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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
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CAPITAL COMPLICATIONS.

While the capital removal bill was be-
fore the Legislature two years ago the
Press and Dakotaian insisted that tho
capital could no, Re removed except by
the j;int action Of the legislature ard the
governor, and that they could not dele
gate their authority IN the premises TO
the commission to he created by tho pro.
posed bill, and ,ha, has been the strong
nom. Of attack in the courts upon the
validity Of the ac, Of the commissioners
locating the capital at Bismarck. Now,
IN the scheme to remove the capital from
Bismarck, the p. and D. loses sight Of
this strong poin, and is dcvoting ITS legal
logic to sustaining the position that the
veto Of the measure Ivy the governor could
he entirely overcome by a two-thirds vote
as in the case Of other legislation: sub.
stanlially, that the legislature can move
the capital independent of the governor.
There are doubtless fine techrical
points of law in both propositions, upon
which even courts will disagree, as they
have IN the quo warranto case against the
capital commissioners which case IS now
pending in the supreme court OF the
United States on appeal from the territo-
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29


THE Sioux Falls Leader in one cditDrial
article advises the legislature TO not pay
any bills for furnishing the new capital
building at Bismarck, as it VIII he the
property of North Dakota, and in another
article it ADVISES the members Of the leg
islaturc to divcst themselves Of passion
and local prejudice. The Lender must
have two editors whose minds do rot run
in the same channel, or one who is very
inconsistent III his advice. The advice
given in the first instance IS born of the
very spirit OF passion and local prejudice
deprecated in the second.
Tie people OF Bismarck have been
hospltahle and generous towards the
members from the sonih, and tho ilanghty
arrogance with which that hospitality
has been spurncd hy some Of the southern
members gives out the impression TO The
dislntcrcstcd public that they are deficient
in appreciation or in their carly education
IN the common courtesics of civilizc as.
sociation Bismarck pr,bahly feels that
she has been "castng pearls before
swine" scrlptnrally and periodically
speaking, nut If The few "cow county"
k,ckcrs and Bismarck hA'crs can afford
to exhibit snch narrow contracted dis
courtesy and sectional hlgo'ry Bismarck
can still better afford TO throw away her
generosity and courtesy upon them.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29


TIE Canton Advocate, published at
the home Of Delegate Clifford, says that
gentleman will 60 TO Washington the first
of next month and by the Goth he will
know whether congress vii! do anything
this session towards division Of the terri
tory and admission Of the southern part,
and If not the Advocate advises tho legls.
laturc, which will still he in session at
Bismarck, to provide for and call con-
vcntion south Of the 46th parallel to form
a constitution that 1t may be submitted
TO the people, wac, after its adoption,
should elect congressman and United
States Senators and send them to Wash
inrton Text December.
In case these representatives with a
new state in their grip sack should be re-
fused recognition tho Advocate threatens
dire calamity TO the national democratic
party when they TO get into the union.
As they would have only four electoral
votes to throw into tho presidential bal
ancc this threat will hardly have the cf-
feet to intim,datc the democratic mem
bcrs into the action desired.
The memorial introduced into the low
CT house Of the legislature on the subject
OF division by Hon. Il. A. Williams, oi
Bismarck, is the proper and full extent
Of the legislative prerogativc in the pre-
mises, and to 60 beyond that would he
an exhibition oi what is usually Described
in the northwest by the expressive term
"gall "
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

lnE LAST laugh NOW CONES IN.

