Daily globe., 1883-05-29
DAKOTA'SCAPITAL.

Seitrcn OF a BOnuSs
By the Monday morning train over the
Northern Pacific, arriving from the west
at fifteen minutes before O'clock. tha
Dakota capital commission and distin-
guished party of friends and LOBBYISTS
reached st. Paul. The movements of the
commission the past week have been
duly chronioled from day to
day by the telegraph. LEAVING
ST. Paul week ago Sunday night. the
commission went to Grand Forks. and
thence to Bartlett, the end of the track on
the st. Paul & Manitoba road, from which
point they took carriages and visited
Odessa, on the shores of Devils lake-the
inevitable capital of Northern Dakota, ac-
cording to the claim of its syndicate of
- --7ers, who offer one hundred and sixtv
! --ceoS of land and 100000 as an induce
ment to the commissiun to fix the capita!
of the whole territory at that point
From Odessa the commission returned
to Grand Forks and without a stop started
west over the Northern Pacific. At
| dined. The next stop was at Steele.
where W. t. Steele and his hospi-
table lady, assisted by other good citizens,
| IL
land abounding in milk and honey" and
that so far as the personal comforts of
future honorables was concerned, no better
| location for the capital could be desired,
Then the cn:nmlssion men lrolIed away
| (by tra-1rj to Bismarck, where the whole
city tarned out to welcome them and to do
them honor, Including wining and dancing,
with brass band accompaniment, ilIumina-
tons, md ..assiduous personal attentions,
thrown in. Not satisfied with this, al ex-
cursion was provided over the Northern
Pacific road to Glendive, NJ. L. Here, too.
they were again wined and dined, and an
offer of GAO acres of land and S5OO,OOO
! made for the location of the
Dakota capital at that point, and if vote
had been taken than and there it is more
| than probable that Glendive, NJ. T., would
have won the prize.
But vote was not taken, and in due
time the commission and accompanying
friends started on their return trip.
| Bismarck and Steele were safely passed,
but Saturday night last found them
again at jamestown, where they had to
undergo another season of feasting. Sun
day morning found them in the ''truIy
good" city of Fargo, and under the direc-
tion of Major A. w. Edwards, of the Fargo
Argus, the day was duly observed. After
a day of rest the party took the night
| train for st. Paul, arriving as above
stated.
The commission, now in st. Paul and
domiciled at the Merchants, is composed
of the following named gentlemen: Alex.
| Hughes, Yankton, president; Alex. McKen-
zie, Bismarck, president of the executive
committee; H. II. DeLong. Canton; c. H..
Meyers, Redfeld; M. D. Thompson, YER
million; G. A. Mathews, Bookings; John
P. Belding, Deadwood; Milo w.
Scott, Grand Fork; B. F. Spauld-
ing, and R. W. Mitchell, secretary and edi-
tor of the Mitchell Capital On the train
with the commission, and supposedly their
| guests, were Col. G. A. Lounsbury, post
master at Bismarck and founder of the
Tribune, the pioneer paper of northwest
ern Dakota; Hon. Judson La Moore, of
Pembina; l.. G. Johnson, Ordway, lobbyist;
Alfred Dickey, jamestown, lobbyist; Geo.
II. Walsh, Grand Forks, member of
the last legislature and chief of the
| Odessa syndicate; G. P. Harvey, Mimic,
member of the last legislature; o. NJ.
| Towner, Larimore, member of the last leg
lslature; G. f. Matthews, of the Elk Point
Courier; o. W. Bennett, Fargo, lobbyist;
d. NJ. Inman, Deadwood, member of the
last legislature, banker and Democratic
statesman; James Carey, Deadwood, lob
iobbyist; Tao S. D. uSo6Enu' COOK, Mitchell fafgGi
Republican; N. G. Nash, Canton Nears; S.
F. Goodekoontz, Mitchell, lobbyist; Geo.
P. Flannery, Bismarck, good fellow and
lobbyist; John Lawler, Jr., Mitchell, son of
John Lawler of Prairie du CHEN, Wis, the
we'll known railroad contractor, and lob
byist.
1t is possible that some of the delegation
have ''got away" in the foregoing minia-
| ture census. At all events the ''goodlie
! partie,' number of them with
wife attached, paralJ Jzed Col. Allen,
for time, but he finally recovered sufi-
ciently to order all cots in the house
spread, after which he hurried to his con-
tractor and ordered him to put on double
force of men to hurry forward his fifty
room addition to completion.
The delegation, on their arrival III ST..
Paul, looked and acted as ordinary
men. Their first concern seemed to be
q good square meal, and that Judging
from their satisfied looks an hour later,
Col. Allen supplied them with.
With this mornings meal, however, all
cohesion and sympathy of purpose seemed
W N1Su POe-I' LILO 4ODOJ ISGo 1LOuI tu0 uI1
ferent points were easily approached, and
each and every one of them was
ready to set down and tell the
reporter the advantages of his
particular locality for the capital location
and just why their "favorite spot'' was
to be finally agreed upon by the commits
sion. But the commissioners themselves
were very busy; too busy to talk. They
had had, all agreed, very pleasant trip
and were satisfied that there were any
number of first class locations in Dakota
for capital. But as to the point
which the commission would
finally select each and every one was as,
dumb as an oyster. The Hon. John Bel.
ding, of Deadwood, ,cornered by the report
er, gave him long lecture on the effect
the action of the commission would have,
in making up the platforms of the next
national conventions on the tariff ques-
tion, while W. F. Steele, complimented
as to his improved appearance by the silk
''tile' that he wore, answered "that's moth
ing; amt I got the capital
And so it went. The commissioners
would not talk, and the lobbyists were all
too ready to boom their particularly.