Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-22
Cactus in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

OaAo1S arc ouo eiement, anQ the politicians
are another. Mixed in with the politicians
are the few lawyers, doctors, farmers, and
business men who take an interest in the
| management of the machine" in their re.
spective localities. The people don't lose
any sleep over the syndicates, present, past
or future; but the politicians and their aux
iliaries do. They sit up nights, speculating
upon the strength of this combination and
the weakness OF that ring. In the friendly
instance 1t is combination; in the op-
posing man il is ring. Ex-senator spen-
Ger, Of Alabama. is still the nightmare that
troubles many Of the early settlers. of Da-
kota. It isn't clear TO the Fargo Times or
the Deadwood Times that the intimate per.
sonal friend Of Senator Conkling is an i'm.
potent quantity in our territorial politics.
Spencer told the Pioneer Press correspon.
dent that he was out of politics, and the
Dakota theatre was as barren of induce
ments az liberty pole was clear of branches
In the face of his professions, his friends
from abroad thicken. While Spencer is in
different, they are stalwsrt had an inter-
view recently with gent 'eman, who knows
Dakota politics as we'll as any man in the
territory. asked him il he thought Spencers
hand would be on our body polite in the fu-
ture. "Yes sir, Spencer is cunning. He is
equipped with all the arts of politician,
whose experience measures twelve years in
the United States senate and whose mind
runs to tricks that are dark. His statesman-
ship is green with the kind of politics that
made Tammany the deadliest pool in either
party. Spencers friends will keep bis in.
vestments in Dakota before the people.
Half Of them already suppose he lives in
hnS
up in the Pioneer Press is an electioneering
item. Men in the Hills say it is not worth
anything, and the idea of bis selling # for
$350,000 is simply bosh. And the other
idea that he will stock it for five or ten mil.
lion dollars is bigger lie than your news.
paper friend Edwards ever dreamt of telling.
Such opinions of his bar'l will catch few
people. The barl is popular, but believe
your stories about Spencer's bari are ali
founded upon wind. The Daily Argue. Of
Fargo, will be started with Spencer's''infoo.
ence" as its support. Major Edwards v,s
one Of his officers in the army. and the
major is selected to conduct his boom in
northern Dakota. A year ago last Septem.
ber Major Edwards brought the Republican
office to Fargo and with j. B. Hall, started
semi weekly paper. Two months after the
first paper was started, Major Edwards got
up a petition for the appointment of Mr.,
Hall as receiver of the Fargo land Office.
vice Mr.. Pugh, whose term was about 10
expire Hee even had the cheek TO send it to
Gov. Howard for his signature. The "old
Roman" simply indorsed on it that he knew
some of the petitioners, and that they were
good men. Mr.. Hall was stranger to him.
When Mr.. Spencer received the petition in
Washington, he found that Mr.. Puph was
backed by Senator Window. Mr.. Pueh was
an honest officer AMI an esteemed Welsh.
man of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, who
had long been valued personal friend Of
the Minnesota senator. Of course Mr..
Pugh was re-appointed, and the first play
of the Edwards-Speucer hand was the ioliv
joker with his head of. Next in a email
way, l am told, that the ex-senator in Der.
con (not by proxey) called upon Postmaster
Grant, of Fargo, and demanded that be
appoint to clerkship in the postoffice an
employe of the Republican. Grant didn't
grant his request. Recently as you are
aware, the Republican family fell out and
DR.. Hall euchred the brainey Edwa rds.
Although Edwards was nominally the bic
man Of the company, it appeared when they
got down to business that DR.. Hall was the
cash man of the concern. Edwards bluff,
buy or sell, resulted in a complete defeat
for the gentlemen of Chicago. After his
despised partaer had outgeneraled him,
Edwards conceived the daily scheme. He
went further and contributed COL Donan,
the Grant hater. to the Deadwood Pioneer.
A daily in Deadwood and one in Fargo are
expected to make the Spencer element
felt in Dakota politics. At Bismarck Col.
/ I oho nko IL. A.
Tribune, is counted on as member of the
gang. Lounsberry is out with Judge Ben.
nett, present delegate in congress, and nat
urally feels the need of assistance to hold
his Office. Judge Bennett would change
the postmaster at that place if he could see
his way clear: He would also inject some
new blood, like F. ]. Call and Dr.. Porter,
the surgeon hero Of the Little Big Horn,
into the Bismarck land Office, if Inspector
Lowell, from Washington, reports adversely
upon the conduct Of the Office"
"Do you believe United States Marshal
Raymond is candidate for Judge Bennetts
place?"
"I do. I think his proposed removal to
Fargo foreshadows his intention to capture
the Red river valley delegation in the next
republican convention. He is sharp poll
ticiau, out tue iaCt tu1S ue nOlO6 3 Iat once
will work against him."
"Is he Spencer man ~
II believe he will be supported by that
young plant. He has been ia Yankton long
enough to make friends with the politicians
of the capital and his official tours Of the
territory have given him good opportuni.
ty to Get up the pins. If Raymond is a
candidate, Spencer will have no other cam
didate in the tield, except for blind"
Can. Judge barnes carry northern Da-
kots, or is he Spencer man?
81 think he can carry this section. and
don't believe he is Spencer man, either.
He could have been nominated year ago
il he would have permitted his name in the
convention. Judges Bennett and Kiddel
would throw to Barnea to beat Spencer, o,
any man backed BY him. II Judge Barne.
would accept il, Gov. Austin, Of your land
Office. would be the man for his plsos or
the bench. Autin 10 judge BY nature"
"Have YOU ever heard Of Senator Petit
grew, Of Sioux Falls. - possible caali
date for delegats!"