The capital rcm oval scllcmcrs seem
now TO he thoroughly dcmotalizeh and
their ranks broken. The boastcd "solid
south' went to pieces like a rope OF sand
when conflicting town lot spccnlations.
which were at the bottom of the capital
lcmovai scheme, came 10 The surface.
DIR. Kennedy, Of Brown county, almost
venerable with ago and a record for non.
esty That has not been assa,lcd, believing
that the capital commission removal of
two years ago was wrong and m iniqui
tons measure, introduced the bill IN the
council for removal Of the capital to
Pierre. This distinguished par, in The
programme was gwen him to give the
bill character and disguise its real motive,
and the sequel shows that he wns effect
nally deceived. No sooner did the doctor
discover the land speculation so coycr,ly
embraced in the measure than he de-
n0unccd II ns even a more ini1uitous
scheme than that o two years AGO and
I Offered an amendment 10 substitute Ord.
way in place Of Pierre in which nc was
supported by 81 majority Of the connciI.
ContcnporancOns with Tins action in
the council hy the member who intro
ducch the hill a similar scene was being
| enacted in the house.
Mr. Picker of Fanlk county. who in ).
troduccd the bill 10 remove The capital to
Pierre in that body also moved ,n su,,st.
tntc OMway. This simultaneous and
similar action in the two houses is signiG.
cant OF the discovery Of "somcth,ng
| rotten III Denmark and the kick,n Of
the Pierre town lot spectators shows
that they were struck below the belt by
! the movement IL the nor,hcrn and i!laek
fills members should remain silent spec.
tators Of the contest and take no part in
IL the southern members c0nId not agree
npon location ~ suf1icicn5 number to
pass removal bill. rcttigrcw has shown
his hand, or rather il has been exposed
by other members, and while his Pierre
cup has been tnrncd to gall, and that
place is now out OF the range Of possibil.
titles, he will leave no stone nnturncl to
block like game on the part Of Onway
or any other place that may be named.
The capital removal scheme has about
| reached the point where the last laugh
comes in and Bismarck will do the laugh
inc
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

ALI. things considered, poverty may,
in most cases, he blessing in Disguise.
Not that poverty winch entails suffering
for the neccssariea Of life, but that which
stimulates to industry and frngality. 1t
is a fact established al most 10 demon.
stration that comparatively few people
can stand prosperity, can Withstand the
temptations which go hand in hand with
prosperity. The pathways Of life arc
strewn with tho wrecks Of those who hayc
gone down III The sea OF prosperity.
"Wcalth brings ease ease brings indul-
ecncc indulgence brings disease disca sc
brings DEATH This is so often repeating
itself that those who escape the course
and the consequence may be called ex-
ceptions to the rule. There seems to be
an UNCONSCIOUS pcrversity in human ma
turc to use the means provided by pros
perity for the requirement and indnl-
gcnce Of extravaganza and vicious habits
which nature rcbnkGs in due time with
loss Of health. Thousands Of men who
have lived comfortably and happily upon
The wages Of their industry until past the
meridian OF life have been wrecked by
prosperity or the sudden acquisition OF
property or income winch they did not
need for the necessaries and comforts nl
life for themselves and families, opening
TO them the gateway to vicious habits
and consequent destruction whic, their
poverty had before closed against thtm.
The m,scrly boarding of money and the
avaricious accumulation Of property arc
almost universally deprecated, hut it Is
infinitely better than to use this surplus
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
THE TIlORNY PATH OF THE LEClS.
LNTOk.

The pathway Of the legislator is not
strewn with flowers. 1t is as impossible
for him to please all of his constituents
as for newspaper 10 please al! of 'ls pat
rons. Ii he is aggressive and makes a
move to remedy some evil, correct some
abuse. " cqnalizc some disproportion,
he will tread on the toes of some people
who will at once delugc the body Of which
he is = member with rcmnnstrances
enough to make him appear to be ms
representative Of hs constituency. Ii
he still pcrsits, however honest and well
meaning he may be, he will he charged
with "sclling oul' TO some interest and
branded with opprohrlous epithcts con.
veying the impression that he is anything
below gentleman and above horse
thief. Ii he tries 10 please everybody by
doing nothing, by having no mind or
will Of his own, lie is rid.culcd rs a dolt
and n cipher, aud as the vacancy in his
legislative district
As q rue the people are hard task mas
tiers an none knows il so we'll from OK
permental knowledge as the member of
legislature. H. has come TO such pSss
that any man who accepts q legislative
position does so at the imminent peril Of
his reputation for honor and honesty.
His motives are misconstrned, his bills
are distorted into ahSnrditics or charac-
tcrizcd "a DISCUSSES for claniestlnc steals.
Mole hills Of ambiguity are magniiied in.
to mountains Of corruption and jobbery.
And yet these are the men whom the pco.
pie have elected to represent them. II
they were as bad, dishonest and corrupt
as they are made to appear, what must
be thought and said OF tho people who Sc
lcet them as representatives They are
just such men as the people ny free and
voluntary choice select TO represent them,
and how, then, can the people escape at
least part OF the odinm they heap upon
their OWE chosen representatives May
not the Old and tritc saying, ''lkc priest
like people," be modern,zed with equal
pertinencc into Like representatives like
constituency
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
CAMPBELL'S DISCLAIMER.

