St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-10
MIR. DAYS OPINION.
South Dakota 10 be Admitted as a
state.
Special TO the Globe.

state.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The Dakota
bills are the subject or gOOd deal of anxious
attention at the house end of the capital.
The territorial committee is carefully
groomed by Delegate Clifford and Mr.. Day,
and there is belief that the house is going
TO do something.
II do not think" said Mr.. Day to the
GLOBE correspondent, that we are going
TO get admission for Dakota this session,
but it would not surprise ME to see the
Forty-nnth congress at its last session pass
an enabling act to permit the southern half
of Dakota TO come in as q state"
Would that let her in in time to vote in
the next presidential conteSt?"
Probably not"
'tHow would the two sections Of Dakota
stand politically if the territory should be
divided by an east and west line?"
'Oh, they would be Republican for the
present, but at the rate Democracy is gain
ing ground there they might become Demo-
cratic very soon. 1t is perfectly surprising
to see the number of Democrats who have
come TO the surface in Dakota in the past
year. At the present rate of increase it
would not take long to make Democratic
majority"
THE TURTLE MOUNTAIN TROUBLES.
The Turtle mountain troubles have been
laid before the president, as telegraphed
the GLOBE some DAYS ago. The petition
presented the president and congress calls
attention to the following facts:
First-That the recently-eXpressed opinion
Of the commissioner Of the general land office
TO the effect that the title of the Turtle Noun
tain band of Indians had never been eX-
n hnF NJ fisaf,-
ton west of the line common TO ranges So
and 80, from the 49th parallel of latitude
to the 14th standard parallel, and thence
in straight line TO the Cheyenne river, near
Crosier, affects territory of about l2.CO0
square miles, and at present divided into
fourteen counties, embracing the whole of
Ramsey, Cavilier, Towner, Nickeus, Rolette,
Rottineau, Wynn, Renville, McHenry, Ben
son and DeSmet, ana portions Of Nelson.
Stevens and MoyntraiLe counties.
Seoond-That nearly all of SAID counties
have been duly organized, in the manner pre-
scribed by law, and are to-day the homes of
about $4,000 people who have settled therein
since the FORMULATION OF the executive order
by the president of the United States, dated.in
October, 1882, formally o1ening that region
to settlement. That the people entered upon
said lands, as it was lawful for them to do. aud
in good faith, relying upon the validity of the
action of the government in opening tn e
same to the public, and inviting the
most of said counties were thereupon organ
lied, and owing to the absence, for the time
being, of any revenues from taxation. were
severally Obliged to impose upon themselves
bonded Indebtedness, aggreeating many
| thousands of dollars 10 pay the expenses Of
administration, construction of school houses,
roads, bridges, county building, etc. That in
that portion Of the so-called reservation en-
braced in the land district of Devils Lake. q
large number of filings and entries have been
made under the various public land laws,
divided as follows:
No. Am't OF
No. Acres. Fees
Timber culture filings 1,s3O 299,sOO s 25, $40
Price of
Land.
Homesteads ......1,O7O 171,2OO $4,000
Declaratory state
ments ........2TSS 43s.0sO 547,6OO
Add fees for filing homesteads and
declaratory statements, amounting
TO-. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2l,652
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $685. S72
Fourth-That there are now on these lands
over 5000 settlers waiting for surveys which
have been refused on claim that the Indian
title to the land is not extinguished.