Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-04-03
Fargo Post.

kota journal to break ground on the sub
ject Of the location of the new capital is
the same one that has given currency to
the declaration that division is dead"
We refer to the Bismarck Tribune. In
its issue of the 22d inst, the Tribune
ventilates its ideas concerning location,
and INDUCES is some personal illusions
which have very significant bearing
upon the topic OF which it treats. MIR.
Williams, the immediate representative
of Bismarck in the house, and the
speaker of that body is highly com.
mended for his legislative labors, as is
also Mr.. NicEeus, councilman from the
same district, while Aleck Mckenzie,
who "camped on the ield," j" as member
of the third house, during the entire
session, is said to have been worth "half
a dozen members" We take no excep.
tion to these profuse doses of taffy, be-
cause they are probably well deserved,
but as Mr.. Mckenzie is one of the nine
capital commissioners, and Messrs. Will
liams and Nickeus were vigorous sup
porters of the capital removal bill, it is
not difficult to see under what cover OF
support the Tribune approaches the
location. when it says:
"This is a question that is decidedly
interesting to the people of Dakota. and
whether it shall be at Bismark, at James.
town. at Huron, at Aberdeen, or at some
point yet to be christened, remains to be
seen."
Bismarck would be desirable loca.
ton for it, If Its railway system was
developed. The same is true of James.
town, but we are inclined to think that
on o north Dakota location the commits.
sion will stand four. to five against, and
in that case We loose"
Aberdeen, or Huron, or some point in
Sphinx county, are centrally located, and
with the completion of the Milwaukee &
st. Paul road to jamestown, will be &C.
cessible from any point in north Dakota.
The capital at Aberdeen would be but
200 miles, by rail, from Bismarck and
Fargo and 100 only from jamestown, and
would have wonderful influence in
building up the James river valley. At
Aberdeen it would be located on two
railroads from the south and one from
the east. One of the roads from the
south will be extended to Jamestown
probably this year. and the one from the
east to Bismarck. In that case Bismarck
will be but $50 miles by rail from the
capital. The Fargo u Southwestern is
being built toward that point and is
already completed nearly halfway, and
that will bring even Pembina within
easy reach of the capital. But Aberdeen
must understand that it takes money to
secure the prize"
Further on the Tribune remarks:
Had the commission not been ap.
pointed the capital question would have
remained unsettled for years; the legis'
lature would have continued to meet in
some lily ventilated old rookery way
down on the Nebraska line, and the ella.
NOR for the division of the territory, be.
cause of the difficulty in reaching its
capital, weuld have gone on for an in:
definite period, much to the injury Of
all sections"
Three points are plainly foreshadowed
in these speculations Of the Bismarck
paper:
ist. A persistent effort to locate th.
capital at Bismarck; and
ID. Failing in that, location as fal
! north as possible in the James Rive
valley, preference being given to Aber
. deem or that vicinity, which is abou