The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-05-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BROWN co



Mr.. Springer, from the committee on
territories, Wednesday presented in the
house the adverse report of the majority
report on the senate to bill provide for
the admission of Dakota into the Union,
and for the organization Of the territory
of Lincoln. The report says:
1t cannot be said that the people of
Dakota, and especially of Southern
Dakota, are in favor of admitting into
the union the southern part of the ter
ritory as state. The movement hav-
ing in view the formation of two states
to be carved out of the territory of Oak
ota originated in the territory. Con.
gress has in no way authorized or rec
ognized it. The present statehood
movement in Dakota is without pre-
cedent, and has no just claim TO the fa-
yorable consideration of congress. Con-
gress may, in its discretion, ratify pro.
ceedings taken by territory looking
to its admission into the union, but nm
til such ratification all such proceed
ings are irregular and without binding
force. The question of whether the
present territory of Dakota is to be di-
vided so as to lay the foundation for
two states to be admitted into the union
hereafter as one interests the people of
the states as much as 1T does the peo-
pie of Dakota. The people OF the states
have just as much right TO have the sub
ject submitted to them for their APPROX
al as have the people of the territory.
There are already in the union two
states having larger areas than Dakota.
The population of Dakota certainly
does not entitle her to be admitted into
the union as two states. 1t would be
manifestly unjust TO all the people of
the union to carve two states out of the
present territory of DAKOTA. 1t may
safely be assumed that ie will be many
years before the territory will reach the
population of /, ,442 900, the average pop.
ulation of all the states according TO
the census of 1880.
HILLS MINORITY REPORT.
Chairman Hill of Ohio submits a
minority reportin which, while disagree
ing with the reasoning majoritsI, he
held:
Dakota should not be admitted IN
der the senate bill, because all the peo-
pie OF the territory were not consulted
fairly on the question of division and
the formation of a constitution for the
proposed new state. He.belieyed that
it was the duty of congress to refer this
question of the division of the territory
to 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 es.
tablished have taken the proper steps
to organize state government under the
authority of enabling acts, submitted by
congress and Subject to the approval
thereof.
| M
QUEEN VIcToRIA,s birthday was duly
celebrated throughout the British EN-
pire and wherever her loyal subjects
are found, on Monday. The distln-
guished lady had to take long look
back to 1919, and her retrospect is
more interesting than that of any other
European sovereign to day. NextmoHth
she will have reigned five years longer
than Queen Elizabeth reigned, and she
will have reigned longer than her
grandfather, George Ill, if she lives un-
til 1896. The Queen has outlived every
sovereign who was reigning in Europe
when her reign commenced, excepting
Queen Isabella of Spain, who was
forced TO abdicate in 1868. During her
life she has seen i've changes OF gov
ernment in France. The German
states united in the empire, Italy liber-
ated from Austria and made kingdom,
the Turkish empire shorn Of vast ter
ritory in Europe, Russia spreading ali
over northern ASIA, her own dominions
amplitied everywhere, numerous dyn-
astic changes and great social and po-
litical changes in the United Kingdom.
She herself has entered upon imperial
dignities by the grace Of the late Lord
Beaconsfeld.
THE corner stone of the Catholic
school building was laid Sunday BY