River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-28
FORTY-TWO STARS.

That Is the Number the American Flag
VIII Likely soon Contain-Both Houses
OF Congress Pass the Bin to Admit as
States North Dakota, South Dakota,
Washington and SIontana-The President
VIII in All Probability Sign It-OutIIne
of the Measure.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i.-One necessity for
IN extra session of the Fifty-frst Congress
vas disposed OF yesterday by the passage by
both houses of the conference report on the
Territorial bill
The slight fear of a pocket veto which
haunted the friends of the Territories Tues
lay has been entirely dissipated by the easy
triumph of the measure. The bill is com
pletely engrossed and viii he signed
" the Speaker of the House and President
If the Senate early this morning and sent
1t once to the President Mr. Springer
makes no sort of doubt that he will sign it
without delay.
las agreed 10 the bill provides for the ad-
mission of North and South Dakota, Montana
and Washington. Dakota is 10 be divided on
he s6th standard parallel and the two consti-
lutional couven ions are 10 meet at b ;
marck and Sioux Falls. Delegates TO the con
Fentions OF each Of the two proposed states
.ad are TO meet on July 4. II provided that
al the election for delegates in South Dakota
the electors shall vote for or against
The S oUx Falls constitution. II ma
lority of the votes shall be for the con
stitution the convention shall resubmlt 10 the
people OF South Dakota for ratification or re-
lection the cOnst tuition framed at Sioux Falls,
and also the articles and propositions separate
~ submitted. including the question OF locating
The temporary seat OF government ana II a
majority of the votes cast on ths ratification
shall be Tor the constitution, prospect
tive OF the articles separately submitted, the
State OF South Dakota shall be admitted
under said constitution; but the archives,
records and books OF the Territory OF Dakota
shall remain at Bismarck. the capital OF North
Dakota, until an agreement in reference
thereto is reached by said States. But II al
tue election for delegates q majority OF all the
votes cast shall be against the Sioux Falls coA-
stitution il shall be the duty of the convention
TO form constitution as II that question had
not been submitted to the PEOPLE.
It Is made the duty OF the President 20 ad-
NIT the four new States by proclamation il the
constitutions formed are ratified at the cleo
on TO be held on the first Tuesday in October.
Each OF tho new States shall be entitled TO
one representative in Congress, except South
Dakota, which shall be entitled TO TWO repre-
sentatives.
exempted from entry under any OF the land
laws and can only be sold at public sale al not
less than $40 an acre, the proceeds 10 consti-
tute a permanent school fund, the interest Of
which only can be used. Such lands may. how
ever, be leased under leg slative restrictions
All mineral lands are exempted from the
grants made by the act.
The two Dakotas are TO be added 70 Just &c
MiIler's circuit tthe Eighth and Washington
and Montana 10 Justice Fields (the Ninthl.l
READY FOR TIE PRESIDENTS ACTION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ,. - The House has
agreed to the conference report on the
Direct-Tax bill 1t now goes to the Presi-
dent.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2l-The President ha'
signed the Nicaraguan Canal bill