The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-02-28
FoRTY.TWO STARS.

That 10 the Number the American Flag
VIII Likely Soon Contain-Both Houses
Of Congress Pass tho Bin to Admit -
States North Dakots, South Dakota,
Washington and 1Iontans-The President
WIN in All Probability sign It-Outline
Of the Measure.
WARRINGTON, Feb. M.-One necessity for
IN extra session Of the Fifty first Congress
was 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
day has been entirely disstpated by the easy
triumph of the measure. The bill is COM
pletely engrossed, and will be signed
by the Speaker of the House and President
Of the Senate early this morning and sent
ut once to the President Mr.. Springer
makes no sort of doubt that he will sign it
without delay.
las agreed to the bill provides for the ad-
mission of North and South Dakota, Montana
and Washington. Dakota is to be divided on
the 46th standard parallel, and the two consti
tuttonal conventions are to meet at BIS
marck and Sioux Falls. Delegates to the con-
ventions Of each Of the two proposed States
are to be elected on the first Monday in May
Gad are to meet on July 4. It is provided that
at the election for delegates in South Dakota
the electors shall vote for or against
the Sioux Falls constitution. If ma
jority OF the votes shall be for the con
stitution the convention shall resubmlt to the
people of South Dakota for ratification or re-
lection the constitution framed at Sioux Falls,
and also the articles and propositions separate
~ submitted, including the question OF locating
the temporary seat OF government, and II Q
majority of the votes cast on the ratification
shall be Tor the cons titution, prospect
tive OF the articles separately submitted, tb"
State OF South Dakota shall be admitte
under said constitution; but the archives,
records and books of the Territory Of Dakota
shall remain at Bismarck, the capital OF Mort
Dakota, until an agreement in reference
thereto is reached by said States. But IL at
the election for delegates q majority OF all the
votes cast shall he against the Sioux Falls con.
sttution it shall be the duty Of the convention
to form o constitution as il that question had
not been submitted to the people.
1t IS made the duty OF the President to ad-
NIT the four new States by proclamation II the
constitutions formed IRE ratified ut the cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday in October.
Each of the new States shall be entitled TO
one representative in Congress, except South
Dakota, which shall be entitled to two repre-
Sentatives.
All lands granted for school purposes arc
exempted from entry under any Of the land
laws and can only be sou at public sale at not
less than $40 an acre. the proceeds to const-
tute permanent school fund, the interest of
which only can be used. Such lands may, how.
ever, be leased under legislative restrictions.
All mineral lands are exempted from tho
grants made by the act.
The two Dakotas are to be added to Justice
Miller's circuit (the Eighty and Washington
and Montana to Justice Fields (the Ninth).l
READY FOR The PRESIDENTS ACTION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. g. The House haa
agreed to the conference report on the
Direct-Tax bill. It now goes to the Presi-
dent.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The President has
signed the Nicaraguan Canal bill