The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-18
AMONG CONGRESSMAN.
The Senators Discuss the Da-
kOta Admission Bill.
MILLS TALKS ABOUT TARIFF
The Secret of 1.-THE Flood-Mur-
dered for JeaIousy-DtllOn
Arrested-NOtes.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Cullom, to-
day, introduced bill providing that in
all cases where it shall appear that
parties have paid $3.50 per acre for
lands, reduced in price to $125 per
acre by the act of June 10, 1880, the
Secretary of the Interior shall be
authorized to repay to such parties the
excess price of $1.25 per acre.
On motion of Plumb the bill to for
felt certain lands heretofore granted
for the purpose of aiding in the con-
strGctlon of railroads was taken up for
consideration. A number of amend
ments were offered and ordered printed,
and then the bill went over until to-
morrow.
The Senate then resumed oonsidera-
ton of the bill for the admission of
South. Dakota and the organization of
the Territory OF North Dakota, anG was
addressed by Vest in opposition to the
bill. The Senator from Wisconsin
secession, and said there was no differ
ence between state trying to break
out of the Union and States trying to
tor say of State, neither in nor out of
of the Union, which claimed to exist as
a State in spite OF laws in defiance of
Congress? If any southern commu-
nifty had undertaken to do what the
people OF Dakota had done, there would
have been au outcry Immediately, only
exceeded by that in regard to rort
Sumpter, and the Senator from Yer
mont would have proposed piece of
legislation equivalent to that celebrated
legislation which he had carried in
1876. which put Hayes into the Presi-
Dental chair, and 10 armst to arms !"
would have been the Cry all over the
north.
Edmunds wished to say, with en-
phasis, that he believed, and that nine
tenths of the people of the United
States who knew anything about it,
believe, he thought. that President
Hayes was lawfully and fairly elected
by the votes of the States according
TO the Constitution of the country, and
that the only evil which had existed
in regard to that matter was the at
tempt of a body of men at head
quarters in New York to buy the
electors OF South Carolina, and those
men had not been Republicans.
Vest said that Conkling had made use
of expressions IN the Senate chamber,
showing that he had DOUBTED the cleo
ton OF Mr.. Hayes.
To this Edmunds replied that he be
lieved that Vest was mistaken, and
that Conkling thought Hayes was law
fully elected.
Vest remarked that when the Senator
from Vermont stated that large ma
iority of the people believed that Hayes
was elected, he must take issue with
him. AS to the purpose of the Demo
cratic opposition to the bill, being
the keeping out of the three
electoral votes OF South Dakota,
Vest denied it energetically, and
dec ared his belief that Cleveland
would be elected President by 8 major
ity in which the votes would be SO small
fraction as not to affect the result 10
an appreciate extent. The Democratic
Senators were willing to admit the
whole Territory Of Dakota as state,
but were not willing to divide it.
a vote will be taken on the bill to-
morrow.
The Senate passed thirty-fve private
pension bills, and then, on motion OF
Henderson, the Senate dill for the relief
of the Omaha Tribe of Indians in
Nebraska, authorizing the payment to
them of $40 600, being ten annual in
stallments under the treaty, was taken
up, amended By authorizing the Score
tary of the Interior to extend the time
of the payment of the purchase money
for lands sold on the Omaha Indian
and passed.
The Senate bill for public building
st Salem, Oregon, CISCO, C00Dw passed.
Adjourned.