Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-17


ccmmittts on territories end the outside
people interested. Bsktr, Cox, clifford
anu the MINT s Ia members of both
parties, hope that Sprit ger means what
be says, but will De sur.r when they ses
the event than they ere WHEN he only
promises that they shall see il. The
Dakota delegates now in the city,
Judges Moody, Edgerson and Trip,
Messrs Spencer. Taylor and others, have
been stuffed iull Of premises ard are
only moderately hopeful. Bot there
will be a deal of ar2lous interest and
breethless expectancy both IN the floors
and ia the galleries to- morrow. If tbs
question OF consideration 10 waived or
tavorably decide the Platt bill for tie
admission OF South and the organization
OF North Dakota will come up first. Mr..
Clifford will offer the necessary amend
men.s providing for @ new election and
changing the dates fixed in the bill to
next spring. These may or may not be
adopted; it matters little If the Springer
programme is carried out, ss he is con-
hdent it will. and as now seems most
probable. This is, OF course, to offer his
omnibus bill as q substitute, and call
upon the democrats of the house to pass
it, in accordance with the caucus resolu-
ton, To this bill Cox will offer his
amendment giving South Dakota two
members OF the house Springer will
not oppose this violently, and it may
prevail. Springer has made some import
ant changes in his bill, which he K
planned to mt in going over the printed
copy to- day. He has given up the no.
.ion of afixing fanciful cognomers to
the two nav states. The constitutional
conventions may name the states within
certain limitations. The option will be
left TO the people of North Dakota to
take the name of Dakota, North Dakota
or any other anne they see fit, while the
South Dakotaians will have the option Of
taking the name Of South Dakota, or
any other except Dakota. / will recapi-
tulate the main provisions OF the meas
ure.
The delegates TO the conventions in all
the territories are to be chosen in May
and the conventions themselves ere to
be held July a The constitutions will
be submitted to the people in all the ter
rltoriee in October or November and
they will vote at the same time for off,
Gers under them and for representatives
in congress. rbe senators and repre-
s~entatives of the new states therefore
will be ready to be sworn in when the
long session OF b next congress. begins
in December. The proyisians relating to
all these elections and conventions are
very carefully drawn. The delegates are
to number seventy five except in case Of
North Dakota which is to have twice as
many. The PROVISIONS for submitting
- -r-.r ~ l..sa 49,
ready been explained. The northern
convention is to meet ct Bismsrok. the
southern ct Sioux Falls-each ter
ritory including the two Dakotas
is. TO have one member of congress.
Among the. sections Springer thinks I'M
portant are those relating to the public
lands. Jurisdiction az well as title to
lands in Indian reset vations ia reserved
tion from state taxation till awarded In
severalty guaranteed. School lands in
Indian reservations can't be taken by
opened nor indemnify claimed. Die
putes over school sectiuns ri.imaht by
squasters must be settled in the courts.
The usual donations of public and
swamp lands to the state for educational
Giu IL hOhCibAus Rah bopCp hAG alh0O
with considerable care and in the case OF
cally made 10 existing institutions
named in the bill as follows;
For the maintenance of q school of
mines at Rapid City, $4,000 acres; for
| the reform school at PIankipton, 80, 600
acres; Tor the deaf and dumb asylum at
Sioux Falls, $4,000 acres; for agricul-
turai colleges az Fargo and BOOKINGS,
$1,000 aores each; for the state normal
schools at Madison, Spearfish,
| Springfield and Mimic, $4,000 acres
each; for public buildings
as the capital OF the state, 15Q. 600 acres
in addition to the fifty sections herein
before q ented for that purpose. Ii the
states Of North Dakota and South Da.
kota are formed as provided in this act
the donations shall be made to the states
in whieh said places are located.
The usual donations obtain for inter-
nal improvements as are made to all
new states In the sections relating to
New Mexico and Washington provision
is made for a popular vote on the change
of the names OF those territories to
Mosezums and Tacoma. This is about
I'LL it Is necessary to telegraph about
Springer's bill. He ia very well pleased
with 1t, snd thinks 1T will pass. He
challenges comparison between the
| Sioux Falls constitution and the one
prescribed by him to oil the territories.
He says the Sioux Fails constitution
makes no provision for the division OF
the debt like his measure, turning all
the property, archives and books the
the territory over TO South Dakota (hia
bill provides for an equitable diviSion)
end is most defective n its legislative
apportionment, which is based on the
population and vote OF four Yeas ago
On the other hand, all the Dakota peo-
pie here, democrats as we'll as republic
cans, are welded to tine Sioux Falls con.
stitution, and strenuous for its adoption.