Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-12
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Reservation Bili-ssIm Prospects for
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Bareau Correspondents Press and Dakotainn.
Washington, May 8-For the first
tim in these many mouths, the terri
torial committee has uninterrupted sway
in this CITY. The return of Mr.. Day to
his home, leaves the field in the uudis.
puted possession of Mr.. Boynton, Like
til fellow mentioned by the poetical
literary crank, he might say: 81 am
monarch of oil I surrey" but then Mr..
Cleveland might chip 10 and say,
nWhat's the matter with me?"
I have been accused over and over
again of being in the service OF Mr.. Day,
because my letters have been friendly
to him. Fact is, il Day were to offer
me anything for my services, he would
get left. and would publish him for
attempted bribery. Ihave spoken we'll
Of him, and mentioned his success, be-
cause 1T was true, and at the same time
q pleasure to write of it. "Who shall
have the offices p that is the question.
Esssyone else has been after the Offices.
and 20 one has succeeded in getting
them as he has, and that tells the whole
story. He has the u OF the depart
ments. and his favorites usually get
there. That is something that the
Office seekers ought to know, and it is
straight news.
/ have a letter before me from one OF
tie best editors in north Dakc9a. He
says: .You have done more for Day
than any other man 10 the Territory.
Yen introduced nim and made him pop
nlar ut Washington, and you have fought
out his battles in the territory, and have
brought 6attles upon yourself. Ii you
are not in his seryicee, and ii he is not
paying you for your services, You are
q fool" That ia straight stuff, and very
encouraging to a young man MS modest
as I aal. He further says: HIf you can't
say anything favorable to the other side
Of The question, You may stop writing
for my paper That ia intended az an
argumeasum ad Aominem In other words,
he means to say "John: Smith. if you
can's swallow your " brains, aud let
methink for You, you must have your
income out down. That's smart isn't
it2 Well, I have written to my journal
istic brother and informed him that he
is an ass, and that if DO ailows his ears
to stay out in the weather. the flies will
blow them. { don't intend to make
opinions for the papers, nor for the
people; but, when I see and, place it
before my readers Just as it all appears.
I don't want anyone to imagine that he
can bull doze the Dakota news bureau.
It can't be done.
Ihave become pretty we'll acquainted
with Abe Boynton lately, aud am OF the
opinion that he is . good democrat, and
he has always been a consistent member
Of the party. He is not inclined to view
Dakota affairs as I do, but he seems to
be honest in his opinions. He is not SO
vindictiye IN his methods, not SO bitter
tos-ard your friend John Smith, as he
was; and there isn't any man in the
world more quick to respond to friendly
approaches, than the aforesaid John.
The prospects for division are slim
aud seem to be growing simmer. II
make me tired to tell you this, becuse /
nm n OF the rabid d~ivisionists. Never
thcless, il is true. There is no likely.
hkeod of diyisioHs:8g now appear.
Bills OF that nature have a ~huctnating
life. They have their ups aud downs.
AT present the Hill bill seems to be on
it's last iegs, and to be suffering from an
aggravated attack OF congressional
malaria. While the territorial commit
tee have heen unable to get any offices,
they have been able to knock the stuff
fng out o every measure which has
been introduced in congress by the
friends Of Mr.. Day. They buried the
Dakota bill, and ars now pummeling
the life ont Of tho Hill bill. Isl
We have strikers here as well as else
where; bat they airs not anarchists.
Wherever honest labor attempts to en-
nance its own value, either by striking
or boycottinR, it meets with the SYM
pathy and moral aid of the mass OF our
people. But where anarchy rears it's
head, as 1t has 6oael In Chicago, there
should be the swiftest and most terrible
retribution. The basest of the foreign
immigrants are the cause of affairs
and they should be exterminated like
vermin. There is neither sympathy nor
patience with such outbreaks. Our
striking workmen are intelligent, organ
lied, peaceable. They are gaining their
point. Eight hours shall hereafter con-
stitute q days labor for all skilled work.
era in Washington.
The Sioux bill is in q questionable
condition. J have been one OF its adyo
Yates, and have worked no little forits
successful passage OF the house forensic
fires. Il has looked like u promSsing
and even precoeious child, until now.
Theie are elements which may yet cause,
Its defeat. Nevertheless, its friends
shouId be hopeful. 1t is
the only bill which has
not met with organized opposition
from parties in the territory. That is
greatly IN its favor. All fba otbar $500 1