St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-02
DAKOTA POLITICS.
GEN. ohm e. Dennis Talks OF Men
and Things.

Gen. John B. Dennis and Hon. W. II.
McVay of Yankton, OAK, registered at the
Merchants yesterday morning and imme-
diately under their names on the hotel regis
ter was that of j. III. Drake of Aberdeen all
well-known citizens of Dakota. In answer
to question of a GLOBE reporter Gen.
Dennis said that it was by chance that the
three had met in st. Paul; they had no de-
signs political or otherwise on the common
wealth or the city. Mr.. McVay was one
of the Dakota railroad commissioners,
bound on a trip of inspection along the Da-
kota branches of the Northwestern road,
and Mr.. Drake had simply come to st. Paul
for Sunday. Gen. Dennis said that the
vote at the election next Tue sday would be
very general from present indications, at
least on the question for temporary capital.
Sioux Falls he considered out of
the race and named the four points
which were conceded to have
any reasonable hopes as Huron, Pierre,
Alexandria and Chamberlain. Yankton
votes would be divided between Pierre and
Huron, but about all would go to one of
those points. He believed that these two
places were both very confident and that
the others named thought they had more
than an even chance. On the question of
division he said that Democrats, as a rule,
in South Dakota, favored division before
admission, in spite of the fact that two Re-
publican senators would be sent to Wash
ington. They would not let this overweight
the advantages of having home officers. On
the ticket nominated by the Republicans,
the vote would be lighter, he thought, al
though Republicans would, pretty gener-
ally, support it. He said it was not his idea
that the present nominations would hold
after the admission of the territory, and, for
himself, he could hardly
SEE THE PURPOSE
for which it was placed in the field. When
it was suggested that it might be move of
politicians, who hoped that congress might
take such action that the nominees would
constitute the first state officers he said he
did not know. He was not i'll politics. 1t
might be so.
Speaking of the distribution of offices in
Dakota, he said he did not know just what
had been Mr.. Boynton's movements in
Washington, or how much, if any influence
he had eXerted there. He had heard rumors
that Boynton would be candidate for gov
ernor if Gil Pierce were removed, but they
were rumors only. He believed there was
some feeling in the territory that Pierce
ought to go, but it was not very marked.
He believed that Mr.. Day had considerable
influence at Washington, although the ap-
pointment of Dan Maratta as marshal had
not been to Mr.. Days liking. He did not
regard fthe fact that Mr.. Slattery's ap-
pointment had been, as postmaster at
Bismarck, a blow against Mr.. Day, as
it was understood that the North Da-
kota postoffices had been left to others
by Mr.. Day, although MI. Bragg had been
the choice of what was known as the Day
faction. When asked as to the charges
that Mr.. Days course was not generally
satisfactory to the party, ne said: 81
know there has been charges that he has
not been doing the proper thing, but
notice that the objections come from those
who have been left out in the distribution
of the plums." AS to the land office at
Yankton, he said that Joe Chandler, who
was appointed receiver during Ordway's
administration, had thought his head
would probably come off any way. and had
quit few days ago and would hereafter
devote himself to the management of the
Yankton Telegram, which he was more or
less interested in financially.