The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-13

tions and material resources. North
Dakota has today nearly so, 900
farms, and this year raised $50, 600
bushels of corn, Ion, 1000 bushels of
oats, and not less than 5000, 600
bushels Of wheat. There are $50, 900
head Of horses and mules, and more
than $1,000 head Of live stock in
division of the territory. North
Dakota has e~ighty.six banks, twenty.
two Of them national, and with IN
capital Of nearly $10,000,-
600. 1t has 1875 newspapers, eighty.
nine Of them published daily. 1t has
200 churches and over LOO school
houses: almost as many as the entire
territory had in 1884. It has hun.
dred manufacturing establishments
Of various kinds, in this respect ex.
ceeding South Dakota, and three
years ago paid a postal revenue of
$3.50, 534. 1t has, besides, the capt.
tol building at Bismarck, the hospital
for the insane in jamestown, costing
about three hundred thousand dollars.
It has the territorial penitentiary at
Bismarck costing 100000, the North
Dakota university at Grand Forks,
besides the Congregational college at
Fargo, the Baptist college at Tower
City, and the Presbyterian college at
Jamestown. 1t has nearly 1000
miles Of completed railways, more
than is possessed by half the states of
the Union, nearly rs, 600, 900 of prop
erty assessed for taxation. In every
possible equipment, therefore. North
Dakota, like South Dakota, is abund.
antly supplied. In one respect it has
the
ADVANTAGE OF IT'S SOUTHERN SISTER.
Nearly half the area of South Da.
kota is now occupied by Indian reser.
vations, while North Dakota has but
comparatively a small portion of its
limits devoted to this purpose. Being
then prepared to assume the respon-
sibilities Of a state what steps can or
shall be taken to that end? There is
no set form for the preliminary march
to statehood. What we need and
what Is particularly important is that
we march hand in hand, shoulder to
shoulder unitedly for this objective
point al speedily as possible with lie.
corum and with proper regard for the
rights Of all concerned. Kentucky
was admitted without a constitutional
convention and under a constitution
which was not even submitted to a
vote of the people. Indiana came in
under an enabling act of congress.
Iowa, Michigan, Florida, and Oregon
came in under the constitutions which
we're framed by authority of conven.
tons held under acts of limited legis.
lature. There has been some doubt
regarding the legal power of a terri.
torial legislature to authorize a con.
stitutional convention, but president
elect Harrison commended the action
of our legislature in it's action in 1885
in a speech in the senate several years
ago. There have been cases where
the constitutions
FRAMED BY CONVICTIONS
have never been laid before congress
at all, the president having beer
authorized if he deemed such consti
tuition republican in power to proclaim
the state a member Of the Union. A.
I have said, no form Of procedure ii
furnished either by constitution Of
congress. Twenty . five new states
have been added to the Union and in
ten there we're no enabling acts by
congress. 1t is important that We
have harmony and unity here. Thu
work we inaugurate is fraught will
momentous results. W. begin unde'
the most suspicious circumstances
The way is clear. the pathway unin
numbered with previous failures.
The following were the resolutisn
adopted:
Resolved-By the people Of Dako
ia, in convention assembled, first, tina
we favor the division of Dakota ter
ritory on the seventh standard par
aTlel, and the Immediate admission 0
the northern portion into the Unio'
of states.
second-That we are emphaticall,
in favor of the name of North Dakot
for the proposed new name.
Third-That the Fiftieth congress
should provide for the admission o
North Dakota.
Fourth-That in case the Fiftiet|
congress fails to provide for the ad
mission of North Dakota as a state
we earnestly request the president
elect to call a special session of tn
Fifty.first congress for that purpose.
Fifth--That the Eighteenth legis
~lative assembly of Dakota territor
is urged to provide at the earlies
practicable moment after its meetin
in January, 1889, for a constitution
convention for North Dakota.
Sixth-That South Dakota, Mon
tana and Washington are respectful
Invited to cooperate with North Da
kota in this movement for admission
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