Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
The Provisions Under Which
Montana, Washington and
the DakOtas Come In.
DELEGATE TOOLE'SMESSAGE
This Able Representative Sends
Greetings to the People of the
Far Northwest.
ENTHUSIASM IN THE HOUSE.

The Bill Goes Through Both Houses
without DivisiOn-The Line that Di-
vides the Two Dakotas-Providing for
the Coming Elections in Each of the
New States-South Dakota to Have Two
Representatives in the Lower House.
Each of the Others One-When They
Are to be Chosen-School and Mineral
Lands-The Circuit Courts.
WASHINGTON, February 20, 8 p. m.-[To
the Butte Miner. II salute two hundred
thousand sovereign people, and send the
glad tidings of our admission into the
Union. j. K. TooLE.
THE CoNFEREEs SIGN THE BILL.
WASHINGTON, February 2O.-The con-
ferees on the omnibus territorial bill all
affixed their signatures to the report, as
agreed upon, with the exception OF Repre-
sentative Barnes, who has the matter
under advisement. 1t is said he will not
oppose the bill in the House, if he does not
sign it.
The House has adopted the conference
report on the territorial bill, without di-
vision, amid applause.
THE SENATE AGREES TO THE REPORT.
WASHINGTON, February 2O.-The Senate
has agreed to the conference report on the
omnibus territorial bill
THE PARTICULARS IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, February 2O.-Springsr
presented OF the conference report on
the territorial bill. The bill as agreed to
in the conference provides for the ad.
mission OF the states OF North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana and Washington
territories.
Dakota is to be divided on the line OF the
9TH standard parallel, proceeding due west
to the western boundary OF the territory.
Delegates g. ected to the constitutional
convention north of this parallel shall
assemble at Bismarck, those elected south
OF that parallel at Sioux Falls.
The delegates to the convention in each
OF the propostd new states shall be elected
on the Tuesday after the first Monda y
in May next, and shall meet on the 4th oi
July and declare that they adopt the
constitution of the United States. They
are authorized thereupon to from
CONSTITUTIONS AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.
1t is provided that at the election for
delegates to the convention in South Da
kota the electors shall vote for OF against
the Sioux Falls constitution. If thu
majority votes shall be for the constitu
ton, the convention shall re-submit to the
people of South Dakota for ratification
or rejection, the constitution framed al
Sioux Falls, and also the aeticles anC
propositions separately submitted, includ
ing the question OF locating a temporary
seat OF government, with such changes
only as relate to the name and boundary
OF the proposed state, to the reappoint
ment OF the judicial and legislative districts
and such amendments as may be necessary
in order to comply with the provisions o
this bill, and il the majority OF the votes
cast on ratification or rejection OF thu
constitution shall be "for the constitution,
irrespective Of the articles separately sub
mitted,
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
shall be admitted as state in the unioI
under said constitution as hereinafter pro
vided. But the archives, records ant
books OF the territory OF Dakota shall re
main at Bismarck, the capital OF Nortl
Dakota, until an agreement in referenc
thereto is reached by the said states.
But if, at the election for delegates to tn
constitutional convention in South Da
kota, the majority OF all the votes cas-
shall be against the Sioux Falls constitu
ton, it shall be the duty Of the conventio!
to form constitution as if that question
had not been submitted to the people.
This bill makes it the duty OF the pres
dent to admit the four new states by pre-