National Republican., 1888-04-10

of n town going INTO family and insisting
On giving To its members other names Than
thOsc they had received from their parents
IL would hr rs unjust us the attempt To
change the name of North Carolina or South
carolina The proposed state of South Da
kOtn had n population of iOO,GOO and he
thought that they had Alright to hc admitted
as Il state In time to participate IN the next
presidential election
MIR. Vest. Do YOU mean thai the people
uf South DakOt1 have legal au1 constllu-
tlOngl right to come into the Union rs u
state without action un tile part ut Com
grCSsY
Mr.. Flatt. No
Mr.. Vest That claim has been assort"d:
and wanted tO know whether the senator
from tonnccticu inhOrscd that proposition
Ur mot.
Mr.. platt. ] lu not claim that the people
oi Dakota Cun sci up stat" government
for themselves Independently oi the action
ni Congress. hut | do claim that they have u
right tO tuim constitution, and that Con
gicsS has nu right to deny their admission.
Speaking Of the division Of the territory,
lie said that. 50 strongly convinced was he
that the territory ought tu m divided he
would he In favor of II, even If the people
Of tile territory were against II. The pres
rnt territory was too large for one state. II
was $40 miles long from north in south,
aud iGO miles wide from east tu west. It.
Was very much larger tlNm England, ireland,
Scotland aud NalCs,and, aside from its non
commercial qualities, ,,.capahlr Of sustain
ing Us large II population. The area of
those countries amounted 10 l29.0N square
| miles; that of Dakota 10 iiD,NO0. II was rs
large, practically. Us the states of New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Mary
land and Virginia combined; rs large ~ all
New England, New York, and New jor-
/ L.. L.. 4
Illinois combined. The proposed state
of South Dakota would bc Ti,OOO
square miles; and that was certainly large
| enough for an agricultural state. lie had
| seen Washington dispatch tu Il Dakota
| newspaper stating that Dakota would br
admitted as u whole, and the dispatch was
| printed with The heading, AN Imperial
| state There was u,s "imp"riul stntc'
| wanted iu this country. No state was
| wanted 50 great and strong rs 10 glory in
| its comparative greatness. Physical n well
| legal equality among The states was what
was wanted. No state should he over.
| ShaduMcd by any other state. As To the
suggestion made nj The last session that the
| cutting up Oi territories into numerous states
would convert the Senate into u mob, hc
| replied that IL was better that the Senate
should re- So enlarged as ,o represent the
| popular will and 10 feel the popular pulse
than that Il state should he admitted So iarg
| ns Ia have AN abnormally large representa-
| tion IN the House Of Representatives.
| There were now in the Union nine states
having less population than the proposed
state of South Dakota lie argued that
| South Dakota had brought herself within
the prcccdCnt- under which states had hcr
admitted. II could not he said tha, sht
had done ANYTHING irregular. Why should
| she not hc admitted aud admitted now
| Why should her prayer be longer dcniedi
| Why should the Senate refuse To parLir
| pate in that greatest and grundcst act o
| lcsislatiUn-ibe admission Of II new stat,
into the niOn.-tllus adding to tl,
| grandeur, the strength. the glory. and Tia,
| r,nOwn Of the American rcpubic9
| Mr. Butler obtained the floor aud the bill
went over until to-day.
The message from the President relative
to the purchase of lands IN Florida on whicl
to locate the Seminole Indians was pre-
sentod and referred To the committee on In
dian affairs.
The Senate then proceeded to the conSid
Grafton of executive business, and at 1;3
| udiDurnCl