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who are maintained in Washington at the ex-
nense and in the interest of men who do not

who are maintained in Washington at the ex-
pense and in the interest of men who do not
profess to be Democrats.
The opposition to the removal of Judge
Francis and Gov. Pierce-with the attendant
attacks upon persons recommended to sue
coed these officials-is defended on behalf of
the proposed Democrats referred to, on the
ground that sectional or local interests would
be endangered by their removal. Here, in
Bismarck such talk is understood to apply
particularly to the capital location ana IL re-
minds those who hear it that Judge Francis
ION the supreme court bench) sustained the
validity of the act under which the capital
was located at Bismarck, and that Gov. Piefce
vetoed the capital removal bill OF last winter.
The suggestion of this is either that francls
and Pierce are Influenced in Judgment by
favor for Bismarck, or that those VINO are
proposed in their places would be influenced
by antagonism to Bismarck or favor for some
other locality.
One OF the most genial and doubtless an
honest representative of the opposition to
change, which is based upon supposed local
interests is Col. William Thompson of this
city, who is now at Washington. He frankly
explains his position, saying: Il know lie
Dach well, sir. He shall not be governor of
DaKota' Dy -, sir. l am a bismarck man
and will stand by my home and oppose its
enemies 10 the last. by -, sir!'' And with
the last ejaculation She emphasized his earn
estness by sweeping pull of his beard, exc
cuted IN one time and two motions. quote
from recollection and may not give the
colonel's exact words, but his sentiments are
there and they serve to account in part aft
least, for several Dakota missions in WASH
ington.
But our champions are working more harm
Than good for the cause of Bismarck With
chip on shoulder, challenging some one TO
knock it Off, is not the way to gather friends;
and they have made enemies of those who
might have been our best friends and sure
reliance The old North Dakota ring. on
which they have relied, is going to pieces. La
Moure is disaffected. Walsh's interests in
the capital city will soon be sold out. Steele
threatens to move to Minneapolis. Fargo
and jamestown cannot longer afford to an
tagonize either Central or Southern Dakota
for the sake OF Bismarck. But when the
Democratic party of Dakota was expected to
have its rightful voice in the affairs of Da-
kota, its best leaders and influential men at
once declared for ignoring the sectional and
ring quarrels of the Republicans and for set
Element of questions still at issue by Demo-
cratic appeal to the people of the territory in
stead of trusting them to legislatures made
up of town-site spectators and railroad at
torneys. With the Democracy thus united
Bismarck wonld be safe, so far as her cause
is just; and the hostility between Northern
and Southern Dakota. which is talked of by
little politicians and editors, would be found
to have no place among the people. Our
champions, however, have done their worst
towards forcing all Democrats to regard Bis
marck interests as hostile to Democratic in
t. rests; and not the least of their ill-doing has
been to incline nearly all the lawyers in this
district to have no friendship whatever for
the city which is charged with keeping Judge
Francis in his place. ECKHARDT.