The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-12-04

The vote of Dakota territory is about
50, 900, and Judge Giffords majority about
$4,000. Mclean county failed to tally a
democratic vote.
Dakota is great Prior to the opening
of the last presidential campaign the pro-
cess of unfolding to the gaze of eastern
home-seekers our manifold advantages
was industriously ly pursued, but the strlk-
ing inaction of the last six months has led
some to believe that the same rule was
shared in Dakota To entirely lose sight
of this thought one has but to shake him
self, open his eyes and witness the trans
formation scene enacted in this great terri
tory while the balance of the United
States was at stand still, or, worse, re-
trogradive. While thirty seven states
and territories were undergoing Il period
of stagnation in striking contrast tc the
precedent established in the revival of bus
mess in 1878, the spirit of progression
and development dominating in Dakota
lowered above and beyond the periodical
result usually augmented by over r-produc-
ton, and as result the Dakota of to-day
is not only fourishing and prosperous but
safely ha1bored where business depression
can result in no material effect to her flu
ture. Flowery statements by gifted writ
ers will do for some sections, but the
imagination of the reader is one of suspic-
ion. These banana writer's are at present
engaged in booming the sunny south,
but the utter absence of magic figures as
citations proving the advanced condition
of development is feature unnecessary
in Dakota. Compiled from various sour
ces we have cleaned few facts about Da-
kota, and present them for perusal.
Dakota contains 96,OOO,OOO acres of
land; the amount of land disposed of by
the government during the year was g.
100000 acres to private parties, 5000, 900
on claims to railroads, hereafter to be ad
judicated; the Northern Pacific sold
100000 acres during the year. The terri
torial debt is but 1894 900; the assessed
valuation is SS4, ,597, ,49S, an increase of
"a 900, 900 during the year. The amount
expended for schools during the year is
over 81, 5OO,OOO; the territory has over
1000 school houses, iustructing $4,000
children of school age, an increase of GO
per cent. in twelve months; there arc
thirteen educational institutions establish
ed by the territory Dakota this year
raised 3O,OOO,O00 bushels Of wheat. Da
kota has $500 miles of railway. The
vote this fall was $1,000, showing clear
population of 100000. The shipment Of
gold bullion the past year was 81, 5O0,O 900.
Through chronic meauness bya democrat
ic congress, the Sioux reservation, con-
tanning 100000 acres of tillable land,
is yet unopened; with this and the Win
nebago reservation open the population
would increase in six months to $4,000.
Comparisons are useless. In point of
population and valuation Dakota contains
ten states like Nevada, nearly equal to the
states Of Maine, West Virginia and great
er than Nebraska. Dakota doubles Flor
ida, Rhode Island Or Colorado, and swal
lows three states like Delaware or Oregon
Its voting population (white) about equals
that of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas
Alabama and nearly double that of South
Carolina. In two years there will be but
nineteen states exceeding her in popula
ton. Dakota is greater than the combin-
ed territories in opposition. Nevada has
two United States senators and one repre-
sentative in congress; we might assert
fifteen Dakota counties and secure five
states greater than Nevada. We may
very easily store away the population of
Delaware, Oregon, Colorado and Nevada,
and yet leave Dakota a small balance.
For years the people of Dakota have been
asking for admission by democratic con-
gress, and their demands have been un-
needed Now then, the palpable and fla
grant crime now beng committed by the
democracy becomes an issue just as i'm
portant and powerful as the commitment
of forgery, embezzelment or any of the
minor crimes. As one great leader has
aptly illustrated, the first instinct of an
American is equality Of right, equality of
privilege, equality of political power-that
equality which says to every citizen, your
vote is just as good, just as potential as
the vote OF any other citizen. The ordi
nance of 1877 provided that when any Of
the states carved out of the Northwest
Territory should have population of six
ty thousand they have right to admis-
son into the union ION an equal footing
with the original states, in all respects
whatsoever. Dakota is a part of the
Louisiana purchase. In the treaty of 1903
by which France ceded to the United
States its vast domain west of the Mississ-
ippi. is the following sentence 1.-THE in
habitants of the ceded territory shall be
incorporated in the Union OF the United
States and admitted as soon as possible, ac-
cording to the principles of the Federal
Constitution, to the enjoyment Of all the
rights, advantages and immunities of cit
liens of the United States" Under this
ordinance the duty Of congress becomes
plain. No legal construction can construe
the ordinance into condition other than
visible to the reader But what is the re-
suit
Dakota asks for division on the forty
sixth parallel, and the admission Of the
southern half. According to the last vote
the population of South Dakota is about
100000. But square in the face of this
convincing evidence the democratic par ers
are urging delayal of the admission-be
cause the republican majority is too large
This is not only damnable narrow mind
edness but absolute anarchronism. 1t is ar
attempted introduction of bull doing tac
tics for the contravention of principle (
high-handed exhibit of rank bourbon act
ion for the suppression of equality. 1t is
not only beyond precedent in the history O
the government, but, under the ordinance
of 1903 a fagrant exhibit Of criminality
equal to the willtul suppression of the col
ored vote i'll the south or the case of forg
cry and perjury practiced in the attempt
to secure democratic legislature in Lii
nois. The fact that high handed ont
rage is being committed is lost sight o1