Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-09-01
Delegate Raymond's position in fa1

Delegate haymOnds position IN favor
of division and the admission of southern
Dakota causes the Bismarck Tribune to
froth and fume and threaten with more
than its wonted vlgor. Commenting
upon Mr.. Raymond's communication to
the Press and Dakotaiap, in which he
states his position over his own sigma
ture, the Tribune says:
Bismarck will support no man for con.
gress who openly, and over his own sig
nature, insults the people of this vicinity.
He has mlsrepresented Bismarck. He
has said that the only enemies to division
and south Dakota he finds at Bismarck.
When be penned those lines he knew if
he knows anything that be was not tell
ing the truth. He did it to gain votes
in south Dakota. For every one he gains
IN that region in that way he will lose
two in this region. North Dakota will
have no double dealing. He had only
to be fair with Bismarck to have Bis
marck fair with him. Bismarck asks
nothing unreasonable. She asks for
nothing that she is not Justly entitled
to. She asks for simple justice.
Simple justice is what Bismarck does
not appear to want in very large doses.
In his communication Delegate Ray
mond, said: II know of no citizens of
north Dakota, save few at Bismarck,
who are opposed to division, or who
harbor any unkindly feeling towards
south Dakota" This is what the Tri-
bune calls mlsrepresenting Bismarck,
when it is susceptible Of easy proof that
citizens of Bismarck went to Washing.
| ton last winter to defeat division and
that other citizens of Bismarck came
into south Dakota last fall to defeat at
the polls the movement for statehood
Mr.. Raymond's statement is we'll found.
ed, as every Dakotaian knows who
watched the progress OF events during
last fall and winter. Bismarck. in as.
suming to dictate the policy of the en-
tire territory has overreached itself, anG
instead of repenting and endeavorlng tc
recover lost ground, it attempts to fgh
it out on the same line with the oddl
against it. The Fargo Republica,
recognizes the situation and voices tn
sentiment of the territory in the follow
ing paragraph:
The capital ring at Bismack showed
its true colors yesterday. Its motto il
} any thing, and any means, to beat Ray
mond, because the latter. as the repre-
sentative of the whole territory in con
, gress declined to be made the tool of {
faction. If the people of Bismarck wisl
to make war on Mr.. Raymond for sucl
reason, the friends of the latter will no
object. Go in, gentlemen, and do you
level best. You will have plenty o
leisure to repent.
The foregoing was penned the de-,
after the Burleigh county primaries wer
held. Later the convention did its wor
in Burleigh county and our dis
patches of Saturday tell us tho
q straight-out anti. Raymond dele
CATION to- Pierre was chosen, heade
by On Ordway. This action is suficien
to confirm the previous statements {
the Press and Dakotaian and to convinc
the people that Ordwayism Is at tn
head of the movement to defeat the re
nomination of our present delegate. Th
!. Cass county convention was quick t
recognize the situation, and in the adoI
tlon of the following resolution it gav
forth declaration of war against til
capital ring:
Resolved, That in Hon. John B. Ra,
= mond We recognize anon.sectional, faitl
full and efficient representative in col
gress for all Dakota, and the delegatlo
9 from the Cass county to the Pierre col
!. vention are ehereby instructed to vote an
q work for his denomination until victor
is ours.
!. The real issue is, shall the Bismarc
4 ring, aided by few southern co-worker
control the politics of all of Dakota?