St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-26
ADVERSELY REPORTED.
Mr.. Springer Gives the Majority's Rea-
sons for Directing to the Admission of
South Dakota.
Chairman Hill Disagrees With the Former,
But Wants the Matter Referred to
the People.
Republicans on the Committee Make
a Third Report Urging Passage of
the Senate Bill.
An Attempt Said to Have Been Made
TO Burn Bismarck-Other Mat
tiers of Interest.
Admission OF Dakota.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Mr. Springer,
from the committee on territories, to-day
presented in the house the adverse report
OF the majority of that committee on the
senate bill to provide for the admission of
the state of Dakota into the Union, aud for
the organization of the territory OF Lincoln.
The report says:
1t cannot be sal i that the people of Dakota,
aud especially of Southern Dakota, are in
favor Of admitting into the Union the SOUTH
crn part of that territory as state The
movement having i'll view the formation of
two states to be carved out of the territory of
Dakota, originated in the territory. Congress
has in no way authorized or recognized it.
The present statehood movement i'll Dakota
Is without precedent, and has no just
claim to the favorable consideration
OF congress. Congress may in its discretion
ratify proceedings taken by territory look
ing TO its admission to the Union. But until
such ratification. all such proceedings are IT.
regular and without binding force. The
question of whether the present territory of
Dakota is to be divided so as to lay the foun-
dalton for two states to he admitted into the
Union hereafter as one, interests the people
of the states as much as it does the people of
Dakota. The people of the states have just
rs much right to have that subject submitted
to them for their approval as have the people
of the territory. There are already in the
Union two states having larger areas than
has the
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA.
The population of Dakota certainly does not
entitle her to be admitted into the Union us
two states. 1t would be manifestly unjust to
all the people ofthe Union to carve two states
out of the present territory of Dakota. 1t
may safely be assumed that it will be many
years before the territory will reach the pop
ulation OF ], Az, 000 the average population OF
tO nf
Chairman Hill of Ohio, submits mi
nority report in which, while disagreeing
with the majority, he holds that Dakota
should not be admitted under the senate
bill because ali the people of the territory
were not consulted fairly on the question of
division and the formation of a constitution
for the proposed state. He believes that it
is the duty of congress to refer this question
of the division of the territory 10 the full
vote of the people thereof, after
which congress can take proper
steps to admit to the sisterhood
OF states, Dakota as Northern Dakota.
When the people Of the two territories once
established have taken the proper steps to
organize state government under the
authority of enabling acts, submitted by
congress and subject to the approval
thereof. Another minority report is signed
by MeSSrS. Baker, Strubble, Cooper, Her
man and SymmeS.
uThey respectfully submit that the people
of Dakota are in favor of
ADMITTING TO THE UNION
the southern part as state. Every fact JUS
| titles, and every consideration demands and
establishes beyond question the claimant
right of Dakota to be Immediately admitted
into the union. 1t has been suggested that
the senate bill might be amended so as to
provide for the submission of the constitu-
ton to new vote of the people of Dakota, a
condition which, though the subscribers con-
ceive to be unjust, they may nevertheless
accede to by way of a compromise.
The minority then propose amendments,
the effects of which are to change slightly
the lines of division from the forty-sixth
parallel of north latitude to the seventh
standard parallel of north latitude this is
Chairman Hilrs proposition), aud proposes
the name of North Dakota instead Of Lin
coin for the territory not embraced within
the lines of the new state. These sugges-
tons they say, if adopted, would convert
the senate bill into an enabling act, pure
and simple. They close their report with
the expression of their belief that it is the
constitutional right of the state of Dakota
to be admitted under the bill which has
come to the house from the senate, the
passage of which they earnestly urge.