Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-04-20

thoriZing the President to appoint and re-
tire John C. Fremont Major General
United States Army; appropriating $l5o,-
0oO for quarters and barracks for National
Soldiers Homes
Mr.. Hoar offered q resolution. which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, providing that the official reporter
shall seport the debates in the secret ses-
sion on the fishery treaty. the report TO be
published if the Senate shall 50 order.
The Dakota bill was then taken up and
Mr.. Plumb addressed the Senate in support
of the bill. He cited the cases of Kansas
and California as Territories which had
changed their boundaries. waStherefore
In no wise derogstion of the privileges of
Congress for Dakots to divide its Territory.
he compared the voting population of Ds-
kota with that of the Southern sStates. and
said that very few of the latter had cast as
many votes at any election within the las,
five years as Dakota had cast in 1886. The
people of Dakota were fair representatives
Of the Anglo-SsIon race, having been taken
from the more active and energetic por-
tons OF the people of the Northern, Eastern,
Middle and Western States. He coutrasted
the tables of taxation in Alabama TO show
that the assessed value of guns, pistols and
dlrks was four times greater than that of
farming tools and agricultural implements;
and yet the Senator from Missouri did moi
object to the Representatives of Alabama in
the Senate or House of Representatives,
but was willing to meet them on a plane
OF equality. He did not care about the
politics OF any OF the territories applying
for statehood, but would vote for the ad-
mission of Montana and Washington. even
though they were Democratic. He be-
heved that the power and perpetuity of
the republic depended upon the equal
association of all the people of the United
States, subdivided within the limits OF
States, each taking care of It's own local
concerns, and contributing of its council,
wealth and power to the progress of tht
United States in their national capacity.
Mr.. Allison supported the bill, and in
reply to the objections to the division o
Dakota. cited the cases of Michigan and
Iowa as having done the same thing. ThS
question was political and uarty one
The attitude OF the Democratic pgrty in
both Houses on this subject was that o
non-action. He favored the admission o,
both North and South Dakota.
Mr.. Vest asked the Senator from Iowa il
he would vote now for the bill admitting
the whole territory of Dakota to state
hood.
Neither Mr. Vest nor the Senator from,
South Carolina could speak for the party.
but the former-named did not think ther,
was any OF his colleagues who would noi
vote for the admission of Dakota TO stat.
hood Is 8 whole at any time.
Mr.. Allison suggested that political par
ties were to be Judged by their genera
action, not by individual statements, and
the action OF the Democratic party repre-
sented in the Committee on Territories n
well as the action OF the House Committee
On Territories, showed its policy on this |
subject Continuing, Mr.. Allison said. the |
idea was to tamper with the question until
the Presidential question of 1883 shall have
passed away, and If the future required it, |
the Democratic party would continue
70 play the same game. He would hes;.
tate long before he would be willips
20 admit Dakota as a single State, and hs
would not have indulged in the debate at
all, except that he desired TO represent the |
importance of admitting South Dakota and |
North Dakota TO statehood, and he would |
join hands with tue Senator for the admis. 1
sion OF Montana, The exclusion of six or
seven hundred thousand people from par |
tcipation in the affairs OF the Republic
made this question one of the most import
ant The exclusion was unjust and should /
not be tolerated longer than is absolutely |
necessary.
Mr. Butler said he opposed the admission |
Of South Dakota, because, in his Judgment
il was political trick to get supremacy in |
the Senate
Referring to Mr.. Spooner's quotation the |
other day, from speech by Mr.. Lincoln |
that mo party could fool all the people ALI (,
the time" he said that in this instance the
Republican party could not fool the young
est page on the floor. The thing WAS so .
transparent, fimsy, fragrant, in its pretsn-
sions that even . blind man could see IL
For himself he never would consent to any
party getting, by snap judgement, an un-
fair advantage in any body where that
party's supremacy was rapidly waning.
Mr.. Call opposed the bill and spoke in |
refutation of what he called the aspersions
on Southen States.
Mr.. Berry also spoke to repel charges sf-
fecting the honor and good name, not only |
OF members OF the Senate, but OF the pco-
pie Of the Southern States
Mr.. Piatt closed the discussion in a speech
favoring the admission of the Territory, in
which he held that Democratic opposition
to the bill was political, and then vote
was taken, and the bill was passed-yeas
DC, nays 23-a strictly party vote.
1t declares the State of South Dakota a
State of the United States. and ratifies and
confirms, subject to certain provisos, the
constitution which the people of South Da-
kota have formed. 1t fixes the boundaries
of the State, and gives the State concurrent
jurisdiction of the river Missouri and everv
o
the next census and apportionment, South
Dakota is to have two Representatives in
the House of Representatives
1tappropristes 81, 900 to defray the ex-
penses of the constitutional convention
that has been held; sets apart two sections
in each township for school lands; thirty
sections for the erection OF public buildings
at the capital; ninety sections for an agri-
cultural college. and twenty sections for a
earifnnrsary oil L.. a. 2
from such grants. The lands 50 granted are
to be sold only at public sale, and at not
less than s. an acre. ltprovides for United
States Courts, and for a division of the pub
lie debt of the former Territory of Dakota.
Ths portion of the former territory not
within the State of South Dakota is TO con-
tinue as Q territory under the name OF
North Dakota, with Bismarck as its capital
Mr.. Platt gave notice that he would, at
an early day, call up the territorial bills
Bills were reported and placed upon the
calendar for public buildings at San Diego,
Cala-, and Akron, Ohio, and the Senate
then, at $40 p. M, adjourned until Mon
day.
The House spent most of the days session
considering the Indian appropriation bill.
A petition from the Maritime Exchange
of Philadelphia, against the sugar and mo- i
lasses schedule of the Mills bill, was pre-
sented and referred.
It was agreed that the Committee on
Ways and Means would yield the floor for
the day TO the appropriation bills, and that
the tariff debate will be resumed next
Tuesday, Saturday being given to the Conn
mittee on Public Lands for the considers-
ton Of the homestead bill.
The House then went into Committee Of |
he Whole on the Indian appropriation |
I'LL. Amendments were adopted appro- |
pristing $4,000 for the Cherokee training
achool At Cherokee, North Carolina, and |
enc sppropriating so. 600 for the education |
Of the Indian pupils in Alaska.
When the clause appropriating &, s5s 900 |
fsr the payment of the Choctaw Judgment |
was reached, Mr. Blount, of Georgia, raised |