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Caption: Sophograph - 1890
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THE oi'Uin.KAPH. Gfoing back again to 1880, we find the percentage 0f white males, of voting age, in the several sections to be: Illinois 26 1 Nebraska 88*2 Kansas 25.8 Dakota 37.7 Again, we find that of this portion ( t h a t is, among those who make and execute the laws of town, county, and state,) the percentage of those unable to read or write, or in other words, illiterate, is: Illinois f>.7 Nebraska 3.0 Kansas 3.1 Dakota 3.3 This result, at first sight, and in the face of what I have just said about education being an agent in the formation of character, tells against Dakota: but stop a moment. In ( computing this table, we have based our reckoning on .). i per .cent, more of the population than Nebraska used, and 11.1 per cent, more than Illinois. Going over the ground again, making the necessary corrections, and reckoning from like bases, we find that the actual percentage of Dakota, compared with the other three, is only 2.5. It is evident from these figures t h a t Dakota has a right to demand admittance into the Union; and, it 19 also evident, that the congressmen who deny her petition on mere party grounds are not true to the spirit of their oaths of office; are not worthy of the trust reposed in them by their constituents: and are not worthy of the positions which they occupy. Let us look again for a moment at her population. Does it differ from that of states admitted in the past;? In >me things, ves. In general, no. Her area is L47.700 square mil s ' Nebraska, 81,700 for Kansas, and 58 « for#IUii she has 10,000 square mil more territory than Illinois i 1 Kansas combined. r In the government of the territory, th< cnti is treated in the governor, who is appoin 1 by the pi r;i by ami with the advice and consent f L h r ,n of four years. The legislative is v.- d in the governor and legislative assembly, and t h e judicial, in a supreme court. district and probate courts, and juatic4 f the pI secretary of territory, chief ju>ti five . e jus- ea, attorney and marshal, are appointed by the pr r conditions similar to those named for rn '1 lative assembly is elected by the j .ph-. Now in conclusion, the territory is well qualified for admittance; she has wealth, population, ami ai 'Ugh for two 8tates; she has asked, and been ret d. She now mands the right to take her place in the Bia hood of to elect her own rulers: and to make and enf< her own laws. And I say that her appeal BDOUld be g r a n ' 1. g d in accordance with the underlying principles upon whi this crreat Nation is so firmlv built. NIGHT. rum tho oloiuls thore cornea with beams i_ i iir moon, queen of the night, ('award she v»s "mid tho heavenh Ami givr* to tlu> world n nilvon hue, N->w is tho tirod world hushrd to And stHint's* 1 -n* profound and uVop. Kvo ha* departed from her moonlit Chi Ami midnight watches in darkneatand aloi t The majority are honest and energetic. They till the -oil, run factories, and wuik mines. They are law-abiding iti/.en-. composed mostly of emigrants from law-abiding tates, Sticfa afl Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, etc. Her \ neighbors have passed their period of phenomena] growth, whilin the midst of her progress. She is steadily inert ing in those attribute* which go to form a good state.
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