, 1889-02-21
22ND YEAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Territorial Bill Passed by
the House.
Correspondence in the Sackville
West Matter.
Germany Demands the Arrest
of ]. e. Klein.
In the House.

In the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Immediately
after the reading OF the journal the con-
test over the direct tax bill was resumed,
Caswell of Iowa calling upIbe conference
report as a matter of privilege. Crisp of
Georgia raised the question of considera-
ton, and stated that while he was willing
to give precedence. to the appropriation
bills he would a~ntagonize any other meas
ures with the contested election case. The
house observation-disclosures 16S, y SS-to
consider the report. MI. Bland of Mis-
souri, moved for a reconsideration, and
Kelly moved to table the motion to recon-
slider.
Springer presented the report on the
territorial bill. The bill as agreed to in
conference provides for the admission of
the states IF North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana and Washington Territory.
Dakota is to be divided on the line of the
seventh standard parallel produced
due west TO the western boundary of the
territory. The delegates selected to the
constitutional convention north of this
parallel shall assemble at Bismarck and
those elected south of this parallel at
Sioux Falls The delegates to the CON
vention in each Of the proposed new
states shall be elected on Tuesday after
the Tuesday after the first Monday
NAV next and shall meet on
the 4th of July and declare that they
adopt the constitution of the United
States. They are authorized thereupon
to form a constitution and state govern
ments.
1t is provided that at the election for
delegates to the convention in South Da-
kota electors hall vote for or against the
Sioux Falls constitution. IF the majority
of the votes shall be for the constitution
the convention shall rcsubmit to the
people of South Dakota for ratification or
rejection the constitution framed at Sioux
Falls, and also articles and propositions
separately submitted, including the ques-
ton of locating a temporary seat of gov
eminent, with such changes only as relate
to the name and boundary of the proposed
state, for the reappointment of judicial
and Legislative districts, and such amend
ments as may be necessary in order to
comply with the provisions of this act, and
if the majority OF votes cast on the rati
~fication or rejection OF the constitution
shall be for a constitution irrespective
of the articles separately submitted the
state Of South Dakota shall be admitted
as a state in the Union under said consti-
tuition as hereinafter provided. but the
archives, records and books of the terri
tory of Dakota shall remain at Bismarck,
the capital of North Dakota. until an
agreement in reference thereto is reached
by said states. But if at the election for
delegates to the constitutional convention
in South Dakota the majority of all votes
cast shall be against the Sioux Falls con-
stltution it shall be the duty of the con-
~ventiOn to form a constitution as if that
question had not been submitted to the
people.
1t is made the duty of the president to
admit the four new states by proclamation
if the constitutions formed are ratified at
the election to be held the first Tuesday In
October. Each of the new states shall be
entitled to one representative in congress
except South Dakota, which shall be en-
titled to two representatives.
Section III provides that all lands here
in granted for educational purposes shall
be disposed of only at public sale, and at
a price not less than $40 per acre, the
proceeds to constitute a permanent school
fund, the interest Of which shall he ex-
pended only in the support of said
schools, but said lands may, under such
regulations as the legislatures shall pre-
scribe, be leased for periods of not more
han five years in quantities not exceed
ing one section to any one person or COM
pany, and such lands shall not be subject
to presumption, homestead entry, or any
other entry under the land laws of the
the United States whether surveyed or
unsurveyed, but shall be reserved for
school purposes only. All mineral lands
are exempted from grants made by this
act.
The two Dakotas are to be added to
Justice Miller circuit in the eighth, and
Washington and Montana to Justice
Fields in the ninth. Until last nightsthe
name OF Washington was changed in the
bill to Tacoma, but it was then stricken
out.
Barnes of Georgia said as one of the
conferees, he had been unable under his
sense of duty to sign the report. He
would not attempt, however, to enter into
any argument against the bill but would
allow the house to vote upon the report
without delay.
The report was then adopted amid APP
plause on both sides of the chamber.
The speaker then proceeded to clear
his table of executive communications
and senate bills, and Randall, voicing the
sentiment of the friends of Cowel's bill,
OBJECTED 10 any disposition OF thls Dusl-
ness which could in any way interfere
with the consideration of that measure.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole on the appropriation bill.
Little progress had been made when the
committee rose, and the house took a re.
cess, the evening session to be for the
consideration of business reported from
the committee on commerce.
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In the senate.