The Hon. Hugh !. Campbell, tinted
States district attorney for Dakota, pub
fishes a letter in the Yankton Herald III
which he dcnounces rs absolutely and in.
famously false the statement that he had
anything to do with tho counting ont OF
TlIden and counting in Of Hayes in Lou
islana after the election of 1876, and that
his present position is the reward Of snch
participation in the Great Frand upon
the American people. Al! lie had 10 dn
in the matter, he says, was to write a
brief on the Louisiana clc"tlon law for
the republican committee, and as Judge
of court administer the oath to rcpub-
lican witnesses.
II ls q singular coincdcncc-pcrhaps
nothing morc-that this vigorous denial
is made the last month before the repub
lican patty, under whose official authority
he holds this federal position to which he
was appointed by Mrs. Hayes husband,
goes ont of power and the democratic
party comes in lis kingdom. The fact
that Tild N is man of wonderful men,
ory and haa engaged rooms in Washing-
ton fer Inauguration week may not have
moved Mr.. Campbell to publish this dis.
claimer at this r,ic,llar ,iMc and request
its publication IN The press Of the terrific
ry, hut there will be some democrats nn-
generous enough TO link the two circnm
stances together.
IL IL q matter Of little or no interest 10
the people Of this territory or TO the coun-
try at large whether Mr.. Campbell did OF
did not take part IN the Louisiana count,
but his request that the press of the terri
tory publish hs denial wOnld seem to in
d,catc that it is a matter Of great interest
to him. lie has probably read Clcvc.
lands letter on the civil service and fears
that his pnrportcd connection with The
Louisiana deal would bring him under
the category of the "offcnslyelv partisan, >
hence his late day and sndtlen impulse OF
sollcitudc for clearing up his political re-
cord on that point. II would be "easic'
for camel to 60 through the eye OF Q
needle" than for Hugh !. Campbell to
enter into the democratic kingdom
through the wicket gate Of Cleveland:
letter on civil service
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29


THE i:iack Hills journal believes there
is n strong sentiment in 5, nth Dakota
east Of the Missouri, river against the
opening Of the Sioux reservation. and
uiscloses a strong scntlMeU< in the Black
Hills country against division OF the ter
ritory. The opening Of the reservation
to settlement wonltl o DOUBT take \ great
many immigrants to the west side Of the
river who would otherwise stop on the
east side. and this is not unrcas ,nahly
supposed to he the cause nf The D1posi
tion referred t.. The BLACK Hills has q
great deal nf interest al stake in the
opening Of the reservation for it would
insure the extension Of the Chicago &
Northwestern from Pierre To the Itils.
This railroad has the right Of way across
the reservation but without white settle.
,nent and agricultural development it
would he improbable to build the road
through that long stretch Of country
alone for the traffic Of he Black Hills.
The opposition to division which is grow
ing in extent anu intensity among the
people Of the Hills district Is no douht
partially in retaliation for the opposition
Of southeastern Dakota to opening the
reservation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

THE memorialiZng business seems to
have become a mama with our lce,sIa-
t,lrc and il there arc any bounds Of pro
prety in the matter they are approaching
the boundary line where proprcty ends
md impropriety hcg,ns Congress will
think the Dako,a legislature wants to run
the whole machinery Of the 'vcrnmcnt.
Dakota already has some reputation for
gall and this indiscriminatc mcnorial.z.
ing, from the proper snbjec, Of division
Of the territory and reduction Of the price
of government lands in the railroad limits
to the improper subjects Of building
homestead mon,ments and the Grcely
north pole expedition, may give stmc
coioring TO the impntat,on. Some Of these
days tho versatile and crratic Vest will
rise in his place in the senate and para
lyzc with humiliation cur Dakota states.
men by aimonishing them to pull down
that part Of their ra,mcnt which CORES
ponds in sound with his surname. The
farmers are more interested in wheat
grading and transportation legislation,
and tho people generally in good and
wholesome laws for their government, t,
than in iiealislic ic monuments or the sig
nal service, aud all The time spent and
stationery wasted upon these irrelevant
matters delays needed legislation on sub
iects within the province Of the lcg'sla-
In
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

