Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-09

tent, and its total population upon the basis of the last census would be abolu. Sl5,000. The reasons advanced for thte creation of the new state may be brictly stated us follows:
 The northern peninsula of Michigan, the northern portion of Wisconsin and. the northeastern portion of Minnesota, embracing all the shore line of Lake Su-- perior ill tho United States, is especially rich ill timber and minerals. For this, reason the interests of the inhabitants are practically identical and not wholly in accord with the interests of the three states to which this mineral timber re zion now owes allegiance, Besides the development of the territory under con sideration, though it began later, has been much more rapid than that of the older portions of the three states. So great has been the increase of taxable wealth in proportion to population, it is claimed by the advocates of the scheme, that its taxing valuo to the three states IS much ill excess of the political power behind it, and it has been impossible to secure the passage of many laws and the making of many appropriations demand ed by the mineral timber region. ''In fact, one of the strongest advocates of the new commonwealth says, "we arc receiving less for tho taxes we pay than any other section of either of tho old states, and we are getting tired of it. v Notwithstanding tho fact, however, that majority of the citizens in the northern portions of tho states seem to favor the scheme, very many consider it an impr;,cticable one, and some arc decidedly opposed to it, and it goes without saying that no one ill the south ern and older portions of Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota favors it.
 This is not the first scheme for the formation of a new state from portions of old ones, but with the exception of West Virginia. which WAS erected out of the northwestern portion of Virginia as | q war measure while vet Virginia was a state ill th" Southern Confectionery, none of these schemes has ever been car ried through. It w::s stipulated when Texas came into the Union that at some time its territory should be divided into four several states, but it has never been l possible to do this, and the sentiment there now is decidedly against it Many l years ago it was proposed to erect . state that should include the whole of the Delaware peninsula, which would take in parts of Delaware, Maryland and Nir- ginia, but none of tho states concerned, excepting Delaware, has ever shown any favor to tho scheme.
 Other now Statc' schemes look tO the disposal of Nevada, which is stead fly decreasing i'll population. Ono of these schemes is to join Nevada and Utah, but this does not please Utah. Another is to annex Arizona to Nevada, but this has never been regarded with great favor by the residents of either pn- litical division. At the present time Nc
 vadG. with q population of only 10, GOO, has two senators in the upper house at ] Washington. and therefmc has the same
 power in senatorial legislation aS New
 York 0r any other of the older and more
 populous states.
 For q long time. too. there has tccl
 talk cf dividing the atato of New York
 making new state Cut of its extreme
 southeastern portion, which would in
 clude Now York city, WCStchcStor Coun
 ty, Long Island and Staten Island A
 similar plan, too. has been proposed for
 the division of Illinois. This plan would
 benefit Chicago, as the last mentioned one would benefit New York city. II
 each case it is claimed by the residents of the big city interested that such ;
 division would relieve great munici , pality of control by voters who reside il ]: more or less rural neighborhoOds, ant
 so are not qualified to take part in mu nicipal government. There has Oftel been talk, too, of annc1ing the north
 western portion of Florida to Alabama and Maryland has suit pending tha may deprive West Virginia of severa
 hundred square miles and leave the lat
 ter state ill two parts, with alien terri torx hnf,HnaI them