Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-10-19
CAMPBELL HEARD FROM.

AT meeting OF f0u Aearuey IOSt VI
the Grand Army of the Republic held at
Iankton Hon. Hugh J. Campbell res
bonded to the toast "The State Of Dako-
ta," IN which he took occasion to get in
his work on what he pleased to style
"Ordway and his gang" in way that
no doubt relieved him of great deal of
surplus bile. MIR. Campbell's bed has
not been one of rsscs this summer, and
although he has not taken a very active
part in the capital commission contest 1t
was not so much bee ause he had no feel
ing in the matter as because his whole
slime was occupied in bolsterlng up his
scheme Of self.censtituted statehood.
After building his air castle Of state and
presenting very attractive looking pa.
per state it is not to be wondered at that
Re felt provoked when Judge Shannon
fired into it and, shattered his air castle to
the four winds of heaven. 1t was almost
cruel on the part Of Judge Shannon 10 do
that, hut the temptation was SO strong
and the target SO fair that the perversity
of human nature "vercame him. No cy-
clone was ever more disastrous than the
first broadside Judge Shannon fred into
MIR. Calnpbell's paper state. Like the
Romans in the destruction of Jerusalem,
he was not satisfied with tearing down
the walls but lie plowed tho ground where
they had stood.
Nothing was heard from Campbell In
the way Of rebuilding the political edl.
fice, and time passed on till the const,tu.
tional convention was held At Sioux Falls
where the self. constituting state scheme
was entirely ignored. Time still passed on
and nothing was heard from Mr.. Camp
bell about his "late lsmented" paper
state until this meeting, when he says, 81
understand that Judge Shannon has
written some articles in which he boas:.
cd that he has utterly demolished the ar
guments in favor Of the right of the peo-
ple of Dakota TO form . state censtitu-
ton, anu state government for them.
selves"
IL understand" IS exceedingly chil1llke
and bland. lie would make it appear
that lie had only incidentally heard cf
Judge Shannon's articles, when, if the
truth were known, he has perhaps laid
awake more Of nights and burned more
midnight oil trying te find . fo0thold
upon which 10 answer them than any
subject, he ever encountered in his life.
Judge Shannon ncver''boasted' of dcmol-
ishing the sophlstry of Mr.. Campbell on
that question. lie merely brushed it
away aud there was no trace Of 1t left.
We do not d,spsrage the legal Of intel
lec,ual ability of Mr.. Campbell. In both
of these he is far above the average and
in some respects eminent, but 10 this he
seems TO have allowed his zeal to get the
better of his judgment. The motto be
adopted, ..Fear God aud take your own
part" is y very gsod one, but IN taking
ones own part it is equally important
that one does not infringe upon somebody
elsc's part.
but MIR. Campbell seems TO have
fought all alsug the line on this OCCASION
He rails against North Dakota because Of
its Northern Pacific land grant and III
bonanza farms. He says the owners Of
these bonanza farms live IN st. Paul.
Chicago, Milwaukee and. New York;
they come out 10 them in the summer,
bringing their work hands with tllen',
men who have no interest At stake IN the
country, and, rs he expresses il, who
"are wanderers and in many instances
from the slums Of the lowest description
Of these cities" That is the estimate
the great paper state maker q
the '.sOuthern confederscy," and whs j.
on the slate for governor Of the proposed
state, places upon the men who work
upon the bonanza farms OF North Dakota
1t IS not at all surprising that man will
such views Of the laboriug people oi
North Dakota should propose such 40
absurdity - making ssate out Of par
Of . territsry isdspsadsas sf tAs Will Of
congress.