Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-11

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About month ago seventeen demc-
cratic residents of the territory of Da-
kota, from both sides of the 46th parallel,
assembled at Mitchell and resolved that
all applications for appointments to
office in this territory should be submit
ted to sub committee of the seventeen
and favorably endorsed by such sub
committee before Mr.. Cleveland would
be permitted to act upon the applica.
tions. The seventeen further resolved
that division and statehood were evils
to be antagonized by the democratic
party and to be contested by
all people of Dakota who were loyal to the
spoils system under the new democratic
administration. Having disposed OF
President Cleveland and other incidental
attachments to the democratic party,
the seventeen proceeded to install Abe
Boynton, of Lennox, Lincoln county, as
the patronage dispenser for the democ-
y
dispatched to Washington as envoy ex-
traordinary and accredited representa-.
tive of the Office seekers
of the incipient anti-state organization
of Dakota bourbons. Az the national
capital Abraham was introduced to the
chief executive and the various depart
ment heads to whom he had been certi-
fed as chief advisor in matters concern
ing the patronage of his province. II
was an experience full OF refreshing vari-
ations to the country tradesman of the
obscure village of Lennox, and he grew
apace in his own estimation and for q
time was filled with q consciousness that
the accredited representative and spolis
dispenser of the democracy of Dakota
was man of large consequence in the
throng which bowed OF the throne of the
great giver Of fat offices. But in the course
untiied position began to wear away and
of sudden Abraham took tumble to
himself. During his stay in Washington
Committeeman Day had gone along in
the even tenor of his way. undisturbed
| by the presence OF the statesman from
Lennox with the credentials of seventeen
fellow citizens of Dakota. Day had not
| consulted Abraham in matters pertain.
ing to the distribution of SPOTS and had
even gone 80 far as to actively espouse
the cause of division and statehood, in
the home guard ;of seventeen, under
whose authority Abraham was enjoy.
ing an official existence. These circum
stances came to the Lennoxite with
gradually increasing force and he real
lied that something must be done or the
powers at home would issue o recal
which would relegate him to the quiet
of his native village. So he went dow1
to the Washington Post Office and got
himself interviewed, under the auspices
of his patron saint, Nehemiah. In thai
interview Abraham said:
| Divide Dakota on the forty sixth par
allel, as few republican politicians
want to do, and you have northern Da
kota with a population of 100000, anG
southern Dakota with half as many more
Admit the two sections as two separate
states and you send four more republi
cans to the United States senate where
there are too many republicans already;
you create number OF new republican
| presidential electors and you have two
states governed by carpet-bag republi
can officials, instead of one territory
| governed by good democrats who be.
long to it. Dakota at the present is un
doubtedly republican. If it were sub
divided, as proposed, each of the sub
divisions would be republican. The
territory has been made republican b,
republican politicians paid by the pat
ronage of republican government. 1t il
certain that the political complexion o
the people would have been dlferen
had the territory been governed b.
democratic officials appointed by dem
ocratic government at Washington.
| Having thus given himself away
Abraham and his utterances becam
lpublic property. There is nothing ne,
or remarkable in these utterances. Tha
the two states to be created from th
territory of Dakota may be republica
in politics is not denied, but if the civi
service pretensions of the administra
tion to which Abraham appeals are any
thing more than political buncombe b
is sounding the wrong string. Th
theory of the present government
that all men aud sections b
granted their rights regardless {
party predictions, and even Abraham
should not be go inconsistent with hi
past rec rd as to deny that his fellow CIT
zens in Dakota are entitled 10 the pri,
ileges of self government. He has mad
q record (and it is the only one in eyi
tence in Dakota in connection with b
name) III behalf of statehood for sout
Dakota and division on I'll
forty sixth parallel. From IL
official proceedings of the constitutions
! convention of 1888, held at Sioux Fal
during the month of September of tn
year, we take the following, which is
list OF the delegates admitte
to that convention from the county
Lincoln, all of whom were present at ii
opening aud subscribed to the OATH
Lincoln County--O S. Grfford. j.