, 1889-11-14
MONTANA is I'm
The President Issues His
Proclamation.
FULL TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT
1t Is Formal in Character, and
Resembles the Others,
HOW GOV. TOOLE WAS lNAUGuRATED'
The State Machinery Placed in
Operation Without the
Least Friction.

WASHINGTON, Nov. s.--President Har-
rison signed tue following proclamation
IT i0:I0 o'clock this morning:
Whereas, The congress of the United
States by an act approved the 22d dny
Of February, 1880, provided that tho in
habitants of the territory of Montana
might, upon conditions prescribed in
said act, become the state of Montana !;
and,
Whereas, II was provided by said act
thot delegates elected rs therein provided
70 tne constitutional convention In the
territory oil Montana should meet at the
scat OF government of said territory, and
siter they had met and organized they
should declare on behalf of the people o {
Montana that they adopt the constitution
OF the United States, whereupon the
said convention should be authorized to
FORM state government for the proposed
state OF Montana; and,
Whereas, 1t was provided by said act
that the constitution so adopted should
be republican In form and make no dis
tinction In civil or political rights on uc-
count OF race or color, except US to In
dians not taxed, aud not be rcpugnant I
" the constitution of the United States
and the principles of the declaration of
Independence, and that the convention
should by ordinance, irrovokable with =
out the consent of the United States and
people of said state, make certain pro.
visions prescribed in said act and,
Whereas, IL was proved by said act
that the constitution thus formed for the
people of Montana should, by ordinance
Of the convention forming the same, be
an election to be held therein on the first
Tuesday in October, 1889, for ratification
or rejection by the qualified voters of
said proposed state, and that the return S
OF said election should be made to the
secretary OF said territory, who, with
the governor and chief justice thereof or
any two of them, should canvass the
same, and if a majority Of the legal votes
cast should be for the constitution, the
governor should certify the result to the
president Of the United States, together
with statements of votes passed thereon,
and upon separate articles or proposi-
tions, and copy of said constitution,
articles, propositions and ordinances !;
and,
Whereas, 1t has been certified to me
by the governor of said territory that
within the time prescribed by said act OF
congress constitution for the proposed
state of Montana has been adopted and
that the same, together with two ord
inances connected Herewith, have been
ratified by u majority of the qualified
voters Of said proposed state, In accord
ohSo WNh NohdieiOio phcsCIlpcu III sultt
act; and,
Whereas, A duly authenticated copy
of said constitution and ordinances, as
required by said act. have been received
by me,
Now, therefore, I, BENJAMIN Harrison,
president of the United States of
America, do, in accordance with the pro-
visions OF the act of congress aforesaid,
declare and proclaim the fact that the
conditions imposed by congrcs3 on til 9
state of Montana to entitle that state to
admission into the union have been rati-
fled and accepted, and that admission
into the union is now completed.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to DO affixed.
Done at the city OF Washington, this
eighth day of November. In the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine, and of the independ-
ence of the Uniteed States of America
the one hundred and fourteenth.
BENJAMIN HARRISON. fSeal1
BY the president.
JAMES q. BLAINE, Secretary of State.