St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-09


the Cass county institute, to commence at
Fargo next Monday, and to hold till
Friday night. Among these are Prof. Nc
Cleary, of Mankato; Prof. j. ID. Carol,
of Saltwater; DR.. Cowen, assistant super
intendent of public instruction of Dakota;
Prof. Rose, of Fargo, and Mrs. L. ii.
Ralston, said to be the most accomplished
singer in Dakota. The energetic Superln'
tendent means to make it a great success.
TERRITORIAL TIDRITS.
Notes of Interest to tho People OF
Dakota.
The Sioux Falls Argus, the only Democratic
daily in the South, is somewhat disappointed
that the Aberdeen convention did not take
emphatic ground in favor of admission as o
whole 1t says: 1.-THE sentiment OF the con-
yention as between division and admission rs
a whole was almost unanimously IN FAVOR OF
the latter view. But the fght came upon the
different methods of reaching that result.
One portion of the convention was ardently
in favor Of a positive declaration. Another
thought best to let the great people OF the
territory say what they thought ABOUT the
matter. The latter view was adopted, ano
upon that issue will the campaign be fougnt.
The Argus also says the Democrats were con-
UQenC Ih2t tue people WOulG pronounce ~ sAS
ballot box for one undivided state.
The Columbia Sentinel is Republican
paper, but does not put up Giffords name.
and talks in this way Of him; There are
scores of men in the southern portion or the
territory who are better qualified to represent
Dakota in the halls OF congress; out tne
divisionists down there were afraid TO put
forward any other man themselves, or allow
anybody else to do SO, lest Clifford might
ST NTH fO6iVid9 the
vote and allow the central or northern
portion to name a man better qualified by
ability and intention to represent the people,
but who could not be handled by the poll
ticians who want Office through division.
Gifford is too small q man to properly ap-
preciate the situation, and, from his action.
evidently considers himself the greatest man
in the Northwest instead of the Child or
circumstances and the tool OF corrupt
parcel OF politicians"
The effort Of some of the Republican divfs-
ion papers to make out that both parues
took similar ground in their recent conven-
tons on the division question, is partisan
perversion Of the facts. The Yankton con-
veution had small majority Of extremists,
and thew used their power relentlessly to put
the party on square out, unequivocal division
platform, even denying the minority reso-
luton In favor of submitting the question 10
q vote Of the people. On the other hano, the
Democrats at Aberdeen had Streng majority
in favor of admission as one state, and 1t was
simply matter of courtesy to the minority
who favored division that they did not 1nslsr
upon the passage OF the resolutions declaring
against division. There has never been
vote of the people of the territory on the SUBJ
iect, and when an expression In faVor OF that
was asked for there could be no reasonable
objection. No good Democrat could oppose
giving the people chance to determine the
hot 90 -
doubt as to their wishes. A compromise was
had upon the Hill bill, which allows a sepa-
rate expression of each section of the terri
tory If majority in both North and South
favor division, this would be 1nality so far
as policy could originate in the territory.
Nothing was to be gained by forcing the
minority upon an anti-division platform, and
the desired result could be attained without.
The North was certain to vote big majority
against division, and it was doubtful if even
the South would be deoisively in favor OF
separation. By leaving the question to q
settlement by the Hill bill, the admission OF
one big state would be most likely to be at
tanned, and at the earliest feasible time.
There is nearly as much complaint Of ex-
orbitant freight rates on the railroads in
South as in North Dakota. The Pierre Signal
says it costs one bushel OF wheat to get an
other from Hughes county to market. On
certain classes of goods, 1t says, the tariff
from Chicago to St. Paul is 10 cents hum
dred, and from Chicago to Pierre, 200 miles
further, it is 81 20. With such inequality it
is not surprising that the people are willing
to forget politics to secure legislators who
will exhaust their powers to remedy this
ruinous oppression. 1t may be taken as a
fact that the coming legislature will be In the
interest Of the producers.
The Fargo Daily Sun, the only daily in the
North which claims to be Democratic, and
whose editor was one Of the excluded dele
gates from Cass county, bolts the nomination
of Mr.. Day, advises all Democrats to scratch
his name frem their ticlOsts and refuse to hear
him when he visits that section, which he is
exuected to do very soon. Those who follow
this course will hardly be in the range of
federal patronage, as Mr.. Day, it is believed.
will have hand on the l2dle. The represen-
tatiyes of the element that did get seats at
Aberdeen will make an effort to have no
vacant chairs when Mr.. Day shall speak in
Fargo.
It is believed that only one of the members
of the last legislature from the North will
get back there this winter. This is Uncle
Donald Stewart, an old Scotchman from
Walsh county, who was regarded as crank
by the commercial politicians, as he would
not ride on a railroad pass-would rather
wRlk-and would not sing with his jovial con-
federates, There Is Hole in the Bottom of
the Sea-" or any of their favorite hymns. He
was nominated by both the farmers and Re-
publican conventions, and probably will not
be opposed by the Democrats.
Farmer Oliver, the Lisbon statesman, who
was the alleged father of important measures
in the interest of wheat growers in the last
legislature, has only fighting chance to get
back His friends held q separate corven-
ton at Valley City, Wednesday, as they feared
Maj. Butts and his crowd had got possession
of the regular one. Oliver and Butts are rival
chieftains and both have just harvested big
crops OF wheat, which they can turn in to
fight each other. There ought to be good
show for the Democrats in that district, with
two Republican tickets in the field.
This reference to the recent appointment of
attorney general by thePierrePress is sample
of the Republican division press in regard to
it: LAS MIR. Eugle is q raeid anti-division DEM
ocrat, it can readily be seen that our Repub-
hcan (?) governor is using the influence of
his Office to further the interests Of the DEM
ocracy. Something of this kind was to have
been expected" The governor may as well
go OH and fill all the territorial positions at
his disposal with Democrats. He has little
further to hope for from the Republicans.
1t was announced some time since that the
Yankton Press and Dakotaian had ceased to
take Associated Press dispatches aftor having
had them q half dozen years or more. Now
the other daily at Yankton, the TELEGRAM
published by ex-Gov. Pennington, announces
its suspension as a daily. Yankton is
growing. ambitious town and it cannot well
afford to allow its dailies to be starved out.
but it is true that few of the daily papers in
Dakota are doing more than paying expenses.
His recent appointment Of Geesge 8. Enele.
Democrat and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., as at
tOrney general leads the Mitchell Repub-
lican whose editor has been q personal and
political friend of Gov. Pierce, to say that
'he is in process of transition from Repub-
licanism to Democracy" Some of the friends
of the governor excuse the appointment on
the ground that no capable Republican could
afford to take the position for the short time
he would probably hold it.
The Democrats are making the point upon
the Yankton platform that it contains nothing
in the interest of the farmers-does not pro-
pose any reduction of taxation or relief
from the oppressive burdens Of extravagant
railroad rates. The farmers are comparing
notes, and more alive to their interests than
ever before. They mean to be heard in