Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-15

tions no one can dispute VINO VIII dispasslonatcIy
nd conscientous.Y examine the map of the terri
tory"
Mr.. Hughes was further asked as to what
effect the legal proceedings against the oc4n-
mission would have. He laughingiy said:
''You are not so foolish as TO believe they will
amount to anything, are you? Why. they were in
sttuted by the disgruntled Yanktonians solely to
brighten the towns which intended to bid. They
hoped the commission would not receive any
tangible desirable offers. aud would thus be made
ridiculous. The game didn't work, you have seen.
am proud OF the Territory. I Why, l have in mar an
$40 900, and. as you know, we did not open or
consider all the bids. What other Territory Of
equal ase--or older for that mater-could or would
make such liberal bids?"
WHAT OTHERS THINK.
A;eck Mckenzie who ls the hero of the hour,
bears his honors meeklv and seams rather to
dread the ovation which is sure to await him at
Bismarck. TO his personal influence moro
than to that Of any one maa is due the
selection of the site. While acknowledge
ing that the result is very gratifying
to him personally he insists that when the nat
ural disappointment of unsuccessful towns is
abated, the universal verdict will be that Bis
msrcli was the wisest choice possible to
make. The selection will put many dol
lars in his pocket. as he is large
holder Of realty in Bismarck, a town in which
he has had unbounded faith through good and
evil report He insists with much earnestness
that everything has been open and above board
in the dealings of the commission, and that
Bismarck won on its merits,
OPINION IN FARGO.
Gov Oriway does not conceal his satisfac-
ton a. the result, and although he may have
had other preferences, Pierre or Ordway, for
example his sentiment, anything to beat my
Yrnktou opposers," has received a pleas
ant flip. Roberts, the Fargo capital
ist. is not at all ticlled, and
probably feels as bitterly as Col Pat Donan.
though not as outspoken as the latter who can
not find superlatives strong enough to condemn
the commissions in toto and in detail
Wai;i and La Moure of tho uppe.
couutry declare themselves satisfied since
North Dakota came to the front in great sha Pc
as they express it; while W. i. Steele is of
course Iubilant, the proximity of Bismarck to
his town size largely enhancing the value of the
latter Wells of Jamestown was not seen,
but Is understood to be satisfied, and the same
is regarded as the feeling of Touner of Lari-
more. IL fact few who live north of the
forty sixth parallel have anything derosatory
| to say OF the commissioners action.
cRAspISG THE FoRELoCR.
It is regarded os stroke of good policy,
and credited to Aleck Hughes, to have taken
! Immediate steps toward the preparation OF
plans and the exact location of the capi-
tai. 1t is said that as the $780,
| 900 is Immediately available il
| is wise to use some of il
at once, so that the people will the more read
ily acqniesce. OF course, there are plentiful
! charges of bribery and corruption, but none
ere definite as to persons or amounts, and the
commissioners preserve an air Of innate recti.
Jude.
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