Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-09-24


There was properly no Issue of locality
in this campaign, and the fictitious issue
which was presented at Pierre was the
work OF the very adroit managers.of the
opposition to Raymond. The work of
arousing a sentiment in south Dakota
In favor of candidate living this side
OF the 46th parallel was begun months
ago and was carried on until it culmina.
ted in the successful hoodwinking OF a
large number of well-meaning delegates
from this part of the territory into doing
the work mapped out for them by
Mckenzie, Edwards and Pettigrew. 1t is
natural for the people of any given Sec
tion to prefer delegate from that Sec
tion. on the ground that he will naturally
have more regard for their interests than
will a delegate from any other locality.
In the present case, however, this pre-.
sumption had been overcome by an
actual test of six months service by
Capt. Raymond in congress, which
showed him to be perfectly far to all
sections. Indeed the opposition to him
was due entirely to this fact that he had
been fair to south Dakota, and had re.
fused to obey the behests of any man.
There was therefore neither reason nor
propriety in raising sectional issue, and
the real question should have been,
"does the service Of Delegate Raymond
to the interests of the whole territory
entitle him to denomination? ?"
The leaders OF the opposition who
aroused this sectional feeling for their
own purposes, cared nothing for south
Dakota. They were desirous only to
defeat Raymond. The result of the
action Of large part Of south Dakota
delegates is to aid Raymond's enemies
in Furnishing him for being fair to south
Dakota. for being not the representa-.
tive of single section, but of all Da-
kota. 1t is notice to everyone that
the delegate to congress who dares
defy the schemers who controlled in the
convention can not and will not receive
q second nomination. The part played
by the representatives Of Yankton county
in the convention is one which
should cause every honest man Of us to
blush, displaying as it does, not only
the basest ingratitude, but the grossest
stupidity. In al the fierce and bittel
contest between the corrupt ring which
is plunderlng the territory and the bet.
ter element, contest in which this city
and county took the lead for justice and
right, Delegate Raymond stood squarely
by US. 1t was the honest action on hit
part which aroused the hatred Of Nc
Kenzie, Edwards ct al, who finding they
could not use him in furthering theil
schemes, declared he should not be re-
nominated. Now in contest thus be.
gun there are on the one sid.
those who have ever beer
against US and in the other side an
honest delegate whose only offense is
that he is and has been for us. Yanktor
county deserts its friend and goes ovel
to its ancient enemy. Our allies now
are those only who have plundered ut
and who will continue to despoil us
The alliance which we might have made
with the Red River valley, whose inter
ests can never be seriously antagonistit
to ours, we have, by our representatives
rejected for that Of Pettigrew and Bis
marck. This is called victory fol
south Dakota, though won under tht
the leadership Of the very men who hav.
hitherto defeated US. A glanc.
at the names Of the member
of the central committee. some of then
put there against the earnest protests O.
the friends Of Clifford, including th,
names OF such eminent friends of soutt
Dakota as A. W. Edwards, of Fargo
Steele, Nickeus, Stoyell and Jewell. botl
Of Bismarck, and a number Of Petit.
CREWS followers, will reveal the ful
value of the victory. and show who con
trolled in the division of the fruits o
that victory. In such hands the politi
cal machinery of the dominant party o
the territory hos been placed for th
next two years by the action Of soutl
Dakota, under the delusion that the fac
of candidates residence on one side Q
an imaginary line rather than on th
other, was OF immense importance. Th
truth ls. south Dakota has again bee
defeated by her oldenemies. whom, neg
lecting the advice Of the old adaRt
"Fear the Greeks. though bearing gifts,
she foolishly trusted. DAKOTA.