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Inc co1s'l'u''o''"i co1 eii'io'i must "iSo
P'o''ue 'o' Suoni'''iNsa, ,ue CONSTITUTION
i''ineu "S II u Tue peol''e u me 'eI Iii'o-
Z! LOT Fa'l"ca'loh OF ls!ection at Tie
election to De held on the first tuesday
IN october next Ihe re'urns OF this
election are 10 be canVassed by the gov
eTnor, chief justice and secretary o! the
territory and II majority OF the legal
| votes cast shall be for the constitution
1t Will be the duty OF the governor to
certify the resGlt to the president OF the
| United States, together with statement
II the votes cast thereon, and upon the
| separate articles or propositions, and If
the constitution Is Republican IN form,
and all OF the provisions of congress have
been fulfilled, 1t will become the duty OF
the president to issue a proclamation an-
nouncing the result of the election
Ihereupon the territory is to be deemed
admitted by congress into the Union on
an equal footing with original states
from and after the date of the presidents
proclamation.
"The constitutional Convention may
by ordinance provide for the election oi
officers for full state govern ment in
Guiding members of the legislature aud
a re representative in the fifty first congress
bnt the state government must remair
in allegiance until the state has been ad
mitsed into the Union. In case the con
stitution is ratified by the people The
legislature may assemble, organize anC
elect two United States senator's"
All of The foregoing indicates TO those
interested throughout the country tina
the present ear will De one OF great po
litical activity In Washington Territory
"Ibe question IS often asked" contin
ued MT. squire WI hat is the relative
stFehgth OF 'te Two great poilflcal par
Ties IN 'he 'e'fltofy! Lola may be an
swered by statlnS That the hepnollcar
Piurail'y At tue last election was 1851 II
totai OF niue over 4o,OoU. lie FRO
hioition eanuiha'e received Only 90.
Votes Immigration nas oeeh very erea
curing tue past year. ana u Is prooaoi'
thAt the vote VIII De propoThonsteiy ID
creased ln Octeoer- 1t Is talr 10 assume
That 'hefe VIII oe ah increase ol at leeh
Zo'UOo 'otes, ahd is oelleVed that tht
Ee" vote VIII MAINTAIN the same Poiiti
cal pFoporloh- ANY eHoiI 20 cojonlz'
VI euanse Tue co"lieA'on OIL tue iegisia
tuFe would tali' as quallhed voters ar'
reqlred to reside SIX months IN the tern
tory. Inc democrats carried only three
districts ont OF tWenty-fous IN the las
November election, electIng three mem
beFs OF the house OF representatives o
the territory and one member OF th'
councf' Ihere are tWenty-four mem
bers OF the house and twelve of the coun
Gil. Two years ago the council was
tie, and the house had eleven Democrat
and thirteen Republicans.
The constitutional convention vii
probably provide tOr much larger mum
Der OF representatives, in the state legis
lature than there are now in the terri
| tOrIal body; possibly there Will be al
many as seventy-tive in the lower house
1t is also probable that the democrats
will make great effort to carry larg'
number OF districts. 1t has been init