Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-20

which no guarantee was given. Buslnesa
anen were not in,the habit of taking empty
promises from those employed to manage
their Affairs. No more would politicians
plece trust in tho unsubstantiated assertions
Of T0sn struggling u climb into power.
Hsrsdha party which comes down TO US
from tho days Of Jefferson. They have
made among other records q record of
shame and now come before the people
aud ask that the dark portion of the record
Of thep past be blotted out-they didn't want
- talk about il. There was not . voter who
would for one moment think Of restoring
democrats to power if they were to rule a.
they had ruled. What assurance was there
that they would not. The southern ex-confed-
erateswas the ruling element. 1t controlled
the democratic party as it had before, and
would make the future record of the party
as it had made its past record. The south
would rule this nation should the democrat
ic party come into power. Those Who pre-
ferred the loyal north to rule the nation, in
stead Of the disloyal south, would vote the
republican ticket. Those who preferred
that the south should rule, voted the demo
cratlc ticket. This was the choice, and the
people.h la the right to choose. The speak.
er would not accept the assertion of Mr..
Trip that there were no politics in this
campaign-it was a political campaign, and
he would fight it OF that basis. Democrats
accepted the abolition of slavery. The re.
publican party abolished II. Democrats &C.
copied g%reenbacks, and now wanted them by
the bushel, though they had once said they
were not worth the paper they we're printed
on. Republicans made the greenback.
Democrats steadastly opposed the home
stead act, but a republican majority created
it, and now the democracy back it up. One
by one the democratic party had adopted
the acts of the republican party, and was
now asking the people to indorse the party
as the advocate of the principles it had con-
tended against SO long as it could, and final
~ taken up second hand. All this had q
bearing upon the present campaign. A re.
publican who endorsed the principles of his
party had 70 need to abandon hat party
when it had accomplished so much for good.
Dakota should stand where it had stood
prosperous and aourishing, filled with intel
ligent men, it could not now afford to yield
its cause. Bartlett Trip, should he 60 to
congress, would go as a democrat. The ter.
ritory of Dakota would stand in the estima.
ton Of the nation, as democratic. That
would be the inevitable result. There we're
politics in this campaign, and they could
not be kept out. The speaker was of the
opinion that a resident of southeastern Da-
kota should not be chosen delegate of that
section alone-that a resident of northern
Dakota should not be chosen as delegate of
that particular section that a resident Of
the Black Hills should not be chosen as del
egatc Of that section. A delegate to con-
eress must represent the entire territory, and
that was what he would do fairly and i'm.
partially. There were no conflicting inter-
ests in the territory. There was no desire
for a division Of the territory upon the part
of the people of any section, so that subject
could not be brought up az an argument in
favor Of one section or against another. The
speaker was a resident OF pakota-had been
for nearly four years, his interests were here,
all he possessed was here, and in Office or
out Of Office, he proposed to make Dakota
his home. He had done no work to
secure his nomination. 1t had come to him,
and he had accepted the situation. and if
elected he would serve the people to the best
of his ability.
Secretary Hand vas introduced by the
chairman as one of the old veterans of Da-
kota, and the secretary, thus prompted, adj
mitted that he had lived in the territory
thirteen years. He had seen Turner county
grow from nothing but a wilderness
to its present condition Of prosperity.
1t was, therefore with a peculiar pleasure
that he appeared before the people to speak
upon the subject which came up for discus
sion once in two years-the election of a rep
resentative in congress. The speaker had
always been a republican, was now q repub-
lican and always would be a republican.
He was proud of the party and its glorious
history. Therefore he was going to stay in
it and every other loyal heart was with him.
Turner county would be as true in this
campaign as it had been in the past, he firm
ly believed. There was no reason why it
should not be 80. The party remained intact
and had given the people q candidate of
ability and honesty. The party itself had
so long been charged with corruption that
some people we're beginning to believe it,
but the statistics prove that greater corrup-
ton had enlisted during the days of demo-
cratic power. The mission Of the republi-
can party was not fulfilled and would not be
until rorfont 1iher4v ond norfocf sofofv cYis.