The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-27
1OOLE TELLS THE STORY
Carter anA the Republican Senate Deaf so
the Enepeasiea of Mr. Toole and
Major Maginnis ~
washtngton.

of Wednesday night, the occasion
being the grand democratic reception TEN
dered To Messrs. MaRinnis and Iooie:
The opera house was packed full and
hundreds were unable To gain admission.
Deafening applause greeted the Hon. DO
scph X. Toole. when introduced by chair.
man Cullen. In the course OF his remarks
Mr.. Toole mid
were unwilling longer tn wait for action
ON the part of congress, them
selves i'm constitutional convention i'm obe-
dience only tn n Legislative net OF this ter.
ritory and formulated the fundamental
Law of the state of Montana, and IL was
for their approval or rejection
and q vote taken, and by an almost unan-
imous vote Il was approved. ! gave q copy
of i to the president Of the United States
and ~ntrodnced a bill into the ho%.e OF
Of Montana into thc union. Al
same time Senator Voorhees,, Of
. .naansi friend Se Si M %ns NOS Su. S Sf al, IL, iss
hill into the senate. Al that time
territory. which had been Democratic since
1854, UP 70 the year 1883, when l was
elected delegate tn congress, with one
:'hs Mr. S.s GipSSss. w sns eie @se r"i Her fame
~ q democratic territory was not only
confined 60 this section Of the country,
land, until she was known and under
stood TO he solidly democratic: On the
other hand Washington territory, for
both branches of congress-, had the ~
tation Of being u republican territory.
And il SO came about when the bill for
duced into the senate that Benjamin
Harrison was n senator from Indiana,
who was chairman Of the committee ON
bill providing for the admission of Mon
tana into the union, stack II into a pigeon
hole i'm his desk and there permitted IL to
adjournment Of the session of congress-.
But IL was different with Washington ter
ritory. which was known TO be republic
can. He took that I'm hot haste, and re
ported IL hack from his committee To the
senate with a favorable recommendation
called Il mp and asked to have il placed
ON the bill, and went tn Senator Voorhees,
and told him ! was satisfied that they pro-
posed to stifie my efforts i'm that direction,
and asked him To Introduce into the senate
an which was to 20 on the
Washington bill, providing for the adj
mission Of these two territories. And SO
hs oiIsred my amendment, whicn was
word .Washineton" occurred the word
montana" was inserted. and this occur
on the bill, 80 hat he had ample time to
see and understand it's provisions, and
srose ama said: ~ Offer III. H. a;nenJme9s
To the bill for the admission of Washing
ton i'm order that these two terrific
s re. may Some into the mnioniI Sen;
object To the admission of Mon
tana." 1 have here the Congressional
order that you may see the fiiInsy pretem.
ses which are being howled about this
country by the republican orators I pro-
and his c~oadjutors that the peopie Of this
territory have been denied the right of con-
stitutional government. lApplause.l Now
offered ON April 3, 1856, mt the session of
congress-. Mr.. Harrison said: 'But IL is
proposed now To constitute two states and
proposition 1 object" And then he pro-
cecded further i'm the discussion and used
this language:
sion AS l think for admitting two states i'm
one bill. These propositions are distinct.
! don't know a single consideration that
two states. The question OF population
must bc considered for each alone. The
Of the capacity To sustain AN i'm
for each alone. The question of area is a
separate consideration"
Now, fellow citizens. there is the rec
ord, and thank heaven, the Congressional
Record preserves, the identical proceed
ings as they occur, and have placed on
record the position of the repub-
into the union. Now, let us take "a step
further i'm the consideration of this
proposition and sec where we
land. Remember all the time
the opposition which is made To Mon
tana, and the only opposition made was
that they were opposed to the admission
of two states i'm one bill. This was the as
sertion which they made i'm 1886. Then
we go on until the assembling of the next
congress-, and the bill il Introduced i'm the
house for the admission of Montana, and
a similar bill is introduced i'm the senate.
AT the same time bills are introduced for
the admission of all these territories into
the union. The first thing the senate
does il to send back the bill admitting
South Dakota. They passed il and sent il
over To the house of representatives, and
then the democratic caucus is called, and
at which every democratic member,
with he exception of two. and those
gentlemen were absent from the city.
met in caucus and declared not only for
the admission of Montana into the union,
but to five of these territories added the
territory of New Mexico; and then re-
ported that back To the house and IL
passed without a dissenting vote from the
democratic side tapplause.l II had put
itself upon the record as the friend and
the progressive friend of these people. 1t
had said by its vote and its voice that il
was not only i'm favor of the admission OF
Montana. but was i'm favor of wipinR from
the map of the United States five OF these
territories at one stroke and placing, them
in the union upon All equal footing will
the most favored states. That PROPOSE
tion then went back ~ the senate as AN
amendment "a the South Dakota bill
and the senate took il up at once and