Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-11-25
ADMISSION OF STATES.
Keeping Dakota out is Nothing short Of an
Outrage.
Omaha Bee.

Ouo VI Tue great plOUleWb 10 De con.
sidered at the very outset by the next
congress. is the admission Of new states.
There are now four territories that are
anxious to be admitted as states Of the
union. Southern Dakota, independent
Of the northern portion of the territory,
has enough people to entitle her to two
representatives in congress, should she
become state. New Mexico has the re.
quired population, ana 30 has Utah.
Montana now claims population of
$4,000. and will at an early day apply for
admission to the union. Dakota, of
course, would be republican state,
beyond any doubt, Utah would be demo-
cratic, while New Mexico and Montana
would give both parties fighting
chance, with little advantage in favor
Of the democrats, who will have the
control of q federal patronage which
would doubtless have great influence
among the politicians Of new state.
admission OF Dakota, but il Dakota is
kept out no other territory can be con.
sistently admitted. She has from fifty
to LOO per cent. more people than either
of the territories except perhaps Utah.
There will be decided opposition to
the admission of Utah, on the republi-
can side of the house, on the ground
that tc admit ptah under the present
conditionof affairs. even with consti.
tuition prohibiting polygamy, would be
giving strong guaranty for the per-
petuation of that relic of barbarism.
After Utah once becomes state she can
alter her constitution. and it would be
Q very difficult matter indeed to expel
her from the nnion even if she should
violate the provisions of the enabling
act. Az to Dakota the question of ad.
mission may come up during the present
congress as bill has been introduced
to make her state. It will be
remembered that the bill was recon-
mended by the senate committee. on
territories, but the stumbling block to
its passage has been in the house. The
bill has been opposed by the democrats
on the ground that the admission of Da.
kota as state, with at least three re-
publican electoral votes from the start,
before the recent presidential election,
would materially affect the presidency.
Now that the election is over, that oblec.
ton no longer exists, and it becomes a
lquestion whether it is worth while for
the democrats to any longer oppose the
admission of that territory, unless they
intend to keep her out for four years
more. Had she been admitted as state
and had cast her electoral votes, whether
they we're three or five, for the re-
publican national ticket, it woul;
not have altered the result which
as is now shown, depended upon
the vote of New York state
It is true that Dakota as state would
strengthen the republican party, but al
! the same time it appears to us that th,
democrats could, by admitting the othe
t. rritories. at least Montana and New
Mexico, before the next presidentia
election, more than counterbalance thi
republican gain. It is simply an out
rage, no matter what the politica
aspects Of. the country are, to longer re-
fuse to Dakota the privilege of joining
the sisterhood of states. She now has {
? population of nearly half million peo
+ pie, who are developing the resources o
: that vast empire, and who demand tha
}, tional rights. She may be unfortunat
o this time. II she we're democratic sh
would have no trouble in becoming
. state. The democrats will nc
| ASoAsAsO W eAOuOVS duy 6OuC"
J, that will increase their strength
n There has been some talk of dividin
Texas into three states. This propos
. ton meets with good deal of fave
l. among the democrats of Texas, aud
r there were democratic majority in th
o senate they would probably cut Texa
. = which is an empire within itself, int
- two states at least, and this would m,
|. terialiv odd IN thar ofronufh in %ho coli
Q south by increasing the electoral vote
n and adding two senators to the Unite
States senate. It may be possible tbs
= in order to get Dakota into the union
IS may be necessary for the republicans t
e consent to the admission of other terr
:. tories that would add equally to th
democratic strength. 1t would seen
Therefore, that the admission of Dakot
is more question of politics than OF col
y stitutional right and justice.