Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-02-27
pAKoTAIANs LOBBYING.

Mr. Curtis, the Washington correspond
ent of the Inter Ocean, sizes up the Dako-
Ia people now in Washington as follows
and no doubt he is about right "Cyn-
thia Cleveland, of Highmore, who adver-
tises herself as the only female attorney
at law in Dakota, is here with the rest of
the boomers, and delivered a lecture to
a small audience Monday night. She
does not appear satisfied with the way
she has been treated, and complains of
the male contingent of the Dakota dele
CATION most bitterly. She is particularly
severe upon Governor Ordway, and
chatges him with being the cause of many
of her troubles Last week she was
politely but firmly invited to vacate rooms
which she has been occupying at board
ing house. and claims that Ordway has
been circulating bad stories about her,
which came to the ears of her landlady in
such form as TO convince the latter that
she was an objectional person. Ordway
denies the charge, and says that he has
never told anything To her discTedit, but
could if he was mind to. The fact of
people in town are doing the interl SITS Of
the Territory more harm than good. If
they could agree upon anything they
might get bill through Congress, but
there are seven or eight factions Of them
all pulling at odds and abusing each other
and as result are rapidly bringing Con-
gress and the President TO the opinion
that Dakota is u nuisance. They have
never had hearing before one of the
committees without getting into wrangle
and contradictihg each other, and prom
inent member of the committee on Terri
tories told them very plainly the other day
that il was useless for Congress- TO waste
time in considering Dakota matters until
the representatives from the Territory
could agree upon what they wanted.
Pat Donan, of Fargo, flung a small
bombshell, into the House committee on
Territories the other day in his speech
when lie said that the people of Dakota
were not like those of Texas and the
| southwestern territories. They were
honest, law abiding citizens, he said, MS
intelligent as the population of Massachu-
sets and Were neither "nigger killers
like the people of the south, or ence-cut-
ting cowboys like the people of Texas.
There We're two southern men on the
committee who were very much incensed
at the remark, and it happens that repre-
! sentative Lanham, Of Texas, who is also a
member, used to be cowboy, and Is in
warm sympathy with the fence cutters.
! The President is impatient with the Da-
kota people, and does not receive the del
! egations that go there very cordially. He
feels great interest in the Territory, aud
| is willing TO do whatever he can for its
admission and development, but has been
bored to death by their chickering's and
persistent demands upon his attention.
when the COMMITTEES went up the other
day TO present charges against ordway he
gave them what is called "a stepfathers
blessing" aud they have enleayored to
| prevent the publication of the fact for fear
Ordway will consider il a triumph. He
has time and again told them that Ord
way would be allowed 10 serve out his
term, which expires in May, and that de.
mands for his removal would not be heard
He has also repeatedly promised to notify
them when he was ready TO take up the
appointment Of ardway's successor, and
thinks that he ought to be let alone foi
tue present; but they persist in going NJ
there and occupying his time until he ha.
naally los, his patience.
There arc 80 many candidates for GOV