St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-04
Dakota Politics.


The alluson to the fact that Capt. Raymond
and his friends were lavish in offering patronage
and things at Pierre for votes, made by the
Mandan Pioneer, whose editor, Mr. Long, was
an ant-Raymond delegate, exasperated the good
and handsome Burke of the jamestown Capital
and he rises right up in all his beauty and fierce
ness and demands that, Long shall specify the
exact facts or stand pilored in the stocks of in
fanny malicious liar and wanton lmpugner of
virtue and integrity. Further south or west at
least one funeral would result from such Ian
guage as he uses. There is no doubt that all
sorts of promises were offered for Raymond
votes at Pierre. AS sample the member offered
to remove the land Office from Bismarck to Man
dan for the vote of that county. Long can tell 81
good deal more il he will.
At the Cass county Republican county conven-
ton the other day resolution was introduced
confirming the nominations to Republicans. At
ter al animated discussion it was voted down, as
not being in harmony with the spirit of Dakota
politics. Two of the nominees are lifelong
Democrats G. j. Kissner and Harry O'Neil
This practice of dividing the offices has been the
chief reason why the Democrats have never had
party organization to amount to anything.
| The mead of the ticket is an Alex Mckenzie Re-
publican, like the woman's husband, by brevet.
| This convention had q rare instance of a modest
! politician. Col. Hubbard has long had his eye
| set on seat in the new capitol at Bismarck, but
| as others were eager for that he suppressed his
ambition and was nominated for constable. He
| is pioneer, the head of bank and several other
important lines of business well as land agent
| and will make an excellent constable.
| Since the Pierre convention some suspect that
| Mckenzie, the Bismarck rustler, did not put in
all his tour in the south gathering pumpkins for
the New Orleans exposition.
The appearances now are that there will be
liberal sprinkng of Democrats i'll the legislature
| from north Dakota, although the district is
extremely unfavorable for them. Each district
has four members of one branch and two of the
| other. A man may be beaten in his own county
| and elected by the others Sheriff McFadgen
thinks Barnes will send Democrat and perhaps
| Burleigh.
The friends of the bright Young lawyer, jour
nalist and farmer j. NJ Tuohy, propose to urge
his name as a candidate for the legislature before
one of the conventions. The supporters of Capt.
| Raymond are specially active in the matter,
| Mr. T. threw his entire energies into the con-
| test and did more than almost all other agen-
cies confined to battle the Vaccinations of those
who sought to divide the north. Mr.. r. has
earned reputation in the journalistic field and
| will evidently reach eminence in the forensic
ranges He is one of the most acute, clear
| headed and brainy of the young men begin
ming to reach upward in Dakota politics and will
| soon take rank among the leaders. While 3
! Democrat in principle, he Is not narrow, and
would have large support on both sides.
Some of the friends of Raymond are now
claiming that he only lacked eight votes of a
majority at Pierre and that enough in several
delegations anxious to vote for him. but the
chairman reported for Clifford, and such hub
| bub was kept up that the Raymond men had no
chance to be heard, and he defrauded of the
nomination when it belonged to him.
There was a good deal of disappointment felt
| Of Faro that( MT al
at Sioux Falls. Nothing is known of Mr.. Will
son, of the Black Hills and it is thought to be
| blunder To take the nominee from that section.
Hon. Hiram Knowles, the Republican candi-
date for congress in Montana is claimed to be
strong man, and his party profess hopes of his
election. 1t would be exceedingly unwise to do
so if they could elect him, q state constitution
| has been formed and all parties want it admitted
! as state. The next congress will be Demo-
| cratic, and it will be taxing its magnanimity too
far TO expect it TO admit states from Dakota and
Montana with Republican senators, in the proba-
bic division Of the senate.
The Sioux Falls Leader accounts for it in this
way: John b. Raymond defeated by the
Bismarck crowd And why were the Bismarck
crowd against him? Simply because last wiuter,
after he had taken and promised to introduce the
Ordway Bismarck constitutional convention bill,
he met Judge Moody, Gov. Edmunds and Major
persuaded him not to introduce it; so he handed
it 10 McGnnis, of Montana, VINO introduced it.
This angercd the Bismarck men, and from that
they fought Raymond But how with the others?
They used Raymond until they had no further
use for him, and when he needed the help Of
eight votes to renominate him, these friends
were on the other side. And so goes politics.
The friends of Judge Clifford will take note that
the Republican convention of Cass county held
the past week failed to endorse him. The con
vention was entirely in the hands OF Raymond
men, and it was no oversight that caused such
ominous silence in regard to the delegate mat
ter. There is special significance in this course
taken at the home Of the defeated candidate. A
resolution has been published aid generally ac-
cepted over the territory genuine purportng
, TO have been passed at Republican meeting in
Fargo ratifying the nomination at Pierre. The
! truth is no such meeting was ever held. One
called but not half dozen attended and II
: was not even organized, The friends of Ray
mond are not likely to ratify in that direction
Bancroft, the historian, celebrated his eighty
/ fourth birthday anniversary yesterday in New.
port, Rhode Island
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