Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-01

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busy session in this respect. The officers
the court were, P. Bills, judge; w. E. Gl.
son, o. s. attorney W. 8. Shaffsr, U.
marshal, and james n. Allen, clerk. i
An election was approaching and
course a convention was in order. Yan
toms first political gathering Of this char
ter was an assemblage of persons regardle
of race, color, political predictions or pr
vious condition. The call was signed
John S,anage. J. NJ. Stone. M. K. Arr
strong, D.sTs. Bramble, VIM. Miner, WI
Thompson, Lyle Griffith, Frank Chaps
Enos Stutsman, D. Fisher and J. d. Mors
and the time named for it to meet was at
o'clock p. M, August 24th, 1861. TIL
convention met at the time appointed. D
Justus Townsend was made chairman, an
J. D. Morse, secretary. The following nom
nations were then made BY reclamation:
Councilmen-Enos Stutsman and d. I
Bramble.
House-M. K. Armstrong and Johr
Stanage.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing the
war policy Of the government which wal
then engaged in putting down the rebellion
the resolutions also declared for free ferries
on every mans farm on james river, and
endorsed J. B. s. Todd for congress.
Three weeks later, MONDAY, Sept. 10TH
and Yankton's eovereigns voted for the first
time. %Eighty-seven was the total Of the
county's voting strength. Of this number,
j. B. 8. Todd received Sc votes for delegate
Chas. P. Booge received one vote for the
same Office, and A. J. Bell, who had been in
the field, received none. For the council,
Enos stutsman had 81 votes; d. T. Bran.
BILE, IS; J. B. G~reenway, 6, and VIM.
Thompson, S. For the house, N. K. ARM
strong had SO; John Stanage, 80; james M.
Stone, 30; Otis Wheeler, %, and Louis
Saml son, %. Concerning this election, the
then local chronicler of passing events, the
patriarch of Dakota journalists, Hon. F.
NJ. Ziebach, makes the following mention in
his paper:
"The election at this place passed off
peacefully and quietly. Notwithstanding
the great interest felt in the delegate ques-
tion, the spirited contest on our local ticket,
and the abundance of liquor to be had for
the drinking, there was no ~wrangling or
quarreling at the polls or elsewhere, and the
voters remained perfectly sober, and deport-
ed themselves as gentlemen and christians.
We have attended elections in several of the
states, where the public morals are we'll
cared for, and where the people are said to
be refined, but we have meyer attended as
orderly an election as came off in Yankton
on Monday last. We hear similar reports
from the other districts, and we think we
have cause to be proud of the high moral
standing of the people of southern Dakota"
The election oyer, there seems to have
been a half year of unbroken monotony fol.
lowing it. The official element wiltered in
the states, and Yankton enjoyed the most
quiet repose. The Ash hotel was enlarged
and improved, D. T. Bramble built q com
modious two.s;ory storeroom or the levee,
an Office was built by the secretary on Broad
way, and Farmers present storeroom was
erected for the accommodation of the Da-
kotaian printing establishment. The wealth
er was tempered with mildness, but SHOWS
were very abundant-more go than during
any winter since.
On the 18th Of March, 1862, the first legis-
lative assembly of Dakota convened st
Yankton. The sessions of the council were
held in the frame building, corner 4th and
Broadway, owned now by Mrs. VIM. Trip.
The house assembled in the present dwelling
place Of Mr.. Robert Hoyt corner 4.h and
streets. Gov. Jayne's official domicil
was in the cosy middle room Of Bramble's
first store on the levee, and Secretary Hutch
inson disbursed the government funds in a
little building which occupied the present
site of Max's brick block. Yankton At that
time contained about twenty buildings, log
and frame, more than one-half of them sit
uated on Broadway. There was no Capital
street in those days.
A military company "a, Dakota cavalry,
Capt. Nelson Miner) was then r~endezvoused
here. 1t had just been organized, and was
waiting to be mustered into the government
service. The soldier boys assisted in
making times lively.
In May the legislature adjourned, after =
session of sixty days. A complete code of
laws had been passed, and among the special
acts done was the location of the territorial
capital at Yankton. -y,&.
Provision had been made for . gen.
eral election to be held the following Sep
tember, and the summer which followed
was mainly devoted to campaigning. The
rival candidates for congress wera Governor
Jayne, republican, and General Todd, dem
ocrat. The rebellion was IN full tide in the
states and = complete embargo seemed to
rest upon emigration. Yankton added
barely = score to her population the entire
season. J5@s. W.
Yankton's first regular religious society
was the Protestant Episcopalc church, which
organized q parish here in the summer of