St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
STATEHOOD IN SIGHT.
Congressman Springer Pas
sively Allows His Plans
to Be Squelched.
One Word From Him Would
Have Knitted South Da-
kota's Chances.
The House ConfepreeS Are In
stpueted to Let the Sena-
tors Have Their Way.
This Means That the Omnibus
Bill Will Soon Become
q Law.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 15.-Sena-
tor Moody, Gov. Ordway, Col. King,
Major Mcdowell, and Privates Goody-
koontz, OfIenbacher and La Moure were
in the house gallery this afternoon
during the crucial period of the omnl-
bus bill. When the instructions were
finally voted upon, settling matters &C
cording to the Republican plan, they all
came out smiling, and adjourned to the
basement, where much graduation was
INDUCED in. Gov. Ordway says: IL
consider that the bill is out of danger.
Let credit for this legislative achieve
ment be placed where it may, the people
ought to know that they owe all to Mr..
Springer. For the sake of admitting
them to statehood he had the manliness
and self-abnegation to sit there and per-
nit
HIS MOST CHERISHED IDEAS
to be voted down, when one word from
him would have killed the bill, ire
claimably. He has acted the part of
man all through, and deserves great
and lasting credit from our people"
Jud La Moure, the Pembina statesman,
says, 81 am confident that Gov. Ordway
deserves all the credit he wants to give
to Springer, for know that but for him
Springer would have raised the rOof.
Gov. Ordway managed to keep him
cool, and to Ordway belongs the
praise" Thus one by one the Dako-
tians are handing around compliments
ol1 nCfC hnj
good feeling over the present condition
of admission matters.
The house to-day passed resolutions
instructing the cOnferreeS on the terri
torial bill and the senate bill enabling
the president to protect United States
interests in Panama. Mr.. Mills reported
back the Mills tariff bill with senate
amendments, and by direction of the
speaker it was referred to the commit
tee of the whole. Mr.. Mills also re-
ported the following resolution. the
consideration of which, he said, he
would ask the house to enter upon on
Tuesday next:
Resolved, That the substitution by
the senate under the form of an amend
ment, for the bill Of the house No.
9051 (the Mills bilD, of another and
different bill containing a general re-
vision of the laws imposing import
duties and internal taxes, is in conflict
with the true intent and purpose of sec
ton z, article /, of the constitution,
and that said bill be returned to the
senate with the respectful suggestion
that said section vests in the house OF
representatives the sole power to orig
mate sucl measure.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, said that he
IN tho lninnFitu fhn riUht
to file their views. Mr.. Reed raised a
point of order against the resolution.
The speaker said the resolution would
remain on the speakers table, with the
point of order reserved against it. Mr..
McCreary, of Kentucky, reported back
the senate bill appropriating $250.000
to enable the president to protect
the interests of the United States
in Panama. Brief speeches followed.
The question being on ordering the bill
to third reading, Mr.. Kilgore, of
Texas, raised the point OF no quorum.
The yeas and nays were ordered. but
pending the roll call, the hour of 12:45
arrived and the matter was laid aside
temporarily to enable the house, under
the special order, to consider the res0lu-
ton instructng the house conferreeS
Oh
THE TERRITORIAL BILL
as to the method they should pursue in
arriving at an agreement. The pending
motion was that to table the nation to
reconsider the vote by which the house
agreed to that portion of the resolution
directing the confeueeS to so amend the
South Dakota, under the Sioux Fails
constitution by proclamation of the
president, without new vote being
taken OH the question of division. By a
vote of Ia to 109 the house tabled the
motion. The. remaining instructions
relative to the admission of North Da-
kota, Montana and Washington by
proclamation was agreed to without di-
vision, and the bill again sent to con-
ference after the adoption of the pre-
liminary instructing clause by vote
of 149 to- 1O1. The house then re-
Sumed the consideration OF the Panama
bill. Mr.. Kilgore withdrew his point of
no quorum, and the bill was passed.
The senate amendments to the fortifi-
cation appropriation bill were non-con-
Cured in. and a conference ordered.
The tension appropriation bill was also
sent to conference. Sessions were Or
dered for Tuesday and Wednesday
nights of next week, for the considera-
ton of business reported from the COM
mittees on military affairs and Oh COM
lCSpCCUlNClys 1HS oSh1VO bIii
granting a pension of 800 month,
with house amendment reducing the
rate to S75) to the widow of Brig. Gen.
Joseph B. Plummer, was called up and
passed as amended. Also the senate
bill granting pension of $50 month
to the widow of Rear Admiral Nichol-
son. The senate amendments were
concurred in to the house bill granting
right of way through the
WHITE EARTH INDIAN RESERVATION.
Minnesota, to the st. Paul, Minneapolis
81 Manitoba railroad company. Mr..
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania. presented a
memorial of the Philadelphia Maritime
exchange in favor of the naval reserve
bill: and of the Philadelphia Board OF
Trade, asking the house to recede from
Its amendments to the bill amending
the interstate commerce law, so as tc
insure the passage of the measure. he
ferred. The house went into commit
tee of the whole on the pOstoffice APP,
preparation bill. The pending amend
ment offered by Mr.. Cannon, CT Illinois.
increasing by $S00.0O0 the appropriation
for clerks in postoffices, was dis
cussed. There was majority in
favor of the. amendment but Mr..
Blount raised the point of no quorum,
and the committee rose. On motion oil
Mr.. Stone, of Kentucky, bill was
passed for the payment of the Fourth
of July claims.' The amount involved
is $4,000. The house at o'clock took
a recess until 7:30,
At the evening session Mr.. Bingham