Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-02-22
The Conference Report Adopted by
Both Clause Under Suspension
Of the Rules.
The Provisions Of the Bill as Re.
CARDS the Holding Of Constitu-
tional Conventions.
Former Objectionable Features in
The House Regarding School
Lands Fully Remedied.
Huron Wild With Delight, Notwith
standing a New Vote for Capi-
tai is Required.
What viii Grover Doe.

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| What Will Grover Do?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O-Mr. Springer
presented the conference report on the ter.
ritorial bill to the house to-day. The bill
as agreed to in the conference provides
for the admission of the states of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and
Washington. The territory of Dakota is
to be divided on the Seventh standard par.
allel. The delegates elected to the consti
tutional convention north of this parallel
shall assemble at Bismarck and those
south of the parallel at Sioux Falls. The
delegates to the convention in each of the
proposed new states shall be elected on
Tuesday after the first Monday in May
next and shall meet on the 4tf of July and
declare that they adopt the constitution of
the United States. They are authorized
thereupon to form constitutions and state
governments. 1t is provided that at the
elections for delegates to the convention in
South Dakota the electors shall vote for OF
against
THE SIOUX FALLS CONSTITUTION.
If majority Of the votes shall be for the
constitution, the convention shall re-sub-
nit to the people of South Dakota for rati-
fication or rejection, the constitution
framed at Sioux Falls and also the articles
and propositions separately submitted, in
cluding the question of location of tenn
porary seat of government with such
changes only as relate to name
and boundary of the proposed
state; to the reapportionment
Of the judicial and legislative districts
and such amendments as may be neces.
sary in order to comply with the .provis.
ions of this act, and if majority of the
votes cast on the ratification or rejection
OF the constitution shall he for the cOnsti.
tuition irrespective of the articles, sepa-
rately submitted, the state of South Dakota
shall be admitted as state into the Union
under said constitution as hereinafter pro.
vided; but the archives, records, and books
of the Territory of Dakota shall remain al
Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota un-
titan agreement in reference thereto is
reached by said states. But if at the eIec.
tion for delegates to the constitutional
convention in South Dakota majority of
all votes cast shall be
AGAINST THE SIOUX FALLS CONSTITUTION
it shall be the duty of the convention to
form constitution as if that question had
not been submitted to the people. It is
made the duty of the president to admit the
four new states by proclamation, if the
constitutions formed are ratified at the
election to be held on the first Tuesday in
October. Each of the new states shall be
entitled to one representative in congress-
except South DAKOTA, which shall be en-
titled to two representatives.
Section IL, provides that all lands herein
granted for educational purposes shall
be disposed of only at public sale
and at a price not less than
$40 per acre. The proceeds to constitute
q permanent school fund, the interest OF
which only shall be expended in the sup.
port Of said schools. but said lands may
under such regulations, as the legislatures
shall prescribe, be leased for periods of not
more than five years in quantities not ex-
ceeding one section to any one person OF
company and such land shall not be sub.
ject to preem ption or homestead entry, OF
any other entry under the land laws OF the
United States whether surveyed OF
unsurveyed, but shall be reserved
for school purposes only. All
mineral lands are exempted from the
grants made by this act
The two Dakotas are to be added to JUS
tice Miller's circuit (8th), and Washington
and Montana to Justice Fields (9th).
Until last night the name of Washington
was changed in the bill to Tacoma but i,
was then stricken out. Mr.. Barnes o1
Georgia said that as one of the conferees
he had been unable, under his sense o1
duty, to sign the report. He would not at
tempt, however, to enter into any argu
ment against the bill but would
allow the house to vote upon the report
without delay. The report was ther
adopted amid applause on both sides of thu
| chambers.
THE SENATE AGREES.
Senator Plat presented to the senate thu
conference report on the bill for the ad
mission Of South Dakota as state and fol
! the organization of the territory of North
Dakota. The clerk commenced the read
| ing of the substitute agreed upon by tn,
committee, looking to the admission a
states of North Dakota, South Dakota
Montana and Washington. After lonl
discussion q. vote was taken and the repor
was agreed to, without division.
THE DIRECT TAX BILL.
/ WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. - The hous,
adopted the conference report on the direc
tax bill by q vote Of yeas, 1853; nays, 50.
REGARDING THE PUBLIC LANDS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The senate com
mittee on public lands to-day consideret
the bill providing that public lands nov
subject to private entry shall in the future