The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-14
A VOTE FOR NEW STATES
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS HEADS
OFF THE REPUBLICANS.

OdkOGa 10 10 as SQS likes GS 10
Dividing
CHICAGO, Dec. ia dispatch from Bis
marck, Oak, says: Communication have
been received here from the territories of
Wyoming, Montana and Washington,
callingupon the leaders in Dakota to take
steps toward holding an inter-territorial
convention that gill act in the interest of
admission for all the territories that are
properly equipped for statehood. 1t is
quite likely that such a convention will be
held Dakota is one grand mass meetin a.
pre- ent and will remain so until she be-
come a state. Every town and city in the
territory is holding meetings and buying
torches, and every orator is giving his
lungs abundance of exercise. Every man
who owns house or an acre Of land feels
confident that statehood will add to the
value of his property sEd every COM
nlunity feels that it is being held back by
the fact that Dakota is still a territory.
The legislature will convene Jau. s, and it
is expected that one of its first acts will be
to call constitutional convention and tax
other prelimi ary steps toward statehood.
In nearly every legislative district the
members have been instructed in favor of
division of the territory, and there will be
virtually no opposition t. calling a consti-
tutional convention for North Dakota"
TO ADMIT IDAHO.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-In the Senate to-
day Mr. Mitchell introduced bill, which
was referred to the committee on terri
res, for the admission of Idaho as a state
The Senate proceeded to executive bust
ness, and at 4:25 o'clock adjourned till
Monday.
ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The House democratic caucus tonight,
after a session las ing over three hours,
adopted resolution for the admission OF
Dakota into the Union either as one or two
states as the peo le of Dakota shall decide,
and for the admission as states of Washing
ton, Montana and n w NJ -xico also. 1t is pro-
posed that these states shall all be admitte
as one bill Utah, although not mentioned
in the resolution, it was agreed sh uld be
admitted into the Union, but by separate
bill.
A SMALL BEGINNING.
When Chairman Cox called the caucus to
order at 80 o'clock. only thirty members
were present, but others struggled in at
interval so that when the caucus adjourned
at 1915 o'clock, sixty members We're
in attendance. 1t was soon evident that
the democrats had come nearer to an under
standing since the adjournment of the
caucus Tuesday night, and that the only
questions at issue related to Dakota and
Utah.
MR.. Cox's SPEECH.
Calling Mr.. McCreary to, the chair Mr.
Cox opened the proceedings with q state
ment that it would be well to correct some
errors which had been made in the report of
of the last caucus. He said he had favored
the division Of Dakota into two parts
as well as the admission of Montana,
Washington and New Mexico, because they
mad sufficient ratio for one member OF
congress- North Dakota had 225, 900 peo-
pie, and Sout Dakota nearly 900, anu
they were abundaltly able therefore to
assume stateh )od. Utah, which had $1,000
people, he did not include for reasons
not necessary to discuss. He expressed a
willingness to accept AIr. Holman's PROPOSE
ion 80 far as it related to taking in these
territories all of which by the reports of
their governors this year, to the Secretary
Of tho Interiot showed that they were up
to the ra 10 in numbers. Mr.. Cox oppose
Utah coming in the general omnibus bill.
out he was willing to defer to the wish OF
the caucus aud accept an "omnibus" meas
ure, provided 1t was understood that Dakota
should have the privilege of division.
Mr. DoCKERY BACKS Mr.. cox.
Mr.. Docke v Of Missouri supported the
position taken by Mr.. Cox, and said that it
was the general sentiment of the
pcople of the wet that something shoull
be done speedily for the territories, and tuat
the people of Dakota should be given decIs-
ion of the question Of whether it should
come in as one or two states
Mr. Wheeler of Alabama, Mr. Blount of
Georgia, Mr.. Mansur of Missouri, NJ ssrs.
Rice and Mcdonald Of Minnesota, Mr..
Voorhees, of Washingt IN Territory. and
others took sthe same ground. Messrs.
Oate and Herbert, of Alabama, and M
McMillin of Tennessee, however, stoutly
opposed the division of Dakota. Mr.. Nc
Millin took more advanced ground evel
than Mr.. Oatt at the eau us Tuesday night.
He declared that it would be politica suicide
for the Democratic party to admit thes'
new states. The Democratic party should
20 slow in this matter. 1t was t good
politics. The g proposed sta eS were repub-
lican, and would continue to be repubiica !,
Notwithstanding any action the democratic
House might take looking to their adnis-
sion.
UTAH's CASE.
The Dakota question then became lost
sight of temporarily 10 the discussion over
the question whether U tah should be in-
cluded in an ''omnlbus billn f the admis-
sion of new territories. Delegate Cain of
Utah made an earnest appeal for the inclu-
sion of his territory in the proposed
bill. He said that poygamy was
now 10 longer practiced to any
extent and that the voters were required by
the state cons tuition as a preliminary to
exercising the right Of suff age to swear
that they were not polygamists. The Demo-
cratic party should not undertake to deny
U ala admission solely because of the relig-
ious belief of some of her ctizeus In his
a peal, Mr.. Cain wa seconded by Mr..
Brecnnrid 20 Of Kentucky, who thought
Utah would probably be tho only new
democratic state in the land and ougat not
to be omitted.
UTAH NOT IN THE OMNIBUS.
Considerable opposition was manifested
by Others to the inclusion of Utah
in any "omnibus bill," ba ed on the
ground that the republican Senate
m ght take it as a pretext for letting the
whole mat 9 go over until next year. IL
was fiually agreed after division that Utah
should not be included in the Omnibus
bill" The committee on territories was
then reques ed by a vote showing a
small majority in favor OF the
p oposition TO prepare and present
TO the House separate bill
for the admission of Utah. This was the
only in sta zee in which there WAS any great
difference Of opinion in the caucus ich
seemed fairly harmonious on everything
else.
The Utah question being disposed OF,
Speaker Carlisle and Judge Holman ad-
dressed the caucus In favor Of an omnibus
billn TO include ter itories having ratio of
,,,nufotfon antifliuy them n nna nlafnhar