Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
NEH, STATES
An Omnibus BiII for the Admission of
Territories Passes the Hou-c.

despatch 60 the y. y Tribune, Feb ISL
The House has finally passed the Omnibus
substitute for the Senate bill 10 admit the
state Of South Dakota It provides, in
brief, for the admission Of two new states,
South Dakota and Montana, and tina North
Dakota, Washington and New Mexico may
be admitted after they have framed aud
adopted state constitutions and whenever
Congress shall have passed special acts in
their behalf-that is, at some indefinite date
in the future The Democrats solidly re
sisted every proposition to allow each ter.
ritory to stand or fall on its own merits
and most Of them cheerfullv followed Chair
man Springer in all his windiugs and twist
ings to escape from the necessity of recOg
nizing the claims of South Dakota to imme
diate admission. 1t seemed to be impossible
for Springer to deal fairly aud candidly
with the House IN his management of the
measure, and the outbreak of derisive laugh
ter today when Major Warner alluded ~
the "candor aud fairness Of the "Sanga
mon statesman was as spontaneous "a 1t
was hearty. Yesterday he offered an
amendment which provided that if the PEG
pie of South Dakota, at the election pro
vided for 10y the act, shall ratify the con
sttution adopted in 1883, the President may
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kota admitted as IA state into the Union
Today he rose and offered mutilated
| copy of this amendment, and tried to gar
| the House 10y an immediate demand for the
previous question to cut of debate and
amendment The mutilation consisted IN
the cutting out of the provision for the i'm
mediate admission of South Dakota, 10y
| proclamation, after the constitution of 1881
! shall have been ratified The demand for
the previous question raised a storm of an
| CRY protests, and Springer, after some hes
| itation generously offered to allow five
minute debate on "A proposition which was
either to admit South Dakota this year. OF
indefinitely to postpone her admission. BE
| fore the day was over, however, he saw his
own amendment of yesterday adopted by
the House on motion of a Republican
Judge Perkins of Kansas
Another amendment adopted today pro
vides that if the people of Montana shall
ratify the constitution of 1884 at the cleo
ton TO be held next November the Presi
dent may declare Montana to be state III
the Union. This amendment was not re-
sisted by Springer and his followers. fui
they had received assurances that "A syndl
cate composed of rich bankers, stock rails
ers, etc, in the territory, all Democrats
VIII pe aple 10 gam political control OF I'M
new state, and send two Democratic senu
tors and a Democratic representative {.
Congress.
There was no apparent reason why Wash
ington and North Dakota should not be plac
ed on the same footing with Montana, an,
Mr. Voorhees,, delegate of the territory
tried to have it included, but the effort wa
resisted and defeated In short, the Demo
Gratis yielded to the inevitable in the cas-,
of South Dakota-which is to have two rep
resentatives in Congress under an amend
ment adopted yesterday-and 10 the prom
ises and assurances of their party friend
in the case of Montana The MACEDONIA
substitute, which the Republicans all sup
ported, as a choice of evils. received tn
votes of only three Democrats-Macdonald
Tarsney, and Anderson of Iowa 5 =
Cox and other Democrats whose aid wa
expected weakened and cast their votes IA