St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-27
DAYS CHANCES GOOD.
The Dakota Campaign--GiffOrd
COolly Received Everywhere.

The Dakota Campafgn..GiffOrd
COOlly Received EVerywhere.
Special to the GLOBE.
ABERDEEN, OAK, Oct. 26.-As election
day approaches the prospects for Days
election grow brighter, and now the DEM
ocrats are in the best of spirits. The estimates
OF votes to be cast for Day and Clifford al
ready received by the executive committee
IN this city indicate that the Republicans of
dakota, or at least those who have voted
LOT republican nominees in the past, are
convinced that it is to the territory's in
terest to elect Mr.. Day, Clifford is at pres
ent suffering from very severe attack of
the blues, for he has been travelling through
the territory and in all sections he has met
WIN very cool receptions In several places
Ills meetings have been ended by the audi
ence giving cheers for Day, and he has at this
late Gay awakened to a realization of the
Iact mat he Is not wanted by the people.
UnleSs every indication is unreliable. Day
VIII receive majority of the votes. The
districts from which estimates have heen
received are the Black Hills, North Dakota.
Central Dakota and portion of Southern
Dakota. The fact that Clifford by his
DIVISION PREJUDICEs
defeated every measure of Interest to the
territory during his two years in Washing
ton is enough to damn him with the intelli-
gent voters. But this is not all. 1t is now
known that he supported the Dawes bill
for the opening OF the Sioux reservation
after it had been amended and when
it contained the most outrageous monop-
olistic clauses. These clauses gave special
privileges and advantages in the shape of
land grants to the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST Paul and tha Cbiooro 2
railroads II the bill had passed, as sup
ported by Clifford, it would have been
gross and irreparabIe wrong upon the peo-
pie, and, having thus shown that he is
owned by the corporations, the people do
not swallow the argument that he is an hon
est man. Again, those interested in the
surveying OF the public lands cannot sup
port him, for he neglected his duty in this
respect so far that Dakota is almost ignored
IN the appropriation of money for the prose-
cution of this
MUCH NEEDED WORK.
The bill as passed gives almost double
the amount to little Nevada that it does to
Dakota. and Clifford has acknowledged in
conversation since his return from Wash
ington that he did not know the nature OF
the bill until it was too late to offer an
amendment These are bud few indica-
tlons OF his pitiable lack Of ability, and the
Wde-aWake Dakotians feel that they can
not afford to be disgraced and handicapped
by him for two years more. He has accom-
pllshed nothing in the past, and with hls
mental weakness and political antagonism
to the administration there is very little
hope OF his accomplishing anything in the
future. NJ. Ii. Day, the Democratic candi-
date, has done more for the territory as a
private citizen in Washington than
Clifford did with the Endorsement of
the people in electing him to
congress. Mr.. Day knows every
congressman and cabinet officer, is on the
most friendly terms with the administra-
ton, and, if elected will be a power for
the accomplishment of good such as Da-
kOta has never had at Washington in the
past. These are not new arguments, but are
KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE
everywhere in the territory, and the vote
Nov. 2 will show that the interests of Da-
kota are dearer to the citizens than the
empty myth OF party name. 1t now
looks as though Clifford will be left at home
to attend to the more congenial duty of
managing his Lincoln county farm He is
now going about the territory friendless
and alone, and has the same effect on his
party wherever he goes that an iceberg
would have on drowning mariner. His
receptions are cold. his speeches are very
cold and his campaign is made doubly cold
by the warm enthusiasm with which the
people are rallying to Day. Speakers are
now in the field and meetings will be held
by the Democrats every night until election