New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-07
THE CLAIMS OF DAKOTA.

nrNocRATIC OPP sI1ION TO ANY Aih"rl
tprcr THE TERRITORY INTO A sIATE-IhE w
poe on WITHOUT GOOD CAUsE-REPUBLlCANS
IN FAVOR OF 1HE MEASURE
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE'l
w,euvcToN. Nov. 6-The Democratic Senators
Nho remain in Washington as faithful sen'lhe's "
siscoyor and give warning to the unteTlhed
Democracy of any nefarious plot that 'he WioNoI
Rennblicans NAV hatch before the assembling OF
r,,,.,ross ,vt month appear to be shudderng with
ear lest "the party in power" Will bring Ior""i"
md atte,u,t 70 pass bill next winter for the ad-
mission Of Dakota into the Union as STATE
Ooocratc Senator in discussing this subject, is re-
,orted IN have said: 1--WE will have no more io'-
en borongbs if we have to keep the Sehate Ill
deadlock from the first day of the session uh'll 'e
astD The drift of feeling among the Democratic
.~adors onnears TO be in favor of using all the
,,eons IN their mower to prevent the admission OF
Dakota purely out of part san considerations.
Tho name of the Democratic Senator who made
,he remark about "rotten boroughs" Is not gwen
f. might possibly have been Bayard or saulsoury.
At the last election Dakota cast 2S,O9l votes anu
Delaware ,4OS. Or it might have been senator
Fair because at the last election Nevada ca't ohiS
d $50 votes. Again. 1t might have been Mr.. Jones
or MIR. Call of Florida, both of whom represent IN
tbe Senate a State which, after being thlrty-hve
,eors n member of the Union, cast less than twice
az many votes as Dakota at the last eection--a
State which admitted into the Union in 1S45, had
in 1850 population of only Sab, including
slaves (of whom there were about 100000, while
Dakota has a white population to-day nearly Iour
times "a great as Florida had five years after she
was admitted into the Union Still again, IT might
have been Mr.. Garland or Mr.. Walker. lheSe
rentlemen are Senators from Arkansas. That State
was admitted into the Union in 1886. in lS4o II
had white population of n, l44-abOut one-thlrd
that of Michigan, which was kept out OF the Union
nntil the next year. and considerably less than one
half the population of Dakota TODAY. Although
nearly n half a century a member OF the lnlon,
Arkansas cast at the last election only lOI29o
votes Those voters are represented IN Congress 6y
t,yo Senators and four Representatives while the
2S 600 voters of Dakota are represented by single
Delegate in the House Of Representatives, VINO may
talk but cannot vote
II nav possibly have been Senator George who
expressed his adherence OF rotton DoroughS.
Mr. George represents IN part the sovereign oate OF
Mississippi, which was admitted INTO the Union
sixtyfour years ago and is represented IN congress
by two Senators and six Representatives; Mr.
George was elected to the United States Senate
nearly two wears ago by a Legislature for the mem,
beTs of which the aggregate vote cast ana counted
was less than 100000. Three years after Mis-
sisslpni BECAME q State the white population was
40 I76 OF about one-iouTth that of Dakota now;
Tie gentleman quoted could not have been General
Chalmers because ne Is not yet senator A@cJIu
lug to the Congressional directory the Shoe
string" Distinct, which Mr.. Chalmers claims to
represent i'll Congress- cast about l4,OOO votes ast
wear: that is to say, one-han as many as Dako'a'
ihn Representatye from that district has a vote in
fbe House of Representatives the Delegate repre-
sentipg 2S 600 voters in Dakota has none.
There is really good reason for the Democrauc
alarm in regard to the effort TO pass act for the
admission of Dakota at the next session o. Com
or So provided the Democrats all as stupi as are
those now i'll Washington who profess to speak for
their partv. The nepublican leaders, there is the
very best reason to believe, are unit in favor OF
early action in the matter, and their eiiort to
yyil
of instce and reason. Said one of the most conSer-
yatIve of Republicans Senators recently: "On the
onesrion of The admission of Dakota, Tor one am
willing TO stand II the Democrats should choose TO
filibnster to defeat bill for the admission OF that
TERRITORY next session. would be willing to bring
nv matches and ratioDs to the Capitol and stay
her until the end of the session. unless the minority
snould sooner SUR .nder The country would sIs-
tain the Republicans in such "A stand as that ASIDE
ought TO be admitted INTO the Union within the
next twelve months"