St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-01
DAkOTA DOINGs.
News from All Parts OF the Great
Territory.


Judge Becker, the versatile and efficient
secretary of the Democratic committee of
the terri ory. this week changed his residence
froml Glendale 10 Fargo in the practice Of
the legal procession. He is sad 20 nave one
OF the finest law libraries in the territory
and to have met great success in tue yoca-
ucn. As secretary OF the committee he has
visited most of the chief points I'm the terri
tory, especially In the South, and he is en-
pha.ic in the belief that the great majority
OF the people. and nearly all Democrats, out
side OF some OF the officeseekers and locali-
ties that have the capital bee buZzing in the
bonnet or some local schemes, are in favor of
admission as one grand empire state. He In
sists that the party I'm the territory should
stand squarely on this ground, In harmony
with the national policy OF the party, and
that IL will gain strength aud character by so
doing. He sees no reason for division, eS-
pecially east and west.
The bulk of the taxes paid by the farmers
In Dakota is for the support of schools. As
they squeeze their ponketbooks TO get the
requisite SUN, and the country settles up, IL
Is becoming more and more an eyesore to
them TO see the school sections in each town
ship lie idle or used by parties who have no
right and paw nothing for the use OF the land
As these lands are not available un II admit
ted as a state there is naturally q growing i'm
patience for statehood due to this cause
Hence 1t would be difficult for congress TO de-
the voters. The Brookings Press.iu the South,
takes this view and urges upon the division
lists or the South that as division on the forty
sixth parallel has been refused by the Repub-
hcans in congress for seven years, II is I'M
reasonable TO expect the Democrats 10 con-
cede il. and that they must except either
admission as a whole, division on the Missouri
river, or stay out indefinitely. The opposition
TO either Of these plans of admission il is be-
lieved would be noisy, but have small support
among the masses.
Trail county is in ferment over its county
AFFAIRS. The chief cause of troubl, Sc ems 10 @
there s some $4,000 in the count treasury,
or rather in the hands OF banks and specCla-
tors, aud those who haven't got a chance at il
are unhappy. The rival interests of Gale
donna and Hillsboro come into the fight and
the county seems TO have too many great
men.
The Bismarck Tribune was Informed that
Republican senators from New England
would have Killed the Harrison Dakota iii If
II had not been deemed certain that ii would
be throttled In the house.. The Tribune I'M
derstands that these Eastern senators are
jealous of Western supremacy in the senate
The Webster Reporter states that several
or the farmers in tuat vicinity sowed wheat
the past week, aud the editor as he walked
TO church Sunday saw cattle browsiny on
the hillside east OF town That Sout d. we'll
but IL should not be presumed that spring
lime mas come yet in Dakota.
In Sargent county IL is thought that the
bill introduced in congress GIVING the Mil
waukee railroad the right of way through the
Sisseton reservation means an extension from
Milbank up through Sargent county. The
Milwaukee viii be kept busy if IL constructs
half OF the lines projected for 1t.
The Britton Daylight attempts to mar the
statement that one of its citizens who was
married many years in the East without
10 Dakota by the impairment suggestion that
he kept hired man since living in Dakota. :"
In the absence OF Rev. A. p. Jones' the
preacher at Frankfort, in Sphinx county, on
q recent Sunday, his wife preached a sermon
and the congregation now want the male
Jones 10 stay away all the time or let his wife
do the preaching.
Plats have been filled on the extension of a
railroad 10 the top OF Bear Butte in the Black
Hills. This rises to an altitude OF 4,eUO feet
1000 above the surrounding plains. The
grade OF the road will be some 200 feet to the
mile.
Donation parties are generally for the ben
eft OF preachers. but the editor OF the Gran
don Tribune was remembered in that city by
his friends recently. He was taken by sur
prise, but pleasant one.
Meetings are being held all along the pro-
posed line in the interest of the railroad from
Woolsey 10 Bismarck, and the people seem to
have confidence in its success.
Marshal Maratta has gone 10 Washington
10 meet Col. Morton, and 1t is bel eyed that
the confirmation of the former Will soon be
announced.
Ipswich is moving toward a school edifice
worthy OF the enterprisiug young city. al d
also a public reading and club room for
young men.
A circus company under the management
of Col. j. II. Wood is being organized iu the
Black Hills. twill start on its circuit Ma, g.
A small colony is to start from Lorraine
county, o., March lst for St. Lawrence, in
Hand county.
Gov. Ziebach has removed to Yankt1u and
will take his post in the land once this
week.