Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-17
A FORECAST.

P0uSlcel lettef IN WINCH ~ f1o$e inc cna08ee
upon six or eight aspiring politicians Of
Dakota. 1t is rasherle early = opsn ths cam
paigu for the next. aslesateskip and The
Pioneer Pres correspondent dos not hin.
4, such; N intention. H merely indalsss
in some rambling aspsip about men Who
might want to 60 to congress and out Of It
al constructs . very good iend of for spep.
cer, Of Alabams,,'w while he holds out . NOR.
eel Of iiastery to Bennett, Raymond. Austin,
Shannon, Barnes, Moody and Ridder. His
conclusion il that tits "Bennett against the
field, With Me Spsncer syndicate in the
race" SpenoeFs strength is placed in north.
smD Dakota aud in the Black Hills. and it 10
through the championship Of the Fargo
Republican and the DeadWood Pioneer that
the Alabama boom 10 to be started and kept
in working order. The former Newspaper
was established in the interest Of the ex-
senator and the latter has recently fallen
into the hands of r. o. Adams. Who was
retired from the Deadwood postof6ce and
his place taken BY Delegate Benefits can.
didate, Sol Starr. It is therefore concluded
BY the Pioneer.Press correspondent, that
the Deadwood Pioneer possesses IN innate
hostility to Delegate Bennett, which, through
former political prsdelictions,of it, present
owner, will crystallize into an open advoca-
cy Of Ex-senator spencers claims. The
gentleman from Alabama also has business
interests in Deadwood and landed
interests at Fargo and with what
support he may gain from bis
connection with these Two widely separ-
ated cities, and the two newspapers alleged
to be under his control, he is placed upon,
the track a. the leading candidate for 1880.
In the correspondence Of the Pioneer-Pre
writer = division of the territory on the 46th
parallel is put down as one item in the pro-
gramme, and this, perhaps, is the reason the
political strength>o of the southeastern quar-
ter of Dakota is made no part Of his calcu-.
lations. With the territorial division thus
suggested carried into effect it becomes in.
teresting to know which half of the domain
Spencer proposes to lug of in his pocket.
Deadwood would be in the southern portion
and Fargo in the northern portion. Where
is his home and to whom does he give his
allegiance?
interviewer with other references Of this
very readable letter of the Pioneer-Pre is
the inference that the Bismarck Tribune will
support Governor Austin, of the Fargo land
Office, because its editor was = clerk in Aus.
tins court in Minnesota a dozen years ago.
It may be and it may not be. Col. Louns-
berry has ideas OF his own regarding the
proper man to send to congress and it is not
that he will come forth with
something original when the time arrives.
Finally, the supreme bench Of Dakota
territory and the United States marshal Of
Dakota territory-Chief Justice Shannon,
Associate Justices Barnes, Moody and Kid
der, and Captain J B. Raymond, are enter.
ed as aspirsnts-possisls dark horses q
probable lighter colored equines. But the
battle is still afar of; and in the interval .
great many distinguished men will come %
Dakota. The Pioneer.Prea man willmanyy4
times be compelled to rsyiss. his list and in
the course of events he may conclude thst
the Spencer boom will not carry the day. II