Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-21
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, April17.-On motion OF Mr..
Plumb the bill to forfeit certain lands here
tofore granted for the purpose of aiding in
the construction of railroads was taken
up for consideration. A number OF amend
ments we're offered and ordered printed and
then the bill went over until tomorrow.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the bill for the admission on the State OF
South Dakota and the organization of the
Territory OF North Dakota and was adj
dressed by Mr.. Vest in opposition to the
bill. The Senatorfrom Wisconsin (Spooner)
had spoken yesterday OF secession and said
there was no difference between a State
trying to break out of the Union and States
trying to break into it. But what did that
Senator say of a State, neither in nor
out OF the Union, which claimed to exist
as q state in spite of the laws in defiance of
Congress? Ii any Southern community
hal undertaken to do what the people OF
Dakota had done there would have been
an cutlery Immediately, only exceeded by
that in regard to Fort Sumter, and tie
Senator from Vermont would have pro-
posed II piece of legislation equivalent to
that celebrated legislation which he had
carried in 1876, which put Hayes into the
Presidential chair and ito arms! to arms!"
would have been the cry all over the North.
Edmunds wished to say, with emphasis, |
that he believed that n~ine-tentbs of the
people of this country who knew ANYTHING
about it believed Che thought) that Pres
dent Hayes was lawfully and fairly elected
by the - ties OF the States according to the |
Copst: irn OF the country and that the |
only ev. shich had existed in regard to
matter was the attempt OF o body Of
men at headquarters in New York to buy
L. O-rAL 6t-.1~ " /
men had not been Republicans.
Vest said CoDkIing had made use of ex.
pressions in the Senate chamber showing
a doubted the election of Mr.. Hayes,
and to this Edmunds replied that he be-
ieved that Vest Was mistaken and that |
Conkling thought Hayes was lawfully
Vest remarked when the Senator from
Vermont stated that a large majority of
he people believed that Hayes was
elected be must take issue with |.
linn. As to the purpose OF the Democratic
opposition to the bill being the keeping out
three electoral votes from South Dakota ]
Test denied it theoretically. He declared
lis belief that Cleveland. would be elected
President by a majority in which the votes !.
1ould be so small a fraction as not to
fleet the result to an appreciate extent.
The Democratic Senators were willing to 1
Omit the whole Territory of Dakota as a
tate, but were not willing to divide it.
A vote will be taken on the bill to- :
borrow. c
The Senate passed thirty-fiye private L
ension bills. Then on motion of Mander-
on the Senate bill for the relief of the
'maha tribe Indians in Nebraska (author-
ling the payment to them of $4,000 be-.
lg ten annual instruments under the 7
was taken up, amended by am
1orizing the Secretary of the Interior to
the time OF payment OF the pur-
lase money for bonds sold ON the Omaha RI
ldian reservation and passed. The Senate T
for a public building at Salem, Oregon. !.
s10O, 0O0l passed. Adjourned. .