Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-04-30
PERHAPS FOR ARTHUR.

The Pioneer Press correspondent at
Huron thus sizes up the results of the re- !
cent convention at Huron: "As nice and
neat q political trick as is generally per-
petrated upon political convention was
forced upon the South Dakota delegates
in the Huron convention, held yesterday
The sentiment of this part of the territory
is in favor Of Blaine. Arthur has friends
and Logan has friends, but Blaine seems
TO be in the majority. 1t was the determ-
ination of some of the hot-headed ones
to run the convention in favor OF Blaine.
They would listen to no other candidate;
they would make no combination that
would not result in the endorsement OF
Blaine. Everything was to be for Blaine.
II was evident from the beginning thet
this WIS to he the rock On which the
so7th Dakota de egates woufd split, The
more conservative daiegI Ites wanted de-
eS0tion TO go uninstructed, and to vote
for the strongest man; but the Blaine men
would not listen to the idea. Now appear
ON the scene the North Dakota delegates,
They tried TO make combinations with the
conservative element the friends of Ar
thur and Logan and Edmunds, but failed
for the reason that, while these conserva-
tive men wanted no instructions, they
also wanted to make two delegates from
South Dakota an issue. II was their idea
to cement South Dakota sentiment in
Ill hn Nal lYpta rla Of
once perceived the weakness of the Blaine
men and commenced to shout louder for
Blaine. Then came the South Dakota
ultra Blaine men on the basis of q recip-
rocal sentiment and an alliance was easily
formed. The North Dakota men held a
caucus with the South Dakota Blaine men,
but they likewise held conferences Of their
own to which the South Dakota men were
not invited. The programme was cut and
dried beforehand, and went through with
out material variance, the Blaine men
believing they had gained glorious VIC
tory over the friends of Arthur and other
candidates What is the result ? The
Blaine men, dealing with better organ
lied and sharper set Of men, were COM
pletely duped. While the delegation is
ostensibly for Blaine, it is really for Ar
thur. II was understood in the North
Dakota conference that the delegate from
North Dakota, for local reasons, should be
an Arthur man out and out, and that the
delegate from South Dakota should be
man as mnch likely to vote for Arthur as
for Blaine. And so Nelson Of Pembina, a
federal Office holder. holding his position
IN the custom house from the administra-
tion and pronounced Arthur man, is the
delegate from North Dakota. The South
Dakota man is Colonel jolly, of yermillion
who will be glad to oblige Mr.. Burdick,
of the same place, and Mr.. Burdick in
turn will be glad to oblige Gov. Ordway
in every particular. The influences which
surround Col. jolly are anti Blaine. A
month ago in an interview Gov. Ordway
stated that Dakota would probably give
delegates for Arthur. He has got them.
Ordway's hand guided the plan which was
carried out, thanks to the kindness OF the
South Dakota Blaine men. The North
Dakota men are wreathed in smiles over
the success Of the trick they played on the
delegates from Sphinx, Clark, Coddington
and other counties. When Gov. Ordway
hears Of the success Of these Blame men
he will smile in his sleeve at their bucolic
innocence. The Blaine sentiment was
used and harped upon to its fullest extent
and the Blaine delegation sent to Chicago
will vote for Arthur SO long as he has a
chance.
THE DELEGATES.
Nelson was member oil the last legisla-
ture, voted for the capital removal, aud is
a friend of Ordwsy. Jolly is a friend and
townsman Of DIR. Burdick, who was a
member Of the last council, voted for the
capital removal bill, and refused an offel
made by Yankton man of $40, 900 to vot,
against it, Burdick first proposed Jolly''
name in his paper and carried through fol
him.
Hon \ w McD,ii was nnErm en SaflIr