Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-09-02


been again unloading their ancient bur-
den to the st. Paul Pioneer Press, which
always lends its aid when
the northerners have scheme to work.
Alex. Hughes, the man who betrayed
his people for seat on the footstool of
Ordway, heads the list IN the inter-
viewers schedule and starts his anec.
dote with the preamble:
"From the present outlook the con.
venlion will prove failure"
He has reference to the Sioux Falls
constitutional convention. He then
proceeds to remark that the people do
not want division-that they thought
they did last winter, but were then un.
der hallucination, and cites as evidence
the fact that none of the leaders in the
division movement in the last legisla-
tnre We're elected delegates to the con.
stitutional convention. The further
fact that none OF them were eligible un.
der the law seems to have slipped away
from his great mind. Mr.. Hughes con.
cludes:
| l an informed Oh good authority that
the delegates are instructed to adjourn
without framing a constitution. The
feeling in favor of division is rapidly
! dying out, and south Dakota unltes
with north Dakota IN the attempt to Sc
cure admission as state.
The propositions advanced by MIR.
Hughes were concurrsd in by
j. OBJ. Scobey and Ordway johnson,
and it was asserted that Alex Mckenzie,
Major Edwards and George Walsh be-
lieved SO likewise. These are the repre-.
sentatives of the crowd which is sitting
in judgment upon southern Dakota.
They are men who have their fingers in
every political deal designed to operate
against the welfare of the people and
for the advancement of tho Northern
Pacific copVation's. interests. They
have secured ore recruit from the d,yi-
sion ranks of southern Dakota and his
change of base Is q matter OF surprise
to those who have so long known
him as e staunch divisionlst. T. M.
Goodykoontz, OF Chamberlain. was one
of the parties interviewed by the St.
Paul paper, aud We quote him entire.
He said:
As south Dakota man do not hesi-
tate to say that there is but little inter.
est taken III the coming constitutional
convention. Our people are coming tc
see that there is no hope of division
during the present administration, and
feel that the best course for them to
pursue is to lay aside sectional feeling
and work for admission as whole. Al
the election held in July scarcely enough
votes were polled in some places to give
the performance the dignity of an cleo
ton. In a few places of considerable
size not over dozen votes were cast
vaient last winter, and Which, in my
opinion, was used in many instances tc
further personal ends, fails longer tt
move the masses. ln my opinion th'
convention will prove failure.
It was not to be expected that MI
Goodykoontz would mlsrepresent thu
sentiment of the section to which he be
longs. He knows that the old declara
ton, "no admission without DIVISION" il
still the motto of large majority
There has been recent suspicion of
new alliance between the northern ma
nipulators and some of their old time
southern opponents, but, MIR. Goody
koontz's conversion to new theory doe
not appear to be confrmatory of thil
suspicion.
The Pioneer Press in concluding it
remarke upon this subject gives this con
densed statement of the movement i
the north against southern independ
ence:
North Dakota men put their head
together to concoct scheme to defea
the objects of the Sioux Falls conyen
ton. The outcome was o call for
meeting of ths democratic county com
mittees of the territory, to be held q
. Aberdeen on the 22d of Septembe,
Tie main object of tue call, as state
in the circular, pnrportcd to be th
organization Of the democratic force
. of the territory, but the real object
to defeat the Sioux Falls conyer
tion. 1t is learned on good author,t
that the Aberdeen convection will tax