St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-16
FORCE BILL FLASHED.
The Senate Drags It Out Of
It's Dusty Pigeon Hole and
Airs 1t.
Senator Evarts Shakes It UP
for Three and Three Quar-
ter Hours.
Bill introduced to Credit EX-
Postmaster Lapaway for
Stamps Stolen.
Full Text Of the Free Coinage
Bill as 1t Passed the
Senate.

IIOu GilO COIlultIeO OH IuuIdu dudAos
reported a resolution in the senate,
which was referred to the committee on
contingent expenses, directing an in
auiry into the condition of Indians in
North and South Dakota, Montana and
elsewhere; the causes leading to the oc-
cupation of indian reservations by the
troops; whether treaties with the In
dians have been fulfilled; concerning
arms and munitions of war in posses
sion of the Indians; what steps are
needed to disarm them; and whether
the care and control OF Indians living in
tribal relations should be transferred to
any other department of the government.
The senate joint resolution suspend
ing for another year from March 20 next
the act requiring steamers to carry life
saving appliances, was reported and
placed on the calendar. Mr.. Washburn
introduced bill to credit 0. NJ. Lara
way, late postmaster at Minneapolis.
with S11, 115, the value of postage stamps
stolen from his office in July. 1886.
Passed. MIR. Henderson introduced
bill to establish branch mint at Omaha,
Neb.. and Mr.. Mcconnell one for mint
at Boise City, Idaho.
Behring Sea ImbrOgliO.
Mr.. Morgan offered preamble and
concurrent resolution on the subject of
the recent information or suggestion
for writ of prohibition in the supreme
court in connection with the Behring
sea dispute with Great Britain. The
resolution declares such proceeding to
be without precedent, to be prejudicial
to the comfy of nations and to the
usual and amicable conduct of interna-
tiOnal relations, and not TO be in cOnso-
nance with the dignity of the govern
ment and people, or with the respect
due to tie president of the United
States. Referred. Mr.. Sanders Of
fered resolution, which was
agreed to, directing the secretary
of the interior to inquire into
the claims of settlers within the bounds
of the Yellowstone Park on March l,
1872. At 2 O'Clock the bill to increase
the compensation of employees in the
government printing office went over
without action and the elections bill
was taken up. Mr.. Evarts spoke in adj
vocacy of it. He said that the constitu-
ton and the laws in pursuance of it
would be, sooner or later, maintained.
There could be 40 middle ground be-
tween obedience and resistance to law.
One or the other would have to 90 to
the wall. He proceeded to discuss
what he termed the
'sMississfppi Method.o
which had been planned to prevent the
free exercise of suffrage, and which he
said had been adopted in the gulf states;
and he declared that in that predica-
ment those states were non-suffrage
states. The laws of those states were
silent before some power or other that
paralyZed their execution. The free
dom of suffrage had been thWarted and
controlled by some methods which were
not according to law either of the states
OF of the United States. Mr.. Evarts
sent to the clerks desk and had read
an extract from a speech made by
Judge j. B. Chrisman, in the Missis-
sippi constitutional convention last
September, denouncing the cleo
in the state. That speech, he said,
showed that there was in Mississippi a
prevalence of subversion of law. The
new constitution of Mississippi Che un-
derstood) provided that elections for
the lower branch of the legislature
| should be held only once in four years
| thus accustOming voters to the dlSuse
| of suffrage. What Democratic commu-
nifty in the North would submit to that?
| Mr.. Morgan asked whether the Repub-
| Iican party had not abolished suffrage,
| both of blacks and whites in the Dis
| trict of Columbia, so as to prevent the
destruction of property interests in the
district. Mr.. Evarts declined to discuss
| that subject. He was discussing the
Mississippi plan.
"But the two cases are PARALLEL" said Mr.
Morgan.
'sfhat may be-" was Mr.. Evarts' reply,
| ''but am not discussing parallel constitu-
TONS
Il would Ike to ask the senator" said Mr.
WaIthall, whether he denies to the people
OF Mississippi the right df they have the
| power under the constitution of the United
Stat esq to protect themselves in that mode
aga inst negro ruler
Mr.. Evarts did not reply directly,
but went on to speak of arbitrary ap-
portionment in Mississippi. The col
lOQuy between the Two senators eOntin-
ued at ength, and finally Mr.. Evarts
went on to contrast the number of votes
for representatives in congress in New
York and the New England states with
the votes in the Gulf states, where, he
said, there was nothing but dessicated
suffrage, without life or circulation.
Mr.. Evarts spoke for three hours and
three-quarters. Mr.. Pasco obtained the
floor and the bill was laid aside in
formally. Mr.. Hoar gave notice that
tomorrow he should ask the senate to
remain in session until the bill was fin
ished, A conference report Oh the bill
for public building at Portland, Or,
was presented and agreed to. After a
short executive session the senate adj
inur nod