Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-20
THE CAPITOL HALLS.
Admission of South Dakota
HOtly Debated.
The Fisheries Treaty Reported
Observation-Disclosures
in the House.
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Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-In the
Senate to-day Hoar offered a resolu-
tion which was referred to the CON-
mittee on Foreign relations, providing
that the official reporter shall be adj
mitted to report the debates and pro-
ceedings of the Senate when the
fisheries treaties shall be under con-
.sideration, and report such parts of it
as may not require secrecy, and it to
be published if the Senate shall SO
order.
The Senate then resumed the con-
sideration Of the bill for the admission
of the State of South Dakota, and was
addressed by Plumb in support OF the
bill. He contrasted the small votes
in the Southern States with the vote
of Dakota, and said: Very few Of
them had cast as many votes at any
election within the last five years as
the State of Dakota had in 1886. In
it was the quality of the people OF
Dakota that the Senator from Missouri
,(Vestl objected to. Plumb declared
that they We're a fair presentation
of the
ANGLo-SAXoN CHARACTER
On this continent. He had yet to
learn that any man in Dakota had
ever been deprived, by direction or
indirection, of his right to vote. Com
ing down to the State of Alabama, he
contrasted the tables of taxation in
that State to show that the assessed
value of ''guns, pistols and drks'
was four times greater than that of
farming tools and agricultural imple-
ments, and yet, he said, the Senator
from Missouri did not object
to the representation of Alabama
in the Senate or the House,
but was willing to meet them on
plan of equality. For himself, he
did not care as to the politics of any
OF the Territories applying for admis-
sion as States. He would vote for the
admission of Montana or of Washing
ton Territory, Democratic though
they were, because he believed the
POWER AND PERPETUITY
OF the Republic depended on the equal
association of all the people Of the
United States, sub-divided within the
limits of the States, each one taking
care of its own local concerns, and
each contributing of its advice, its
counsel, its wealth and it's power to
the progress OF the United States in
their National capacity.
Allison addressed the Senate in
support of the bill. He agreed with
the Senator from Missouri (Vest) that
the question was a political one. The
attitude OF the Democratic party in
both Houses on this subject was the
attitude of non-action. He believed
that South Oak ota should now be ad-
mitted as State, and North Dakota
should also be admitted as a State.
He shonld b. glad to vote this season
FOR THE ADMISSION
OF North Dakota.
Vest asked him if he would vote
now for the bill admitting the whole
Territory of Dakota. He (Vest) would.
In response to the question of ALI
son as to whether the Democratic
party, as a political organization,
would vote to-day for the admission
of the State of Dakota as whole, Vest
said he did not think there was any
OF his colleagues who would not, al
though they had not held any caucus.
Allison said that the action of the
Democratic party as represented on
the Committee on Territories in both
House and Senate, showed its policy
on this subject. The idea was to
tamper with the question until the
Presidential election OF 1888 shall
have passed away and if the political
exigencies of the future required it the
Democratic party would continue to
play the same game. If the Demo-
cratic party wanted the State of Da-
kota undivided why did it not when
ever it had power, present bill for
that purpose. He, himself, would
hesitate long before he would be
willing to admit Dakota
AS A SINGLE STATE.
The debate then reverted once more
to the question of the outrages and in
Limitations in the South. Call, Berry,
Hood, Edmunds, Sherman and Vest
participated in the discussion, which
was at times quite excited. The SEN
ate finally came to vote on the sub
stitute for the Dakota bill, which was
defeated-yeas, %; nays, 26, and the
bill itself was passed-yeas, 26; nays,
%, by strict party vote.
Bills were reported and placed on
the calendar for the public building
at San Diego, California, and for the
appointment of an Associate Justice
for the Territory of Utah. The SEN
ate then adjourned until Monday.
The Work of the House.
WASHINGTON. April 19.-In the
House to-day in the Committee of the
Whole an amendment was adopted to
the Indian Appropriation bill for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the edu-
cation of Indian pupils in Alaska.
An amendment was adopted striking
out the provision for the inspection Of
Indian schools. Balm, OF Pennsylvania,
offered an amendment providing that
as the Indian day and training schools
were church organizations and are
assisting in educational work, the
Christian Bible may be taught in the
native language of the Indians, if, in
the opinion Of persons in charge Of
the schools, it is deemed conducive
to the moral welfare OF the pupils. 1t
was adopted. The committee then
rose.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, moved to