St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
A Sample Of the Reckless
Management" Of Ter
ritorial Affairs.
The TpibulationS Of the Foote
Dramatic Company Told
By Eva Fenton.
Benson County Out Many
Good Dollars On Account
Of Judge Francis.
THE ADMISSION OF DAKOTA.
Senator Buffers Report Against
the Division of the Territory
The Lobbyists Who Are at WASH

the Division of the Territory
The Lobbyists Who Are at WASH
| ington.
| Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Your cor
respondent has had access to the proof
sheets of Senator Buffers report of the
minority of the senate committee on
territories on the Henderson bill for the
admission of South Dakota. The report
takes strong grounds against the admis-
sion Of South Dakota under the Sioux
| Falls convention. The arguments ad-
vaneed show cOnclusively the illegality
of the proceedings, and argues that the
later, and what may now be considered
as the settled law of the land, in reia-
ton to the admission of new states, is
by an enabling act first passed by con-
greSs authorizing the holding of con-
stitutional convention, and the submits
| sion of the constitution so framed to a
vote of the people for adoption or re-
| lection.
| l.. q. Johnson is chairman of the dele
| CATION to present the memorial to con-
! greSs. He is ON terms of intimacy with
Mr.. Springer. chairman of the house
committee on territories. Judge Hayes,
| Of Iowa, another member of the com
mittee, is another warm friend of his,
and they are frequently seen in close
| houses on G street, and their families
| are intimate.
Purcell has done some very effective
work and is regarded as one of the
| strong men of the delegation, although
| the
HOUSES ARE ABOUT EQUALLY DIVIDED
between him and Mcbride, of Mitchell.
| Col. Gale is quartered at the National.
| He has been somewhat indispOsed since
| his arrival in the city, but is now well
work with his Minnesota friends in
congress. The only Republican men,
bers of the delegation so far to arrive
are Charles L. Mccoy and Edward W.
Lowe, of Aberdeen. They have taken
rooms on G street, near Judge Clifford,
| and have, since their arrival,
bee busy in preparing the
| report of the proceedings of the conven-
tion. 1t was issued Wednesday from the
press of Gibson Brothers. and is a cred
liable as well as formidable document.
The report has evidently been carefully
| edited, and reflects great credit upon
MesSrS. Mccoy and Lowe. In the SEN
ate it may be safely set down that the
division bill will pass, and it must be
admitted that its prospects look better
in the house than they did in the earlier
days of the session. Speaking to your
correspondent to-day upon the pros
poets, Mr.. Johnson said: IL am wholly
| unprepared to give you any intelligent
opinion on the subject. do know this,
that the Democrats of the house and
senate are prepared to pass an
enabling act for Dakota, and l firmly
believe they will pass one in the house.
The Republican majority in the senate,
are committed to the division of the ter
ritOry; urged as they are by the ultra
divlsiOnistS in the territory to get divi-
sion or nothing, they may think that
Republican supremacy in the territory
demands of them adherence to the divi-
sion scheme, and thus we are left Just
where we started in. Senator Buffers
bill submitted as part of his minority
report and as substitute for the Man
decentralization cOnglomeration, ought
to pass. 1t is just and honest measure,
and bill under which the people of
Dakota could form a constitution that
would be adopted by the people," The
senate committee on territories have
fixed on Monday DeXt as the day on
which they will listen to arguments by
the One-state delegation. Col. Dodge
has not arrived, but he is expected here.
and has been selected to
MAKE THE LEADING ARGUMENT.
Mr.. Purcell will also present some
facts and figures in support of the propO-
SitiOn embodied in the memorial-for
admission. 1t has been suggested by
Senator Platt that the arguments might
be so convincing as to prompt him to
withdraw the report he has filed, and
fnr o1 cSiA
of Dakota as state, but this is hardly
possible, and about the best purpose
that can be hoped that the arguments
will SubServe, is help to the minority of
the committee in their battle for admis-
sion. Secretary Mccormack arrived in
the city Monday evening, and has been
industrious in his endeavOrS to shed
light upon the Dakota question. Me
Cormack is strong with the old Key
stone delegation, and Sam Randall is
one of his WarmeSt friends.
What the movements of the one-state
delegation will be now, cannot be as
certained. They have had their hear
ing before the house, and after Monday
they will probably be separating for
other parts. 1t is understood that
Mcbride has gone home via New
York and that Johnson will go
with Mccoy up into New England, to
spend few weeks before returning
West. The absurd statements about
possible lukewarmneSS on McCoy's part.
because of his former division senti-
ments and Affiliations, have been for
ever quieted by his effective work while
here. The same may also be said of
Secretary Mccormack, who has worked
for the admission of Dakota as one state.
with his usual earnest effectiveness.
The entire delegation is deserving of
commentator, and the convention
which selected the gentlemen certainly