SENATOR VEST will probably look upon
1hc capital struggle in Dakota as divine
intcrposition to divert from hun the fire OF
Dakota newspapers so that his hide OF
rhinoceros texture may have IL rest. The
schemera OF Dakota now have each other
hy The ears and their hands full III eating
each other up without cXpcnding any of
their ammunition on the senator from
Missouri whose name would inply that
he was Cnt out for Tailor rather than q
statesman. But he is no doubt watching
the struggle gong on in the great mort h.
western empire and will N the next de-
livery of his stcrcotyped fpecch intcrpo-
late few new points, |: would he a
good plan 10 make sen ,tor Vest pl lcscnt
of q few choice lots in paper town.
Give him some lots surrounded by blocks
marked on the plat ". his block reserved
for a college, another preserved for the
capitol building and so on and yon will
soon notice radical change Of sentiment
rn the rart Of statesman Vest.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
pastor Of one OF the Catholic

THE pastor Of one Of the Catholic
lkchSs ir st. Panl II now frequently
1ccturing his congregation on tho evil Of
mixed marriages, marriage Of Catholics
with Protestants. lie rightfully says
there can he no such un,on between such
persons as tnat contemplated in the mar
rInge relation. anh as people arc more
tenacious Of their religious belief than Of
any other, such marriage ia tritling with
both religion and marriage. lie also lee
lures the younger members OF his congrc.
cation upon their reluctance ~ having
the bans published as required BY the
rules Of the church. lie braces them up
to overcome the false modesty by telling
them "person should not be ashamed to
get married, but should be proud that
they have the common sense TO exercise
tho God given privilege" If the rules
az the Catholic church III regard 10 mar
riagc were adopted by all the churches,
and as rig,dly adhered 20, thc divorce
courts would have less business.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
l,AKor.A may have her capital wraugles

l,AEoTA may have her capital wraugles
and county seat luarrcls. and be called
nncivilized and unworthy Of q place in
I he union, bnt the spectacle Of the speak
CT of tho house OF representatives in the
Illiuols legislature calling on the mayor
OF the city Of Springfield 10 give him po'
lice protection from anticipated violence
at the hands Of meMhcrs Of the honsc
over which he presidcs, makes us feel
like sending some Of our county scat
mobs down there aa civilizing mlssiona-
ries. lf such circumstance should oc-
cur in nnr territorial legislature we would
expect tho country to te overrnn w't's
United States troops.
That Haincs ~ a uanrIer Of the chair
Of the spc aker is fac, which he knows
as wei. aa any one c'ac, ana perhaps h's
fears arc the offspring OF h,a conscious
wrong A man OF ordinary dignity md
sclr-rcspcct would scorn a position under
such circumstances ont Iiaincs ls not that
kind Of an ordinary individual. lie is
like Cesar in small way Of ambition
but unlike the Roman dictator in fears Of
his personal safety. iic evidently has the
Ides Of March in his mind and is tcllcv.
or in the theory that history repeats itself.
II is no, probable that he would conde.
scend TO compare himself with any less a
parsonage than Cliu1 julius Caesar aud
hence his fears OF Il like untimely end
Old Sitting Bull and his gang are wa ch
ing the illinois legislature with interest
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

may demand them bnt that will not pro-
tect him from beng robbed hy grading
down at,thc other end Of the line. The
seat Of the trouble is at tho Dnluth and
Minneapolis markets where the grading
is and Will he done Tor every farmer who
ships car load Of wheat, and unless
that ia controlled by Minnesota law all
the efforts OF the Dakota legislature TO
remedy The grievances complained of by
the farmers Will fail. Those who nave
shipped Tier own wheat from this com
ty have paid dearly for the experience.
The bill introduced by Hon. W. +. Steele
in the house to regulate the grading Of
wheat by the elevators in this territory IS
good one for that purpose, and especial
ly for the farmers who are IN the gIlp Of
tho Northern Pacific elevator monopoly,
but those kid glovcd farmers, with col
ogne instead OF haysecd in their hair,
who are dccryIng the Steele bill may well
be suspected Of being the paid cmissa-
ries of that monopoly while TINS shedding
cir crocodile tears Of sympathy with
j farmers.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29
CONE TO DAKOTA.

