Show eFi DAKOTA ROTI this month tho the people of nl dakota a will vote volo on the quest question Lon ot of dividing tho the territory on the parallel it is under stood t d tl the a I 1 vote of to W will ill be ba practically unanimous in 1 favor of this division E everybody ve ry in dakota wants want two states to be matio made out ot of the tha territory with four senators and at least two Represent ves in congress Longre aa but the vote however will iro probably bably be a mere barren expression of 0 opinion it will hlll be followed by no practical result tho the people ol of a territory have no powe po er r to its boundaries thu the d lalon ot of tho the Dako dakotans tans will be merely notice to congress that they would like the territory divided into tile stats state of dakota on the tha south and the tha state of lincoln on the north it is ii difficult for us ua at this distance to realize tho the cogency of tho the arguments which aich induce dakotans Dalco Dako tana tans to insist on a division of 0 their territory they must be powerful or bevan legislatures and six political conventions of 0 both parties would not have concurred in that view vlear thorp roust must bo be reasons which outsiders cannot fathom or the people of tile territory we would not persist in standing nn in their own light haul by giving the th democrats in congress Con gres tin an excuse tor for action on tho enabling act nut in the absence of a correct understanding of these reasons the hope that dakota will bring congress Congre Bt to her way of thinking must bo be regarded as aa slender |