Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-25
THE NORTHW ESTERN CANDI-
ID TIE
Dakota Waiting the Verdict, But Not
Likely to Get in THIS Session.
From me PHILADELPHIA Times.

From, the PAtladelDhia Times.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Although the
question Of admitting Dakota into the
Onion will form one of the principal
topics of the present Congress it is not
thought probable that the bill providing
for admission will pass, at least during
this session. There is something more
than the mere clasning of the two parties
as TO the terms Of the bill. No matter
how the Territory is divided and
what section is admitted it will be
Republican State ana would add
two Senators and at least one Repre-
sentative TO the next Congress. 1t is,
therefore, evidently the purpose of the
Democrats in both houses, while Osten-
sibly favoring admission in some form, to
really defeat it until after the next Con-
gressional elections. This would keep
the Territory out OF Congress for another
two years, or until the next Presidential
and Congressional elections, when the
political situation may be considerably
modified. At all events, by that time
several other Territories will be clamor-
Ing for admission.
THE POLITICAL ASPECT.
Indeed, it will not be many years, at the
present rate of Westward emigration and
growth of population, until all the Terri
taken into the Union. There are now
eight OF them-Arizona, Dakota, Idaho,
Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washing
ton and Wyoming. OF these Arizona,
Dakota and Wyoming send Republican
Delegates to Congress. The Dele
gates from the rest, except Utan,
which sends a Delegate elected on the
Peoples ticket" although II Is really
Democratic Territory, are Democrats.
Washington, which sends Democratic
Delegate to this Congress, has Republi-
can population and has heretofore sent a
Republican Delegate. 1t will thus be
seen that, politically, the Territories are
about equally divided, and if all we're adj
mltted now neither party would gain an
advantage.
Besides Dakota two other Territories
Washington and Montana-are knocking
for admission and mutterings are even
beginning to be heard from Idaho. Bills
are now pending for the admission of the
TWO Territories named, and it is not I'm
probable that during the next session of
Congress an arrangement will be effected
between the parties which will result in
bringing In the three now most clamorous
for admission, and during the following
Congress Idaho, which is a Democratic
Territory, may come in. The Dakota
lobby, which was here in force at the be-
ginning OF the session, has partly DIS
banded and gone home, the conclusion
having been reached by some Of them
that nothing will be done this session.
DAKOTA KNOCKING HARD.
The question, however, is being extern
sively agitated by the people of the Ter
ritOry and the knocking will be kept up
until the door is thrown open. The news
papers have for years kept the subject
fresh in the minds Of the people, and
special copies are now being sent
out in large numbers to create public
sentiment and influence Senators and
Representatives in behalf of the Territory.
Copies OF these papers, with double-leaded
editorials, columns of expressions of rep
resentative men in different parts of Da-
kota and flaming cuts of the Senators.
epresentatives-elect to Congress, and
the new State officers elected under the
recent alleged State organization are daily
placed upon the desks of Congressman.
Dakota is determined not to be forgotten,
and II is only question of time when
Congress must listen to her appeal. Other
Territories will follow, and for some years
in the immediate future one Of the princi-
pal subjects in Congress will be the adj
mission of new States.