Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, April fisherman, from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, re.
ported back Riddleberger's resolution
amended so as to request the President to
furnish any information in his possession
relative to the dispute understood to exist
between Venezuela and British Guiana and
Buena Vista and Venezuela. Adopted. The
Senate at 1926 proceeded to the consider
alton OF executive business to vote upon
the nomination OF Jared L.. Rathbone to be
| Consul General at Paris, whose nomination
was confirmed by a vote of A to 8. Within
ten minutes the doors were reopened.
The Senate then took up the motion to
refer the Presidents annual message and
was addressed by Morrill,. He said the
President appeared to depreeate the discus
sion OF protection and free trade and, with
wonderful simplicity, forthwith proposed to
recommend absolute free trade in wool.
He. wonld by this measure cut the
jugular OF every sheep in the country
and argue with owners that they would he
better off without them, or that they lost
more time than they gained by protec-
ton. Deducting the protective duty i'm
posed for the benefit OF American wool OF
20 cents per pound, the value Of Texas
wool in New York and Boston markets
ou1u oodiCiIy diOD W II ~ y CENTS IEF
pound. No State would continue to rails.
"ool at that price. Wool growing in the
great State OF Texas, 18th an area larger
than that OF Germany, France, Spain or
Italy, would be known as one Of the lost
arts. The prGdigious loss to landed es.
tates frofn an abandonment OF sheep
husbandry was a problem Of diff
cult solution. H. eprecated the at
tempt to excite a panic in
financial affairs because OF the
annual surplus OF fifty-fye million
dollars. The maintenance of the hi metatc
system OF coinage and preservation Of "a
currency OF both gold and silver was liable
to be Affected. Were the rates of duties Ia
be placed merely a trifie in favor oil f~oreigna
importatlons, an excess OF imports over
exports would o 0 appear and turn the
balance oil trade against this country.
lhls coulI not continue long before gold
would a premium and find it's
best market as a commodity to be shipped
abroad.
The Senate then resumed consideration
OF the bill to provide for the admission of
DAKOTA and Tor the organization OF the
OF North Dakota, and was ad-
dressed by Mr.. Davis. He said the Sena-
6or from South Carolina (Butler) was of
opinion that the admission OF a State was |
purely within the discretion OF Congress- |
he Davis denied that proposition. He
denied it from the light of law and from
the light OF history. As to the claim OF
tne Senator from South Carolina that
there was great opposition in Dakota To
the bill, he asked why petitions of dissent |
lad not come to the Senate from Dakota
Inc whole Territory, he said, contained
100000 inhabitants, Of which about
Soo,oOO Were In Southern Dakota. OF he
aoter $4,000 were ex-Union soldiers
Sho were denied en~franchisement nv fhe
country which they mad fought to save
lhey we're, in all that constituted a STATE
nore fully equipped than MANY STATE
men we're now persistentIy denying their
Why delay longer that great
tet OF national justice? The question
mould be stripped OF all pretense. EVASION
ma snam and it should be plainly admit.
ca nat the commonwealth OF South Da-
,ota bad been denied admission az q ef.fo
Of 1ne sole reason that the party ~ EEL
with the solid south) was determine, mot
0 lose Its po.ti- al aseende g.
Iurple obfs-E ID the ho..r an6 ..
as laid asidc ill to-moI sow.
a number = ills were taken from the
aiendar and "a esed. The bill for tho mr.
from Mi .irginia Taylor Lewis Of Il
"ofd oi Washington for 100000 va
up and read. A long ebate ensnaJ
the matter went over without aation
10 TIE Senate adjourned.