Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
DAKOTA's SITUATION.
Her claims for Admission Into the Sis
tSrhoOd or states.

game, but when the buffalo are gone
return no more, and other game not wort
the pursuit, what else remains but the p,
lticaI chase? Nor is the figure inappr'
prste, considering the sophistries to b
Taded through, the political tangle to b
narted. and the streams OF untruth TO b
passed all the way around from Vast
ngt0n to YauktOn. to Bismarck, acr0s
tl the Montana boundary, and back I
this threshold of the Territory. The dis
tiiiauOn OF truth out OF the admission
question ought TO yield good results ate
all the processes passed. For one has t,
20 through and 90 over, at lanktOn, fOl
instance, the seat OF the original capital
al the prejudice, jealousy and injured
ceiling from broken ambitions in that part
of the Territory. Then over in the Black
Hills, remote and isolated, the people
nave certain ambitions of their own for
state government. They claim that the
new connection with the world by rail
brings them into prominence, ana that
they have territory enough for good
sized State in new Southwest Dakota.
Then, going north you find ON the Mssou-
ri ambitious and somewhat grasDing Bis
marck, wbh the ends of so many schemes
sticking f9Om her bundle as to be eOnfus-
ing, to say the least-nOt to forget the
egually-ambiti0us little city of Mandan
opposite. Thence one must go to-the seal
Of the late" at Sioux falls, or to Huron
the waiting, "capital," and study ali the
clements OF the sO-ealled "rebellionv to
break into the Union.
APATHY OF THE PEOPLE FOR ADMIs-
SION,
The first and foremost fact I pather
from a hunt like this Is the indifference as
TO admission, as proposed, either on the
''TeOelliOus" plan or for Dakota as awhole
40 this time-the indifference being among
the business men, the rank and file. the
people, not the politicians. Surprised, of
course, and having proven the sentiment
by inquiries many times repeated, /
sought cut carefully the reason, which
cannot better be presented than in the
words OF one of the best known men in
the ierrItOry-a man whose name is iden-
tHed with the Sioux Falls constitution it,
saL He salde
The people OF Dakota-mark that I
say the peCple'-dOn't care a cent for adj
mission, and for the reason that to their
intelligence and sense, in the light OF our
Geographical location, peculiarities of
population and sectional as we'll as gen.
'ral interests, the reasonable plan of di-
vision and admission has not been pre-
sented."
referred to the Sioux Falls coustitu-
ton.
The whole South Dakota movement"
he said, was grown from the seed of
ankton jealOusies. from the removal to |
Bismarck. 1t ought not and cannot sue
coed, because the present Congress is too I
sensible to permit it.D
Bat the popular vote for Statehoodg'
[ suggested.
t.tt WAS haoaIand v-o,,I5 h. q, o-.,a,4 -
any other proposition that included the
same voters. The rest of the Territory
said little, by their votes"
But the tender to South Dakota to
maze Inc experiment was made from the
Bismarck Legislature. was it nOtF'
Yes, North Dakota cOncurred, but il
vas slmply to redeem certain old pledges.
l5e shrewd ones never for h moment be-
aeVed that there was a ghost OF danger OF
aly such division. They simply paid a
leht, but tie fellows who wanted the glo-
~ oi a constitutional convention have it.
AID did QQbOdy any harm.u
Nor was the sentiment difiereRt, so far
ls could be discovered, on the question OF
admission as whole. That some form Of
lai Hng Is to be applied to it, is assumed
by all, aRd, the above being true, there is
o. course nowhere the NhOWl" for admis-
son, In either form, that we would be led
10 expect. l Ventured only once to sug-
,3st 1t, in the partisan form:
II the democrats refuse admis-
non to South Dakota it will make a !,
vedy campaign in the next canvass, will
. nOtP'
Tae reply came in quite as ancient a !
Drm:
say, mister, it Jocks likea fine season :
eXt Year for business, don't 1t? Think
oebter sell my wheat, or hold it till | !
4ay?p VA
'ouNDARIEs OF THE PROPOSED STATE. I
now, have spent more time on the 8
aestlon OF why this Is so than upon the |
@ct clearly demonstrated, but think l /
ietu 10 no more toward developing the q
1soA IMAM meta phenomenon that has I
'psaFed-ylz., that the people. having S
seettto talk o. South and North Dako- c
g.. nave t4sen to studying their maps. !
o tnepesumen in Dakota took his s
'aP 0oWn on the appearance of a dis 9
.ou men tloH7hg the Missouri river as a a
~ OF DIVISION. That was a proposal | q
opposed TO have been killed by the amus- d
lS lealousies between Bismarck and
ihoan three or four years ago. But the
cps are being studied-the maps and
ures OF grOWth--and some time =
I'm lh recalling how homogeneous the
ruiatl0n Is in between the Red river
~ We Aiseobri. The Territory is lust n
sshohng by delegates at Fargo to take :.
= lof government Improvement Of the II
river headwaters, such as would by U
i"l CONNECTIONS add the lakes of TRAM I
"Lu Big Stone, at the Minnesota a
e' ~ lle hed river system, or by the Il
'HeSota river connect the whole with q
'o atner OF Waters, thus saving DakO- II
' ~ DakoJa, or whatever it may be- a
.u'' lle necessity Of taking her grain u
'- 's HudsOn's bay and the North Polel n
Map students then note that the Mis- a.
NJ, Is hd FiSaDle-can readily be main D
y "a. man way up the west side, near q
'.a'larck. lthin these limits are to- b
00hnhed all the elements making any n
"'.A Y statehood, and outside OF them n
,.le WHO care iOr 1t at this time. IL a.
y. sep further with the man stu a
aho ia a Hash they claim the ques- n
- solved, by line drawn north and In
ron the Missouri on about lOngi. hi
I iVO oeg., 10 min, fOrming the west d,
~ "oItdary Thus bounded cast and hi
I.,' ihe students and others find them si
'-7 contemplating the remarkable rail- mn
. 7ystem not before seen so clerly- la
'nu west lines a. frequent intervals. q,
urea miles more OF road 20 finish he
llste north aud south trunk line d. se
% river valley. e'e@' y.
W. nas Deen the talk OF the week-all is
w lue holiday Congressional recess "a
'ne plan spreads and grows in favor, ia
lnc hgures Of population. party 10
~, etc, are canvassed. All TOO az. a,
iHHN Tor brief aurdar..tt....i 80. =. 81 49,. =