Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-19
Tur uAkINo OF NEW sTATGs.


Idaho came Into the Union, by the sig-
nature Of President Harrison on the al
ternoon ~ July ., as the foriy-tl'irl star
In our federal constellation. The wyo-
ming act VAS delayed BY an amendment
afi.stIng the NatIonsI Park; but the
main question IL s~ttled aud wyoming
II to come at once Into the possession of
full statehood. The m ,r,h III our national
development has tr~n through all this
auartsrseniury .ince tie war end~l. so
magnificent that us Successive steps,
though great In themselves, fall Ia I'm
lrrs. IA az deeply as they ought. wyo-
ming WAS not orgsnlsci ~ territory
until is6s. Befor- the war u ~ss almoi
~ little known n the heart of AfriCs. In
isf;O u had practically ma Wilt. popal--
tion. In $50 II h,i pom, ani To- i--o
nearly si.UoO. while la lscJ II pr'bibly
has nearly 10000. wkhin ten years u
hs. taken an th. sembiapc~ 10 settled
an,I or,i.rly commonwealth. With the In
situations common to our American
ststc.. II his great re.ource., --agrl-
cultural, pastoral, aud mineral. la.
coal a. well a. 10. fnd silver. Much 81
IL. ARA 4. inountainous ,'sIt ol u. near
" ps,uD square mile. there arc proba-
bly, more than 5000 square miles 81
Ut illug aud cultivatable lan'is, While the
mountain r.gions ARE itch In timber sni
IN minerals. Wyoming has every prOs-
lsSt 90 satisfactory future growth. u.
rIimstr 4. Temperate and hs,itliful, ani
II. scenery l. 81 unsurpassed beauty aud
fertility.
Idaho, which H.. like vc,lgc alii IT,
thin rn,i reaching {" Ifitisii ,olumhla,
it, thlrk cnd r-.ilng upon Utah AMI Ne
,a,la. while Moni,n1 and ", omlng flank
II on the ci.t sud due North snl south
llnc separates II from Washington anl
Orgon on the west, h'. si,sb square
mile, uni La liiil, larger than Minnc-
.o,s AMI considerably larger than 9Th 2
~ the Dskoiss Like Wyoming ". ,l.-
,elopm.nt !. of the pas, d-s,ds. II had
unly ..Opl r-upl. w. iS~O. snt the nuni-
,,-r iis,i grown e. sloui 5000 w lSSi,
" lille ~ ism II viii h- .lown a. b., I-r.
hop, ljO,OD1. lie Wyoming an'l M"D-
t.nt u L. q tcgpu 81 get grti1g
au.a., ~ ti,h srsble valleys, 81 Nsfi'rl
mineral rr.oubcs, excellent cllm to, an ]
II gvosi pto.,'-,ts % . ri,ilJ-l anil
pru.prrns Il ,tc. Tie latent wealth of
these state. Nill nr,rsurily d. ~ sloarr
dr,clopmrnt than that ~ prairie states
| lie kan.a. anl Nrbfaska: beat the
mo, Slll D. fat enough.
only year or two sgo one Travelled
al The Nay frum Mlunr.ot, to Puget
sound, acrp.s half the breadth 70 th"
,ountry, through tstTliariil districts.
! Nov ~. two Dikota., Montana, Wyo-
ming. Idaho anil Washington are all
.frcts-i Into states. What more stately
! mi splendid event la. ever bccn Wit
ne.s- In the operation ~ constitutional
government than the creation 10 these
ueN commonN ralih. and the willing ex.
tension Ia them II the privilege. of ouT
federal sy.tctnf To-day the, have com
iaraii,ely small populations, ani they
obtain thsif twelve .rnator. for "a popu'
laiion much smaller than that 10 Nlnue-
.ota. Counting population, thrsc ncN
state. hs,. from thirty "a forty times
40. representation Ia the senate ihsr
NeN York h,.. Hut the senate va. III.
.lgiic,l by the father. ~ Tho republic a.
llrrI-tuttc Ill. pfinrlpl- 10 equality AMI
distinct Individuality ~ the state; ant
ti,-rr !. me- .sus. To- L. di..atisfrd Will
tue aifths'utfhis Nfih' IVY Wv wv
Nlll IL Ca the other foot. The new
Western state. hsS. q much greater aN
lcrigc ARA than their E,.teru sisters an,
long bcfotr the r,publlc compl.ic. ~
..rund CENTURY the balance ~ populated
will have shifted. Then the Western
state. will iu,r q smaller senatorial RIP
rr..utsiIou, on ia. lasi. of numbers
than the Eastern. Nhsa tllc proCcss %
state making I. completed by the c,rnta
al admission of Utah, New Mexico, MI
ron. aud the In,lian Territory, tler
all h. u .tlirs, ~ which ?; will w
wc.i 10 a.. Mississippi River snd ~ c.is
10 IL. The - states west ~ the rive
sill have about tsic- the hggrrg,t'
ARA of the ~ lying farther east, sad y
year. hence they Will certainly have NOR
than half the population of III. country
Min.s.toll. Tribune.