The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-13
WHEN THE REMAINING TERRITORIES
WILL COME In.

Lne states nave put CnOSe VINO make StuO,
of matters political to thinking with refer
ence to the next struggle for the control o
the government. This, Of course, involves
some consideration regarding the first stag,
of the fight, meaning the contest which oc
ours year from now for the control of tn,
House of Representatives. Both will bt
all-absorbing topics and timedestroyine
proceedings for while, and the later even
will scarcely occupy more attention thar
the earlier, although it may cover a greater
period.
| Either is a matter of no little conse
quence, although so far ahead. The con
gressional elections are Of grave import tc
the whole nation, but to none more than the
people of the territories. The admission OF
Washington on Tuesday leaves but five ter
ritories out of which states can be made in
the union, and Utah is the principal one, as
it has been for nearly forty years past.
Naturally these territories are wondering
when their opportunity will come, knowing
at the same time that it cannot come with
out the favorable action of Congress, and
that there can be no favorable action from
Congress unless enough of the right kind of
men get into that body to bring it about 1t
is already made up so far as the coming
eighteen months are concerned, and the first
chance the peoplewill have to make decided
change will be, as before suggested, in No
vember next, WREN the whole of the lower
house in the SD Congress will be chosen,
OF course, Representatives cannot alone
settle the matter, and it might as well be
also said, that no matter of a national char
acter can be settled without them; so that.
if they should prove to be friendly, the
first great point would be gained. We and
the others would then only have the Senate
and executive to consider, instead of the
whole administration, as now; for, be it
known, that the HARRISON government
does not at present look with friendly eye
upon the territories now outside of the state
hood circle, and will not till compelled to do
so by some at present undetermined state
of facts. The first of these will be the
next House of Representatives, and as this
will, beyond all present doubt, be over
whelmingly Democratic, and thus against
both the President and Senate, it is an open
question whether or not anything can be
done until the whole administration shall
change hands, which will be on March l.
1898, when the Presidency and the House,
and it may be the Senate, will forsake their
present custodians forever more.
THE HERALD is as firm in the belief that
the territories have nothing more to look
for from Republican rule as it is that
this is the last Republican admins
tration the country will ever know. The
present administration has shown its in
capacity to such a marked degree that
everyone who knows anything about it
knows that were the contest of last
November to be repeated now, CLEVELAND
would carry all the doubtful states, to-
gether with Ohio, Iowa and Rhode Island
and if things 60 on as at present, it is not
putting it too strongly to say that in 1892 he
will carry every northwestern state in
addition Having learned a lesson from
the dilatory plan hitherto followed regard
ing the admission of territories, change
of policy will take place at once, and this
territory, together with Idaho, Wyoming,
Arizona and New Mexico, will
be enrolled upon the sisterhood
of states without unnecessary delay.
There will then only remain the District
of Columbia, the Indian territory and
Alaska, which of course will always be
under the tutelage of the general govern
ment.
Those who are disposed to think that the
maiden vote of the new states settles their
political status and that their unfavorable |
attitude regarding the Democracy will be
repeated in 1892 and thus be the means of
further exclusion of that party from
power take very short-sighted view of |
the situation. The possibilities of this |
Ease are ably discussed by San Francisco |
the Alta California, which |
goes over the whole ground very carefully, |
making due allowance for exigencies |
and emergencies and counting only what |
seems now to be reasonable. Admitting, it |
saws, for arguments sake, that time shall |
be lacking between now and the presiden- |
tial election of 1892 to procure reappor |
tionment of congressional districts, the |
electoral votes in the latter year. counting |
the IS cast by the new states, will |
number Ala. The number necessary to |
elect would therefore be POS. The ''solid |
SOUTH so-called, would furnish 1853, in
GLIDING West Virginias 6, so that the |
Democrats might reasonably expect to have |
to find So votes somewhere in order to in
sure success. New York, if wen |
over, would furnish SO of these, |
leaving 10 still to get The other
states reckoned on as possibilities are
Indiana with 10, New Jersey with 9, Con- |
necticut with 6 and Montana with 8. 1t |
will be seen that Indiana must be included |
in any winning combination, for New
Jersey, Connecticut and Montana together |
could muster only IS votes. Indiana and |
New Jersey would answer, or Indiana and |
Montana would be of no |
account in any calculation except as |
Should Delaware desert the |
party column, as she did when she elected |
the legislature that chose Mr.. HIGGINS |
Senator, Montana would do very well as |
counter balance; or, should West Virginia |
Dr. Florida carry her lean majority over to /
the other side, causing deficit of 25 or %,
Indisna, Connecticut and Montana |
would be competent trio in the latter
case, and Indiana, New Jersey and Mol
Jana in the former.
The foregoing estimate, it is only fair to /
say, was made before the late elections in |
The east, and mo thought was bestowed
upon Ohio or Iowa as even Democratic