Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-09-15
The Question is not who Killed
Cock Robin or who Struck
Mr.. Patterson, but
Who Gained Admission for Montana
into the Union, the Democrats
or the Republicans ?
CONCERNING STATEHOOD.
To which Party Does Montana Owe Its Ad.
mission.

bis admirable speech delivered at
Mile. City last week made 1t perfectly
plain to bis audience that il was to the
republican members OF the last con-
gTess that we owe our admission as a
state, 1--WE propore, owing to the fact
that those two PLAUSIBLE democratic
orators, Joe Toole and Martin MagiD-
nis are 10 be here next Thursday, 10
fore-tall any statement they may
make in this regard. and put the facts
ia detail before our readers. Ii should
be suffi ,ient and all convincing ar
gument In favor Of The republican
party TO ask is anyone ever heard Of
step being taken by the democrats
in congress, looking TO the admission
of the territories until after the tidal
wave Of popular condemnation had
overwh elmed the Cleveland admins
tration and ,et the zeal Of disspprobs-
tion on its policy, but 1t will be inter
esing to those who do not keep IN
memory the details Of the work Of ad-
mission to read the following bard
facts, and here they are substantially:
The democrats in the house Of rep
resentatives passed an odious bill,
termed by them sn admission bill.
Prominent Objectionable features in it
were
First-Thst after the new states
adopted constitutions, 1t was made
nsO' sssry for congress to take action
upon their admission. This left the
new sspirants for statehood in exactly
the same place Trey were before, for
had not sou.e of them Including Mon
tana) already adopted suitable consti-
tutiona. without a particle Of benefit
from II.
Second-That il was proposed TO
work "cat-hopn in Dakota because
1t was overwhelmingly republican, by
which a minority Of the voters tme'n-
ing the democrats) could prevent Dh-
kota being admitted So two states.
Third-That New Mexico with its
10000 greasels against 10000 whites
was TO he included in the bunch simp-
~ because Il was democratic. There
were also other bad features of lesser
importance.
In this form IL passed the demo-
cratic house Of representatives aud
went to the republican senate. That
body eliminated the Objectionable
Gestures by
First-Amending the hill 50 that all
that IL necessary for the new states to
do il IN formulate and adopt suitable
constitutions and elect state officers,
wbereupon II becomes the duty Of the
President to declare by proclamation
that they ere admitted. That's all
there In to Il, and no uncertain con.
gressional action is to be awaited.
Secoud-The absurd and unjust
division whereby Dakota must come
In as one state, or not at all, thus per
petuating the division fight which the
democrats have engineered 30 success
fully for several years, was stricken
out bodily and Dakota comes N ss
two states-mighty Dig and rich ones
at that.
Third-New Mexico was stricken
from the list. The other lesser objec.
tions were either amended or else cut
out. Then II was returned TO the
house.
Mark the result:
One hundred and one democrats
voted against the bill, and one inde-
pendent.
One hundred and twenty-seven re-
publicsns voted In favor Of the bill
and only twenty democrats and one
independent.
These are facts which the records
prove.
Who, then, passed the statehood
bill?
The answer IL, the republicans.
Remember this when Toole aud
Maginnis make their specious argu.
ments here next week. They are
PLAUSIBLE takers. and will do their
best TO make their auditors believe
that Montana owes its admission TO
the democratic party, but they cannot