify and confirm an act of the
New Mexico legislature, creating
county offices for San Juan. Passed,
with an amendment declaring Aztec
the county seat.
Among the bills introduced and
referred were the following: By
Allison, for the establishment of a
permanent Court of arbitration be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain and France. BY Chandler
for the completion of the Direct tax
of 1861. This bill revives and re-
enacts those sections of the Act oil
1861, imposing a Direct tax
of $20,0O0,0O0, and provides
for the collection of all unpaid bal
ances with five per cent. interest
thereon, the States to have the privi-
lege of assuming their quota, less fif-
teen per cent. deduction; otherwise
the tax is to be collected from the
land OF the individual as provided in
the original act.
A bill to authorize the sale to aliens
of certain mineral lands was taken up
for consideration.
Faulkner, member of the Com
mittee on Mines and Mining, from
which the bill had been reported,
spoke in opposition to it. He regarded
it as bill fraught with danger. The
Act of 1887, which this bill proposed
to modify, was the first Act passed
which affected the holding OF real es-
tate. The bill would not only allow
individuals to obtain mineral rights
in this country, but it would
allow corporations formed in England,
France or Germany to purchase any
number of patents to mining lands.
Stewart asked Faulkner whether
there was any law in West Virginia
that prevented aliens from having an
interest in mining property.
Faulkner-None that know of.
Stewart-Nor in any other State.
Faulkner moved an amendment
providing that where mining
claims which have been patented are
acquired by partnership, majority
of the partners and directors shall be
citizens OF the United States.
Stewart said that there seemed to
be total misapprehension of the OBJ
ject of the bill. 1t left the law, SO
far as mining claims were concerned,
in the same condition as if the act OF
1887 had not passed, and the Senator,
himself, (Faulkner) had demonstrated
that no evil had resulted from it as
it had then stood. M
Dolph said the law OF 1887 had been
aimed against the evil of allowing
foreigners to hold large tracts OF
agricultural lands. The b II simply re.
sto ed the condition Of affairs in the
mining districts of the Territories that
existed before the at Of 1887. With
out final action on the bill or amend
ment the bill was laid aside.
Mo,rill gave notice that he would
on Wednesday address the Senate on
the Presidents annual message, and
Coke gave like notice for Thursday.
A number OF bills were then intro.
duced and referred.
A bill to provide for the admission
of the State OF Dakota into the Union
and for the organization of the Terri
tory of Lincoln. was taken up. A
substitute reported from the Commit
tee on Territories to the original bill
established the boundaries of the pro-
posed State aud designated the re-
manning portions of the present Ter
ritory as the Territory of North Da-
kota (not Lincoln), with Bismarck as
the capital.
Platt, Chairman of the Committee
on Territories, said the bill was one
of four which had been reported by
the Committee on Territories for the
admission of new states. 1t provided
for the admission of the southern part
of Dakota under a constitution al
ready formed. The other three bills
were enabling acts for the
Territories OF Washington, Montana
and the northern portion of Dakota.
The proposed State OF South Dakota
had o population of 10000, and he
thought that they had right to be
admitted as State to participate in
the next Presidential election.
Vest. Do you mean that the people
of South Dakota have a legal and
constitutional right to come into the
Union as State without action on
the part Of Congress.
Platt. No. A
Vest. That claim las been as
serted and wanted to know whether
the Senator from Connecticut en-
dorsed that proposition or not. =
Platt said there were now in the
Union nine States having less popula.
ton than the proposed State OF South
Dakota. He argued that South Dakota
had brought herself within the pre-.
.cedent under which other States had
been admitted. It could not be said
that she had done anything irregular
Why then should she;not be admi ted
and admitted now? Why should the
Senate turn deaf ear to her prayer
WHY should the Senate refuse to par
ticipate in that greatest, grandest ac1
of legislation, the admission of a new
State into the Union, thus adding te
the grandeur, strenth, glory and re
nown OF the American Republic?
Butler obtained the floor, and thu
bill went over till tomorrow.
After the Executive session, thu
Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Filtbustering still the Order o.
the Day.