Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-21
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT.
The Conference Report on
Territories Adopted.
FOUR NEW STARS FOR THE FLAG.
The President Empowered TO Place the
Grown of Statehood ON North and south
Dakota, Montana and washington-The
Direct Tax Bin Also Agreed TO.

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Direct Tax Bin Also Agreed to.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The house agreed
to the conference report on the direct tax
bill and the bill for the admission Of the
territories, and considered the postofice ap-
preparation bill.
Immediately after the reading Of the journal
the contest over the direct tax bin was re-
sumed, Mr.. Caswell, Of Iowa, calling up the
conference report as matter Of privilege
The house determined--yeas, l34; nays, 93-
to consider the conference report. The CON
stitutional features Of the bill were discussed,
and the conference report was then agreed
to; Yeas, l6s; nays, S.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, presented the CON
ference report on the territorial bill.
The bill as agreed to in conference provides
for the admission Of the states Of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wash
ington. The territory Of 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
elected TO the constitutional convention north
Of this parallel shall assemble at Bismarck.
and those elected south Of the parallel at
Sioux Falls. The delegates to the convention
in each Of the proposed new states shall be
elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday
in May next, and shall meet on July and
declare that they adopt the constitution of
the United States. They are authorized
thereupon to form constitutions and state
governments.
1t is provided that at the election for
delegates to the convention in South Dakota
the electors shall vote for or against the
Sioux Falls constitution. If majority Of
the votes shall be for the constitution. the
convention shall resubmit to the people of
South Dakota, for ratification or rejection.
the constitution framed at Sioux Falls. and
also the articles and propositions separately
submitted, including the question Of locating
the temporary seat Of government, with
such changes only as relate TO the name
and boundary Of the proposed state, to
the reappointment Of the judicial
and legislative districts and such amendments
as may be necessary in order to comply with
the provisions Of this act; and If majority
OF the votes cast on the ratification or re-
1ectiQn Of the constitution shall be for the
constitution, irrespective OF the articles
separately submitted, the state Of South
Dakota shall be admitted as a state IN the
Union under said constitution as hereinafter
provided; but the archives, records and books
Of the territory of Dakota shall remain AZ
Bismarck, the capital Of North Dakota, until
an agreement in reference thereto is reached
By said states. But if, at the election for
delegates 20 the constitutional convention in
South Dakota, a majority Of all the votes
cast shall be against the Sioux Fails constit7,-
tion it shall be the duty Of the convention to
form 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 constitaI-
tions formed are ratified at the election to be
held on the first Tuesday in October. Each
OF the new states shall be entitled to one rep-
resentative in congress, except South Dakota.
which shall be entitled to two
Section II provides that all lands herein
granted for educational purposes shall be dis
posed of only at public sale, aud at price
not less than $40 per acre, the proceeds to
constitute permanent school fund, the in
terest of which only shall be expended in the
support of said schools. But said lands may
under such regulations as the legislature shall
prescribe, be leased for periods Of not more
than five years, in quantities not exceeding
one section to any one person or company,
and such land shall not be subject to pre-
emption, homestead entry, or any other entry
under the land laws Of the United States.
whether surveyed or unsurveyed. but shall be
reserved for school purposes only.
All mineral lands are exempted from the
grants made by the act. The two Dakotas
are TO be added to Justice Millers circuit the
Eighth, and. Washington and Montana to
Justice Fields the Ninth.
Mr.. Barnes lGa.l said that, as one Of the
conferrees he had been unable, under his sense
Of duty, to sign the report
The report was then adopted amid ap-
plause.
THE sAcKvILLE AFFAIR
The president sent to congress all the cor
respondence which has taken place between
this government and the governments OF Great
Britain in regard to the dismissal Of Lord
SaclSville-West as minister Of Great Britain
to the United States. The correspondence
opens with a copy Of the Murchison letter and
Lord Sackville's reply thereto.
On Oct 25 Secretary Bayard, in a telegram
directed Minister Phelps TO invite Lord Sails
bury's attention to the Murchison letter, and
the next day Secretary Bayard telegraphed
to Minister Phelps that Mr. Vests usefulness
in this country was at an end that a strong
public sentiment had been aroused, and that
Lord Salisbury should be permitted as speed
lily as possible to understand the necessity Of
immediate action
On Oct. 2S Minister Phelps telegraphed to
Secretary Bayard that Lord Salisbury de-
clined TO act until in receipt of the precise
language Of Lord Sacllville and his explana-
tion. Lord Salisbury did not regard the
minister's letter alone as sufficient to warrant
his recall, thus ending his diplomatic career
which would not necessarily be the case if he
were dismissed by the government Of the
United States, for which course there are
precedents,
Mr.. Phelps said that there would be long
delays with no decisive result if dependence
were placed on the movement Of the British
government, and advised that action be taken
upon the intimation Of Lord Salisbury
The correspondence then gives the report
of Secretary Bayard 70 the president on the
conduct of Lord SacsSville, and the letter
from Mr.. Bayard 10 Lord SaclSville, dated
Oct 50, informing him that the president
deemed 1t best that thereafter diplomatic
business with England should be transacted
through other channels and inclosing his pass
ports.
All the subsequent correspondence was also
transmitted in tull, but the outline Of all the
Iaets contained have already been published.
THE NICARAGUA BILL APPnovED.
All doubt about the fate Of the bill to in
corporate tine Maritime Canal company Of
Nicaragua was set at rest when the president
returned the bill TO the senate with his an
proyal This favorable action gives the
friends Of the enterprise intense satisfaction.