National Republican., 1888-04-20

In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Coke was, at
his own request excused from further SER
vice on the committee on Indian tradcrships,
and Mr. Faulkner was appointed in his
stead.
Among the bills reported from commit
tees and placed ON the calendar were the
following:
Authorizing the President TO appoint and
retire john G. Fremont as major general
United States army.
Appropriating Sl5O,G0O for quarters and
barracks at branches Of the national soldiers,
homes.
Three bills FOR lighthouses vt Newport
News Middle Ground, Va; 81. Joseph's
Point, Fla; Holland Island Bar, Chcsa-
pcake bay, Md, and one for n l!ghtship at
Busli's Bun Shoal, Elizabeth river, Va.
Mr.. Hoar oIlcreda resolution (Which was
referred to the committee on foreign rcIa-
iiors) providing that the official reporter
shall be admitted to report the debates aud
proceedings of the Senate when the fisheries
treaty shall he under consideration, the re
port for such part Of II as may not require
secrecy to I've published, II tile Senate shall
10 order.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the lill for the admission Of the state Of
South Dakota, and was addressed hy Mr..
Plumb in support Of the bill.
In response to the challenge Of Mr.. Vest
he instanccd the case of Kansas and Cali
rOrnin us territories which had changed
their boundaries. II was, therefore, Ia no
wise derogatlon Of the privileges Of Con-
grcss for Dakota 10 divide its territory.
There has been good deal said about the
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states, such Us Delaware, Rhode Island
Connecticut and New Hampshire, but that
WIS something which could not he got rid
Uf, because the constitution said that In that
particular there should he no change except
with the cunacut of those states The coun-
try had to rest under that inequality of rep
rescntation In the Senate, except there
should De q revolution. In the meantime,
however, the inequality might he mani
tested by such proper division of the terri
ferries, or such limitation of boundaries of
new states as should give to the interior aud
western portions of the country larger
share Of representation IN the Senate At
the election of delegate in 1888, Dakota
had east 1918 votes. The population of
South Dakota was about two.thlds of the
whole, and the voting population of the pro-
posed new state was about $1,000
lie cOntrasted the small vote in the south
Cgn states with the vote of Dakota, and said
votes at any election within the last five
years us the territory Of Dakota had cast in
lSS6 If it was the quality Of the people Of
OAK ota that the senator from Missouri Mr.
Vest objected to, then he (Mr Plumb de-
clarcd that they were a fair representation
of the Anglo-SaXon character on this cont.
Dcnt. They had been taken from the more
active and energetic portions of the people
of the northern, eastern, middle, and west
crn states. He had yet to learn that any
man in Dakota had ever been deprived by
direction or indirection of his right 10 vote,
or that any candidate for Congress in Da-
kota had ever started out on bis campaign
with twGlve-pound piece of artillery.
Nothing had ever occurred in Dakota for
which any Of her citizens or any citizen Of
the United States had been called upon to
blush. No one quarreled with the states OF
North Carolina or Virginia because they did
not have institutions that gathered In the
popular will, and gave il ample reflex, as in
other states
The senator from Missouri was especially
delighted with their companonship, be
rause he saw in II ''assurances doubly sure
that thereby those states would remain
Democratic. Coming down to the state of
Alabama he contrasted the tables Of taxa
tiOn in that state to show that the assessed
value of gums, pistols, and dirks' was four
times greater than that of farming tools aud
agricultural implements.
And YET, he said, the senator from Mis-
souri, did not object to the representation
of Alabama in the Senate or House of Rep
resCntatives, but was willing to meet them
on plane of equality.
For himself he did not care as 10 the poll
tics of any Of the territories applying for
admission as states. He would vote for the
admission of Montana or Washington
Democratic though they We're, lie would
do so because he believed that the peace,
no.. al.
lie consisted not In the existence Of terri.
tories 10 he governed from Washington, and
not IN the existence of colonies which formed
no integral part Of the great body Of the
American people in their governing capacity.
lie believed that the power and perpetuity
n the republic depended upon the equal
. association of all the people of the United
States suhdivlded withinthe limits OF states
zach one revolving IL its own orbit, taking
r,re of its own local concerns, each con
frituiing of its advice, its counsel, its wealth
andit' power to the progress OF the United
nie' IN their national capacity.
Mr.. Allison addressed the Senate in sup
rorl Of the bill lie did so, he said, because
good portion of Southern Dakota lay i'm
media,ely west Of the western boundary OF
his own state; because three great lines OF
railway thavng their eastern terminus In
t,hicagol passed through Iowa and far into
the interior of Dakota, and because large
hshibN' . 'It pCuIIt VI buhDli tIill
grated from Iowa. In reply TO the objec
tions made 10 the territory of Dakota fol
having undertaken to split IN two, he cited
the cases Ol Michigan anCTowa, rs well a
those cited w Mr.. Plrmb--Kansas and
talifornia--as Saving done the same thing
lie agreed with the senator from Missouri
(Mr. NcsD that tsc question was n politica
one; ii was political and party question.
The attitude Of he Democratic party in
both houses on this subject was an attitude
of non-action. Its policy had been clearly
shown in Mr. Springei'A letter at the Aber,
deen convention. He believed that South
Dakota should now be admitted as state
and that North Dakota should also be now
admitted as a State and he should be GLAD
TO vote at this session for the admission OF
North Dakota.
Mr.. Vest asked him il he would vote now
FOR bill admitting to statehood the whole
territory of Dakota. lie tMr Nlsu would
Mr.. Allison replied by asking Senator
Vest and Butler II the Democratic party, Il,
apoitical organization, would vote to-daS
for the admission Of the state Of Dakota a,
whole. Mr. Vests response Was that, a
amattcr Of course, neither he nor the sena
tor from South Carolina could speak for the
Democratic party
But he would Say that, from full delibera
ton and consultation (not any sort O
caucus) with his Democratic colleagues
there was not one of them who would uO
vote for the admission Of the state Of ha
kota, as a whole, at any time.
Mr., Allison suggested that political paI
ties were to be Judged by their general az
iiOn, not by individual statements, and tn
action Of the Democratic party, as repre-
sented ON the Senate committee on tcrritol
les, as well as the action Of the House com
mittec ON territories, showed its policy o
this subject. The former had proposed
substitute in the way of an enabling act
and the latter had reported an omnibus bill
for four territories To come in pdri pass
with the state of Dakota. THIS, IN hi
Judgment, was political legGrdemain. Tn
ilnn Mas 10 Lumnnr with lhn uunslinn INIT