Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-18
AFFAIRS OF THE NATION.
Amendments to Springer's Om-
 nibus Bill.
FOR THE DIVISION OF DAKOTA.

FOR THE DIVISION OF DAKOTA. The Decision of That Question to Re Left to the People of the State-A Nomina- tion Which Created a Sensation-Mr. Allison Denies Another Cabinet RumOr. WASHINGTON, Dec 1s-Mr. Springer, of Illinois, submitted to the house, and they were ordered printed in The Record, two proposed additional sections, p and 2S, to the omnibus bill for the admission of the territories. The amendments embodied Tn the sections conform to the Democratic eau GUS section, and Section 22 permits the people in North and South Dakota to vote on the question of division and fixes the seventieth standard parallel as the line of division.
 Bismarck City and Sioux Falls are desig- mated as ithe places for holding the respect i've constitutional conventions, should the people of the territory vote in favor Of dlvi- sion Twenty-Five thousand dollars Is ap- propriated for each convention. Each con- vention is directed to appoint commission to ascertain and fix the amount that North and South Dakota should assume of the present territorial debt, and the amount must be inserted in the constitution that each state adopts It provides that the pro- posed states shall be called North and South Dakota respectively.
 Section g provides that any territory having a population of 1S6, 900 may call convention to frame constitution and state government for admission state, the convention to consist of seventy-five mem- bers, and the constitutions so passed must be submitted to Q vote of the people, and if adopted the territory may be admitted as a state in the discretion of congress. An appropriation of $2O, 600 is made for the ex- pense of each territorial convention.
 Utah is made an exception to the opera fions of this section unless the constitution to be passed shall forever prohibit polygamy and separate church and state.
 LEON O. BAILEY's NOMINATION.
 The appointment of Leon O. Bailey to be United States attorney for the district of Indiana sent to the senate, is regarded as one of the most important political appointments made by this administration. It created a sensation among the Indiana people at the capital Bailey is the man who during the recent campaign collected the affidavits of Gould and others affirming the charges that Harrison had said that $1 a day was enough pay for a workingman, and that Harrison had ordered strikers shot down. These charges were incorporated in a speech made by Bailey, and thousands of copies of this speech were circulated as 0 campaign docu- tnent Bailey has been the assistant district attorney for Indiana It is certain that every effort will be made to prevent his con- 1irmation in his new position and the chances are in favor of the rejection of the nomina- ton, or at least its suspension until the time of adjournment.
 RIDDLEBERGER's SLAP AT INGALLS,.
 President pro tenn. Ingalls, laid before the senate the resolution of Mir. Riddleberger proposing reorganization of the senate after Jan. 1, and the author spoke in support of it
 He said its object was to put some other than the senator from Kansas in the chair, asserting that he had been the chief figure in the most disorderly scenes he could recollect occurring on the senate floor. He said that change was necessary in order that the faith of the Republican party, pledged to a consideration of the British extradition treaty in open session, might be kept.
 At the conclusion of his remarks Mir. Rid dleberger asked leave to withdraw the reso- tution, but objection was made by MT. Har- tis, of Tennessee, who moved to lay it on the table and called for the yeas and nays, after paying a high tribute to Mir Ingalls, impar- tiality and ability. Finally the senator from Virginia was permitted to withdraw his resolution and the incident closed
 TARIFF AND AN EXTRA SESSION
 There is great deal of speculation in Re publican circles over the announcement that the Democrats in the senate intend to pre- vent the passage of a tariff bill at the session of congress. Several Democratic senators have stated recently that they intended to force so careful and analytical a study of the provisions of the bill in the senate as would exclusively prevent the passage of the meas Ure before March 1. That they can do this there is no question. MT. Allison said, when aR,ol bo,f tbo iO that they can do this if they wish. I know nothing of their intentions"
 Other Republican senators say that they had heard of the intention of the Democratic senators, and that if it was carried into effect 1t would necessitate an extra session The idea of an extra session is gaining ground every day.
 SENATOR ALLISON DENIES AGAIN.
 Senator Allison was told by a representa- tive of the United Press of the revival of tn, report that he had been offered the position of secretary of the treasury under Presiden Harrison, and that he had accepted the offer Mir Allison said: 'There is no truth in tn statement
 Mr. AIlison's friends in the senate say tha they do not believe that he will accept tn position of secretary of the treasury if it i offered to him. They believe he prefers Tiff In the senate, and that his presidential ambi tion is strong enough to keep him out o what is regarded as presidential graveyar, the cabinet.
 WARNER MILLER VISITS THE SENATE.
 Ex-Senator Warner Miller, of New York was on the floor of the senate chamber. I was the first time he had made his appear ance there since the election, and he hel, quite levee. In response to the querie about the cabinet he said: ''I know nothin about anything"
 An Interesting Document.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 1S-In overhaulipg tn books and documents in the city library tn librarian discovered an elegantly engrosse copy of the Declaration of Independence o velium, bound in folio form, attested o Anp q 1928 by the then only snrYiYin