Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-30
THE DAKOTA CAMPAIGN.
Judge Brookings Aalking an Active Cam
paign.


Judge Brookings Aalking an Active Cam
paign.
The Republicans Of Dakota are not to
have such walk away with their delegate
to congress as they anticipated. Judge
W. W. Bookings of Sioux Falls, has been
nominated as peoples candidate for del
egate, and IS making an active and vigor-
GUS canvass. He declares himself in favor
OF the division of the territory on the 46.h
parallel and for the admission of the
southern half as state. If elected he
also pledges himself to go to Washington
and spend the coming session laboring fer
these ends, though he cannot take his seat
until next year. He argues that
to accomplish this object some
Democratic support is important and
that be can be patented in securing. Alto
gether there are strong reasons given in
Judge Bookings behalf. The Sioux Falls
Argus thus sketches him:
Judge Bookings, like Lincoln and Gar
field, has risen from the ranks. He was
born In Maize on the 234 day of October,
1880, the tenth child of farmer. He lost
both parents before he was eighteen. He
educated himself like many New Eng
land boy, by paying with hard work
for his tuition. He came TO Dakota
in August 1861, and made his
first money by tearnipg. Although still
vigorous he bears the physical marks of
the hardships of his early career. Sincs
then he has far,ned. been il the legislature,
practiced law, been on the judicial bench
and IN brief has had ali the experience of
public and private hfein Dakota. Dakota
at this crisis emphaticaiiy needs for her
representative man who, like the judge,
was ore Of The earliest settlers and not
only knows, bat has experienced, the his
tory of the territory. HIS opponent, Capt.
Raymond. a recent conner, cannot, in the
nature Of things sympathize with you.
The judge came here twenty-five years
ago to seek his fortune, like You, and has
endured all the trials and privations OF a
pioneer. He came N wagon, made his
presumption and Tired in q log house.
Capt. Raymond came With q government
appointment in his pocket. He arrived IL
| railroad car and put up Il hotel. Is it
| not time to stop sending strangers to rep
resent US in congress and 10 try good home
| material?
| North Dakota wants a division and
south Dakota wants to be admitted as g
state. Is it not wiser TO select & man who
| is interested to labor for both objects Gas
without division TO state can DE made OF
South Dakota) than to choose 4 man who
| lives al Fargo, and can have 40 interest
| beyond . simple division? Nay should
not both ends of the territory pull in the
F! sauna yoke for Brookings, instead of lock
| ing horns on Raymond?
A delegate. has no vote. He can act
only as spokesman. He is your lawyer
| and congress is the jury. Judge Brook.
| ings is an earnest and capable speaker
! Capt. Raymond, by report, has never
| spoken in public. Is it not clearly your
interest to choose, OF the two candidates,
the one that can plead your cause? If you
were on trial for murder, would you select
mute for your lawyer?
| There are no political issues involved in
this election. Neither Republicanism mol
Democracy will gain vote by it. The is
sues are native born of Dakota, and con-
Germ only you, the people of the territory
The contest is simple contest of men
| Why not take the one that will serve you
best!
Judge Brookings, in his long and varied
career has left his mark everywhere on the
history of the territory, and II
every instance has acted for it
never against it. If any of you dc
not know the man, ask your neighbors,
especially old residents, and they will tell
you more and more that Is good of him
than in this brief address we can put here
| Capt. Raymond has no connection, that we
are aware of, with the history or progress
of the territory except his government ap-
pointment. You will notice i'll this appeal
we address ourselves entirely to your good
sense and we indulge in no spread eagle
paragraphs. Our cause is too good to need
bolstering by fine phrases.