The sun., 1881-12-04
rHs ADMISSION OF DAKOTA.

WARRINGTON, Dec line terms OF TWEEN.
ty.six Senators will expire on the 4th Of March.
1889. when the Republicans will probably have
n clear majority OF eight in that body. and can
have their own way as In the Dlden time. The
States to elect are as follows:
Observation-Disclosures. Arkansas. Delaware.
Georgia. Kentucky. Louisiana. Mississippi.
North Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee.
Texas. and West VirRinfa-12.
Republican, Colorado. Illinois. 1owa. Kansas.
Maine. Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota.
Nebraska, New Hampshire. Rhode Island. vir-
ginia-12.
In these States the Republicans gain one
Senator in Illinois. in place OF Judge Davis. and
one in Virginia. in place OF Mr.. Johnston. The
Democrats gain one in place OF MIR. Kellogg.
who never had tho least title to the seat he now
holds.
or the States which have already elected
Senators. who hold over until 1885 and 1887 re-
epectively twenty eight are Republican and
twenty-five are Democratic. Allowing the Re-
publicans one gain In Oregon and one in New
Jersey. In addition to the foregoing figures.
their majority will be eight. including Malone
and his man who is to be elected in January.
Politically speaking. there Is no need for the
admission Of Dakota. which is to be pressed at
the coming session OF Congress. And there is
agood reason why these Jew Territories should
not bo crowded into the Union until they have
sufficient population. and shall have acquired
the stable habits that enttle them to equality OF
representation In the Senate.
The population OF Dakota now 10 below the
ratio that will be required under the new ape
portionment for members OF Congress- That
Territory 10 not suffering In any respect under
the existing form OF government and the poll
ticans who run the machine as Federal Office
hoders-and they may be said to have the whole
MANAGEMENT In their hands-are most urgent
for the proposed change. The people at large
who are saved from taxation whilo the public
Treasury foots the bills. have manifested no
interest In this matter.
Candidates for tho Senate and the House Of
Representatives. candidates for Governor and
for State Offices and the seekers Of patronage
are the principals In the movement. which is
mainly inspired By selfishness. and which has
no substantial interest to recommend 1t.
The bad precedents set by the Republicans.
to strengthen their handsin the Senate. will be
urged rs a reason In the present case. when
they might properly be used as q rebuke to
the system. In 1868 Virginia was divided.
merely to put in two Republican Eenasors.
with q population Of some 4i2. 900. In 1864
Nevada was brought in with beg0at!y rcuu-
lation OF 6.S57. and Nebraska III 1867. with less
than 90. 900. while Colorado was added in 1875.
with less than 10000.
Here are three States. whose united popula-
ton il about one-half Of the ratio for q member
OF the House OF Representatives. that Offset the
0rent States OF New York. Pennsylvania. and
Ohio in the Senate. And the worst Of it is. they
were brought in by the Republicans OF those
three States. with q population Of one-fourtb Of
the whole Union. This is q striking illustra-
ton OF what party spirit will do when Its neces-
stiles are pressing.
II Dakota insists upon coming into the Union
In swaddling clothes. then 1t may be expected
that Texas with . prior right dating back thir-
ty-six years. will claim the privilege OF being
subdivided into four new States under the act
OF annexation. Texas has now population OF
more than q million and half. which Is increas-
ing rapidly. Dividing It by FIVE. each Of that
number OF States would have population su1a-
cient for three Dakotas. This scheme had.
therefore. better be postponed until the people
oil the Territory desire admission. and are bet
ter prepared for the responsibilities OF State
than they now are.