The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-08-17
THE TERRITORIES.
what Legislation Has Been Done in
Congress the Past Session.

congress the Past Session.
The bill for the admission o. Wash.
ington Territory still remains in the
unfinished %dsiness upon the senate
calendar and is liable to come up at
any time that privileged matters are
out OF the way. According to Mr..
trye's plain statement, however, the
greater part Of this work will 60 to
consideration of the fisheries treaty.
unless the Democrats give way, and
there is likely to be no attempt to
make new states until later In the
session. To tell the truth congress
has made very little progress in this
direction, despite the enormous
amount OF talk which both houses
and both parties have INDUCED in the
past three years. To an observer,
the contract between the promises
and the execution seem very ridicu-
lous and neither party can take any
decided credit to itself for the work it
has done for the territories whose in
terests it has always extolled and de-
tended in party platforms. From the
time that the Hon. Eugene Hale OBJ
structed the admission Of Dakota on
account Of the attempted reputation
OF the HcSIton county bonds to the
present session, the buncombe orato-
ry and facile promise Of each side has
always gone far ahead Of the legisla-
ton enacted. Up to date the net re
suit has been as follows: The house
has reported and placed upon the cal
endar an omnibus bill to admit Wash
ington, Dakota, Montana and New
Mexico, and has lot disturbed the
bill for three months. The senate
committee has reported three
bills for the admission OF South and
North Dakota and Washington Terri
tory, declining to do anything for New
Mexico. The senate has passed the
bill for the admission OF South Da-
kota, 1t is considering that for the
admission of Washington Territory
and hes the North Dakota bill still
on the calendar. 1t is safe to say that
the legislation will stop about there.
The effect of the passing OF the house
omnibus bin. which will be the ulti
mate legislation enacted should the
Democrats retain control ofthe house
will be to diminish the number Of ter
ritories from nine to five. It will give
the power Of self-government to over
one million OF people. 1t will add over
225,00Gto the voting population IN
the presidential years and it will
place directly six new congressman in
congress and will increase the number
III new senators by eight. There will
be fourteen electoral votes to be on
tested for in a presidential year, it
will take from future administrations
twenty-five appointments worth ST.
500 to $4,000 per year each. and will
save the government in the pay OF
these officials $4,000 per year. In
addition to this the government will
be saved the amount 1t is now COM
PEELED to appropriate biennially for
tho support of the territorial govern
ment and the meeting OF the territorl-
al legislature. The admission ofthese
territories will not only save the gov
eminent over 5000, 600 per annums
but a large number of political prizes
which have az the beginning os each
new administration started a stall
wart pilgrimage Of Eastern politicians
toward the setting sun, will be wiped
out forever.