Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-13
THE FORTY-SEoOND STAR.
The President Issues Proclamation for
the Admission of Washineton

The President Issues Proclamation fo
the Admission of Washington.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.-Secrerary Blain,
to-day telegraph the territorial and stat,
governor OF Washington that the president
signed the proclamation declaring the ter
ritory to be q state at 6:27 O'Clock this
afternoon. The proclamation is az fol
lows;
By the president OF the United States-A
proclamation.
| WHEREAS, The congress OF the United
States did by an act approved on the
Itwenty-seconal day Of February, one thnus-
and eight hundred and eight mine, provide
| that the inhabitants II the Territory OF
Wa shington might. upon the conditions
pr scribed in said act, become the state OF
Washington; and,
WHEREAS, IL was ,fov dsd by said act
| that the delegates elected, therein pro-
vided, to the constitutional convention in
the Territory vi 4 ashingtol should meet at
the seat of government OF said territory,
and that after they had met and organized
they should declare. on behalf OF the people
OF Washington, that they adopt the con-
sti.ution Of the United States, whereupon
the said convention should be authorized
to form a state government for the pro.
posed State Of Washington; and,
WHEREAS, 1t Was provided BY said act
that the constitution adopted should be
Republican in form, and make no distinc.
ton in civil or political rights Oh account
OF race or color, except az to Indians not
taxed, and not repuenant to the constitu.
tion OF the United States aad the princi
piles OF the Declaration OF Independence,
and thst the constitution should be an
ordinance irrevocable without the consent
OF t he United States and the people of the
said state made certain provisions pre-
cribed in said act, and,
WHEREAS, 1t was provided by said act
that the constitution thus formed for the
people OF Washington should, by the ordi
nai.ce OF the convention forming the same,
be submitted to the people OF Washington
at the election to be held therein on the
first Thursday in October, eighteen hundred
ond eighty nine, for ratification or reiec.
tion by the qualified voters OF said pro-
posed state and that the returns of said
ele ection should be made to the secretary
OF said territory, who, with the governor
and chief iustice thereof. or any two of
them. should canvass the same, and IL a
majority OF the legal votes cast should be
'OA ohO SohHOa' uoiOh1 buO sANOIuOF slOulu
certify the result to the president of the
the United States, together with
a statement of the votes cast
thereon upon the seperats articles
or propositions, and copy Of said con.
stitutnn articles, propositions aud or
and.
WHEREAS, 1t has b. en- certified to me by |
the governor OF said territory that within |
the time ,'rescrih, by the said act of con-
gress the constitution for the proposed |
state ii Washington has been adopted, and |
that the sa ME has been ratified by a ma
ioritv OF the qualified voters Of said pro.
posed state 10 accordance with the con-
ditions prescribed in said act, and;
WHEREAS, 1t il also certified to me by
the said governor that at the same time
the body Of the said constitution was SUBJ
mitted to q vote Of the people two separate
articles, entitled "Woman Suffrag." and
prohibits ,nn were likewise submitted,
which said separate articles did not receive
D ma jority OF the votes cast thereon or
upon the constitution, aid were rejected;
also that at the sam. election the question
of the location of the permanent seat OF
government MAS submitted, and that no
place received d majority OF all the votes
,ast upon snid question, and,
WHEREAS, A duly authenticated copy OF
'aid constitution and articles, as required
~ the said act has been received by me.
low;
THEREFORE, I, Benjamin Harrison,
president OF these United States |
,f America, d., in accordance with the pro-
'isions of the act of congress aforesaid,
ieclare and proclaim the fact that the con-
iitions imposed by congress on the State
II Washington to entitls that state to ad-
mission to the union have been ratified
md accepted. and that admission OF the
aid state into the union is now complete.
In testimony thereof have hereunto set
ny hand ard'caused the seal OF the United
states t., lie affixed.
Done 1T the City OF Washington, this
leventh day of November. in the year Of
'ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and
lightly nine, and of the independence Of the
United States OF America one hundred and
Ourteenth.
[sEAL] BENJAMIN HARRISON,
By the President.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary OF State.