Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-22

centreiection- There are I3O ro,.s1x u e~M
only sev~enty-eight We've ofeanised y
hold an election IN November MTter1.tl
number OF persons possessing TN crss,l ~
2 o. voters aggregate 100. ODD $50
whole territory. viii be dispufaS ~ = NV
| think, familiar with the fants III 3 S|
voters are not transient persona 4 a.,sA&
first by the fact that nine month"; snssr&
is required under eur laws "a q oassssmasH
OF outrage; and by the further All ssa.s
returns made under the law by sch~san@9
oers to h superintendent Of puhjlr ~
/ ton show that in the sixty-iye cossrsss
OF the elghty-tive organized tall trst
furnished census returns) there Sysra 49,
LIST day OF june, 1854, "a, 400 cSIlasSRs w
school age (seven to twenty yearsl Th.a1
ence OF the family prociaims tin ssspp1e
OF tho adyentnrer. The assessed ysl.V
property for the year 1884 is over Ssl nv
600, u the teeeipts OF the trsasurs~
school corporations slone amount. rs@s1
~. 500, 600 The total expenditure y y M
whole territory for educational ns9nasss y
ginning April, 1888, and ending To- x x
1854, were nearly 81 eco 600 msi
make comparisons which would exhiht n
territory In q most favorable Eght -
! many old and well settled states ~, Nv
! need not be done. The one fact that 49,.
a snm was expended for common sck.se
dispcls the notion that the population a M
territory is id any manner fictitious or N.
the country is not peopled by honest vrsss
who abide in honest homes
That there were Illegal votes east hem !.
| there in the territory is very likely n
though party lines Were not drawn q N
| extent in choosing local officers, nearly sysr
| county ana district passed through an eres
ing contest where the qualifications 81 ycts,
were as closely scf1siAized az. In The IA.
states East Ii Is a Well known fact a.
that there 10 No such opportunity for frau5,
lert voting in sparsely settled cotintry plsrs
whcrs every man il known TO his rciQabar
as in the large cities where strangers sru
and go ~unnoticed Any surmise there's
that the vote Cast was TO any !,
tended degree fictitious is entirely erroneou
The citizens OF Dakota have as deep an 4
terest in the government OF the country
the citizens OF the states. The same lav
govern them and the same taxes ara Il
posed upon them. They would be votsn
they resided thefe-were voters before M.
emIgrated TO the West II is difficult 10 /
why they were qualified TO take part In d
affairs of the nation while living in Ns
Hampshire, Delaware or Vermont, but i
came INIT to be trusted with this Sespcn,
bilitv the moment they crossed the iNs VIII
bounds Dakota. III The LAG. 900 peorse
Delaware, the SAG, 600 OF New Hampxhll
the 332, 900 of Vermont, or the $50. 600
West Virginia were to remove in a body
Dakota, would IL seem fair TO deprive The
of all lot or part in the management
public affairs?
R..t what is the difference between Il
and the acknowledgements Of men from
tbsse states and many Others who no
make up the population Of the territory
disqualification doe not come from lack
numbers, because our population is nunsr
ally greater thar eitEer of the states nam
IL does not come from lack OF propel
qualifications, for that test Of atip
snip is not required, and If it ",
would be fulfilled It does not CO.
