The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16

the reservations are GNtinc,iishnd ----
Montana--Si crn,h and thrty-sixth Sec
lions, estimated. .. l12,0n0 acres; capital
buildings. 81, 900; agricultural college. 67,-
900; university, iG.Us0; school of mines,
100, 900; stare normal schools, 100, 900:
agricultural college tadditonaD, 10000;
state reform school, 10000; public buid-
ings tidlitiona), 100000 Total, 5,747,-
| $50 acres 80 q:
After prest nting figures to show the cx.
| tent and resources 6t Dakota, the renort
says; - "a
1t tscopceded that in point of populati IN.
agricultural and mineral rcsourcea and in
alliother matters which constitute q state,
DAKOTA 10 fully prepared for admission into
the Union. IN fact. nc. other territory. here
tpsore organized having SO great a popnln-
ton and so many agricultural and mineral
resources. md such. material wealth. has
failed of admission into the Union This
failQreis attributable to the fact that all
organized efforts heretofore put forth in the
| territory looked to the
DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY
into two parts on n ltnc running east and
west through the territory and the admis.
! tion of the southern hnlf into the Onion as u
state anu the organization of n territorial
government In the northern half. a bill for
the purpose OF such division and admission
III. Il 1863, wng referred to your co,nnit-
tee at this session, aud has been reported
back 10 tho house with the recommendation
thai Il DO not pass The report made ,,pon
TINT bfil report II. Il TOaD contains the rea-
pose tho divtaiqp.of Dnkota into two parts
md the ndiatssiBi bf the south :hGlf into the
Union at this time 1t is unnecessary to
recapftulate. the conclusions to which
your COMMITTEE arrived. which are so
: taliv sct forth in the report re-;
apd made q part Of this renort. Ii the neo-
ole Of the territory had directed their efforts
towards admission US whole, instead of to
the division of the territory, there can be no
place several years aev. The fact that ter
fitory havingso large q population aud go
| many resources still remains in territorial,
condition is to be attributed solely to, the
| course OF t'o hc who advocated division OF the
Territory 1t is to be regretted tlas even now
there are some Well disposed people. in the
territory who stillinsist that Dakota should
not be admitted into the Union as one state,
and who prefer that there should he no adj
mission until division is ACCOMPLISHED.
After considering the subject of Indian
reservations, the report SAWS:
The climate in the extreme northern por-
ton Of the territory and tine character of tho
lands west Of. the Missouri river are such as
to Heclude the possibility ola dense popula-
/ ttOn in those regions hereafter Ii, however
81 any time IN the future the 1ntlian titles
should become extinguished and. tho popu-
| ldIiOu UGCOInt 81 kEeaL III 10 make
A SINGLE STATE
government unwieldy, congress- may, Mt the
request and with. the consent OF such state,
provide for the division into two or more
states But with the present population of
Dakota which IL but little over one-thlrd OF
the averages population of the existing states
In the Union, and with SO large an area COM
prfsed within Indian reservations and other
large, areas very sparselv settled there is no
imperative reason for dividing che terri
tory. III
Inc report. in dealing with Montana,
simply rehearses her resources, aud con-
cludes:
1t is fair TO conclude thai the totul valua-
ton of assessabla property In Montana at
this time exceeds fi9U O00. 900 The mines
OF that territory yielded fast year over I.15,
OOO,OOO The report OF tho governor Of
ffsaana for the year. 1887 sets forth the
resources OF the territory and the
t:lf agricultural aud stock raising inter-
Your committee are of opinion that in
tdMpf population, agricultural and mineral
EkSeebRees and in the character of the people.
:M1ns1A is entitled to be admitted into the
f.4l5 equal footing with the original
WIS of the minority of the commit
fAGe presented by Mr.. Struble. por-
AoAisAe report is prepared, and in the
EM1A the minority say:
don zl5f sfhe biil Which 1 purpor port pV to
provide for the admission of Da-
kota into the Union as state and ignoring
the right Of those people to admission OF the
territory: lf;it Is intended by the majority
of the committee that Dakota and the other
sterritoriss named in it shall be admitted into
the Union under this bill. IL should certainly
contain some:Runrantee to those people, ea-
pecial!y Lakdta. that after all their efforts to
get into me Union as Q state. and if they
comply with the conditions Of the act. they
will be admitted promptly. The. bill con:
NO SUCH GUARANTEE
nor even an animation that admission will
follow compliance with the so-called act of
admission, presented BY the maj oritv Intact,
the bill grantsnothing Whatever to the people
Of the territories named in 1t which. they do
not now possess. Eleven Of the states have
been admitted into the Union without any
previous enabling acts; several OF these
framed constitutions and organized state
| governments, did everything that this bill
proposes to authorize. previous to ati Omission,
and were admitted as stutes without any
serious question being raised that such
course was unusual or unauthoiized. What,
then, Is the purpose Of this bill? Is it to
Washington ';mo New Mexico. or any Of
these territories by offering this objectionable
| ana most untsnnl method of action upon
the ndmissio& Of oil four OF them at one
| Iltuc. DOM ny congress una the cXeCutlyCt
such will pa the effect of the bill, hence
that! musG Re the purpose. We ask
IN all candor IL this u mere pretense of favor
] ing the admission OF these four territories to
serve the purpbSs Of y session of congress OF
4 presidential lcamp.ign, then tO be ahan-
! doneu WI houG advancing any one OF them
towards admission into the Union: We also
lGofest against the bill becaus,. 1t contem-
plates That DAKOTA. il admitted ntali, must
come into the Union as one state, which We
helleve TO DO clearly against the wishes OF
great majority OF her people Inc people
OF that great territory have for wears pGti-
toned congress- i'll almost every way rossily.e
Tor It's division; They have EXPRESSED their
desire Tor division in the strongest language
at many different times and in many differ
cut Through the executive assembly,
Ivy memorials thcrefrom llnanimuusiy
Adopted 'tkr0ugh the various conventions
he'd by tionkpplitioal parties, and recently.
i: ~ N9yemperY 1881, IN u most decisive man
il. 90. Z soiE OF THE PEOPLE 90
at IN election authorized by aca of tho
Legislature. anu the results. u .majurity OF
nearly 5000 for u division OF the territory.
No question in faiscd regarding ,li, wishes
'ot the peoplepf Dakota upon the question
OF division Of the territory. In fact, tho
Undersigned ar4 we'll satisfied Tint very
large number ot those people prefer u terri.
torial condition for some time rather than
nHmlaston as n SINGLE state. The MT jority OF
tag committee see fit to place the fallu,. OF
Dakota in obtaining statehood heretofore
anon the groulld tina: there has been al,
effort made by these people to secure u di
vision OF the teEritory. This is certainly /,
very strange ASSERTION to make and will
strike those WHIP are acquainted with the
history OF the division movement in Dakota
and the cause ofithe failure of congressional
action ns absurd and grotcsnue in tn,
extreme The object aud motive then
Il fpr the. failing to permit the qucs,io,
6f'thc admission OF Dakota to be considered
bv the house during the For,y-cishth anu
Forty-nnth congresses is disclosed 1t wa.
to force these pebple by neglect and di.rc-
can citizens to abandon their cherishe.
hopes for division OF the territory-tt
them intoiacceptipg what they dom
wish TO Weld what they llrI nnrre1.t in tunin