Show THE NEW STARS ON THE FLAG THERE THEBE will be eight and may be ten new senators in the congress which theoretically came into existence on the fourth four of march last but as none of the new states with the possible exception of south da hikota will have ha ve more than one member of the house of representatives ves the lin importance ce of this oc cassion will not be so BO marked unless indeed the democrats should carry them all in which event that party would have a clear majority in the lower branch this is not only improvable but next to impossible both the dakotas are strongly republican and have been so from the first and as they owe their admission more to that party than to any other it is out of the question lu estion that they change their party predilections at this stage of the proceedings the other two territories whose vassalage is to be laid aside and the robes of independent statehood put on are montana and Washington both of which may fairly be classed as doubtful at the last election for members of the constitutional convention the former went democratic by a small majority having a short abort time previously gone republican for delegate to congress by more than in the case of the latter it also went republican at the same time mon having previously gone the other way in two successive delegate elections two sure republican states and two where the beet beat tactics and the best men will win would therefore seem to be a fair summary of the situation it is announced by apparent authority that colonel brice the new chairman of the democratic committee is intent upon capturing all of the new commonwealths the pronounced and ponderous republican majorities in two of them not withstanding the plan of cam laign 11 is the exclusion of brass j bands flags and all manner of demonstrative procedure and the adoption of the Til denese system of still hunting A trusted and thoroughly capable agent will be stationed in each territory who will carefully survey the field and j report to headquarters from tw tina to time the most recent aspect of things and suggest what may be required and of course their reports will be acted upon prop promptly aptly and fully A meeting of the Demo crattO national committee was recently held at choh the question of campaigning pai Paig gning Ding the four territories or coa cent rating all efforts on bringing abo th two doubtful ones into line waif wal 7 thoroughly discussed there wom wide differences d of opinion bu A brice favored the general idea claiming that by so doing thy would keep the republicans Republic ons I 1 apy the two dakotas and prevent jbf 0 massing of reinforcements in doubtful territories and he be had his way As to chances everything depends upon the kind of constitution she will adopt if the infamous test oath be retained by means of which men fully qualified for the privileges PrIvilege of citizenship are denied every one of them but those of own ing g property and paying taxes the chances are that the gem irger of the mountains will remain an unpolished poll shed gem so far as statehood is concerned for wine years yet no enabling ibling act has been passed for her benefit and congress is thus under 00 special agreement to receive the Torri territory tory into the confederation it quite likely that there are enough publicans Public ans opposed to an oua 8 and unjust test oath albeit de signed ened for the sole purpose of con berting a democratic into a acan territory to unite with the stat great body of their opponents in op posing such a provision and thus luaao s constitutional constitution n al convention labors abord would be in vain if however better counsels shall avail and religious tests teste any form of which is forbidden by the con gutlon of the country shall be tied if a charter whose pro vlious VS ions iOus are equal and republican acl sing none for opinions opinion sake d conferring no special privileges shall aall be adopted it is a fair pre st that if the difficulty as to lak k of be population can overcome thae ue state of idaho will be pon poll the flag at the same time the other er stars appear there I 1 jaho stains or contained a democratic it arity of from 2000 to how bould stand now if all who are institutionally entitled to it could vote te cannot be told at present arizona 1117 ona and new mexico will bave e to wait a year or two longer at bast aaa the former because it has not celent relent de lent population and the latter because use it is not as is claimed suf antly advanced in the matter of |