Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-21
HERE We COME
Hand In Hand-FOur New
States From the
Western Land
Both tious.s Pass TIA C%Onfereno
Committee BtiI.
All That is Now Needed is the
Presidents Sig .ature.

Washington. Feb. 20.-This afternoon
the report OF the copferees on the terri
toriai bill was adopted by both the house
and the senate, without division and
amid great applause. The bill. after
having been properly signed by the
presiding officers OF the two houses, will
now so TO the president for his sigma.
ture.
The conferees all affixed their sigma
lures to the report as agreed upon with
Che exception OF Representative Barnes -.
Ii is SAID that MIR. barnes hesitancy
ariaes not from any hostility to the ad-
mission of the territories, bat because be
has some doubts in regard to the advis.
ability Of allowing the territories to
come IN under presidential proclamation
instead OF coming to congress for admis-
sion by special acts.
The bill, as agreed to In conference,
provides for the admission of the states
OF North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon.
tsna and WsshinRton. The territory of
Dakota is to be divided on the line OF
the .7th standard parallel, produced
west to the western boundary CT the ter
ritory. The delegates elected to a con-
stitutionsl convention north OF this
parallel shall assemble at Bismarck, and
those south of the parallel, at Sioux Falls.
The delegates to the convention in eacb
Of the proposed new states shall be
elected on the Tuesday after the fret
Monday in May next, and shall meet on
the fourth OF July and declare that they
adopt the constitution OF the United
States. They are authorized thereupon
to form constitutions and state govern.
mspts.
Ii ls provided that at the election for
delegates to the convention, in South
Dakota, the electors she'll vote for or
against the Sioux Falls constitution. II
a majority OF the votes shall be for the
constitution of the convention shall re-
submit tc the people Of South Dakota,
for ratification or r ejsction. the oonstitu
ton framed OF Sioux Falls, and also the
articles and propositions separately sub
mitted, including the question of locat-
ing She temporary seat OF government,
with such changes IS relate Co the name
and boundary of the proposed state, 10
the reapportionment OF judicial and
legislative DISTRICTS, and saoh amend
EnsHttS aF n.y Do neoe55aTy ii rEh.T 50
comply with the provisions of this act;
and if a majority OF the votes cast on the
ratification or rejection OF the constitu-
ton shall be for the constitution, irres-
pective OF the articles separately sub
niitted, the state OF South Dakota shall
be submitted as a state In the union
under said constitution as hereinafter
provided bat the archives, records and
books OF the territory of Dakota shall
remain at Bismarck, the capital OF North
Dakota, until an agreement In reference
thereto is reached by said states. Bat
il at the election of delegates to the
constitutional convention in South Da-
kota o majority of all the votes cast she'll
be against she Sioux Falls constitution,
1t shall be the duty OF the convention to
form o 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 prool8ma-
tion if the constitutions framed are
ratified at the election to be held on the
first Tuesday in October.
Each OF the new states shall be enti-
tlei TO one representative in congress.
except South Dakota, which shall be en-
titled to two representatives.
Section IL provides that all lands here
in granted for educational purposes shall
be disposed o. only at public sale. and
at q price not less than $40 per acre, the
proceeds { o constitute q permanent
school fund, the interest OF which only
g half shall be expended IN the support
of said schools. But said lands may.
under such regulations as the legislatures
shall prescribe, bs leased for periods of
not more than five years. in quantities
not exceeding one section to any one
person or company, ard such lands shall
not be subject to presumption, home-
stead entry or any other entry under the
land laws OF the United States, whether
surveyed or ~unsnrveyed, bnt shall be re-
served for school purposes only. All
mineral lands are exempted from she
grants made by this act.
The two Dakotss are to be added TO
Justice Miller's circuit. in the eighth dis
trict, and Washington and Montana to
Justice Fields. the ninth district.
Until last night the name OF Washing
ton was changed in the bill to Tacoma,
but il was then stricken out.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Washington, Feb. 20.-The majority
| Of the territorial conference committee
OF the house will make its report today
on the territorial bill which will be
eighty diff from that which was
contemplated by the house in its in.
structions to the committee. The most
Important change which will be made
will be that the election for congressman
aud state officers in the state Of South
Dakota shall not take place until mex,
fell, the object being to prevent South
Dakota from sending members Of con-
gress here before the assembling OF til.
next congress in December, in the even!