The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-02
DAKOTA ADMISSION.
Minority Report of the House Commit.
tee on the Division and Admis.
sion Bills.
One of the Strongest and Most Elo-
quent Pleas for Dakota Ever
Put Forth.
The Familiar Reasons Why Dakota
Should BE a state Recapitulated
With Added Force.

VI tne commlGCco VIII make o minority re-
port, which they have already prepared,
favorinQ the passage Of the Baker bill or Mr.
Giford's bill for the admission of North and
south Dakota 10 this report. after Eecapitu-
lating the terms OF the enabling acts above
referred to. it ia shown that the propo,.ed
state of North Dakota will have an area of
"a, 600 square miles. and will be exceeded
In size by only eight staten. namely, Ne
braska, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon, Calitor-
mia, Colorado, Nevada and Texas; that by
the tenth census in 1885, North Dakota had
population of 152.UUD. and that popula-
tion had increased to 225.OOO on Jan. 1.
1883; and that no state ever organised from
the public domain ever had anything like
the population of North Dakota. Ex-
tracts are then made from the report
OF the commissioner of immigration of
the territory to show the crops of North Da-
kota and her commercial value as an agri-
cultural state. 1t is shown that North Da-
kota ia to-day political entity. as by acts of
the territorial legislature public institutions
have been located at central and convenient
points. and that she is us well equipped with
these institutions as the southern half of the
territory; that the principal growth and
of North Dakota has been gai, . !
since 1880 Under the census of 1870 .ue
population was about 900; in 1850 it was
about $4,000 and ut present it numbers
225,O ,OOO Reasons are given why North Da-
kota has not before asked for admission into
the Union, and the argument is used that
their desire for admission influenced the
large majority against division in the last
election. A protest is made against the
further exclusion from the Union on the
ground that its courts are inadequate.
HOW IT HAS BEEN wRoSaED.
The report proceeds:
Officials not of the popular election have
been thrust upon them They have been
denied representation, although they share
in equal proportion with the states the ex-
pcnses of the general government. Five
scvenths Of the area of the United States.
excluding Dakota, lie west of the Mississippi
river. which section now has n pouuarlo Of
lO.OOO,OOO, and the other two-sevenths
have population OF 4S, 600, 900 Acnreful
estimation shows that the year 1890 will
show a population of 32.OOO.OOO IN the
states west Of tho Mississippi river, and it is
predicted that the day ia not far distant when
ward to the border Of the great American
desert. which has disappeared like u
will o the wisp before advancing
civilization. In view of these facts
the minority think due regard should
DC mad for the future Of this country, and
having due regard to their adaptabiilty Of
supporting and maintaining statehood and
selt-government It certainly does moi seem
To tn. minority wise policy to force the
admission OF these great territories into the
union, and particularly Dakota, as u sin..c
u efeaa @ Sl and sea as
Will soon 10 rather an element of na;lUna.
weakness IN many ways than OF strength,
ana must sooner or later prove menace to
our form OF government
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Upon the bill for the admission of Soutb
Dnkotn tho minoritv ~ tho cnmn,,.tao ,n.Ea
a so,,or.t, ra,.as, -. ,.,.,,"h .,,n.aas' '""Ae
,,,,l 4"''' Ast"Ao -" ..ot' 'uos e"s
iHas lsieasuIe IN substance passed tho SEN
uee III the n1St meetlhg OF the Forty-ninth
congress IN febrnary, 1856. That portion
" DakoIa !, embraced WITHIN THE provisions
VI Ihe n.lA Hau many tilnes previously
pressed pressed ite claims 10 Statehood. and those
cll!Ils have become so Important that they
seem 10 tne Ihlhortty OF the committee Mt
.i, .nls tune imperative Inc minority believe
Llat tne population. resources. area, lntelli-
sehce e anu wcai.n OF her people demand that
congress- shoutu act at once. anu that her
IlSntS. SO long Withheld. should be granted
III the iull spirit OF American liberty. There
are no pr"ceuents or parallel IN the country u
history Tor tne injustice that has been GONE
Souen Duhot;i IN tnls In0tter OF tetusiDg her
statenoou NO party; us political measure,
eau ahoru 10 ignore tne Will OF people cx
PIesse" IN JUST cause, ana no individual
WIN proper respect Tor the rights OF Amer
Gun c!tizeEs can deny these people state
noou longer. Inc nlstorv OK tDe neople OF
ooaa.h s' Dak9.a ior ADMISSION into the Caion ts
written VIII! IN d!sap;olntcu hopes and denial of
IiShts 10 az !oval ana intelligent people as
Nv; III our land The confidence thar they
i.al nau r'ens 70 rcpose IN love or American
liberty ana fairness has been broken. For
sen zen years s,e mas pressed herself, o fearless
ciaimhh., ston9 IN resources, wealth, num-
ners !,t anu inteIiigence She has been among
the prairie states. the pride OF the country.
uenied tne right 10 enter her fathers house.
south Dakota contains a POPULATION OF 37j.-
OoO ana an area OF about t5,oOO square
mics me minority Delleve that IT has ever
Deen ana sun Is the strong desire OF great
a!n.rv ob tne Is"be OF a., Dakota that the
weso me. Inc people nave la1d the who. e
ionndation OF ~ lnei political system with this
~ view anu the minority ASKS IN oil candor
anu sincerity, Wnat oDlecIion ~ tnere or can
theFe oe 10 granting II! mink OF one legs-
azure mI x poverning vl. New iork, PennsyIvania.
gotta excecos all or them. 1t ts said that
Iexasls
LARGER STATE THAN DAKOTA
wouia oe II admitted AZ whole. AS mat
Ter OF lact, texas furnishes no precedent
Whatever Tor Dakota. A provision was made
when Texas was admitted into the Union for
its division into five states whenever the peo-
PIE Desired IT, but they have never desired
It. Inc whole OF Dakota ls included in one
terfltory at THIS time simply because its area
was 30 oenneu more than uualter Of u
century age. before It's civilized Inhabitants
numbered 5,Oo0 Had 1t been divided into
TWO territories. no one would advocate for
an instant the idea OF forming both sections
OF the territory Into the Union as
one stata ls ehere opy serious tntcn-
uon OF uniting ld0nO with Montana
or washington or Wyoming with Utah and
forcing the two into the Union as one state?
Jne proposition to force the people OF Da-
AoIA ...,! Ineo one state aRalnst tnslr expressed
tha exepcisa ~ s"s erh;trarv nMar IL saa aaly
Il is repugnant to the spirit az well as the
cuch and every portion OF the balance of tn.
United States has as much right to say what
bounoallss t ana nfea tue new states shall
methods nhe1a wantIs,,n ,ro,as. s ~ ",i.. saa.
for oscertaininv The winhcs II the conntrv
upon this subject One thing in quite manifest
the wishes OF the people Of the proposed
s.aIS are 20 De oislegatoeu II possible. what
mo.l,. mouau oene.son u n "a: 10 tnis: Mnat would
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