Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28
THE FIFrY.FIRsT CONonKss.

Bill In the House.
WAsHNaTeK, D. g., June 27.-The con-
sideration of the bill for the admission Of
Wyoming a. q state was resumed and Mr..
Morgan addressed the senate in opposition
to 1t. If the people Of the United States, he
said, felt no greater interest In the bill than
the senate had exhibited yesterday and dur
ing the whole Of the discussion IL would be
hardly worthy while to take up any time in
explanation of the principles involved.
Either majority of the senate had come to
some understanding or agreement that the
bill. was to pass, Notwithstanding any OBJ
jections or arguments that might be
urged against ID, or else the
matter of allowing new states
unto the Union had become such q common
place affair that 1t scarcely attracted the at
tention of those who were in the senate az
am bassadors from their own states. The adj
mission of state snto the Union was, to
his mind, the most solemn and important
fact with which the senate had to deal.
Pretty nearly all the territory of the United
States was now exhaused in respect to which
the senate could exercise the high function
of creating local sovereignty within the
boundary of the union, and it seemed to him
that in the disposition of the remainder of it
there ought to be some thoughtful and care-
full attention to all the future interests, not
merely of the people Immediately concerned,
but also the preservation Of the just balance
of power ia the senate between the different
geographical sections of the country.
Mr.. Morgan yielded the floor to Mr.. Dawes,
who presented the conference report on the
legislative, executive and judicial appropri-
alton bill The report showing that there
were numerous amendments on which the
conference committee had not come to an
agreement. it was stated by Mr.. Dawes that
ell these amendments but two were for the
increase of the number Of senate employees
and for their increase Of the compensation.
salary of the commissioner of the general
land office from "a. 900 to 81, 600 and of the
assistant commissioner from $4,000 to
$500. The question, he said, was open
either to q motion to insist or to recede
Mr.. Sherman made the motion to recede, re-
marking that such amendments ought not to
be forced by one house or the other. After
some discussion, Mr.. Sherman withdrew his
motion to recede and the senate voted to in.
sist on it's amendments and to ask a further
conference. The now cenferees are Messrs.
Dawes, Plumb and German.
Mr.. Morgan resumed the door and contin-
ued his argument against the Wyoming bill.
He favored the substitute offered by Mr..
Jones of Arkansas, an enabling act for Idaho,
Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico.
The adoption Of the substitute was the only
way to eliminate from the question the ele-
ment of political considerations. There was
40 haste for the admission of Wyoming or
Idaho that did not equally apply to Arizona
and New Mexico unless It was political cali
culations. The picking out of two territories
and plucking them into the Union by the
ears looked like an operation that was not to
be tolerated by sound judgment. Mr..
Morgan described and denounced the
action of the, governor, chief justice
and auditor of Wyoming getting together
without any authority whatever, anticipate
ing the action of congress in the way of al
enabling act. apportioning societies, provid-
ing for a convention and for a vote on the
constitution, and then demanding of con-
gress to legalize their action and admit the
territory as a state, with the understanding
that if congress would do 30 the new state
would vote for a republican candidate for
the presidency the next time. There had
been no bargain, perhaps, to that effect, but
It WAS just as well as if there had bsen
bargain. Every one knew that if Wyoming
were to be democratic state it could not be
admitted at this time. As respecting the
provision for woman suffrage in the Wyom-
ing constitution. the acceptance of that con-
stitution by the United States would, he
said, be ratification and confirmation of
that provision, and thereafter such confrma-
ton could not be Withdrawn.
After further discussion the question was
taken on Mr.. jones' substitute ian enabling
act for Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona and New
Me1ico), and it was rejected by strict party
vote-yeas Is, nays 20.
Mr. Jones of Arkansas then moved as q
substitute an enabling act for Wyoming
alone, and it was rejected by exactly the
same vote.
was then passed by strict party vote-yeaa
20, nays 10.
The bill for the admission of Idaho was
then taken up, and went over as ''unfn-
ished business till Monday"
After an executive session the senate adj
journed.
The consideration Of the election bill was
resumed, Mr.. Haughen of Wisconsin ad
dressing the house in support of the meas
| ure. He declared that it did not propose to
touch the state election, but did propose to
supervise national elections-a clear right Of
| congress. The bill was not local, but gene
raj In it's application. The objections made
| to the bill by southern members constituted
deliberate insult to the south itself. A
prominent democratic leader in Mississippi
had advocated q property qualification in tn,
| voter and had suggested that such a provis.
ion would restore supremacy to the whites
| That In itself was a confession that thu
whites wrongfully exercised supremacy a
present
Mr., Covert of New York said that the bill
| was an evidence of the distrust felt by re-
publicans of q government of and for tn
| people. Recently the speaker had attended
the banquet of the Americas club at Pitts
| burg He had spoken, after long years o
silence, upon falsi6cation of election returns
bulldozing and all the narrowing details Q
southern outrages. Why he had Spoken
after that long silence, he Cover,
was unable to say, unless he va
conscious that he was at tn
time addressing deliberative body. Il
had spoken of the emergency that confronte
us. The republican party was used to meet
ing emergencies. They had met them /
Indiana when they sent in Dorsey with hi
money and Dudley with his ''aoaters" ant
"blooks-of-6ve," and Quay, the archaugel Q
the party. This bill was intended to und
the work of the fathers of the constitution
Mr. Flower of New York denounced tn
bill as unrepublican, undemocratic and IN
American, as a measure constructed upo
the idea that the small republican majorit
| now in congress could better legislate 70
the people than the people themselves. An
: court that would lend itself to the executio
of its corrupt purposes, and become the III
scrupulous servant of the political oligaroh..
would richly deserve the censure 1t was su
to receive.
In conclusion Mr.. Flower said: # tn
measure passes and Is Sustained by the court
1t will revolutionize the government and 9
+ up on the ruins of our free institutions
, governments by fearful force and fraud.
, means the Inauguration of the state of q
> fairs throughout the whole country th
. ruled for several years In . single sectit
with the substitution for the bsyonet of Il
: soldier, of the club of the deputy marsh,
? It's immediate effect will be most harmful
!. the whole country, but the ultimate rest
will be the people will drive from power
3 government the party that sought to pro
I by 1t before 1t can pull the whole temp
0 down on their heads. (Applause on dem
: cratic side.1
. Mr.. Smyser of Ohio said the measure "
0 conservative and not radical. The great q
4 had been spoken Of, but 1t were we'll wor
the cost to secure honest elections. Mo-
Q ever, the cost had been greatly exaggerate
70 Inspection would not be necessary in /
. great majority Of districts. In nineteen OF
I districts there was no need of United Sta
9 election officials, but there was need of tn,
u in the First and Second districts. The cry
!. the south was that 1t wanted to be let ale
# to work cut it's own salvation. That
!. been their cry for fifteen years. He did l
q know whether the south was amy nearer
q kingdom, but he protested against IL seeki