Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

trict of Dakota, being asked by the HUI
ron Times what he thought of the leg
islative bill to remove the capital re-
piled:
at would, in my opinion. be the best
thing possible for south Dakota If the
members south of the f0rty-siXth par
allel will unite and pass abilltO remove
the capital to some point in central or
south Dakota. It is bhe only thing that
will bring division. AS long as the
capital remains at Bismarck the inter
ests OF north Dakota must, be. in con-
t1ict with a division of the territory.
Should the capital he placed south. OF
the forty-sixth parallel then the north
would he more anxious. than the south
for divisionsM -; ~ ="
Here is d reason to which attaches
something more than local or specnla-
tive motive. Renewal would, aid in
the division movement. All the south
wants division. Bismarck has Supposed
division and will oppose it further af-
ter the legislature adjourns. Judge
Smiths view of the case is this correct
one.-Press and Dakotaian.
Gov. Pierce is gaining lzurels for
himself by showing chat his official &C.
lions are governed by the expressed de.
sire of the majority of the people affec.
ed. In matters off, local nature he de.
cides only as the majority of the people
decide. Or in ether words the popular
vote determines whether the law shall
take effect or not. That the governor
Of Dakota should think of asking an
opinion:from the people on matters in
which they are deeply interested is so
radical a change from the Ordway ad-
ministration that it will not take long
for the people to appreciate it. Audit
Gov. Pierce continues to serve the PEG.
nle, the time may soon come when Da.
4 ,taians can return the compliment
In his message vetoing the Sphinx Co
Bill, he gives fair warning to all; new
county manufactors and county seat
schemers that he objects to such, legis.
lation except where there is practical
unanlmity or decided by a vote of the
people interested, Such sentiments
expressed by the governor must have
drowned the ardor vf many an expect.
ant heart.-Hanson County Advocate
That Dakota has friends outside OF
her citizens who are ready to take up
the cudgel in her defence is shown by
the following clipped from the Adrian
Mich, Times. The editor of the Week.
ly Press referred to in the extract has
proved himself both a bigot and igno.
ralnus, either of which would disquali.
fy any mar to ever become a valuable
citizen Of this territory. The Times
says:
"In one of his bilious moods the edit.
or of the Weekly Press disgorged this
mass Of verbiage on the readers of his
paper: Out in Dakota, y little COLONY
of republicans. comprising about
enough votes to make a congressional
district, and fighting for a division of
that land Of billiards. and icebergs. 81
as to make two states, desireadmissiOn
into the union us a state with all the
privileges that belong to a state in the
union. 1t will be a colder day than the
thermometer has W yet registered in
that bleak home Of Office seekers and
political bummers, before a democratic
congress consents to admit it into the
union. Incorporation il one of re-
publican gall worthy of Blaineism in
it's palmiest'day. Not any Dakota or
any other state for us. until there is
population sufficient SO that Il represen-
tative and two Senators won't rob the
precinct of all its male citizens of 81
years OF age, thus leaving the few
women who don't freeze to: death, ut
the mercy of land spectators and In
dian agents. Let the population move
into some township and effect a settle
ment before asking for two more re-
publican senators. Like Nebraska,
Dakota is good except for territory"
"sThe Ann ArbOr Courier quotes the
paragraph and proceeds to rub the
authors lose in it this style, The
above only goes to show the consum-
mate ~'cussedneSs' u man may pack away
in his epidermis in the name OF politics.
The billiards. of Dakota are as mild
zephyrs, laden with perfumes of orange
groves and banana peel, compared to
the windstorlns IF the editor OF the
Press, and her icebergs melt into the
most palatable congealed cream when
placed side by side with that same ed
TORS irony. The little colony of re-
publicans' he talks of casts more votes
than either of the democratic states of
South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, and
several others; has more intelligence
than any democratic state in the Union:
has more school houses than all three
Of the above states put together; and
Is as much entitled TO admission as a
state of the union as any state that has
been admitted since the original thir-
teen colonies were first added to. The
trouble IS there are too many republic
cans within its boundaries. This is a
grevious fault, a fatal stumbling block
in the way of Dakota's securing her
rights. But let Utah, with its horde
OF nasty, dirty, Shiny. rotten democratic
polygamists knock at the door of the
union, and see how quick the tone of
the Press would change, and the demo-
cratic majority in the house be- urged
TO hug them to its bosom. A fit place,
we must confess"
The New Slate. r.