Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
WYOMING IN THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, March 29.---The hous
met at II O'Clock and the Wyoming ati
mission bill was again taken up,
Mr.. Cultivate (Ohio) opposed the bill
upon the ground OF insuticiency OF popu
! iatIOn.
Mr.. Buckalow Pennsylvana) antago
nized the measure, declaring that it Vas
bribe held out to congress by the local OF
fice-seeking element in the territory.
Mr.. McAdoo New jersey ssid tha
the constitution Of Wyoming, II not til,
worst ever adopted, WIS abreast of tht
worst.
Mr.. Springer (lllinois) said that thu
, Wyoming bill gave Mormons the right o
suffrage, and the Idaho bill deprive,
MormoDs of the right to vote The rea
son was that in Wyoming Mormon.
voted the Republican ticket, while il
Idaho it MAS suspected that they vote the
Democrat ticket. He believed that Il
the Mormons of Utah would vote witt
the Republicans the gentlemen of the
other side would railroad q bill through
the house for the admission of that terri
tory.
1t was said by the majority as an ex.
Cuse for the small vote cast for the coli.
stitution that driving snow and a
tremendous gale kept the people from
the polls. He created much merriment
on the Democratic side by quoting from
returns to show that the tremendous gale
had been gentle breeze of one mile an
hour, and the driving snow storm dwin-
died down to Il small furry.
Mr.. Grovesnor (Ohio) said that the
Democratic party since the fall of slavery
and since it had ceased to admit states in
order to keep up the policy OF slavery,
always opposed the admission OF states.
The hostility was either open and de-
clared, as now, or covert or insinuated, as
in the 5Oth congress. All this had been
the policy of the Democratic party. On
the question of woman suffrage he called
attention to the fact that there was moth
ing IN the constitution which prevented
any state from providing for such suffrage.
A vote here, in favor of the admission OF
Wyoming, by no means meant that the
voter was an adherent of the doctrine of
female suffrage, Il doctrine which he was
not much alarmed about.
At O'clock the previous question was
ordered
Mr.. Springer on behalf OF the minority
Of the committee offered an amendment
that another convention be
allied under authority of congress Lost
yeas l3l, nays 1873.
Mr.. DunneIl (MlnnesOta) and Mr.. Sher.
nan (New York; voted With the Demo- !
rats In the affirmative.
Mr. SnFinu.v thIn nI1arlI o,,,anI
nent providing for an election in Wyom-
ny on the tuesday after the frat Mon
lay next for representative otS4he .alSt !
ttices, the constitution to be voted upon,
nd if the vote is against female suffrage.
hat feature to be eliminated. Lost-yeas
33, nays l3y, Mr.. Dunnell aud Van
chaack (Wisconsln) voting with the
Democrats.
MIR Springer offered an amendment
trlkins out the clause 0l the Wyoming
providing ior female suffrage.
)efeated--yeas l23, NAYS Is, Mr., Dun
ell and Mr.. Lellback New Jersey voted
ith the Democrats.
Mr.. Breckinfidge (Kentucky) moved TO
ecommit the bill. Lost-veas l2J, NAYS
"A.
The bill was then passed-yeas l39,
ays III, This was a strict party vote,
xcept that Mr., Dunnell voted with the
Democrats.
Mr.. Baker New York. moved to re-
onsider, and moved to lay that motion
n the table. The motion to reconsider
nd table resulted: Yeas, 1872 nays, ll0;
party vote.
Tho bonsa thep went into committee
t the whole on the army appropriation
i'll.
The bill was read, and without action
he committee rose and the house ad-
burned.