The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-28
IT'S PASSED AT LAST.
Both Senate and House Adopt the
Report of the Territorial Con-
ference Committee.
A Wild Scene in Washington, and
Congratulations Scattered
Right and Left.

Congress has now done all it Can do for the
tour northern territories, and did it at the
last frankly and graciousy The report OF
the conference committee was agreed to by
both houses this afternoon, by the house OF
representatives in fifteen minutes without
div sion and by the senate after an hour of
senseless and fruitiess debate Also without
a roll call. 1t now goes to the president for
b S signature. Senators Platt and Cullom
aud MIR Springer sat up till nearly midnight
lat night giving the finishing touches to the
perfected bill, bat made no material changes
In the draft sent you last night Soon after
the house met this morning Mr.. Baker
marched proudly across the floor with the
ponderous roll of the engrossed bill under
his arm. 1t was laid upon the speakers desk
while Springer was temporarily In the chair
during the closing of the debate on tho
direct tax bill That was finished about
o'c,ock, whereupon Springer arose in his
seat, and, in voice scarcely audible from
hoarseness, presented the conference COM
mlttee's report accompanied with state
ment giving history of the conference and
the features of the perfected bill
PRoNrPTNEss AND DISPATCH
The statement was signed by the three
house conferrees and the report by Springer
and Baker only. Reading the bill was dis
pensed with, the house being satisfied with
the explanatory statement OF the conferrees.
This was welcome gain of time, but the
Dakota people assembled in the galleries
were not prepared for the rapid dispatch Of
business that followed. The only debate was
brief statement by Mr.. Barnes that he
could not coDscientiously sign the report,
but that he would confine his opposition to
-, ,t TIoc jG1ona Sf
this guarantee against this obstructive delay
had hardly been grasped when the question
was put by Speaker Carlisle, and the report
declared adopted amid volley of yeas and
scattering fire of noes. This was the signal
for joyful clapping of hands not confined to
the Republican side, drowning few
faint cries Cor division which were ignored
by the speaker, deprecated by Mr.. Cox and
not insisted upon. In the meantime, half
the members were on their feet shaking
hands and exchanging CONGRATULATIONS.
Springer modestly aud generously bowed his
acknowledgements to Cox aud presented
him with yellow rose from his own button
hole Every member active in the fight for
the territories notably each of the three dele
gates, was the center of handshaking,
congratulating crowd. The scene was spir-
tied but brief, the house passing i'm nedately
10 other business, while Springer hurried the
conference report over to the senate. This
action was everywhere accented as ina! ard
decisive, and the dele2 alton of visiting Da-
kotans, prominent among them Delegate
Matthews held an Informal jollifcation
meeting in the main corridor.
EVERYBODY CONGRATULATED.
They intercepted Springer on his way to
the senate, and he had TO run another gaunt-
let of congratulations. Springer was half
sick with a cold, caught sitting up nights
over the bill, but happy as boy. His chief
satisfaction seems to be that he has realized
his dream OF bringing in the territories at the
same time and on exactly the same basis.
The Dakoua visitors were uniformly salts
fed, although Judge Moody would have been
more so if he could have secured the admis-
sion Of South Dakota in the spring Mat
thews was significantly congratulated as the
next congressman from South Dakota. The
conference report reached the senate about
| 4 O'Clock and was at once presented by Sem
ator PIatt, who moved its Adoption. The
senate was moderately full, though it
thinned out before the tedious debate was
! finished The Northwestern senators, how
ever, stuck to their seats Springer and the
three territorial delegates followed the report
over from the house and sat on senate sofas
during the debate, while Judge Moody
and several other Dakota visitors occupied
seats in the galleries. An attempt was made
to dispense with the reading of the bill, as in
the house, but Edmunds objected, and an
| hour was conEum ed listening to the resonant
elocuton of Charlie Johnson. The rest of
| the time until quarter past was frittered
away by cranks on one side and partlsaCs on
the other The members of the committee
explained the.r p ,sition very briefly, and
did everything in their power TO hasten the
vote. Dawes tried to pick flaws in the land
sections, bu5 was speedily satisfied by Platt.
| Then Mr. Hoar wanted to know why the
conference committee had ignored petit
ton sent to them by him, sighed by twenty
two senator's, fa7oring woman suffrage in
| Washington Territory. This brought Blair
TO his feet with the same old speech in be-
half of the down-trodden half of humanity
to which the senate chamber has so often
echoed. Meanwhile impatience increased in
all parts of the chamber to such degree
that tue protests of Vest and Morgan against
the exclusion of New Mexico were scarcely
listened to on their side or replied to on the
other.
THE DEED COMPLETED.
In the absence of a roll call it will interest
the people of the territories to know that
both Morgan and Butler declared their pur.
pose to vote for the bill, notwithstanding
their objections on behalf Of New Mexico.
Finally Harris of Tennessee threatened to
move to go into executive session unless the
debate ended and vote was taken. AS Ii
the house the ayes were general and the
noes scattering, and nobody insisted on 9
division. The loudest and most conspicuous
negative votes were those of Cockrell anC
Vest of Missouri. This finished good day.
work, and the Dakota people went of salts
fed. The slight fear of pocket veto which
haunted the friends of the territories YesEer
day has been entirely dissipated by the easy
engrossed and will be signed by
the speaker OF the house and presi
dent of the senate early tomorrow, anC
sent at once to the president Springe
makes no sort of doubt that he will
sign it without delay. Mr.. Springer, indeed
has O plan to induce him to sign it with
dramatic flourish on Washington's birthdav
Not to be outdone in the invention of privat
theatricals, Mr.. Matthew's proposed, with tn,
presidents permission, to assemble all th'
territorial delegates un0 visitors at the Whit
House at the time of the signature and pre-
sent grand historical tableau for the edif
cation of contemporaries and the admiration
of posterity. Is will be observed that tn
territorial people are in q happy frame o
mind hope none of them will wake will
headaches tomorrow. Delegate Toole to
night sent the following dispatch to Chair
man Davidson, OF the Montana Democrats
committees:
: s.The child ia born. It's name is Montana. Tn
interesting event occurred at fifteen minute
J after o'clock Four new stars will greet tn
rising sun aud hold their festival around Tn
American flag. One more shot along the Who'll
line and the victory is ours. / am doing as wei
as could be expected under the circums ances
Shake. +. A. O.
Prince George Eristoff de Gourie of Russia
whose cosmopolitan adventures have formed
i the theme of much newspaper writing OF
! both sides of the Alta ntic, has fallen foul O
{ the New York police. The prince has bee
well known to New York society for severa
years and recently arrived from Paris. Hi
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