The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-06
From the Ne,o York Sun.

From the Ne,1 York Sun.
ur,eurvGToN. Feb. 25.-On March 4,
,-eo when government under the constitu-
4!sn bacan there were eleven states IN the
ZION North Carolina formally came in
~, Nov. q, of that year, and Rhode Island,
than the only one awaited oi'the original
.i1,rtaan ratified the constitution on May
% ron Had the tardy little state delayed
-, longer she might have been out
nri,ned nv a newcomer; for, under the act
o. March 6, 1890. Vermont had been
e,r1ad ont of a part of the territory of
NJ Work. aud on Feb. IS, 1791, an act of
congress admitted her for March 4, follow
ING 1t may not be generally known that,
nltbongh Vermont was thus the first new
e+ste added to the original thirteen, the act
Emitting kentucky was really passed and
onroved a fortnight earlier than the one
Emit ing Vermont Kentucky's applica-
tion also had been made two months earlier
tben the Green mountain states, but the
sct admitting her, was framed so as to take
ofFact only on June /, 1892 SO that she came
ip second. FIT zen states joined in the cleo
ton of President Washington for his second
term. -,
VIRGINIA he'd set off Kentucky, SO in Deem
her 1889, North Carolina had set off Ten
nessee. and early the following year this
territory was formally conveyed to the
General government, and by it accepted.
Six wears later its people in convention
odoDfed a constiu tion aud applied for ad
mission to the union, which application
was promptly granted, to date from June
1895. l. ing before that ii ne the north
west territory had been established nnder
the famous ordinance OF July IL, 1857.
During the remaining years Of the century
fins tract was slowly set led, and an act
was approved April 80. 1902, Allowing the
east, rn norton of it TO became a slate
on forming a constltu ion. This was
effected on Nov. l following, and full
compliance with the law on Nov. 20, 1902,
SO that Ohio then became the seventeenth
state
Nine years and more passed before the
admission of another state. louisa ha
been formed out of the territory coded by
France under the treaty of April 30, 1903.
The following year this French territory
had been divided by congress into two
paris. the southern being called the TIE ri
tory Of Orleans and the northern the Dis
trict of louisa a. The people Of the
former, early il 1912, formed government
under an enablin, act passed by congress
eleven mout1s previous, and the act for
their admission as the state of louisa
was approved April 8, 1872. Louisiana was
followed by IndI ma Dec H. 1916; by Mis-
sssippi, Dec. 10, 1917; by Illinois, Dec. 3,
Ing four new states in four successive De-
cembers. Indiana and Illinois, of course,
had been formed from the northwestern
1 territory; the other two from territory
coded to the United States by South Caro-
Ina and Georgia. Maine also quickly fol-
lowed, March Is, 1920, being formed out of
1 a part Of MasSac uSetts; while Missouri.
which was formerly the District Of LouiSi-
/ ana and had received its new name in 1912,
was admitted Aug. 10, 1921. Hers was one of
/ the most memorable of all admissions, Tor
/ the act authorizing 1t was also entitled an act
ITO prohibit slavery in csrtai terrific les,
| pa sed March 6, 1920. The memorable de-
bates on that bject resulted in the ap-
pointment of Joint committee of Senate
| and House, which reported a "resolutiol
| providing for the admission Of the state of
Missouri into the union on certain con-
/ dtion,h which condition was formally &C
| cepted.
The nine years from 1912 to 1921 had
thus been fruitful in the extension OF the
federal system, having resulted III the ad-
mission of seven new states covering large
area This activity in state making was
followed by lull lasting fifteen years, dur
ing which no state was added. But when
the first half century of the government
under the union drew to close the event
was prefaced by the creation of two new
state3-Arkansas, formed out of the French
territory, admitted June Is, 1886; Michi-
gan, formed from the mort west terri
tory, admitted Jan. 26, 1887. Thus the fifty
years closed with twenty-six states in the
union.
Another long interval followed before
new period of state forming activity. Spain
bad ceded Florida to the United S.ates
under tie treaty Of Feb. o. 1919, and
twenty years afterward, in 1889, its PEG lie
sought admission as a state But contest
arose over the proposal to divide the terri
tory for the purpose of ultimate admission,
into East and West Florida. The WEAKNESS
which had for many years existing regard
Ing the admission of great prepoGderance
oil either northern OF southern states pro-
longed this dispute, and meanwhile the
great northwest had begun to grow rapidly.
The consequence was a double admission,
the first in the history of the country
though now outdone by the recent quad
ripple admission-tne territories prohting
by 1t being Iowa and Florida. Tuere was
something very significa It in the ext eme
southeast and the extreme northwest of the
then pJpula ed reg ons being brought in
bge.uer as if to offset each Other. 1t hap
peAed, however, that the admi sion of Iowa
was not contaminated till 1916, aud mean
"nlle lexis came in ahead Of her. The act
Ot March 3, 1915, followed the usual 70 =
mua, except tor including two states in
Stead of one
lha- the states of Iowa and Florida be
ana the same are hereby declared to be
states OF The United States of America, and
are hereby admitted into the union on an
equal footing with the original states in all
respects Whatever
lee entrance Of Texas which occurred
near the end of lS45, was exceptional as the
lrst admission of an independent republic
ana also, of course, in its being followed by
war With Mexico. In 1913 w Isconsin came
IA, and California followed in 1850. An
ovler Interval of eight years then occurred
SItaouJ the addition of a state, succeede /
y period of nine years, during which no
S"er than six states were admitted.
i teese were Minnesota, in 1858; Oregon, ia
1927 Kansas, in 1851; Wet Virgil ia, in
1TSoo' Nevada, in 1864; Nebraska, ia 1857.
zen after another nine years, came Colo
tIaqlo In 1876. Finally, afGer an interval Of
,LF'een years, we see the first century Of
le union rounded out by four new sta .es,
s "V5t VI Dakota, South Dakato, Washington,
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