Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-19
OMNIBUS BILL AGREED TO
But It Is Somewhat Jisiigured
 by AmendmeIess
THROWING THE DOORS OPEN.

THROWING THE DOORS OPEN. Territories Will Soon Come Tronping In.
 The Senate Agrees to the Sugar Bounty Amendment, on Which MT, Quay Votes with the Democrats-Other Matters. WASHINGTON, Jan 19-The house con tinued the discussion of the territorial ad- mission bills.
 vote was taken immediately taken upon MT. MacDonalds substitute, which embodies the main features of the omnibus bill, but provides for the immediate admission of | South Dakota It rejected, Mir. Mac Donald and Mir. Tarsney being the only Democrats voting in its favor. | Mir. Springer offered an amendment to the omnibus bill providing that if a division of ! Dakota is authorissd and majority of all | the votes cast at the election provided for in the act shall be i'll favor of the Sioux Falls constitution of 1885, it shall be the duty of the convention which may assemble at Sioux | Falls to resubmit to the people of South Da- | kota, for ratification or rejection, the Sioux Falls constitution of 1885, and also the ar ticles separately submitted at that time, in- cluding the selection of the temporary seat of ! government, with such changes as relate to the name and boundaries of the proposed state, to the reapportionment of the judicial and legislative districts, and such other amendments as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this act.
 Mr. Baker (N. Y.) and MT. Henderson | Qlls.) spoke in favor of the senate bill
 Mir. Cox (N. Y.) said that the object of the amendment was to permit the people of South Dakota to decide for themselves whether they desired to ratify the Sioux Falls con- vention.
 MT. Springer said that the election took place on the first Tuesday in November On that day the people of North Dakota would vote upon the constitution. He assumed that both Dakotas would ratify their respective constitutions. The president could not re- ceive official information of the fact before Dec. l. Within week thereafter congress would meet and both states could be ad- mitted together
 On motion of MT. Perkins (Kan) MT. Springer's amendment was amended so as to provide that if the Sioux Falls constitution is ratified by the people of South Dakota the president shall issue his proclamation de- claring the state of South Dakota admitted to the Union.
 Mir. Springer's amendment, as amended, was then agreed to.
 On motion of Mir. Toole similar provision relative to the adnsssion of Montana was embodied in the substitute.
 The house then agreed to the omnibus bill las amended) as substitute for the senate bill by a vote of 1SS to 120; and the senate bill, as amended, was then passed-144 yeas to 9S nays
 The senate continued discussion of tue tariff bill, and agreed to the clause granting 8 bounty of one cent pound to sugar pro- ducers by vote of 27 to 23, after long de bate as to the constitutionality of the amend ment
 Mr. Payne voted with the Republicans and MT. Quay with the Democrats.
 The amendment provides that until April, 1900, there shall be paid to the pro- ducer of sugar testing not less than SC degrees by the polariscope, from beets, sor- ghun or sugar cane, grown within the United
 States, bounty of one cent per pound
 under such rules and regulations as the com
 missioner of internal revenue shall prescribe
 MT. Hale presented the credentials of Mir
 Frye for the senatorial term beginning
 March next. They were placed on file.
 INGALLS, RAPS MORTON TO ORDER
 Vice president-eleot Morton, accompanied
 by Representative Phelps, of New Jersey appeared upon the floor of the house at 8 p
 m., and received an ovation from the Repub lican members. He took place immediately } in the rear of the rails on the Republican } side, and was introduced to members by MT Phelps. Many Democrats were among thos 5 who took Mir. Morton by the hand At 3:15 D. m. MT. Phelps entered the senat and spoke to Senator Hiscock, who withdrew [ with him from the chamber In few min , utes they returned escorting Mir. Morton l The first of the senators to greet him as h ] entered at the east door of the chamber wa
 Senator Sherman Senator Quay ddickl, 3 followed, and for several minutes MT l Morton held quite levee.
 s MT. Morton's reception made some noise il D the chamber, and Mir. Ingalls, rapped tn t future presiding officer of the senate to orde, + He then retired to one of the couches, wher s he sat in conversation with Senator Sherma Q for some time.
 S PENSION MATTERS $ The house committee on invalid pension + agreed to report favorably eight private per :. sion bills, and Monday next was set for tn
 consideration of bill to increase the pensio
 of soldiers who lost both arms. The cases C this kind are but few, only twenty one bein known at present.
 ,f Next suspension day the bill granting ,A pension to Irene Rucker Sheridan widow (
 Gen. P. H. Sheridan, will be called up and a endeavor to pass it will be made. The ra,
 of pension fixed by this bill is S, 500 a yea 7 New Jersey Can't Have Them Now. :. NEW YORK, Jan. 19-Inspector Byrn,
 told reporter yesterday that while thel
 was abundant evidence to convict the negl = burglars, Taylor and Tilghman, of any nun r Der of burglaries in New Jersey, there w, !, also evidence equally clear and strong tn,