Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-09-22

In the remarks which follow We have
no intention and no desire to criticise
the action Of the Pierre convention in
the selection Of . candidate for the posi-.
tion Of delegate 10 congress. What We
say u said to the people Of Yaukton
county. who were misrepresented in that
convention by men who secured their
seats therein through the employment
Of questionable practices. It has become
necessary for the republican newspaper
Of Yankton to speak openly upon this
subject, because there is an element
within the party which operates upon
the theory that the will of the people
must be- asubordinated to their own
wishes and desires and that in ali their
undertakings the end justiAes the means
employed, even though those means
amount to an open betrayal Of public
interests. The sentiment of Yankton
county in the delegateship contest was
favorable to Raymond BY large
majority. He has msde good delegate.
He has secured for Yankton county its
share of representation in the legislature.
In the bitter contest between Yankton
and its enemies he has placed himself
squarely on our side. For these and
other reasons sentiment of common
gratitude dictated substantial support
Of friend tried and true. Hence
Yankton county desired its votes in the
Pierre convention to go to him. That
they were not cast in accordance with this
desire we have the evidence of motion
adopted in Pierre convention caucus,
wherein Yankton county pledged itself,
with Others, to support . south Dakota
man "first. last and all the time" This
was the voice of the Yankton county
delegation, but it was not the sentiment
OF the people whom they should have
represented. The delegation was chosen
in the Ysnkton county convention
through gross Misrepresentation, where.
in they posed as Raymond men at home
and cut loose from all such obligations
Ut Pierre. They made up ticket Of
their own selection, presented it to the
country delegates as Raymond ticket
and studiously concealed its existence
from those of the city delegates who
were not in the scheme. A few open
anti. Raymond men had been chosen in
the city and few more we're smuggled
in under guise Of friendship for him
By this deception the solid vote of The
country was secured for the ticket and {
real Raymond sentiment was left in {
minority in the house Of its friends.
Since the county convention it ha
been discovered that the GAINESVILLE pre-
c,nct and the Msrindahl precinct vert
instructed for Raymond aud that the
Pfeffer precinct was solid for him. Oh
KJelseth, OF Marlndahl, and Mr.. PAeffer
are our authority for this state
ment 80 far ss the last tw,
precincts are concerned. The James
vile delegation, by the con
fession Of Herman Hewer. brought
written instructions in Its credentials K
vote for Raymond men. After reachin,
Yankton these instructions were erased
from their credentials, an act whicl
comes 90 near being forgery that th
distinction is not worth mentioning.
resident Of the Welshtown precinct say
he went to the school house at whicl
the caucus was called, at the appointe,
time, and waited an hour aud no on,
else appeared. He then went to an I'd
joining farm and urged . number Of mel
at work there TO 60 over to the schoc
house aud hold the caucus. They de
olined and said they didn't want an,
caucus. Yet the credentials Of tn
Welshtown precinct appeared in do
form at the convention, dated May 81
and accompanied BY Two written proxie,
Our best information il that no caucu
was held at the time and place mer
toned. But the precint was voted IN
voted 70 suit the purposes Of the COZ
spirators.
N From the facts adduced il h show
that the convention should have cor
tanned sixty.four votes instead Of sixt,
eight. OF these sixty.four 10 can oouu
thirty.five certain Raymond men.
the remaining twenty.nine it is know