Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-07-12

TENING, JULY -, 1883.
OUTSIDE ECHOES.
The Press OF Dakota Upon the Huron Con-
Vention and the Constitutional Conyen-
tion Called to Meet at Sioux Falls.
Redfeld Journal.
The constitutional convention for Da.
kota will be held at Sioux Falls Septem-
Der 4th. 1883. We say it will be held
because the people Of the state have said
DO. The men who are at the head of the
movement. and they number thousands,
are in every town and section OF the
whole land. They propose to 60 ahead
and demand what is their right, self gov
ernment. OF course there will be some
opposition to this move. Some of the
old politicians will oppose it because the
people have not seen fit to put the man.
agement of affairs into their hands.
"Brown county" will oppose it because
it leaves Brown county on the side of
the new state. Tom, Dick and Harry
will oppose it for reasons equally potent.
But the mass Of thinking, reading men
see in this movement that which will
not be put down by any power on earth.
1t will grow more popular as time rolls
on, an ii congress should refuse to ad.
NIT Dakota next winter the movement
will not be any the less earnest. It
must result in and hasten admission.
Our advice to those who propose to op-
pose the movement is to get out of the
road for the car of state is certainly on
the track, pushed on by fully 25O,O0O
earnest people.
Moody County Enterprise.
The people OF Moody county can not
afford to neglect the constitutional con.
vention. Whether the constitution pre-
pared by the convention becomes the
constitution of the state of Dakota or
not, it is OF the greatest Importance that
it should be document worthy of be-
coming such. No event in the history
of any state is of as great importance to
it as its constitutional convention. The
character of the constitution which is
prepared at Sioux Falls will be COM
mented on in congress when Dakota's 3
claims for admission are presented there.
If it will not stand criticism the fact will
be used against Dakota with great force.
1t is an unusually meritorious produc.
ton, it may perhaps materially aid in Sc.
suring admission. The vote on electine
delegates to that convention as well
as the subsequent vote on the constitn.
tion itself will be taken as basis for esti.
mating the population of Dakota. It is
also apparent that the prohibition ques.
ton will play an important part in that
convention. There will also be an effort
made to secure the insertion of prohib.
itory clause in the constitution. That a
hard contest will ensue may be taken
for granted. There is danger that in
the contest over this issue other import.
ant matters may be ignored. The mod.
crate course to take upon this subject
would appear to be to submit prohibi.
tory clause at the same time but as an
entirely distinct proposition which
might thus be adopted or rejected with.
out affecting the fate of the rest of the
constitution. Few fair minded men can
object to the latter plan.
Jamestown Capital.
Division of Dakota on the Missour
river to form two states is too absurd K
be seriously discussed. Yet many who's
judgment We should expect to be soun,
and valuable profess to be seriously il
favor of such scheme. Some of thes
| advocate the annexation of the Blacl
Hills to Wyoming. The slightest glanc
at map is all that is necessary to shov
the unreasonableness of such q PROPOSE
ton. East Dakota, as bounded by th,
river, would be large, unshapely ant
unwieldy state, and if the river division
were made, there would be an immediat
clamor for another division of the easter
state on the 46th parallel. Take ava,
the Black Hills country and that part O
Dakota lying east of the Missouri, an
there would be nothing left. Much bet
ter to have no division at all than di
vision on the Missouri.
Grand Forks Herald.
It is mainly the professional politician
having political schemes to subserv
that are in favor of the admission of Da
kota as zone grand glorious and undi
vided state" The people who unfortu
nately of late seem to be entirely ignore,
by their so-called representatives.? p ar
almost unit in favor of division on th
46th parallel. On the very verge o
statehood, the great and most importan
question for Dakota to decide seems t,
be whether it shall be the will of tn
people or the will of the professiona
politicians who prey upon them, tina
shall prevail. It is an issue that mus
be squarely met, and one that has q,
important bearing upon the future of th
commonwealth. Politics of late year
have come to be considered profession
and the most successful politician
often the man who by trickery and decel
and cunning can manipulate caucuse
and defeat the will of the masses
Legislation is usually for th
benefit of the few at the expense Of th
many, and the few thus acquire powe
and are united in purpose. It Is seldor
that the masses of the people can
aroused to q pitch of enthusiasm suff
cient to unite all in the common purpos
of seeing that the will of the majority j
forcibly expressed. Power is delegate
to successful schemers who ore permi
ted to use it unjustly and to falsiiy the
reports to the people of the use that ha
been made of the power conferred. d,
kota standing on the threshold of Il
union knocking for admission to the 81
terhood of states is to-day face to fst
with great problem, the solving
which must have an all.important bes
ing upon her future. The question
shall ring of corrupt golitical specul
( 1 tors be allowed to assume to dictate ~