St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-02
DAKOTA POLITICS.
a size-np by a Democrat of That
Territory.

S1Ze-up Dy a OemOcFat Oh Ahos
Territory.
A prominent Democrat from Central Da-
kota, who has been in nearly every town east
of the Missouri river. was in st. Paul yester-
day, and in conversation with GLOBE re-
porter gave some interesting information as
to the general feeling of the people on the
gubernatorial question and political matters
in general, as he had learned it, in that ter
ritory. He requested that his name be not
published. In reply to the question OF
what the Democrats. as whole,
thought of division, he replied:
81 think the Democrats, nearly all Of
them at least, would rather see the territory
admitted as whole; still there are some In
the southern portion who would rather see
the territory divided. The Republicans
south of the forty-sixth parallel are unit
in favor of division and admission, some Oh
the Missouri river, but the majority, /
think, on the fOrty-siXth parallel"
''What do the people in the North say
about dividing on the forty-siXth parallel?"
"While the people in the north would
like to see the territory become state, they
don't think any part Of the territory has a
right TO get together as the people, Orrather
q few of the Republicans of the south did
at Sioux Falls, and declare that they would
be admitted, that they would divide on the
forty-sixth parallel and that they would call
the new state Dakota, no matter whether
the people of the north wished them to or
not"
''What do the people think of the action
of the legislature at Huron"
''Oh, some of them in the south think
they are sure of becoming state; that they
did all that was necessary at Huron to con-
rI,..In
satisfied to be divided and admitted, and
that congress was sure to divide and admit,
while the Democrats, as rule, throughout
the whole territory, and the Democrats and
Republicans alike in the north, look upon
the meeting of
THE HURON LEGISLATURE
as a farce and that all the newly elected
state officers have had their fun all for moth
ing, as they do not think from the present
outlook that congress will either divide or
admit"
ado the people in the central portion Of
the territory favor division on the forty
sixth PARALLEL"
mot as a whole. Some of the Repub-
licans who think the more states they
have the more chance there will be
for them forget Office are in favor
of that division. but, I'll tell you,
Dakota is a large territory and the people
are not united OH any one thing. Every
section has an opinion of its own, and
nearly every man for that matter, and L
think congress win resolve to let Dakota
alone until they become more united. 1t is
one of the impossbilities to find out what
Dakota does want. Our friends that have
gone to Washington can't unite on any one
thing and ask congress for it. They each
seem to be fighting for their own personal
gains"
Whom do the people wish for gov
ernoT?"
They are almost unit in favor of lie
BACH"
do they think Ziebach will accept the
appointment he has already received"
That they can't say, but they do believe
he will yet be their governor, notwithstand-
ing the Boynton crowd are trying to down
him."
HAS Boynton many supporters in the
territory among the Democrats"
But very few. They think he has but
one object in view, and that is self notori-
ety."
do the Democrats look upon Mr.. Day
IS the man having the most influence with
The administrations"
tsMOsf aSSuradlv they do q