Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-08
BLACK HILLS REPRESENTATIVES.
Plea for the I"stallment or Regularly
Elected Public Servants.
Crook CITY Tribune.

4 Plea for the Installment or Regularly
Elected Public Servants.
Crook City Tribune
The extra session of congress that meets
in October, and the regular session tina,
meets in December, will have before them
m alters Of no more importance than the
status and relations of the "new country"
20 extensively and substantially settled bv
the pc >ple in the Black Hills during the
past year, and largely since the adjourn
ment Of the late session Of congress. We
have no doubt that the disposition Of con.
gress, rejecting the sentiment of the Ameri-
can people. will be TO deal Justly, generously
and literally towards the Black Hills settle
ment, and, We should be prepared to take
advantage of this friendly disposition.
Whether ii is better to ask for new ter
ritory or unite with the balance of the
people Of Dakota and seek the organization
of new state, are questions we do not think
it necessary TO discuss in this article a. in
either case we should he personally rep.
resented at Washington by one or more Of
our substantial bona dde residents, who have
bee, me permanently identified with the
growth and future Of our people, and who
should be selected Irrespective II party
affiliations or par,izan bias, and chosen for
and because Of their eminent fitness bv
reason Of their unquestioned character.
superior mental attainmen,s, shrewd and
sagacious in political craft, with the powe +
OF speech TO present in an intelligent and
coherent manner the subject matter of our
claims. Such representatives, selected and
chosen by the popular voice of the whole
people Of the Hills, including not only the
county Of Lawrence, but also the counties OF
Pennington and Custer, would 60 to Wash
ington clothed with the requisite authority
| to demand and receive respectful and
attentive hearing by the national authorities,
and the question of state or new ter.
ritory we could leave with them to urge
and present as appeared most likely and
probable Of success, having due regard "a
the protection and advancement of our
rights and interests. However, it is we'll 10
remember that there are other interests ius,
as vital and essential to our citizens, other
than statehood or territorial, now require.
ing the friendly legislation Of congress, tha,
would occupy their time and require their
most assiduous exertions. Our representa-.
,ives should by all means have the endorse
ment and be backed up by the popular vote
Of the Hills. This is doubty important aud
particularly essential in the present instance
1t il the custom from time immemoral o
electing representatives TO legislative bodies
1t will be certain snd UNIQUE STONED census
of the population in the Hill., Of which
there is now throughout the country Sc
meagre information and much diversity o
opinion and would be sufficiently large te
convince the country Of our numerica
growth and our power 10 entitle us TO recog
nitiziton as an integral part of the nationa
commonwealth. Steps in this direction
should be taken at once and an electio,
called for the third week in September, tn,
candidates TO submit their claims to tn,
popular suffrage through the columns o
the public press and on the rostrum the tw,
receiving the highcst number Of votes to b
commissioned ss our delegates. As il i,
II nothing more is done, We will be withou
any authorized representatives at Washing
ton and made ridicnlou, BY the antic. O
one or two pedasoyue- Who assume the fish
OF acting as our representatives. and VIII
are awkarily aud fooli.hly, though prob
ably aninten,ionallv, placing thcm.-lvr. i
tho attitude OF impudcntly and dclihefa,el
seeking to dcad-b-A, the people Of The Hill
ont Of ,hcir haard, lodging and passage ,
and n the national capitol.
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