Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-04
FORTY STARS.
Idaho Adds Another to the
Glorious Galaxy.
ALI Old American Flags Are
Now Out Of Date.
Wyoming Will Wait Few Days
Before Coming In.
The Presidents Reasons For Signing the
Idaho Bill Yesterday-Flags Float
Over the Capitol.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Senate amend
ment to the Wyoming admission bill
would have been concurred in to-day by
the House had quorum been present.
The point OF no quorum was made, and
Cannon of Illinois appealed to the
House to permit the adoption ss. the
conference report on the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill, and concur
renee in the amendment to the Wyo-
ming bill without the point OF no QUO
rum being raised, saying that he would
move to adjourn Immediately thereafter.
The House, however, adjourned without
action. The Wyoming bill was enrolled
ready for signatures.
The reason for the Presidents action
in signing the Idaho bill to-day was an
interesting one. The President, it
seems, found that the law ordained that
a new star should be placed upon the
American flag for each new state on the
fourth of July succeeding its admission
to the Union. The President left it to
Dubois, DELEGATE from Idaho, to decide
whether to have the bill signed at once
and get star, or leave the star over
until july 4, 1891, Dubois chose the star
now, and as result the bill was signed
and forty-three stars are due upon the
flag tomorrow.
1t was believed that had the house
adopted the amendment to the Wyoming
bill today the president would have ap-
proved the act before leaving the city.
Delegate Carey said this evening that
the amendment concerning Yellowstone
park had already delayed the admission
OF Wyoming several days, but the park
was the wonderland OF the world, and
would be worth many worlds fairs to
the state in the next century, and under
the circumstances the people OF Wyoming
would patiently wait a few days more
days for the realization of their great
ambition.
The Idahe admission bill declares the
present territory of Idaho state, and
ratifies the constitution framed by the
convention of July 4, 1889, and adopted
at the election in the following Novem-
ber. The state is declared entitled to
one representative in congress until
after the census. The usual grants of
sections 16 and 36 OF the public lands in
each township for the support of COM
mon schools, thirty sections for public
buildings and per cent OF the proceeds
OF sales OF public lands to constitute q
permanent school fund were made, and
the state confirmed the title to seventy
two sections of land granted the terri
tory for a university and the land on
which the penitentiary at Boise City is
situated. For the support OF an agri-
cultural college 10000 acres of
land is granted; 100000 acres for
scientific school; 100000 acres
for state normal schools; $4,000
acres for an insane asylum at
Black Foot, $4,000 for state university
at Moscow, $4,000 for the Boise City
penitentiary and $50, 900 acres for other
state charitable, educational and re-
formatory institutions, none of the lands
to be sold for less thnn $40 per acre. All
mineral lands are excepted from the
grants made. An appropriation of S25,-
900 is made to defray the expenses of
the constitutional convention.
The state is made judicial district to
be attached to the ninth circuit, court to
be held at the capital. The usual court
provisions made for the transfer
OF such. The state constitution which
is ratified by the act con-
tains a special provision prohibiting
polygamy and declaring no person en-
Titled to vote, to hold Office or serve as
a Juror who is bigamist or polygamist,
or who practices or encourages plural
marriages or is member of or cOunte-
nances any organization which teaches
such doctrines. The state has a Nor
mon oath which is required of voters,
and it was not until the supreme court
upheld it's consttutionality that the bill
was considered by the senate territories
committee. In the house the democrats
refrained from voting, and asserted the
intention to make test on this bill OF
the speakers right to count quorum.