Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-19

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The Springer
omnibus bill for the admission as states
of four territories, South Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington and New Mexico, was
adopted in the house yesterday as a sub
stitute for the senate's bill providing for
the admission of South Dakota only. The
substitute was adopted by vote of 1873 to
l2O. The Springer bill now goes to the
senate for the action of that branch OF
congress.
THE DEBATE.
The debate on this subject began on
Tuesday last when Springer, of Illinois,
called W -. special order the senate bill
for the admission of South Dakota and the
organization of the territory of North
Dakota.
The bill having been read in FULL Mr..
Springer took the floor in explanation of
the measure and in advocacy of the sub
stitute omnibus bill, which he proposed
to offer as a substitute. He sketched
briefly the action of the constitutional
convention held in Dakota in September,
1885, which has formulated the constitu-
ton for the state of South Dakota. The
constitution had been submitted to the
people and ratified by vote of q, 900 to
$4,000, The total vote had been only
1000, while at that time there had been
$1,000 voters in the territory. In view of
the small number of votes he insisted JUS
tice to the people of Dakota required that
a new convention should be held.
DELEGATE JosEpu's SPEECH.
After Mr.. Springer the Hon. Antonio
Joseph was the first speaker. He made
the best speech of sthe day. 1t was care
fully prepared, and was logical and ar
gumentative. Mr.. Joseph is the delegate
from New Mexico. He asserted that that
territory had stronger claims for admis-
sion than any other territory under treaty
stipulations. He outlined its early his
tory. In lS48 it became part of the
United States. Its people then believed
that under the provisions of the treaty
they were entitled to admission. In June,
1850, they adopted state constitution
with a clause prohibiting slavery. This
constitution was submitted to congress.
Under it governor, congressman, a
legislature and two United States senators
were elected. The prayer for admission,
however, was denied. The people were
disappointed. Thirteen years later they
rallied to the support of the union, and
furnished more troops to the federal goy-
ernment than all the territories then ex-
isting, including Nebraska, Nevada and
Colorado. No stronger answer, Mr..
Joseph said, could be given to
charges that the native population of
New Mexico was foreign in spirit and
lacking in devotion to the United States.
In answer to evident Republican opposi-
ton to the admission of the territory, he
said that in 1874 the house passed bill
for its admission by three-fourths ma
jority. Its population was then 10000.
To-day it is 10000. Among the Repub-
lican members who then voted for its ad-
mission were Roderick r. Butler, of Ten
nessee; Joseph G. Connor, of Illinois
Alfred G. Harmer, of Pennsylvania;
Charles O'Neill, of Philadelphia, and
David Wilbur, of New York. They are
all now members of the house. Other
Republican members who voted for it
were Henry l.. Dawes, of Massachusetts
Charles B. Farwell, of Illinois; VIM. T.
Frye, of Maine, and Phlletus Sawyer, of
Wisconsin. These men are now senators.
James A. Garfield, John A. Kasson, o.
d. Conger and Charles E. Foster also
voted for it.
THE SENATE BILL.
Mr.. Joseph said that no Republican
ought to refuse to follow such leadership.
The senate in 1874 passed similar bill by |
a vote OF 32 to II. Among those voting
for it We're VIM. B. Allison, John J. In,
gals, John H. Mitchell, Wm. M. Stewart,
Geo. H. Boutwell,, Simon Cameron, Han
nibal Hamlin, John A. Logan and VIM.
Window. The bill fell to the ground in
conference committee on points of detail.
Thus, but for tie accidents of legislation,
New Mexico would now be q state. In
the 44th congress the senate passed bill |
for its admission, but it was lost in the
house through gorge in legislation. Mr..
Joseph repelled the charges that New
Mexico is desert, that her people are
iliterate, and that her native citizens
have Il contempt for law. He said that
she had more native and less foreign-born
population than either Dakota, Montana
or Washington territory. She filed all
the requisites for admission into the union,
and she ought to be admitted.
A portly gentleman with an extremely
auburn beard followed Mr.. Joseph. He
was the Hon. Isaac S. Struble, Of Iowa.
He bitterly opposed the admission of New
Mexico. One Of his grounds of opposition
was disputed land titles in that territory.
Mr.. Struble made report in the last con-