Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-07

<A0oAy 3 "a A>CuoHOOa Who 40 Oh0 u bEc
senators for tho state of Dakota,and who
has Eeen in the city with his wife several
days. has framed . bill Tor the diyision |
80 Dakota and its admission to statehood
whsch will IN all probability be reported
from the senate COMMITTEES on territories |
Ms o substitute Tor the Harrison bill
which Was Keintrod uced q few days ago
by Senator Henderson, OF Nebraska.
TIE bill drawn by Judge Moody ID in
many respects similar to the one intr3-
duced by mr.. Henderson and known as
tho Harmon bill but it contains some
very important new features. 1t divides
the territory IN an east and west line al
about the same points that she Harrison
bill does but it operoomes some object
ions raised by the old bill which divided
y few OF the uneven EQUITIES and rem
through the heart OF u good sized city
on the border line between the two
sections of the territory. The Moody
bill names the southern half South Da-.
kota and gives the name OF Dakota TO
the northern hall, which will overcome
the objections raised by the people in
the northern part OF the territory to los
ing the original name OF their country
and the substitution oil Pembina, Ian.
colin or anything tIae.
Judge Moody's bill refers TO the people
OF Dakota as . whole, she question OF
division and admission as q state, and
fixes the election for the determining Of
the question q couple OF months ahead
OF the next presidential election, SO as to
admit OF the voters participating az
voters of states In the presidential cleo
tion next fell; but it is understood that
the latter provision will be waved il it is
5insisted upon by the democrats in either
branch OF congress-. The people OF Da-
knta do nas nsennae e La nal;.:es inter
fere with their chances for statehood.
Ike bill provides for statehood without
further action by congress, It grants
statehood absolutely. and definitely, not
as Representative Springer proposed.
tying q. string to the matter by way of
an enabling act, so that Dakota, after
the question has been nmIcably settled
according to provision OF congress, will
have to come back here again and give
congress an opportunity to rule ont
everything If partisan politics sug-
gests 10.
In a talk with Judge Moody, who is
one OF the abiess lawyers and brightest
minds generally In the northwest, he
said, to-day, that In his opinion the bill
would paasfhe senate without the draw.
ing OF strict party I,nes. In other words
he believed that there were az least two
or three democrats besides Senator
VOORHEES, who would support the
measure in the upper branch OF congress.
A duplicate of the bill will go to the
house committee ON territories, and an
effort will be made TO have il adopted 4.
q subatisute to the Springer bin. vhxch
/! will provide for ths admission al Daknfa
az d whole. The iudae "a confident that
il the question can ba broupht fa,rly and
sauareiy before the house that even that
body will sdopt his bill. as II esn be
Eshown very readily that q large
majority OF the peopIe Of
the tetrisory prefer their present oonui.
ton % admiasion of the whole te,ritorv
as a state. The most ardent enemies If
the division 81 the territory. the indre
sayp. are sonyestad 10 the nro-
ensirion nv even the shortest via
III 10 that conntry. Dnrinc tha mast
Isummer atatesmen have gnne fhere whn
wsra yah;dlv -a0ainst a vie;on and thau
nlmost ,natenfiV1 eaw fhat tha,a u.s
nothing ~homnrenons batwaan ths porsh
and the ennth aactinns. that nrhi;c IN
atitntione were haino dnnlic.tad az.
usnses manifoIdad and atr;fea anxan-
Idsrad nv the vide Variance batwsan tha
Ifntareste a the two aectiona and that
ID ia nnite a. imnraeticahia "a taih ahont
Che whole territnrv being ana state az II
would be 70 aunex M:nneaota to MIS-.
souri a. Mace M,ssissinni and Inwa