St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-02
TERRrToRaAL TlDB1Ts.
Notes OF Inherent From Vario1E

Points i'm the Great Territory.
The Republican politicians from the South
who were at the YaDktoE convention may
well smile ut the claims of the politicians
present from the North, that they bagged q
Six share OF the Rame-all they were hunting
for, in fact-in securing control of the gen.
eral committee of the party. Tae South took
the candidate and the platforn-and the
North u committee to call tne convention two
years hence, and in the meantime help
the South to elect delegate TO
work for division and to cut tho
North Off 1t is not certain that the
auti-dyisionists have majority in the COM
mltteo The South state men took all the
meat AID gave the other side the bone, and
when men like Col. Steele profess that they
are satisfied they do not get credit for hon
esty among those who know the inwardness
OF the taing. 1t was sharp device OF the
chairman of the convention denying a roll as
in the viva voce votes the pockets full of
proxies from the North would not count
against the sonorous lungs of the South.
The Blunt Advocate is one of the division
sheets that thinks it's friends made a.f0elish
trade at YaEkton in giving away the central
committee for unanimous vote for Clifford
1t safs OF thu committee: "They are opposed
to the division OF the territory, and in this
shape they will apportioa things two years
hance so that South Dakota and its division
sentiment will be unheard of, and North
Dakota can chose Der delegate to
congress without so much as say
ing to the South, by your leave
that is, if the territory is not divided before
that time. which is altogether improbable.
This was the trade, this was the sacrifice that
WIS made by few Unborn fool leaders OF the
South with the North Dakota Northern Pa
clio ring, simply to have it go out to the
world that Clifford was nominated by accla-
Inationv" The chief of the fool leaders
was, OF course. Clifford
There is no question that fully three-fourths
of the members of the Aberdeen convention
were in favor OF admission as whole, but
their action was less emphatic in that direc-
ton than was desired by the majority of the
party. Still there could hardly be reasonable
ground for opposing vote of the people on
the subject as proposed in the Hill bill. IL a
majority of the voters in both South and
North should be in favor Of division, it should
be expressed. No party in the territory
could afford TO deny such expression. All
should cheerfully accept the verdict of the
majority. The Republican diviSlonists evil
IDENTIFY don't believe both sections would vote
in favor of division, and hence refuse the
test. If the Democrats should elect their
candidate on this issue, there is little doubt
that congress will submit the question next
winter.
Auditor Caldwell, in his paper, says the Re-
publicanS were under more obligations than
marck rustler and capital commissioner, for
the degree of harmony that appeared on the
surface 1T Yankton. The time has been when
the extremists OF the South did not want to be
under obligations to the WHY schemer. He
was the brains OF the movement that secured
the capital at Bismarck, and no is now schem-
ing to saddle most of its cost on the territory.
He has a valuable ally in the editor of the
Sioux Falls Press. Mckenzie also put in an
appearance at the Aberdeen convention, but
it is not claimed that 1t was also under obli-
cations to him.
1t has been stated that the recent RepuDli
can convention in Bon Homme county, which
commenced Saturday, did not adjourn until
Sunday morning. The fight was over q can
didare for the council and the result shows
how shrewd politician can manipulate q
body. One side was three votes ahead, but 1t
was discovered that one of the delegates was
a Democrat and he was turned out; then an
other was filed with benzine and made to give
his proxy to one of the other feilerS. This
made tie, and after an all-night's session a
compromise was made, each Candidate taking
half of the delegates to the district conveu-
ion.
1t is related that one evening the past
week Col. Plumner attended meeting
which Mrs. Barker, president of the w. C.
T. o., addressed. AT the close, the colonel
thought to make his peace with her for his fail
ure to keep his appointment to deliver an ad-
dress at the late general convention OF the
w. C. Il. u. at Aberdeen, and he was lavish
in his ompliments at her effort. 1t was not
however, one of his temperance days, and
the lady discovered the fact. She discoursed
to him in pithy, pungent way, advising
him to adopt the reformatory role when he
next appeared as temperance advocate.
Editor and Auditor Caldwell impsles him-
self upon an absurdity in apologidag for the
action of the Yankton convention in refusing
to favor the submission question to the peo-
Pile. The reason. he says, was that there was
no guarantee that congress would grant such
vote Mr.. Caldwell and ALL intelligent men
know that congress will never grant division
without such vote of tho people, and the con-
clusion cannot be avoided that the convention
was afraid to trust the people on this point.
Thoy would vote down division.
The Yankton Telegram, Republican, sized
np the oraterical detonator of the north in
this way: "Col. Plunmsr is a good speaker
and the North Dakota boys take him along as
weekly country newspaper keeps place
matter on hand. to fill in when they have
nothing better. He amused the convent on
by repetition of cid platitudes and furious
waving of the bloody shirt, and the boys
were amused. But it is due to truth to say