Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-03

North and South Dakota Admitted to the
Sisterhood.
WASHINGTON, November 21-The follow
ing dispatch was sent from the Executive
Mansion this afternoon by Secretary Blaine
to Governors Mellette and Miller of North
and South Dakota:
The last act in the admission of the two Da-
kotas as States into the Union was completed
this afternoon at the Executive Mansion at
o clock and 40 minutes, by the President sign
ing the proclamation required by law for the
admission of the two states.
The article on prohibition, submitted sepa-
rately in each State. was adopted in both artl-
cles The one providing for representation in
South Dakota was rejected by the people. This
is the first instance in the history of the National
Government of two States North and South
Dakota) entering the Union at the same mo-
ment. JAMES u. BLAINE.
The following is the text of the proclama-
ton admitting North Dakota
By the President of the United States of
America Proclamation.
WHEREAS. The Congress of the United States
did, by an Act approved on the 22d day of Feb
ruary, 1889. provide thst the Territory of Da-
kota might upon conditions prescribed in said
Act become States North Dakota and South Da-
kota and whereas, it was provided by said
Act that the area comprising the Territory of
Dakota should, for the purposes of the Act be
divided on a line of the 18th standard parallel
line of said Territory, and the delegates elected
as therein provided to the Constitutional Con-
yention in the districts north of said parallel
should assemble in Convention at time pre-
scribed in the Act at the city of Bismarck !;
and, whereas, it was provided by said
Act that the delegates elected aforesaid
should, after they had met, organize and
declare on behalf of the people of North
Dakota that they adopt the Constitution of the
United States, whereupon said Convention
should be authorized to form Constitution and
State Government for the proposed State of
North Dakota; and whereas 1t was provided by
said Act tn at Constitution so adopted should
be republican in form, aud make no distinc
ton of civil or political rights on account of
race or color except to Indians not taxed, and
not repugnant to the Constitution Of the United
States and the principle of the declaration of
independence, and the Convention should by
ordinance irrevocable, without the consent of
the United States and the people of said States,
make certain provisions prescribed in said Act;
and whereas 1t was provided by said Act that
the Constitution of North Dakota and South
Dakota should respectively incorporate the
agreement to be reached in accordance with
the provisions of the Act for an equitable di
vision of ali public records and also for the ap
portionment of the debts and liabilities of said
Territory, and that each of said states should
obligate itself to proportion of such
debts and liabilities the same as if they
had been created by such States respectively;
and, whereas, it was provided bysaid Act that
the Constitution thus formed for the people of
North Dakota should, by the ordinance of the
Convention forming the same, be submitted to
the people of North Dakota at an election to be
held there on the first Tuesday OF October, 1889,
for ratification or rejection by the quallhed
voters of said proposed State. and that the re-
turns of said election should be made to the
Secretary of the Territory of Dakota, who, with
the Governor and Chief Justice thereof, or
any two of them, shall canvass the same. II
majority of the legal votes cast should be for the
Constitution the Governor should certify the
result to the President of the United states, to-
gether with a statement of the votes cast
thereon, and upon the separate articles or the
propositions, .and copy of said CODsti-
tuition, articles and propositions and or
dinances; and, whereas, it has been certified
to the Governor of the Territory OF Dakota
that within the time prescribed by said Act
of Congress the Constitution for the proposed
state of North Dakota has been adopted AID
the same ratified by majority OF the qualified
voters of said proposed 5. ate 10 accordance with
the conditions prescribed in said Act and
whereas, it is certified to said Government that
at the same time that the body of the same
Constitution was submitted to the votes of the
people a separate article. numbered 90, and en-
titled Prohibition" was also submitted and
received majority of all the votes cast for or
against the Constitution, which was adopted;
and whereas, a duly authenticated copy OF said
Constitution, article, ordinance and PROPOSE
tion- as required by said Act has been received
by me.
Now, therefore I, Benjamin Harrison, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, in accord
anee with the provisions OF the Act of
Congress aforesaid, declare and proclaim
as fact that the conditions imposed by Con-
gress on the State of North Dakota to entitle
that State to admission to the Unions have been
ratified and accepted, and that the admission of
said State into The Union is complete.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Seal of the United states
to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this I'd day
OF November, in the year of our Lord 1889, and
of the independence of the United States OF
ID and fDurtnpOtb
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.