Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-13
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 12th.-In the Senate
today, among the bills reported from COM
mittees and passed on the calendar, except
as otherwise noted, were the following:
Senate bill adversely for the relief of
Captains, pilots, engineers and mates of
steam vessels. Indefinitely postponed.
Senate bill (favorably) to increase the
pay OF army Chaplains. Indefinitely post
poned.
Stewart offered a resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the Secretary of State
Prussia, a naturaliZed American citizen
who had been impressed into the military
service of France.
The motion TO refer the Presidents an
nual message was taken up, and Coke ad-
dressed the Senate. Speaking of the surplus
OF $4,000 900 in the Treasury, he said that
causes which took that money needlessly
from the pockets of the people and chan
nels of trade were continuing, and pro-
duced more aggravated results each sue
cessive year. Unless the causes were
removed or modified, calamity, fatally
involving all the industrial interests of the
country, must follow. In view of this
emergency, the President had urgently
recommended such revision of the tariff
and reduction of duties on imports as
would reduce the revenues to the limit re-
quired for the support of the Government
The President was simply voicing de-
msnd that came from the people Of the
whole country.
At the close of Coke's speech the Senate
resumed consideration of the bill to pro-
vide for the admission of South Dakota
and the organization of the Territory of
North Dakota.
Turpie spoke in opposition to the bill of
the majority OF the committee and in sup
port of that of the minority. South
OAK ota, he said, is not Territory nor q
division OF the Union. 1t is merely a
geographical expression. He denied the
right of the people as Territory to estab-
lish division of it, and said the people of
the whole Union had right to be heard as
to the propriety of such division.
Cullom spoke in favor of the majority
bill. Reviewing the history of the cues
ton, he declared that IN every instance
where vote was taken in favor of the ad-
mission of the State of South Dakota the
Republican Senators had all voted for it
and the Democrats all against it, and when
the bill went to the House of Represent
atlyes that distinguished Democratic body
referred it to the Committee on Territories.
where it was at once reported back adj
versely. This Territory had been knock
ing at the doors of Congress for years with
a population very much larger than any
other Territory ever admitted as State.
The opposition to the admission of Dakota
was based on the fact that the Democrats
did not want any further political compli-
cations thrust upon the country until after
the next Presidential election.
Butler of South Carolina said he had
voted steadily to admit the whole of Dakota
as State, and would do SO now.
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the Electoral College will not be changed
before 1892. You may prevent us from
changing those figures through the admis-
sion of South Dakota. but we intend TO
change the figures by our honest vote of
States already in the Union.
Butler-"I am sure my friend from Hi
nois will not require the votes of that Terri
tory at The next election. It is understood
be has been announced as the Republican