Show OBSTACLES TO ADMISSION SINCE the creation of the last four new states the tendency in the direction of state making has received a check among he cincu instances which have combined to produce this result are the bad financial condition of the two dakotas Da kotae and the unseemly contest in montana it is in reported that extravagant methods have rendered both dakotas dakotan bankrupt notwithstanding their boasted wealth desoto resources vm and population this thia is a discouraging sequel to their claims of ability to sustain the burdens of sen self go to conduct home rule intelligently honestly and successfully the trouble in montana is of a very serious and perplexing character and no solution of it is isas as yet apparent t the fact that idaho cannot corn cam pare resources population pox wealth with either of the dakotas is suggested as a reason why she ho could not be depended depena ed upon to attain greater success than they have in establishing and conducting a state tate government and the well known reputation idaho has been buil building allag up for herself oring during many years past for questionable methods at the polls affords ground for the expectation that should she be clothed with statehood she would woula plunge herself into as bad or worse oon confusion fusion than montana has done the tone of the public journals of wyoming plainly indicates that that territory does not want to be joined t to idaho in an admission bill while the latter retains the shameful test teat oath clause in its constitution ution one of the reasons for this feeling is a fear that the test oath will kill the bill and thus deprive both of admission obstacles one after another continue to rise in path to statehood |