The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-08-29
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contains an article entitled politics Of
the Past" As matter ofinterest 10 many
Of our readers, we extract briefly from it.
The first election for Delegate to Con
gress in the Territory was held in Sept.
1861. Gen. Todd, q Democrat, announced
himself as Al independent candidate those
opposing him called convention at Yer.
million and nominated A. o. Bell. II. D..
Booge Of Sioux City, who claimed a resi-
dence in Dakota, also ran independent.
Election resulted in electing Todd, who
received 397 votes, Bell 7s, Booge no. 1t
was for the I'd session fthe 36lh Congress,
and an election for the S7th Congress took
place in 1862. Gov w. Jayne ran AZ a
Republican and Todd as an independent
Democrat. Jayne received the certificate
of election bu. Todd successfully contest
ed the scat; the vote stood, Jayne 4OS,,
Todd 375.
In 1864 the Republicans at Verm,llion
nominated DR.. Burleigh, and the Demo.
Gratis, Gen. Todd. The Dakota Union was
started at Yankton to bring out Judge
Bliss as independent, but he declined to
run. Burleigh was elected; vote stood,
Burleigh 1856, Todd 800.
Rurleigh was again nominated By the
Republicans in 1866, but it was claimed
the democrats took part in the convention
defeating Brookings, who was candidate
Another convention was called which
nominated Brookings. Burleigh received
4ss votes, Brookings 254, elec:ing Bur
leigh by 2e4 majority.
In 1868 Judge Kidder ran as an indie
pendent candidate, s. L Sphinx as the Re.
publican, Todd and Dennis Toohey run as
Democrats aud DR.. Burlelgh as sort Of
wild candidate. Spink was elected. re.
ceiving 1443 votes, Todd S25, Kidder 553,
Toohey 95s, Burleigh 5'4.
In 1870, two Republican conventions
were held at Vermillion the same day,
Sept 9th. Sphinx was nominated at one
and Burleigh at the other. The Demo-
Gratis for the first time organized, and call
ing for straight convention nominated
NJ. K. Armstrong. Armstrong was elected
by plurality Of 175 votes over both Sphinx
and Burleigh. The votes stood: Arm.
strong 1893, Burleigh 1l02, Sphinx 1923,
In 1872, the Republican party again
split, Col. G.. G. Moody and Judge Brook
ings both running as Republicans. The
Democrats again run Armstrong, he re-
cciving l549 votes, Moody l24l, Burleigh
94s; the canvassers rejected votes that were
cast in unorganized parts of the Territory
and divided the votes between the candi-
dates, giving Armstrong 1921, Moody
1898, Brookings 2322.
In 1874, the Republicans united and
held the convention at Elk Point; the inior-
NAL ballot stood: for b. F. Campbell 20,
John Lawrence 90, n. J. Wallace -, L D..
F. Poore 10, j. p Kidder 4, w. H. Beadle
8. On the second formal ballot Kidder re-
ceived 80 Of the SO votes cast. The Demo-
Gratis held convention at ELL Point and
nominated Burle,gh, who then claimed to
be Democrat His nomination, not prov
ing satisfactory, some OF theJ delegates
withdrew and nominated e W. Miller, of
Elk Point. Subsequently both Withdrew
and at Democrat mass convention Bur
leigh was nominated as democratic can.
didate. But the Doctor dumped the job"
But a short time before the election the
democratic territorial committee announc-
ed Armstrong as the democratic candidate.
Kidder received 4,597 votes, Armstrong
2,156 votes, electlng Judge Kidder.
In 1876, the Republicans at Vermillon
nominated Judge Kidder. There were 81
delegates in the convention and on the in
formal ballo: Kidder received Is, Alex.
Hughes % votes, on the formal ballot
Kidaer received SO and Hughes II votes,
and Kidder was then dec ared the unani.
nous nominee. A. L. Sphinx ran as the
democratic nominee; the vote stood
Kidder 6,l27, Sphinx 2,425.