The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-05

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All opinion.
war N HARRlsos Is aESTTxATEg
If the President should maintain bis
teebnssag POSITION and withhold bis proofs
NATION unta reception q the letter. the
state organization caanot be completed
ustta the Monday following. before which
time the state officers cannot take their
seats.
Lgetsr6TUzE wiIG. MET WEDNESDAY
The situation is made Jet more interest
IMP b. The evident desire and intention Of
the twenty members who are here 10 as
seaahle without proclamation. south la
kota's legislature met seek or more ago
and elected United States senators. The
authority upon y hich the South Dako;ans
proceeded = a. following The very plain pro-
vision Of the qusdruple enabling act:
ECO. ~ Constitutional conventions may. -
ordinance, provide for the election Of osacers
fos faE slate governments. including members
az The legislature and Representatives IA the
Fslry-hrst congress, bat sast state governments
shall rrrezln IN abeyAsce HEtl the states shall os
admitted into the uaiOn respectively as pro-
viasd fa tais act. In case the CONSTRUCTION OF
aug Of TIE said proposed states shall be Sstlned
~ the People but not Otherwise. the Legislature
shsreof may assemble. organize. aad eject two
senssoFs OF the United states.
This section does not eoaf0rm strictly 20
the constitution Of the United States, and
tbe enabling ACT is therefore said by some
60 be imperative in this respect bat such
procedure has been taken by other pro-
p0sed states, and the nominees there
selected have been received by the United
States senate, so 1t is pretty certain that
the first legislature OF Washington will ac-
cept the enabling act and precedents as
ample authority and will meet on Wednes-
day. and then. after organization, proceed
To the election OF United States senators.
ELECTION or SENATORS LEGAL
An incentive TO such action Is found IN
the constitutional provision that the United
States Senate shall lie the judge of the
eligibility o. its own members, and If the
state elects TWO Republican senator's. even
before masnring into statehood, the Senate.
being Republican. viii doubtless hold the
nominees az duly qualified and indorse
their credentials without question