The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
SIX NEW STATES.
Something About the Late Adoitio''
to the UniOn.--The Line Oh states
Now Reaches from Ocean to ocean,


Now Reaches from Ocean to Ocean.
The line of States of the Union now
axtands unbroken from the Atlantic
to The Pacific Ocean. The admission
Of wyoming and Idaho on the Fourth
of July made the number of the states
forty-four, and it completed the chain
across the continent, so that one may
now mass from ocean to ocean without
being at any time beyond the limits OF
some States. .oh,;o.
The territory of Idaho was establish
cd in 1868. All of its present area was
before that time included in the Ierrl-
torv of Washington, AS Originally or
oanized. however, it embraced the
Whole of Montana and part OF wy,
ominp. Tt was divided in 1868, and
the boundaries have not since been
changed. Its area is about nlnety-one
Thousand square miles, or almost cX-
actly twice that of Pennsylvania. ror
more than twenty years after its organ
ization its growth in populatlon was
slow, but recently 1t has lncreaseu
very rapidly. o.., ~
Dakota. Idaho and Montana. lts
limits have never been changed, ana
its area ia one hundred and six thous-
and square miles. Notwithstanding
;rs immense size there are SIX larger
states in the union. Like Idaho lts
Growth in population is recent, In
1s70 If contained but about nine thou
sand whites and in 1880 only twenty
thousand. Wyoming is distinguished
as the first state in the union TO admlt
women to all the privileges OF cltlzen-
ship. .r+..ba oroo
over which the six States exercise Jur-
isdiction. which were admitted during
the wear ended on the Fourth of July
10 almost two-thirds of a million square
miles, and is more than nall as iarge
again as the whole area lnciuoeo III
the thirteen original States OF the Oh'
ion. .,,d
Indeed it lacks but a few thousand
square miles of the area OF the Union
after Mississippi was admitted IN the
wear 1917, and Mississippi was the
twentieth State.
Not only is the admission of six new
States within a single twelvemonth
unprecedented in she history OF the
country, but it is fact that only once nee
before have three States come into the
Union in so short q time. Flor!da,
Iowa and Texas were all admitted dur
ing the year 1S45. No President De-
fore General Harrison has been per,
mitted to proclaim the admission OF
more then three States, not even one
of those Presidents whose term has ex-
.~loJ to a;ybt vaorS
The material for new States IS al
most exhausted. The only territory
not now under the government OF
some State in the District of COLUMBIA
the Indian Territory, including OKLA
homa, Arizona, New Mexico, Ctan
and Alaska. Not more than 1our
States will be formed out of these Ter
ritories, at least for a long time 10
come. ..,,
The new sisters have moved still fur
ther westward the seat empire. There
are now twenty five States east OF the
Mississippi River, and nineteen west OF
that great stream. While the popu-
lation of the newer States does not
give them a great representation in
House of Representatives, they are
nearly a half of the Senate, and when
the other Territories are admitted the
Mississippi River will divide the
Union almost exactly in two, so far
as the number of States is concerned.