The Alert is reliably informed that the
Northern Pacific railroad the coming
season will offer immigrant rates equal IN
liberallty and encouragement 10 the emf
grant to those OF any railroad company
whose lines extend into the territory.
Whether the d,sparagement thus part OF
the country has heretofore suffered in
this respect was due to q mistaken policy
on the part OF prsidcn, Willard or not
il is not now necessary TO discuss, but
that thousands who would on equal terms
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

Iol transportation have settled in THIS part
Of the territory were drawn away TO tic
south and central parts by the lower r"tcs
given Dy the Northwestern and the Mil.
waukeetSSt Paul is a statistical fact ABOUT
which there can be no question. Ii may,
however, be said in apology, If moi jnsti-
ilcatlon, OF the Northern Pacific, That
nearly all of its cmigrant freight had TO
come over the two named railroads from
Chicago TO ST. Paul for whiciI full rate
was cxac,ed willie they gave very low
rate through from Chicago to polnts in
Dakota on their lines.
The Northern Pacific now has, we un-
derstand, traffic arrangements with the
Wisconsin Central which will enable it
to compete with these lines from Chica-
60; and as the best Of the lands in south
crn and central Dakota have been taken
up The main objective point Of emigra-
ton tins year will be North Dakota from
the Red river TO the Missouri, where
countless millions of acres Of us fertile
and beautiful land as there is on The con.
tinent still remain unoccupicd and hold
ing ont Il welcome to the husbandman
and hOmesccker from the crowded east
where rents are exorbitant and the price
OF lands so high as to put IT hclond the
hope OF man in ordinary circumstances
to ever own the land he cultivatcS, cycn
TO the amount Of u forty acre lot. 10
such persons Dakota offers Il honest cad
of 100 acres and n tree claim OF Ike
amount for living upon and cnI,,va,ing
the one and growing trees upon the
other; and after these improvements have
been made the government gives both
the land and improvements 10 the person
who makes them. In Il lev years any
person OF ordinary diligence and industry
can have Il fine farm OF his own IN Dah0.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29


TIE Yankton Press and Dakotalan re-
cards the memorial 10 congress- III favor
ol division of the territory introduced in
the lower house Of the Legislature by Hon.
j.. 4. Williams, OF Burleigh county, ns n
sort oi death bed repentance n the part
Of Bismarck. However tins may he, the
p. and D. is not adding any strength to
the cansc which it processes TO champion
by such recrimination. The tendency o.
such criticism Is to aronsc IN ihc mind Of
congress doubts az to tie sincerity Of the
renucsi made in the memorial, and II onr
contemporary Of the extinct capital in
any degree crnylncts the mcmhers OF
that body that the memorial was only n
policy movement IN its origin and intro.
,inction it will to that extent succeed in
defeating division As pcti,ionch Tor IN The
memorial. Even division has some friends
who are lotriment to 1t.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29


TIE grand army Of dcmncra are be-
ginning to take up the Inc Of march for
Washington already to sec the inaugnra.
ton circus and witness the cNOCns If rc-
publican federal office hoIicrs and clerks
who made themselves "Aticns,vrly parti-
san" W going home To vote for Blaine
last fall II will be n grand and novel
sight to see the bourhons who have grown
grey in their holes the last twenty. four
wears catch on TO the new lease fI party
life, hnt it will Nc scene oyer which
angels will wcepto witness their vcSa :
ton Of spirit when tho independent mug
wnmps gather III the prizes and leave
the mosahacEs the twelve dollar rostof-
lices. The notorious profanity OF the
army in Flanders will he totally eclipscd.
The churches should drop all sectarian
differences and unite in consecrating the
4th Of March to fasting and prayer.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-29

IL is conceded hy mos, persons xho
have gwen the subject due thought and
consideration that the only practi al way
of lesislat,ng will. effect upon The wheat
ttu, stinn ia by join, action Of the segish
tnres OF Dakota aud Minnesota. Annrsn
wheat market ~ telus,ou unless there
ia lsw that viii reach aud cen'rbl the
grading Of wheat nj The markets in Msn-
nesota. A law may hc made hy The Da
kota legislature TO compel railroad com.
peaIes to furnish cars to any farmer who