Show WHY DAKOTA IS aut UT THE change of administration naturally brings to the front again the question ol of the admission of dako dakota ta we do not think aej any one desiring to be fair will ill dispute the statement that dakota ought to be a state in the upion the reason why she hils has been kept in a territorial condition does not seem to be as generally understood as her claims to admission we notice y that even some seme democratic papers blame the democratic party I 1 for or her exclusion anti and proclaim against this exercise of party obstruction it is evident that they either do not understand or negle neglect 0 to properly consider all the facts acts inthe case the record sf congressional proceedings ce edings demonstrate beyond a doubt that dakota has been kept from state hood through republican ambition instead of democratic obstruction the democrats Demoe rats la in congress hive have not disputed the claims of dakota they have oot not opposed her admission as a state A bill for her adm admission idalou is now before aced by senator butler a democrat of the democrats Demo crata but that chat bill has been opposed by republicans public ans both in sod and out of congress what is the reason why just tilts this the republicans want to make two states out if A tile the territory of dakota that the republican majority th in the united states senate ray my be perpetuated therefore attla feht her admission as a whole while tile the democrats object to her division Is it fair then to i erate the demo cratic party ty for the exclusion ot of dakota k T we e think not it may be that mat dakota has territory enough for more than one state stale but so oad nad texal and kansas and other extensive states when admitted admi admit itea tea into tue toe union way were they not split up into two or more coin daou abe we join in the demand for statehood for dakota we think she ought to been clothed wlm wha political sov SOT long ago but we know that vr it is que anui of division which has stood in her way and that the niame cannot fairly be placed upon democratic it it is rather chargeable cna reable to au plotting tor senatorial supremacy it were mere should be a majority of auis licaus in both boch bouses of u cengr I 1 dakota dakits will so go into the union shor shortly as two iwo states it not there will be a bis big struggle Kle over this question as in them the put paal and between two stools da kota may still b be compelled to hit bit upon the ground as a an over overgrown rown and discontented pard ward 4 jf the Ift union nion 11 |