Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-09-04

DAKOTA TER
counties Pettigrew had not the shadow
OF right or reason for making contest
In Beadle county ! had eighteen out of
the twentv-ohe uncontested delegates, he
having but three, and the admission OF
his contesting delegates from the town
of Huron would not have affected the
result in the least"
aurora county, where lie claims the
delegates were all for him, was never
organized. A convention was called to
elect central committee. Only part of
the county was represented. But not
withstanding this fnct, and the fact that
the convention was not called to elect
delegates, the Pettigrcw men happening
to be in the majority, proceeded to elect
them. This action was entirely unwar-
ranted, the convention being called for
an entirely different purpose, and the
delegates thus elected have no claim
whatever to recognition. Another con-
vention has been called. and the dele
gates elected by it will be the represen-
tatives of the county.
"In Clay county an anti -Pettigrew fight
was made and lie was beaten. Although
he claims four delegates, am assured
by men OF undoubted reliability that he
won't get one. In Charles Nix no notice
of convention has been given and con-
seguently no convention with any claims
to regularity has been held, though Pet
tigrew claims it, and Grant county,
wherein he has contesting delegation,
carried fully and fairly. My friends in
that county are in the proportion of ten
to one. Hughes county is claimed by
my friends and Hamlin county is for
Poore first, tor me second, for Pettigrew
never"
"Another evidence of the methods of
the Pettigrew faction is given in the way
they managed the Lake convention.
This convention was called for seven
o'clock In the evening, in order to give
the farmers chance to come in, but the
Pettigrew men got together at one
O'Clock, and organizing the convention
cut out the farmers who were at work in
their fields"
| You saw, 1 suppose, that Pettigrew
claims Lawrence county by 81 to 22!"
"Yes, but my impression is that they
got the figures reversed. All 1 have
learned in reference to this county has
been through the papers, and they state
my majority as 81 to %. The Pettigrew
men held contesting convention in the
same hall, however. and elected
another set of delegates. Lincoln
county they also contested, but here, !
think they overreached themselves, for
Hughes carried the county fairly and
squarely, and the contest by Pettlgrew
merely shows his intention to control the
temporary organization by fair means or
foul, and he expects bv contesting my
delegations to bar them from participa.
ting III the temporary organization. In
Union county, too, Petit grew claims q
contesting delegation, but if his friends
held convention it was done in secret
and known to no one outside. No open
convention was held"
"Pettigrew claims that you got ahead
of hlm and commenced the tactics OF
contesting counties before he was aware
what was going on
MIR. Hand smiled rs much rs to say
"1t's rather queer that an old politician
who has been working hard for re-elec
tion should let such things go to so ad
vanced stage as he claims withou
learning Of them. 1t doesn't bear til.
impress OF truth" He said, however:
ut is utterly untrue. The Pettigrev
faction were the first to make contest
and have been in many instances the
: contesting parties. The Bon Homm,
county convention W as the first one held
AS sson as the Grand Forks convention
was called, Mr.. Mccoy called count,
convention at once, intending to sprinI
the matter before my friends were pre-
cared. My friends, however, went t
work and beat them, and the Pettigre,
men, after being fairly beaten, bolte
and elected a coutesting delegation
This was the first contest
"Pettigrew says remarked the repor
ter. "that you are the ring candidate"
~ know he does. That is another ev
dence of his methods of conducting til
campaign. which are most d,sgracefu
The statement is utterly and absolutel
untrue, ard is simply used to create
prejudice against me. have lived
Dakota seventeen years; came there b
fore he knew OF such place. and hav
r grown up among the people; know VIII,
their interests are and have them
heart. | have held number of pos
:. tions ef honor and trust, aud none br
4, he has ever uttered word affecting u,
O integrity. went there IN 1866, witlo,
b knowing soul and with no commissc
| ALI NY pcShSts tiN hSu was uPDo1u be
O to office it was from Dakota. and nc
l. from an eastern or any other state.
IL Ii l chose I would mention many OF
4 er instances where Pcttigrew has do
,r disgraceful and dishonest things, but
Y the sake of the good name of the ter
u tory, which has already been sufficient
le disgraced by his actions, 1 will refral
r As toi myself, don't care much for Il
n nomination personally, but 1 do care
l. great deal on account of the principl
r, of the people l represent. All ask
10 this campaign is fair, honest show, al
i. my friends will demand this to the Ia
L. day i'll the afternoon, and we expect til
ot the people of northern Dakota will {
,e cord this to us, for we believe they
tend to be fair minded and Just. Besid
w this, the people of northern Dako
ne have declared against Pettig1ew in
most every instance, and believe til
H. whatever they do. they will not suppc
lis him.
at "Pettigrew cannot be nominated exec
r. by trickery or fraud, and nominate
III procured by him or any other men
of aid of his bogus convention will ha
very little weight with the voters of t
Is territory. l have no fears that if
come before the people as opposing C.
as didates that he will be beat
in SO badly that politics y
ke hereafter have no charms for hi
ty In this connection may say that
ut lieve the delegates elected in my fay
ly in southern Dakota represent fully thr
a. quarters of the republicans in that 6
~ ton, and consider Pettigrew's obi
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