New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-07
A NEU POLICY.

The sudden desire of Mr.. Springer and the
Democrats of the House to force the passage
Of the Omnibus bill admitting four new States
has a triple purpose behind it, The first is
to force Dakota into the Union as one State,
because they know that once admitted 1t is
almost impossible to divide State the second
is to mt New-Mexico as a rider on the backs
of the strong new Territories Of the Northwest,
and get her carried into the Union in this way
the third is undoubtedly the hope of doing
something to allay the bitterness shown IN the
Northwest toward the Democratic party. The
ST. Paul Pioneer Press" is probably better In
formed upon the sentiment of this section than
any other prominent paper, and 1t declares that
the Democracy made stupendous blunder III
refusing to admit these Territories year or
two ago when they might have done so. AT
that time,n SAYS "The Poneer-Press," Mon
tana was stanchly Democratic, and Washlng-
ton the same way by a close vote. The people
of a Territory are naturally and properly CRATE
full to the political party which elevates them
by its act to the dignity of State. 1t is rea-
sonablv certain that if Democratic Congress
had admitted Dakota, Montana and Wash
ington, and Democratic President had pro-
claimed them States, they would have been
divided evenly politically Parties would
have neither gained nor lost. Now the course
of the Democracy has made all Of them he
mub6can. and with that strong bias they will
come in"
The figures seem to support this view. Mon
tana and Washington both elected Democratic
Delegates two years ago. If the Democrats
had admitted those States in time to vote at
the Presidential election just past 1t is possible
that they would have received the electoral
votes of both States, which would have al
most, if not quite counterbalanced the vote OF
the two Dakotas But the former were shut
out because the Democratic leaders knew that
Dakota must come in first, and the result is
now that Montana and Washington seem about
as surely Republican as the great Territory
Both elected Republican Delegates last month
by large majorites. The Democratic leaders
now think, apparently, that the best they can
do with the situation from party point OF
view is to keep the Dakotas down to one State,
force in New Mexico, which they seem to count
upon, and, by claiming the credit of the admis-
sion of Montana and Washington, to try to win
back one or both of those Territories.
The Republican party has never made IT a
practice to help the Democracy out Of their
blunders 1t is not the time to adopt it now,
especially when this could only be done at the
expense of the rights of the intelligent and
patriotic people of the Northwest. The re-
fusal to divide Dakota would be even greater
outrage than her long exclusion has been. The
size of her population makes division proper.
The vast extent of the Territory renders it al
most indispensable, for Dakota is three-fourths
as large as France. Finally, division is the
wish of the people, and it should be obeyed'
Our Washington dispatches say that some OF
the Southern fre-eaters are declaring that they
will fihbuster through the whole of the next
Congress before they will allow Dakota to
come in as two States. If these men, many
of whom hold their seats by fraud want to
make this issue before the people of the coun-
try-the Solid South against Dakota, tissue
ballots against honest elections ignorance,
fraud and violence against intelligence, peace
and prosperity-the Republicans will be ready
for it. One result would be that in the next
Presidential election the Republican party
would not need the votes Of any new North
western States