Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-06
ALMOST REBELLION.
DakOta's Rebel Lenders VIII Attempt
10 Run a Government Independ.
ent Of Uncle Sam.
Means by winch state Government of
Its own IA to be orgaDized--Con.
gressional Legislation,

J HURON, DAKOTA, July 5,--The article
published in the Sioux Falls Argus few
days ago purporting TO give the designs
of the radical element IN South Dakota,
led by Hugh J Campbell, 10 set up an Oh.
position state government has created
much comment and considerable excite.
nent. While It Is not generally believed
/ that Campbell and his followers are pre-
4 pared to go to the extreme OF bidding de.
/ dance by force of arms to the national
| government, 1t is as generally admitted
That the attempt will be made to run an
independent government. For months
past Campbell and few others have
been travelling all over the tor.
ritory making incendiary speeches
and organizing what is called the estate
League" A few days ago Campbell
went TO Woodsocket and made a speech
advocating the repeal of section thirty.
two OF the Sioux Falls constitution known
as the restraining clause. In the public
announcement OF the meeting Campbell is
dubbed the "arch revoutlonist.u Section
thirty-two provides that the state powers
assumed should not be exercised until
Dakota should be regularly admitted into
the Union On July 10 the constitutional
NlOnX
rails, when an attempt will be made To
repeal the above clause. The newspapers
OF the territory generally agree that II
the voters indorse the radical preposi-
ton TO repeal the restraining clause there
can be no other construction put upop IL
than that 1t means defiance to the now.
ers OF the national government.
While 1t has been impossible TO get env
one to admit that forcible resistsnce is
intended, none of the advocates for state
hood VIII explain In what other way
state government could be made an
actually. That the movement is on
hrmer ground than many are disposed to
admit is evidenced by the significant fact
that the Republican territorial committee
mas located the next convention at Yank- |
ton on Sept. %. This Is eyerywhere |
admitted to be great victory for
Campbell and the league. The issue |
was distinctly drawn before the commit |
tee and the ultras won. The North |
Dakota members were disappointed at
the outcome of the meeting of the com |
miltee, not as much over the selection of
Yankton as the apportionment made for
the delegates. On the basis mapped out
by the gentlemen from the north there
would have been 222 delegates from that
section and $40 from the south. On the
basis OF population and vote at large
Tor each county the north will get l9l aud
the south 3ll. Thus the north will be
relatively weaker than was expected, and
hence they are not feeling very good over
the llrst skirmish of the campaign.
Inc people have been aud are still be-
ing Kept In state Of ferment by exagger-
ated statements as to the alleged wide
spread rum being caused by Commissions
er SPARKS ana the Democratic administra-
tioh' IL IS Instantly reiterated that
from the day Gen. Sparks was appointed u
he has done all in his power to keen peo.
pie aud capital ont OF Dakota, and 10 OBJ
press the people already here; that TO do
this he has again and again trodden on
the laws of the land. They are being
taught the perniclous doctrine that the
people OF territory, IL denied admission
by congress as a state when they could 4
present clear evidence that they were
qualified for such admission, were pos {
sessed OF an inherent political right to or.
ganlZe state government for themselves
ana to set 1t in operation without con-
gressional consent or intervention, and
that it is only the reckless partisan in
Justice OF the Democratic house that pre-
vents their being recognized. They have
low become frenzied, and imagine that
With the first sound of the tocsin the en-.
Tire Republican party win rally to their
support, as did the citizens of the North
TO the aid of the national government on
the firing upon Fort Sumter.
The organs OF the territorial officers at
bismarck persistently insist that the
leaders OF the statehood movement in
South Dakota are taking part in an un-
lawful and reasonable proceeding, and
1t Is this, among otner things, that goes
70 snow that the recent Inspection Of the
Dakota National Guards has more sir.
ni1cance than the officers will admit.
Hugh j. Campbell has gone mad in the
pred ction line. He calls on God to wit
ness that If state government is set up
aud the president dlsperses it by force
Of arms, the president and the whole
Democratic party will be hurled from
power and South Dakota admitted within
twelve muntha tharaaftar