| Show pat EE THERE REST BE A MISTAKE in the congress of the united states the house committee commit teo on territories today to day agreed to report favorably on chairman S springers pr ingers omnibus bill 17 to enable the people of dakota montana washington territory and new mexico to form constitutions and state ROV gov ernt ants and be admitted to tho the union on an equal rooting footing with tile the orinal ogi 0 ginal states tile the republicans Republic will present a minority mi report in opposition the bill authorizes cuth nuth orizes the residents lents of these teni tories to elect delegates to a convention proportionate in number with the population of the counties the apportionment ent of dee delegates gates to be made by t I 1 u governor chief justice and united states attorneys of each territory and the ohp election be held on oil tile the tuesday after the first monday in ill next august the number of to each c ich convention is fixed at seventy live five except in tile the case of dakota where th the number is thy are arc to meet at tile the seat of gove government rement of ach territory to ry on oil the second thursday I 1 ay in in september next adopt tho the caneti aution of tile the united siales and forti a constitution and state government ent expressly disclaiming it in favor of ill the united states all tit title to un public land and indian lands lying within tint tile territories they are albo requited i bied i to assume terri territorial orial debts and pro vide and maintain a public sell school ool 11 tile the constitutions are to be submitted till to t tile vote of the he people oi 01 the tut tuesday after the first monday in ill november next and if the majority are in favor tile the returns shall oe ce 0 01 tidied to the president of tile the united rates until the next getter general al census new states with tile the e exception ce eption of dakota are to be allowed one representatives pak dakota t to have two representatives the these 6 e re reprise c natives s are to ile be elected I 1 0 01 th same da day y wita tile the goat aror bior and ci 0 iier her state of S section c a i 0 1 16 and V CG of tile the land it in each township or an equivalent ire are granted to each new nei state for frcho purposes fifty entire sections a are re f r I 1 or the cree erection tion of public b hildings ail dings ninety sectors sec tois cais are apportioned tinaco fot for agricultural colleges col cgee and 5 r per er rent cent of tile the proceeds of tales bales of IM public lie lands in the iliew new states state is to tc be paid into the fund for the support t of if their cu milion r schools ell U I 1 tier large grants of public lands are also alpo proposed to lie je little specifically for tile the benefit be liefie of oft i choals lines charitable and educational institutions ansti unions and water ivores for irrigation a an ali a apro griat on oil of is provided foi fo Mon tapa vasai Va agton anil and new mexico Af exico and OUD for dakota to defray the expenses of the conventions after A after fter the acceptance oath of tin constitutions the legislatures legislature ae to enec allela and elect two senators senator i from froin each state and when each state it ib admitted into the union by special let act of congress the senators and representatives are to be admitted to seats in congress and ti th it state govern governments t bacomo operative tile new mexican COnven convention conventi ticia ot i is also to co consider the question ol of changes in the name of new mexico to to montezuma and tile washington convention is to submit to tile the people a proposition to make the new state slate tacoma Ti r Lc coma onia yes all this is very fine but wheres utah litah th tb re must be a li mistake listak te to which attention should be called |
