Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-23


ere familiar with the manner In which he
was elected to the senate. General Georre
was also . candidate for the senate, and the |
contest between him and Lamar vas very
clo,e General Robert Lowry, Who seems TO
be Standing candidate for every thing that
presents itself, was also candidate
Tor the senate, aud hs had sufficient mum.
Der Of supporters to hold the balance of pow.
er between Lamar and GeoTge.
!. LAMAR's FRIENDS.
with the knowledge snd Concurrence Of their
candidate, proposed 70 Lowry that If he
would withdraw in Lamar's favor, that they
would support him this year for governor.
Lowry agreed to this, Withdrew from the
field and Lamar was successful. This of
course, was strong combination, and the
politicians were satisfied that it could not be
defeated. The editor ofthe Jackson Clar-
ion, r. Barksdale, who il looked upon as
the chief political manager and wire -pnller,
and who il believe to have preferred the
election Of George 10 the senate, snd Who il
always anxious to be on the succeasfnl side.
whether It be right or wrong, also went into
the combination simply because he was con.
fident that it would bs succe1sful, This
man Barksdale is regarded IS
THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE.
He controlled the Last democra,;c le.;..
lature lust about as comnletelv a. =, sG
cient schoolmaster controls his schooI Ail
he had to do vas 10 crack he nartv vh;n
through the column. NJ his n.ne. "a
legislative pupils would hithfnlIv ~ o,,ar '
1t was his paper that first came out and d.
manded the Impeachment of Ames when
the other colorline papers were haltine be-
tween two opinions, and when the conserva.
tive papers were opposing it. The Clarion
company expected to be. made public print
era, and the impeachment business would
furnish them with a fat job. Shorthand re-
porters we're therefore employed at heavy
expense to take down all Of the worthless
testimony that the different smelling com
mites could find, all Of which were pub
lished At the Clarion Office at heavy ex-
pense to the state. The Clarion evidently
had an eye to business when it demanded
that Ames should be impeached as q party
neceslty without regard to Law or evidence.
II was also through the influence of the
CLARION that the present infamous regis.
tratlon law was passed, the object and p.lr.
pose OF which Was to facilitate fraud.
barksdaie, the editor of the Clarion, being
sausned that the Lamar-lowry combination
would De successful, went into it, and it is
thought tnat through his influence, George
against whom the combination was made
also went into it, possibly with the express.
ed or imphed understanding that he
lIeorgel should be the senator TO succeed
senator Bruce. Ihi', you will observe
was
STRONG AND POWERFUL COMBIEATIoN
iA:.' Nlepleeented me 1ralns OF the party,
gone conclusion. A few weeks hefor. % H.
assembling Of the convention. howeveyy the
managers began to get very uneasy a. ther
met with q great deal of opposition. esre.
cially FROM he farmers and iabor;n, :, cl..sss
The politicians have been in the h.b;t IN
fixing up states for the farmers and l,bor.
ing men to vote without consulting them
and they are determined 10 stand Il nj
longer. They are determined to submit no
longer TO the rule Of the aristocratic. kid.
glove politicians who control ward meetinos
and pull the wires in conventions. bn, ,het
they will take the matter into their ovn
hands. But they were not Organized. had
agreed upon no candidates or any concerted
plan of action. To prevent this elemanl
from etfecting an organization in time n
control the convention, the state committee
of which General George chairman. calIei
the convention to meet a. early a. Aug. !
although the election does not take plac.
until November. In the meantime ii wa,
thought best to have every influential. mar
who was party TO the combination to com,
to the convention as delegate, as ,hey wer,
still apprehensive that the combinatior
might be defeated.
THE EXTREME nouRnos r1rurxr
~ N A-AhSi
supported Ex-Governor B. G. Humphrey
and the farmers, together with all other
who were opposed to Lowry and Humph
reys, supported Stone, the present ac:in,
governor, - the most available man. The,
TeNu Te,e us'ean'hed -. 70 support any one to bea
S,o"a $500" Aney wen. mere not 10 secur
IeeN. n noMnauon, oot 70 secure Lowry
ue"s; u'aes :, ~ nsone' .nefe'ore. vas nom'nate'
Tole TN ~ consequence OF the weakness G
.aIs y s.n. .n.n AnS s'leng1h ne possesse him
s.. sem. ss.N osone anu a1wly received obout tn
1,,n,, s1mn Ic.S On esca HAloe UNI. " the name
nem au h.,S ~, "snM h.,n nMnataxn Inc Humphrey
.ne.s e" ..u .IN 'ne o.iance OF power, ana q the
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