Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-19

The Dehocrahc mouse caucus Plans--ReD-
resentative springers Proposed Amend.
ments TO. the Omnibus BiIl-Hoxx ~.
kota May besAdmitted as, One orsrvo
states-The VIII of the People 70 hs
Consulted.
WASHINGTON, December 15.-In accora.
auce with the expressed intention ~ ~.
Democratic caucus OF last Thursday night
to support the omnibus bill, proyininp an
enabling act Tor the admission OF the terri.
tories OF Dakota, Montana, Washington
and New Mexico, and giving the people of
Dakota the privilege of determining whether
the territory should be admitted as one or
two states, Representative Springer, chair.
man OF the committee on territories, has
been engaged in formulating tho neoessary
amendments to the bill reported last ses-
sion to make the provisions conform Co
the proposed changes with some change in
the time OF holding the election for delegates
to the constitutional convention,
Springer thus prepared an amendment
providing That elections in the four ter
ritories shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the third Monday in May, 1889; that
the delegates so elected shall meet in con.
vention on the following Fourth Of .InIv
and
PREPARE CONSTITUTION
to be submitted to the people for ratifica.
ton or rejection on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in the November follow.
ing. |
To determine whether or not the terri. |
tory of Dakota shall be admitted whole or |
divided, the proposed amendment to the |
omnibus bill provides that at the /
election for delegates to the constitutional |
convention IN May, every qualified elector |
may have written or printed on his ballot |
the words "For division'' or "against dl. |
vislOn". If the majority of votes cast In
that part OF the territory south of the sew
enth standard parallel due west OF the
boundary shall be ''for division" the dele.
egates elected shall assemble at Sioux
Falls. IL the majority of the votes cast
north OF the seventh standard parallel
shall be 'tor DIVISION" then the delegates
so elected, who may reside on the north
side, shall assemble at Bismarck.
Each convention shall then form q con.
stitution for it's state, which constit tltion
shall be submitted to the people for ratifi-
cation or rejection. Each state shall be
entitled to
ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS-.
Appropriations to meet the expenses of
holding the two conventions is increased so
as to provide for each convention the sum
Of $4,000.
1t is provided that, should people reject
the respective constitutions. the terrific
tOrial government OF Dakota stall con-
tinue in existence, the same as il this act
had been passed, or, if the constitution
Tor either North or South Dakota should ,
be rejected, then the part OF territory re-
Getting shall continue under the territorial
government of Dakota. In case the people ,
vote for division, provision is made for the c
appointment OF a commission by the two .
conventions to adjust and agree upon the .
mount OF territorial debt to be as
umed by
EACH OF THE PROPOSED STATES. :
Springer will call d meeting OF the CONF y
nttee some time next week for the pur-
pose OF submitting the proposed amend
nent to them for consideration. He pro-
,oses to report the amendment to the bill /
% the House at an early day. He will also
Isk the cCmmittee tuconsider the propriety
VI proposing an addi' ioUal amendment to
he omnibus bill providing that whenever r
my organized territory of the United I
states shall have legally a. certained that
he population is equal to the number 1
to entitIe it to IL repre- a
entative in Congress, such territory a
Till be authorized through the Iegislatu re, :.
o call u constitutional convention to con-
ist OF not less than sevrnty-fve members,
Tho shall assemble ut the seat of govern
lent of the territory aud form coustitu- g
ion for submission to the people. III the T
Majority OF people vote for it, it is to be I
to the President and 10y him
lid before Congress; and ii tn: constitution a
o adopted be republican in form, and in e
Ccordance with the constitution and laws a
{ the United States, the territory shall be !,
Omitted into the Union whenever Congress
hall pass an act therefor.