Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-10-28
CAPITAL cLATTER.
Three Correspondents Express Pref
erences fer Three Lively Dakota
Towns.
IN FAVOR OF HURON.
TO Me Press and Dakotaian,

Towns.
IN FAVOR OF HURON.
To Tie Press and DakotaidR.
There is one question connected with
the movement for statehood which does
not seem to secure the attention it's i'm
portance demands. ! refer to the tenn
porary location of the capital. Every
citizen is interested in this question, for
everyone is liable to be called there up
on public or private business. All in
telligent and honest men will concede
| that it should be located at that
point where it will best accom-
modate the greatest number Ac.
cesslbility, railroad communications and
csnters of population should ell be con-
| sidered.
The place having all of these qualifi-
cations all other things being equal
should be the chosen place.
The city OF Huron, on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad has their requisite.
1t has the best railroad communication
| to-day of any town in the territory
which aspires to capital honors and
therefore is most accessible. 1t is nearer
the center of population of south Dakota
land always will be than other town
mentioned for the future capital.
| No intelligent man who has ever trav-
eled over the country from the Missouri
river to the Black Hills will pretend
that the country west of the river can
support SO large population as the
country east of the river. Huron is
situated on q great line of railroad
which extends from the eastern bound
ary of the proposed state to the Mis-
souri, river, which will ulti-
mately be opened straight to the Black
Hill country. This road has branches
extending north and northeast and
southeast, six hundred miles of road.
| Huron can be brought into connec-
ton with the Milwaukee & st. Paul road
by building abont fourteen miles, and
thus the people living on both these
lines could have easy access to the
capital.
These are public considerations. They
are some which affect the people oi
Yankton county more particularly
| When the line of road now being con-
structed from Ceptreville to Yankton
is completed we can reach Huron
from this point in six hours. We can
make the round trip IN day. This if
a matter of great Importance to our peo.
pie. Consulting our own convenience
why should we when we get to Huron
travel 100 miles further to reach Pierre
We shall be obliged to pass through
Huron to reach Pierre, and why moi
stop in the former place Instead OF riding
six hours longer for the purpose OF get
ting to the capital at Pierre? That 12(
miles will, ii Pierre is chosen, cost the
people oi northern and central Dakotf
which constitutes q large majority O
the people, mary hours of time ane
much money.
1t seems to me that we should vot,
for the place which our Judgment tell
us is the point where the capital ought tt
be located permanently ly-consulting tht
public good and our convenience. 1t il
childish to say that it Is matter of M
Importance whether we vote or not. N,
one can tell what the result of the pres
ent movement for self-government vii
be. Every patriotic citizen hopes j
may succeed; but if it utterly fails, tn
. effort will not be without its influence
Let us then consider this question O
; temporary location of capital as one o
the important subjects connected wit
: statehood and in which we are deepl
. Interested.
1t is clear to me that we should yot
to place ourselves iu harmony and sym
pathy with the central portion of south
ern Dakota which will be the seat Of pc
litlcal power of the future state, wheth
er the capital is located there or at com
other point. CITIZEN.
IN FAVOR OF CHAMBERLAIN.
AS citizen deeply interested in Ds
: kota affairs ask what will Yankton d
e on the capital question? What ough
i she to do?
= Did not Pierre pass resolutions er
dorsing Ordway in his boldest days?
Did net Huron endorse and feast th
!. the capital commission III its bold wal
around?
! Where was Pierre and Huron repr'
q sented at the anti-eapitai commissio
meeting at Sioux Falls? Who stood b
= Ysnkton in her fight against ali th'
% crowd?
tel The question We war. to ask is, wi