The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-03

Kentucky's application had been v months
earlier than the Green Mountain States, but
effect only ON June !, 1872, 80 that she came In
second. Fifteen States Joined I'm the election Of
President Washington for his second term:
As New York had set OF Vermont, and Vir-
ginia had set of Kentucky, 40 in December,
i7se. North Carolina had set of Tennessee, and
early the following year r this Territory was for
and by 1t accepted. Six years later its people,
In convention, adopted Q constitution and ap-
plication was promptly granted. to date from
June I, 1896. Long before that time the North.
west Territory had been established under the
famous ordinance Of July IS, 1857. During the
remaining years Of the century this tract was
slowly settled. and an act was approved April
50, 1900. allowing the eastern portion Of 1t to be-
come q State on forming q constitution. This
was effected on November 1 following, and full
compliance with the law ON November ~, 1902,
State.
MIN years and more passed before the admis-
sion Of another State. Louisiana had been
der dDa.f tie G treaty Il s q April sysriis So i SsSsa T IL 'f foiiow ing
year this French territory had been divided by
Congress into two Parts, the southern being
the District Of Louisiana. The people of the
former, early In 1919, formed u gDrt:liment UNI
% ss5 sR sn pss1Ies: sS aud sas sss ~. BY S e. den &ss. s s1sSsn
sion as the State OF Louisiana was approved
April g, 1912; Louisiana, WAS followed by In
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lowed. March Is. 1850. being formed out Of a part
Of Massachusetts; while Missouri, which was
csived is new name in 1879. was s;d mi An.
gust ~. 1921. Hers was one Of the most menu
orable OF all adlnissions, for the act authorizing
in certain Territories. passed March q, 1870.
The memorable debates on that subject resulted
In the appointment Of a joint committee of
providing for the admission Of the State Of Mis-.
souri, into the Union on q certain condition."
which condition was formally accepted:
fruitful to the extension Of the Federal system,
having resulted in the admission Of seven new
States ststss,n sSy !, vas e ls snf;o srsS; Nv This y as,, n;s ast;a;yy ~ ~
teen years, during which no State was added.
But when the first half century of the Govern.
WAS prefsced by the creation Of two new states
Arkansas, formed out of the French Territory,
admitted June Il, 1885; Michigan, formed from
1887. Thus the fifty years closed with twenty
six states in the Union.
Another long interval followed before a new
coded Florida to the United States under the
treaty of February %, 1915. and twenty years
afterward, in 1889, its people sought admission
as . State. But a contest arose over the pro-
posal to divide the territory for the purpose of
ultimate admission into the Union Of East and
West Florida. The wariness which had for
many years existed regarding the admission of
Q great prepOnderance of either Northern or
Southern States prolonged this dispute, and
grow rapidly. The consequence, was a double
admission. the first In the history of the
country-though now outdole by tile recent
quadrupleG dmission-the Territories lrOfting
by 1t being o and Florida. There was some.
thing very significant in the extreme southeast
and the extreme northwest of the then popu-
lated regions being brought in together as II to
the admission of Iowa was not consummated
till 1876. and meanwhile Texas came in ahead of
her. The act of March 8, 1916, followed the
usual formula except for including two States
instead of one:
.That the States Of Iowa and Florida be, and
the same are hereby declared to be. States Of
the United States of America, and are hereby
admitted into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States IN all respects what.
ever"
The entrance of Texas, which occurred near
the end of 16A5, was exceptional as the first ad.
mission of an independent republic, and also,
Of course, In its being followed by war with
fornia followed i'll 1850. Another interval of
eight years then occurred without the admis-
sion Of a State, succeeded by a period of nine
years during which no fewer than six States
were admitted. These were Minnesota, in 1858;
Oregon. in 1859; Kansas, in 1861; West vir.
ginia, in 1863; Nevada, in 1864; Nebraska. I'm
1857: Then. after another nine years, came Col,
orado. IN 1876. Finally. after an interval of
thirteen yeare. we see the first century of the
Union rounded out by four new States, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Mon
tana.