Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-20
DAKOTA STATEHOOD .
THE BILL P0R DIVISION AND ADMISSION
PASSES THE SENATE.
A Warm Debate in the Upper HOuss-Jahn Shr-
mans UnsavOry Record and the Fraud Of
'76 Ventilated BY Democratic Senators
"A Strict Party Vote.

resumed consideration of the bill for the
admission of the State OF South Dakota,
and was addressed by Mr.. Plumb In sup
port OF the bill. He contrasted the small
votes in the Southern States with the vote
of Dakota, and said that very few OF them
had cast as many votes at any election
within the last five years as the Territory
of Dakota had cast in 1886. If it vas the
quality of the people OF Dakota that the
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Yest) OBJ
jected.to, then he Mr.. Plumb declared
that they were fair representation OF the
Anglo Saxon character on this continent.
Mr.. Allison addressed the Senate in sup
port of the bill. He agreed with the Sem
ator from Missouri (Mr. Vest that the
question was q political one. 1t was po.
liucal and party question. The attitude
of the Democratic party in both Houses on
this subject Was an attitude Of non-actiop.
It's policy had been clearly shown in Mr.
Springer's letter read at the Aberdeen
convention. lie believed that South
Dakota should now be admitted as
State, and that North Dakota should also
be now admitted as State. And he
should he glad to vote at this session for
the admission Of North Dakota. Mr.. Vest
asked him if he would now for bill ad.
mitting to statehood the whole territory OF
Dakota if he (Ves,) would.
Mr.. Allison replied ny asking Senators
Vest and Butler if the Democratic party as
a political organization would vote to day
for the admission of the State OF Dakota as
q whole.
MR.. VESTS response
was that, AZ m after Of course, neither he
nor the Senator from South Carolina could
speak Tor the Democratic party, but he
won. d say that from full delIberation and
consultation, no; any sort OF caucus with
his Demo ratio colleagues, there WAS not
any of them who would not vote for the
admission of the State OF DlkOti as q
whole at any time.
Mr.. Butler declared the Democratic Sen
at0rs were prepared now and would be
prepared in the future 10 admit Dakota
into the Union az Stale He referred to
the charges and aspersioBs made by Scna
tors against Southern States n "a descent
into the every quagmire and slime OF town
ship politics and ward meeting controYeI-
ties"
Coming to the question of South Dakota
and the admission of the two men claim
ing To he Senators from that State Mr..
Butler asked where were the credentials Of
these two Senators? Who had signed
them? Were they signed by blizzard and
countersigned by snow bank? Who was
the Governor of South Dakota? Where was
he and what were his powers? The mere
statement of the proposition carried with
it its own abSurdity. All the sounding of
gongs, he said, and diversions from the
real issue were intended to cover up and
conceal from the public the real motive
behind all this movement He spoke Of
the two Senatorial claimants from South
Dakota as
THE NEW POLITICAL FIRM,
not of Moody and Sankey, but of Moody
and Eggl,ston He said that the Senator
from Ohio Mr. Sherman had INDUCED IN
Il TRADE ofabusc aud misrepresentation Ut
one section of the country, bal condescend-
ed TO deliver TO that section lecture on
low its people should conduct themselves.
aud had rejected ol the Senators from
Louisiana Tor taking advantage of alleged
lrauds and violence. If he Mr.. Butler
were TO retort on that Senator, he might
say that he Mr.. ShermaU) had had the ad-
vantage of his own wrong AZ a c0-conspir-
ator in lie greatest fraud that ever disgraced
American politics and had manouevered
himself into the Treasury OF the United
States, and that he had done more, which
could not be said of any Southern man
had rewarded his cO-coEspiratoIs in that
crime and fraud out of the public treasury
of tue United states by giving them office
He would rot say that the Senator from
Ohio had done that, but it would have
been lust as competent as for him to say that
the Senator's from Louisiana were occupy
ing their seats by fraud and bloodshed and
outrages in elections.
Mr.. Sherman said that he Lad not par
ticipated in the debate until the Senator
from Missouri (Mr. Vest) had charged up
On President Hayes, that he had been elect.
ed by fraud and held his Office in fraud.
In replying to that charge, yesterday, he
had found it necessary to so over the his
tory OF the events Of 1876, on which the
question turned; aud in doing 30 he had
not read newspaper paragraphs, but the
carefully prepared and revised reports OF
speeches of Gov. McEnery and Senator
Eustis, as proving the truth
of the facts established before
the returning board of Louisiana
showing fraud and violence and outrage in
the election of 1876 In a long discussion
between Senators Vest, Sherman and HOar
that subject wss sgain gone over in consid
erable detail. After further debate,
which, at times, was quite excited, the
Senate came 10 vote Oh the substitute for
the Dakota bill and then on the bill. The
substitute va. defeated, yeas 23, nays 26,
and the bill was passed, yeas 2G, nays %
a strictly party vote.
Mr.. Platt gave notice that he would, at
au early day, call up the other territorial
bills. The Senate then a6journ,d until