Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-09

thority from the Indians for building rail.
roads through their country. The owners
Of the Sioux reservation. having thus given
permission for improvements Of this nature
10 their country, have no right to declare
opposition thereto At this late day.
A MAN WITH A BlvMOERBUSS
Fires q Political Charge which Hit.
out Drawing Blood.
Bismarck Correspondence Deadwood Press.
The delegate question has assumed
ing the past four months, but at present it
seems to have settled down TO . very mod
est position. Work among the aspiripg|
ones is going on In a quiet, earnest manner.
This ia the kind that wins In Dakota.
"Cactus," by his Understandable nomination
of "%nobodtes" smong the really worthy
men, hss set about every other man in the
territory on the anxious seat. Pettigrew,
aud the devil knows who has come to the
front. Frank Petiigrew. as 4 bulldog
member of the Dakota legislature may do. |
but for congress he's NO good Vt all. Those
whu kncw him think they know this too
well. Trunk is bold. aggressive. fertile 10
expedien,s. incorporating. relentless and
be never forg,ves 40 enemy-nor fOtgets y
friend. He will have to count on bucking
Bowen & Kingsbury. Hand. Pennington.
and several others that he set q match to
thu last session Of the legislature.
Marshal Raymond, seems 10 be the war
cloud over which Bennett must mount. it
he goes back to congress again. Raymond
is sharp. shrewd, a'eood judge Of men, aud
we'll posted in the ways that are dark. etc.
Raymond's friends say Benefits defeat will
almost be accomplished before he gets
away from the present session of congress.
II q delegate 10 congress does not do every
thing that every cross-road settlement asks
for, he is no good, he is not the right man.
II Marshal Raymond is ia dead earnest he
will succeed in securing sufficient influence
10 control the necessary number of unpledg-
ed delegates bef0re Bennett gets his oar 10.
The Bismarck Tribune. for reasons best
known 10 ca. L.uasberry, has announced
its intention TO help the cause of the sitting
member, although I have no idea that be is
the first choice by u long shot. You cannot
Just always, almost guess how machine
members will open up. Judge Bennett
has done as much for his constituents as
any other delegate could have done under
the circumstances. but the influence
of delegate in the troubled seas
of congress at this time, amounts to
but little. 1t is claimed that a few 70 the
old ring heads in Yankton favor Raymond.
If they do, rest assured money and policy il
the star they follow. No thoroughbred
Yankton politician, such IS Edmunds, Hand,
Kingsbury, Dewey, and others of the day Of
Bookings and Burleigh we're ever known
to do much unless they could see the pros
pect of a harvest. Edmunds is the ables,
politician in Dakota, but he never comes
openly to point. Kingsbury wants "pap'
and he'll 60 in. Hand wants to be on tn.
winning side, devil may care who the lead
% d. Dewey wants To be q leader bu
lacks the sand to advance to the skirmist
line. Raymond will find Yankton politi
clans prolific in promises, while he holds
q full hand. Capt. Hughes and windy
Wallace. of Elk Point. will run the machine
in Union county for Bennett. Lincoln
county will go as Kidder arranges. Mime
haha county is owned BY Col: Campbell,
Winsor, Grigsby, Pettigrew and Bippup, of
Sioux Falls. though not always united.
in the party" tbrough the nose) is now ofthe
o1AeS anu WAl u0uukC " kcg HIS legs luIO
the kicking match. Charlie Mccoy runs
she aops. Which one of the candidates
have tried to lasso him l am not able to saw.
but whichever does will strike a bonanza.
Clay county is pretty much owned in Yer.
million, the home of Kidder. 1t will 20 in
to get away with Bennett. Turner, Moody,
Hutchinson, and other southern counties
will generally 90 with those named. Far.
20, in Cas- county, the home of Judge
Barnes, will undoubtedly have a Barnes
delegation in the convention. Beyond this
Bennett and Raymond stand an equal
chance. From recent movements in Bis.
marck, Burleigh county, will make an effort
to instruct for Raymond, and from INV out.
look he will get the delegation, although
Bennett has some friends here. The Dead
wood Times is out for Raymond, but farther
than this We give the Hills the go.by on
the delegate question. AZ it now looks,
as between Bennett and Raymond,
Raymond carries the winning hand,
unless Bennett is laying low with
FIVE aces and a king. 1t is not likely that
B. or r. will 60 into the convention with
strength enough to win on the first ballot.
Who will carry the balance Of power is not
clear 1t present. Judge Barnes or Colonel
Campbell would honor the position. Sena-
tor Spencer don't want the position and
would hardly accept the nomination. Yank-
ton has seven or eight standing candidates.
They would be heard from often if they had
a "Cactus'' to start their buom. The Press
and Dakotaian don't boom for anybody but
Bowen and Kingsbury. Poore, Of the
Springfield Times wants 10 be let alone in
hia III r land ofSoo The ElL Do;,t C...