Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-10-31

f. M. Ziebach, whose stalwart democ-
racy cannot be questioned,is one of those
loyal members of the party who min
giles with his political faith true appre-
citation of the needs of Dakota. From
the troublons days of Indian aprisings,
when he commanded the garrison in the
stockade at Yankton and beat off the
enemies of civilization, down to the
time of our present pros
porous condition, Mr. Zle-
bach has been ever ali earnest adyo-
cate of Dakota's best interests. While
holding strictly to the doctrines of
democracy, party veal has always been
with him matter which followed in
the wake of Dakota's advancement. In
the present emergency he has been
tried and found not wanting. A few
leaders of ths political organization to
which he belongs have issued an edict
to the voters of the democratic party in
kSructing them to refrain from participa-
tioD in the constitutional election of
next week. Mr.. Ziebach, being inter
viewed relative to this action OF his po-
liticel associates, said:
II an an fauor Of dioiston and am in
faoor Of an expression from the party on
| that subject. WAile 1 do not think the
coming election aoiU greatly hasten dSvision
or admission, still zoe arc noW IN a eonds.
ton to express our oieus on tue subject and
1t sosuld be aoell to do So"
These are the honest sentiments of a
democratic leader whose views are gen.
orally respected outside of that faction
OF his party which some years ago allied
itself to Ordwayism and the Northern
Pacific Bismarck capital combination.
The individual democrats whom the for
tunes of politics placed in positions
which gave them quasi authority to issue
a pronunciamento to the rauk and file of
the party IN opposition to separate
statehood belong to the faction
controlled in by gone days by
the voice of Ordway and
his associates. They or their friends are
pecunlarily interested in Bismarck real
estate and because they desire to in
| crease the value of landed possessions in
the north they selfishly seek to prevent
the dismemberment of this overgrown
| territory. The desires of the managers
OF the speculative pool of which they
are part are their desires. They have
| no object in common with the
| people of south Dakota, but have an OBJ
jeot purely personal and intensely selfish.
| No democrat in Dakota recognizes
this fact with more unerrlng certainty
than Mr.. ziebach, and his honest heart
revolts against their assumed dictation
IN opposition to the common good and
and for the benefit of the few adYen-
turers whom they represent. He cannot
look with compIacency upon the ruinous
efforts of these men, even though they
train with the party Of which he is an
honorable member, and be speaks his
convictions with fearless voice and
announces his sympathy for the move.
ment which promises the greatest good
to south Dakota.
1t is something to be surprised at and
to be humiliated over, that here in the
oity which has suffered most in name
and fame from the Vaccinations of the
speculative eonspirators who now seeh
to mislead the democratic party, q news
paper exists which ls inconsistent
enough to endorse their recommends
tions. The Herald, loyal and true in al
utterances excepting upon this one sub
ject, has, perhaps inadvertently, so fa
strayed from the path of itsl duty as t.
warmly second the motion of congre
CATION OF Bismarck town lot specuIatora
assembled together as the puta.ive rep
resentatives of the democracy of soutl
Dakota. 1t would have exhibited ia
greater consistency and would hay,
placed itself in much better attItud
for the battles of the future had it fol
lowed the instincts which have led Mi
liebach to lift bis voice against th
T work of its disloyal associates.
, There was once an Alexander Hughe
y who was respected resident OF our city
He assumed the role Of