Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-28
DAKOTA is FIRST.
Statehood for the Territories, But
Particularly for Dakota, the
Grandest of All.
1t is the Cry in the Halls of Congress
Division by ALI Means and
Call Us by Any Name.
A Mass Meeting at Mitchell Pass Res
olutiOns Which Will be Pre-
sented to Congress.
Dakota First.

Dakota First.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. - [Special.] -
Statehood for the territories, but partic-
ularly for Dakota, the greatest and grand
est Of all the territories. This is the cry
we hear now in the national capital. You
hear it on the street, in the hotels and
everywhere else. The Washington Post
Of to-day has the following:
When Major Mckinley was asked at the
Ebbitt house last night if he thought the
agreement of the democrats to admit four
territories would prevent the calling OF an
there would be an extra session, whatever
might have been the course OF the demo-
Gratis on the territorial question. | can't
say [ think their agreement to admit four
territories makes an extra session less
probable, or that it will prevent the calling
Of one altogether, because have have not looked
Col Beverly Tucker said yesterday that
he was glad the democratic caucus had
agreed to admit the territories. ITO say,"
said he, shat territory that has all the
requisites of statehood can't come into the
union because the people of that territory
are in favor OF this party or that party is to
political squabble. To-day it is not inn
probable that there are thousands of demo-
Gratis in these territories it is proposed to
admit who have became republicans simply
because their former party associates have
denied them high privilege to which they
had an unquestioned right. It would be to to
Japanese say, if the democrats OF the
present congress had failed to agree in the
admittance ct the territories
ID. Parke of this city sends the follow
ing communication to the Post:
Permit suggestion through the medium
the proposed new states in the west. No
one with true American spirit wishes to
see a newborn state bring a foreign name
into the union, SO let us not have the
Estate of New Mexico" but call it the
estate of jefferson" When the state of
Oregon was admitted the northern half of
it was set apart as Washington territory,
and it is entirely proper that when it comes
in as a state it should continue to bear the
name Of our first president We want
nothing savorng OF the Mexic III to baptize
a new state with when our national his
tory is abundantly able to furnish purely
American names.
so, likewise it would be euphonious as
we'll as patriotic to call One-half OF the
territory Of Dakota by its present name,
and the other, (no matter which half), the
''State of Monroe" Thus we can show our
pride in the names Of the fathers of the re-
public by giving them to what are to be in
the future great and populous common
wealths: the one OF those just mentioned
being that Of the author or craftsman of
our American Magma Charta; and the other
the originator of that thoroughly Ameri-
can principle OF statecraft, the Monroe
Doctrine" Let the peoples representatives
give us American names for every Ameri-
can state, drOpping every foreign garment
at the threshold Of the union.
Representative Oates of Alabama told
Post reporter yesterday that his position
OH the admission Of territories as new
states has not been correctly reported.
''AIy first proposition to the democratic
caucus" he said, "was to pass all enabling
act for the admission OF all the territories
or none. l opposed allowing the repub
licans in congress to select and admit such
as are republican in politics and to reject
those which are democratic. did not re-
gard that as fair or good politics. 1 favor
the resolution adopted by the caucus if
hereafter Utah is included in the omnibus
bill. l favor also the admission Of Dakota
as one state, or if a majority OF the people
in each half vote for separation to admit
the two states, but Utah. New Mexico,
Montana and Washington should come in
also. l was not so badly demoralized by
the results of the November election" ad-
ded Mr.. Oates, ''as to allow the republicans
to have their own way unopposed in every
thing"
And the New York Times, (mugwump)
has the following:
The plan approved by the democratic
caucus of providing for the admission of
new states by means of an ''Omnlbus bill''
is in some respects very good one. That
is to say, there is no reason why it should
not be understood that a territory shall be
entitled to statehood on attaining certain
population unless there be some special
objection. A joint resolution Of the two
houses laying down this principle would
relieve the question to great degree Of
partisanship and would form valuable
precedent: Among the present territories
foreign character of its population and
Utah by the dangerous power of the Nor
mon church. But the limit fixed by Mr..
Cox in his speech is far too low. He pro-
poses. in effect, that any community which
by its numbers is entitled to one member
Of the house shall be entitled to two sena-
tors. This is all wrong and should be
opposed by the senate in the interest of it's
own dignity as well as for other national
/. reasons. A population entitled to three
representatives should be an indispensable
condition of admission. This is not too
much tOTequlre IN order to prevent the
cheapening both of statehood and of sena-
tor hip. The southern part of Dakota is
the only applicant for admission possess
ing such population. 1t is, therefore, the
only one that should be admitted at this
time.
Now that Dakota is bound to come into
the sisterhood of states 1 think that con-
gress should stipuIate that Northern Da-
kota must send as her first senators
Farmer" Wallace and Jimmy Emmons
Please submit this to the lawmakers that
will assemble in Bismarck next month
Col. G. B. Little, president of your Capital
National bank, was in our city few days
ago. He got away before l could inter
view him on aft airs in Burleigh county
Col. o. w. Bennett, former captain of YOU
governors guards, joins me in the wisf
that we shall see your ':gallant soldier
boys" at the coming Inauguration Of the
president-elect. LAWRENCE.
In the Interest Of Statehood.
MITCHELL, Dak., Dec. 2O.-The cOnven