Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-11
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
congressman Hill and Kie'.
ner Pay their Respects
to YanktoD.
They are Accompanied by Delegate
Clifford, Governor Meile,te, .
Recover Miller and
General Taylor
A Reception Last Night at the
Rink and Speeches by
the Congressman and
Others.

The arrangements made for the recep-
tion and entertainment of Congressman
Hill and Kleiner were carried out to the
letter in this city last evening and
throughout the affair was q grand
success as was testified to by the hearty
hand shakes the distinguished gentle
men gave to each and every II of the
thousands OF people who assembled at
the various places of greeting.
AT the depot the Yankton band and a
large number of people and carriages
were III waiting and the eight O'Clock
train over the Northwestern pulled up
to the station amid cheers and music
and general excitement. Beside Con-
ggessmen Hill and K%leiner, there
were on boa d, Hon. A, OIL
Mellette, Surveyor General Taylor, Hon.
Chas. Reed, Colonel E. w. Miller, Dele
gate Clifford, and from YanLton Gen.
Il. J.. Campbell, Governor +. M. ziebach
and Alderman L. Piles.
From the depot The party went in
carriages to the Morrison house, where
the band and the crowd followed, aud
while the visitors were at tea the band
made music and the crowd cheered.
After tea the entire party was trans
ferred to the roller rink. arrangements
having been made for holding the
welcoming ceremonies there, instead OF
at Turner hall as had been amour ced.
A string of people fell into line and
when the large rink WIGS reached they
swarmed inside, filing the galleries and
nearly all the vacant standing room
below. The ladies of the M. e. church
were busy in the discharge of the duties
connected with the serving of o harvest
home supper, and the building had been
appropriately decorated and trimmed
for such an occasion. Thus everything
aided in making complete the reception
of Dakota's congressional friends.
After music by the band Gen. w. Fl
81. Beadle, il behalf of the mayor and
council took his place on the rostrum
and in the name of the city
welcomed the distinguished gentle
men to south Dakota and to
Yankton as the seat of the movement
For division. Gen. Beadle's remarks
were voiced with a zeal and earhestness
which was an assurance that his heart
was in his utterancee. He did not dwell
long upon any portion, but in a cordial
manner babe Dakota's pronounced
friends a welcome to Dakota. He hoped
they might remain long enough to enter
the homes and families and to see and
to feel the sentiment of the people
toward men who had taken a stand for
the benefit OF our beloved territory.
The words used by the speaker were
well chosen and his remarks we're loudly
spplsuded.
Gov. Newton Edmunds, who acted as
chairman, then called on Gen. Hugh j.
Campbell to welcome the visitors in the
name of the people. This was almost
the first opportunity that Gen. Camp
BELLS every day acquaintance have had
of hearing HIM utter o. syllable in paS-
lie On the question of Dakota's rights
and her regard for friends, and
if there be q single doubt
ing Thomas in the Fountain City
all his misgivings were dispelled by Gen.
Campbell's remarks last evening. The
speaker waxed warm over the matter of
division and in ringing tones addressed
congressman Hill and Kleiner, bidding
them thrice welcome to the NEST of the
SO called revolutionists."
After Gen. Campbell had finished
Congressman Hill arose and stepped
to the platform, AT this iuncture Gen
j Campbell proposed three cheers for
Congressman Hill aud to say that cheers
were given would hardly express it,
SSacta g h.r.ah was never made by the
same number OF human vocal organs
before. The cheers rang out in the
large building, everybody participating
women, children and all, and whei
quiet was again restored the audience
8 waited in breathless silence for the frs
word that should fall from the lips o
the man who had befriended Dakota
Mfr. Hill opened his remarks with a few
words of thanks for the cordially will
which he had been received and for thl
j, manifest friendship. He expressed hi
). astonishment at the magnitude of th
ceremonies and in q deep musical an
deliberate voice opened an interesting
discourse of an hours length O
Dakota and her rights an
privileges. His remarks al
herein condensed, bat not verbatim
Q On Monday last he alighted from ssth
train at Huron and had since that tim
visited several places in Dakota and
each and every place he had been rol
that il was the best town and the be-
county in Dakota. He found difficult
in distinguishing and if pressed vel
hard could. do nothing else Than
pronounce them all the best. He spoke
3 visiting the Huron fair, and of meetir
% all classes Of people there and for IL
the first time at Il fair did not see Oh
person intoxicated. He had met o
friends and acquainsances in Mitcht
and other places, and among all SOU
:" Dakota people had observed the san
amnunt NJ pnsh and enaruy Had fnu,