| Show dakotas statehood I 1 the denver news has the following dispatch relative to dakotas chances lor for admission to statehood washington oct 17 the republican leaders are going to make a vigorous effort to get dakota into the union in the coming session of congress they are anxious to secure her electoral vote in ia the next presidential election dakota has hap been knocking lor ada admission at the doors ot con gross gress fora for a number of years she has more than the requisite population and would probably have been admitted before had bad it not been for a dispute over the division of the territory into north and south dakota south dakota contains the bekof the people and th the ebest best lands and the residents of north dakota have objected strenuously to the separation tte etc republicans would like to get an enabling ace through congress to admit south and north dakota as it would materially material lv advance their chances of electing the next president in the last Conic congress resi there were seven democrats it is said wh who 0 were willing willin to vote with tile the re republicans P bl ic f for or the th ad mission of south dakota chellemo cratic mabrl majority mao rity ty has been largely reduced in the house and if ten democrats can be induced to vote with ins republicans this tv winter inter dakota can tie hp admitted the republicans art are coral dent of carrying their it is not believed however that any new states will be created until af afier ier the dennial election next year washington and montana territories dries are botn bota eligible angi ble for admission into the union and the chances are enat a compromise will tte tie effected to admit all three as states at once IN the civil wit suit of mrs sarah rands lee vs edward brain braia commissioner norrell this afternoon overruled the defendants demurrer and allowed him two days in which to me file an answer to the tho complaint |
