New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-27
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.

" ASI1ANGIOS, ODeClal Telegram, Feb. ZU.-
Congress has now done all it can do for the
four northern territories, and did it at the
last frankly and graciously. The report of
the conference committee was agreed to by
both houses this afternoon, by the house Of
representatives in fifteen minutes without a
division and by the senate after an hour of
senseless and fruit!ess debate. Also without
roll call. 1t now goes to the president for
his signature. Senators Platt and Cullom
and Mr. Springer sat up till nearly midnight
last night giving the finishing touches to the
perfected bill, but 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 the
direct tax bill That was finished shout 2
O'Clock. whereupon Springer arose in his
seat, and, in a voice scarcely audible from
hoarseness, presented the conference COM
m1ttee's report accompanied with state
ment giving history of the conference and
the features of the perfected bill.
PRoMPTNEss 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
We're not prepared for the rapid dispatch of
business that followed. The only debate was
a brief statement by Mr. Barnes that he
could not conscientiously sign the report,
but that be would confine his opposition to
simple vote against 1T The significance of
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 modesuly and generously bowed his
acknowledgements to Cox and presented
him with yellow rose from his own button
hole. Every member active in the fight TO,
the territories notably each of the three dele
gates, was the center of a handwriting
congratulating crowd. The scene was spir-
tied but brief, the house passing i'm mediately
10 other business, while Springer hurried the
conference report over to the senate, This
action was everywhere accepted US ana! and
decisive, and the delegation of visiting Da-
kotans, prominent among them Delegate
Matthews, held an informal Publication
meeting in the main corridor.
EVERYBODY CONGRATULATED.
They Intercepted Springer on his way to
the senate, and he had TO run another gaunt-
le6 of congratulations. Springer was half
sick with cold, caught sitting up nights
over the bill, but happy as a 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 DakoIa 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
i O'Clock and was at once presented by SEN
ator Platt who moved it's 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 consumed listening to the resonant
elocution of Charlie johnson. The rest of
the time until q quarter past was frittered
away by cranks on one side and partlsans on
the other. The members Of the committee
explained Their p 1siuion very briefly, and
did everything in their power TO hasten the
vote. Dawes tried to pick flaws in the land
sections, but was speedily satisfied by Piarp
Then Mr.. Hoar wanted to know why the
conference committee had ignored a petit
ton sent to them by him, sigLed by twenty
two senators. favoring woman suffrage in
Washington Territory This brought Blair
TO his feet with the same old speech in be-
half of the down-Lrodden half of humanity
to which the senate chamber has SO often
echoed. Meanwhile impatience increased in
ali parts of the chamber to such degree
that the 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 roll call it will interest
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 in
the house the ayes were general and the
noes scattering. and nobody insisted on
division. The loudesr and most conspicuous
negative votes We're those of Cockrell and
Vest of Missouri. This finished good days
work, and the Dakota people went off satis-
fed. The slight fear of a pocket veto which
haunted the friends OF the territories yesser-
day has been entirely dissipated by the easy
triumph of to-day. The bill is completely
engrossed. ana will be signed by
the speaker Of the house and presi-
dent of the senate early tomorrow. and
sent Mt once to the president Springer
makes no sort of doubt that he will
sign it without delay. MIR. Springer, indeed,
has plan to induce him to sign it with a
dramatic flourish on Washington's birthday
Not to be outdone in the invention of private
theatricals Mr.. Matthews proposed. with the
presidents permission. to assemble all the
territorial delegates anu visitors at the White
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