from the existence In our ststa
of any enactments at wal with repubi
government or offensive 10 sn enlighte
Christian sentiment; for our cote y 4
from such blemishes, and exists and Is
force by the approval OF congress IL q
not come frorn iack OF educational privileg
for the territory stand IN advance OF w
ty-fiye of the states in the amount "
contributed in the last year for public schor
What, then. is our Disqualification II O
not be that suffrage is to be constdere
privilege of longitude, and yet wherein
we show any lack except q geograph
shortcomings
The ordinance Of 1887 provided that te
tories should be admitted AS states VI
the population reached sixty Thousand,
might be admitted with less; n altho
Dakota Is not a part of the Northwest lie
tory therein described. the congress has
piled it's wise and patriotic provisions TO
region afterward acquired. and has re-
nized the vast region which is o the y
as coming under that saiutary and beneht
enactment We have six times the pop
; lion therein named as a maximum nun
necessary 10 admission We have two Y
sand schools, and a half dozen higher u
tutions Of learning. We have pefraai
aud costly structures erected FOR beneyo
: and penal purposes. and all built by
! territory without the aid or tine
> eIal government. 1t Is the pohcy
the government to encourage
settlement and development OF the nau
domain. G~enerouslaws have been ens
: and many inducements given to open
! wide region to civilization submit
! this liberality of the general Eoyernunen
, crsnting free homes ought 10 De deis
. by an ifliberal exclusion of those priyil
u self-goyernment. which, like faany ot
grow dearer when they are denied. TN
: wise TO look upon admission rs the ~
! thuie~~the open gateway To everything 2
: able. We are liable to magnify the advanl
: OF admission as well as the d~isadSantag
: exclusion The a.achtneTy OF a state go'
ment is expensive, and tor this reason
: sentiment that a territory should be
: prepared for statehood before adnllssl'
: one to be commended The territorial Y
: Dakota Is light, and its general expense
! not approach those of neighborlng stau
about the same or smaller population.
: the two wears endisg Nov. 80, 1854, w
: penditurcs OF the territory were but y
= s96I7. and nearly $3.50, 00U of this an
= went toward the erection OF pablic bulio
: For the same period Colorado exps
: S115S,5i9I4 Nevada expended q
1883, $571,93l ~, with no outlay for !,
ings, and with q population OF but %
. while New Hampshire spent 81
: 2l7.44, with no expense Tor
Y tic improvements. The states
= Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas FAR g
these amounts, showing that the iney
= result of statehood Is largely increased
= ton. There are benefits TO be derived
: admission, however, which should DC
considered More speedy justice won
= secured in our courts, the present nun
y our judges being insufficient for the
Y nsss before them. With votes in com
y some attention would be paid to iInpr
!. our water ways, 80 necessary TO the
opment of the country. II precedent
. lowed, Dakota would be entitled, on a
a sion. ia n percentage on The sale OF
~ lands within her borders which wouldl'
= increase ier penn em informed,
"a that the credit of the territory SUITE
Z, CO use OF her exclusion from the |
= Thcse who have negotiated our hon'
= nounce that such as have sold at par
- have readily commanded q premium
- Dakota bsen a state. But ASIDE fro
" financial advantages to accrue, there a
accompanying rights of self-goveTn
K dear TO every community of America
NJ zens. Among these, the power TO c
= their own rulers and to determine VINO
~ administer the affairs of The people, :
ie sentiment does not grow out OF any ma
"a minded exclusiveness. IL does not
6 that all are not welcome to Dakota,
~ all are so new and the held - SO
q but il is a part of that natural
= independent spirit which h fathers
~ transmitted TO as, and which can be
a. understood and appreciated by the COZ
i There are plenty of people ali over the
lu who have witnessed the ~hiaryelou
velopment of this territory with Prid'
y admiration, and whose hearts beat q
u at this grand illustration OF the poss't
of a new state growing up under the ]
10 ing care of the great republic. Ihey q
=, residents, but neither are they strans
~ you They have appreciated your
~ and reioiced in your ~successes ca
: you myself from another state, yet dc
Sc feelalien to this people: and where
u pointment might have been natural
accepted ch~eerfully the action OF tht
stiLuted authorities and exhibited a lai
desire to cooperate in whatever g
necessary TO the furtherance OF the
!. interests. But the day of tutelage "A
a. NECESSITY 0 ECONOMY.
lis Communities. like individuals, shon
trench THEN expenditures when their y
OF decreases. The times are hard. an'
be feared that the revenue for the presen
nd will be seriously reSuced Our public
.ir tutions must be IA ] y supported, OF
ie and IL additions are found necessary
On ion must be made for them; but a com
at ton of the univeis sal financial distrel
ce the u~nproftab. e returns Which have 9