The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-28
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.

VAnhAN01ONs June Sts-1uo senate Ie-
sumed consideration of the bill for the ad-
mission of Wyoming. and Morgan addressed
the senate in opposition. Payne and Gray
argued against the bill and Platt fa-
vored it. The question was taken on Jones'
substitute for an enabling act for Wyoming.
Idaho, Arizona and New Mexico, and it
was rejected by strict party vote. yeas 1s,
nays q. Jones, of Arkansas, then moved
as substitute an enabling act for Wyom-
ing alone and it was rejected by exactly
the same vote. The bill was then passed
by a strict party vote, yeas %, nays 1S. The
bill declares Wyoming state and that the
constitution which the people of Wyoming
framed for themselves shall be, and is ac-
cepted, ratified and confirmed. The
state will be entitled to one representative
in the Fifty-6rst congress. The other Sec
tions refer to public lands, provisions for
schools, agricultural college. etc. The bill
and went over as unfinished business till
Monday next. After an executive session
the senate adjourned.
Dockery. of Missouri, made motion in
the house to reconsider the vote by which
the postal clerks leave bill passed yester-
the gentleman who called up the bill
(Ketchum, of New York. that it did not
involve an appropriation, whereas he now
learned that it would involve an expendi-
ture of $4,000. As Ketchum was
not present, Dockery was permitted by
leaving it pending for the present. The
consideration of the election bill was re-
sumed, Haugen. of Wisconsin, addressing
the house in its support. The bill was fur
ther discussed by Covert and Flower, of
New York, in opposition to it. Smyser,
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it wanted to be left alone to work out its
own destiny. That had been tried for ff-
teen years and he protested against it striv-
ing to work out the salvation of the north
on the same line. What the south wanted
was to be let alone to appropriate negroes
rights and do with the black man as it
Pennsylvania. said the bill virtually over
turned the constitution and destroyed our
form of government. This bill made slaves
of men to federal Office holders. Our
forefathers brought on the revolutionary
war and separated from Great
iieve in taxation without WITH M representation Us
He warned congress that the time might
come when legislation deprivinR people Of
representation would drive them to another
revolt for the same principle. Loud dem
ocratic applause. Kennedy, of Ohio, said
it was idle to say the majority had ruled in
lustration of the patience and forbearance
of the people when it was considered that
the ballot box had been trampled under
foot for the purpose of defeating the ma
jority of the people in the exercise of this
constitutional right. All pretense that
Grover Cleveland was elected by majority
was subject to the further statement that at
that election a large number of qualified
voters, who would have cast their votes
against him, were not permitted to do sc.
The constitution was mandatory in
requiring reduction of representatives
which permitted the sightsaofe the citizens
to vote to be unlawfully abridged. When
the apportionment was made under the new
census it was the duty of congress to make
this reduction in the case of these southern
states il they persisted in depriving their
citizens of the right of suffrage. If the ig-
norant black man is unworthy to exercise
the right of suffrage, let him be stricken
from the list of those entitled to represent
alton and with him let the ignorant white
man be stricken from the list also. If iQ-
norance was the rock of danger, let us erect
the light houses of popular education.
At this point the conference report on the
legislative appr opriation bill was considered
and a further conference ordered on some
minor points. The speaker announced the
appointment of ConRer, Walker and Bland
as cOnferees on the silver bill,