Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-27

up in the House to-day the California
contested election case of Sullivan
against FELTON,. Mr.. McKenna (Cal. J
raised the question of consideration.
Filibustering continued and no action
was reached.
TUESDAY, Feb. 19.-Mr. Caswell, in the
House to-day, presented the conference
report on the direct tax bill. Filibus-
tering was Immediately resorted to bv
opponents of the bill to prevent vote,
and after an hours fight the report was
withdrawn. The House, in committee
of the whole, discussed the post
ing motion, offered by Mr.. Cannon
Ill.) to strike out the paragraph
regulating the salaries of assistant post
masters, was lost. Mr.. Cannon Gill;
moved to reduce the minimum salary of
stenographers to postmasters from 81.
200 to $500. Lost. No further progress
was made on the bill and the House
/. took recess, the evening session to be
for the consideration of the business re.
ported by the committee on military
affairs.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20.-Both the House
and the Senate agreed to the conference
report on the territorial bill to-day.
Mr.. Springer presented the report in
the House. The bill as agreed to in
conference provides for the admission
Of the states of North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana and Washington. The
territory of Dakota is to be divided on
the line of the seventh standard paral-
lei. The delegates elected to the con-
stitutional convention north of this
parallel shall assemble at Bismarck,
and those elected south of the parallel
of Eofl n al -
convention in each Of the proposed new
states shall be elected on the Tuesday
after the first Monday in May next, and
shall meet on the 4th of July
and declare that they adopt
the constitution of the United States.
They are authorized thereupon to form
constitutions and state governments. 1t
is provided that at the election for dele
gates to the convention, in South Da-
kota, the electors shall vote for or
against the Sioux Falls Constitution. If
a majority of the votes shall be for the
constitution, the convention shall re-
submit to the people of South Dakota
for ratification or rejection. the consti.
tuition framed at Sioux Falls, and also
the articles and propositions separately
submitted including the question of
locating temporary seat of govern
to the name and boundary of the pro-
posed state, to the reapportionment of
the judicial and legislative districts, and
such amendments as may be necessary
in order to comply with the provisions
of this act; and if majority of the
votes cast on the ratification or relec-
ton OF the constitution shall be for
the constitution, irrespective of the
articles separately submitted, the
state of South Dakota shall be
admitted as state in the Union under
said constitution as hereinafter provid-
ed but the archives, records and books
of the territory of Dakota shall remain
at Bismarck, the capital of North Dako-
ia, until an agreement in reference there
to is reached by said states. But if at
the election for delegates to the consti-
tutional convention in South Dakota
majority of all the votes cast shall be
against the Sioux Falls constitu-
ton, it shall be the duty of
the convention to form consti-
tuition as if that question had not
been submitted to the people. It is
made the duty Of the president to admit
the four new states by proclamation, if
the constitutions formed are ratified at
the election to be held on the first Tues
day in October. Each of the new states
shall be entitled to one representative
in Congress except South Dakota, which
shall be entitled to two representatives.
Sec. IL provides that all lands granted
for educational purposes shall be dis
posed of only at public sale, and at
price not less than $40 an acre, the pro-
ceeds to constitute a permanent school
fund, the interest of which only shall
be expended in the support of the
schools. But the lands may, under
such regulations as the Legislatures
shall prescribe, be leased for periods
of not more than five years, in quanti-
ties not exceeding one section to any
one person or company; and such land
shall not be subject to pre-emption,
homestead entry or any other
entry under the land law
of the United States, whether surveyed
Or unsurveyed, but shall be reserved for
school purposes only. All mineral
lands are exempted from the grants
made by the act. The two Dakotas are
to be added to Justice Miller's circuit
and Washington and Montana to Jus
tice Fields. Until last night, the name
of Washington was changed in the bill
to IakOma, but it was then etricke n out
Mr.. Barnes (Ga) said that as one of
the conferees. he had been unable un-
der his sense of duty to sign the report.
He would not attempt, however,
to enter into any argument against
the bill, but would allow the
House to vote upon the report
without delay. The report was then
adopted amid applause on both sides Of
the chamber. The contest over the di-
rect tax bill was resumed, Mr.. Caswell
calling up the conference report as a
matter of privilege. He declined to
yield to enable the Speaker to clear his
table of Senate bills, although he was
warned by Mr.. Hooker Miss. that he
had better do so. Mr. Crisp (Ga.)
raised the question of considert-
ton against the conference, stating
that while he was willing to give pre-
cedence to appropriation bills, be would
antagonize any other measure with the
contested election case. The House de-
termined, yeas 1874, nays SO, to consider
the conference report, but Mr.. Bland
MOI moved reconsideration. Mr..
Kelly moved to table the motion to re-
consider. The motion to table the mo-
ton to reconsider was approved, yeas
1859. nays II, and Mr.. Stewart
(Ga.) addressed the House in opposition
to the adoption of the report. After a
long debate, the conference report
was agreed tn vaao 172 nave 90 Tho