St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-05
TERRITORIAL POLITICS.
A Prominent Citizen Favors Adm1s-
sion as a Whole,
And Suggests Gen. Allen for Congress
sional Delegate.
To the Editor of the Globe.

To the Editor of the Globe.
CoLFAX, OAK, June 3.-The immigra-
ton that is coming to this part Of the terri
tory this spring is very significant, notwith-
standing our political muddles, cross-fring
and the attempt by some of our confused
and disappointed Southern brethren to
break into the Union, seemingly at all
hazards, leaving some Central counties and
and all of Northern Dakota out in the cold
More than even the level-headed people of
Dakota realize, that if there had been a
united effort on the part of North or South,
East or West Dakota to admit this North
western empire as one state it could have
been accomplished months ago. But
the Sioux Falls convention, with
all of its resolutions, constitutions, elections,
revised additions and editions, and tail-end
attachments, has been so managed that the
disgust of congress and the people, many
of them at least, has been so significant that
there is but little hopes of our getting inside
the according to law. until the
present congress dies a natural death by
constitutional limitation. We will state
right here that if the present congress would
agree now to the admission of Dakota as a
whole, and President Cleveland favor the
SAME, we believe it would be one of the
grandest moves that could be made. and
one, too, that would be exceedingly popular
among the masses, especially those who
have to foot the bills. In the admission
bill let there be a proviso that at the end of
five years the inhabitants of the territory
shall have the privilege of voting upon the
question at a general election, whether the
state shall continue to be one, or cut IN
twain on the 18th standard parallel. If
congress and the president would agree to
this arrangement, a law could be passed for
constitutional convention that could con-
vene and do their work before the time for
the general election this coming
November. Why not rub out all
the figures and state hieroglyphics on the
old Sioux Falls convention state and all
other srates that are broken in the middle
on east and west lines as well as the Mis-
souri, river water line, and begin anew on
the unity and not fractional plan? Such an
event might dash the hopes of some
ASPIRING POLITICIAN
to the ground and pull them down from
their high anticipated seats. Nevertheless
it would be patriotic movement of such
manifest unselfishness and statesmanlike
practicability that the people as a whole
would rejoice with exceedingly great joy.
old battle lines means defeat, NO division
and no division as whole realized for a
long time. There are now airy kilograms
ahOat respecting the candidates for dele
gates to congress at the coming election,
but they are seen yet merely as trees walk
ing. but the personal naturalization is not
very distant. Important questions are
being asked, quiZzing committees are at
work, political wires are being uncoiled for
use, corner, street and Office buttonholing
is being carefully performed, all of which,
i'll due time, will be brought to a more
manifest focus. Really the index finger
points occasionally to Gen. Harrison Allen
of Fargo as a prominent candidate for the
Office of delegate to congress, a gentleman
of tlne attainments and very popular in this
territory, where he has discharged the duties
of territorial marshal very satisfactorily.
since the outgoing of the late Hon. John B.
Raymond, county politics and aspiring can
ddates began to be pretty we'll understood
by those who take any pains to view signifi-
cant facts. Counting favors in many ways,
just under the surface, is beginning to be
more, and still more, apparent, and it will
not be many moons before the political sea
will be alive with those who will be very
anxious to reach the desired haven The
county election will be lively one, also
the Legislative contest. Just now, however,
the order of the day is to make haste slow
ly but surely. The political outlook for
some months will be amusing and some
what interesting. The sitters on the fence.
who are anxiously waiting to see which
way the cat jumps befare they decide on
which side to fight their battles, and who
of the many candidates they will support.
will get exceedingly tired in retaining so
long their kimbo posture. Time proves all
things, and let us hold fast to that which is
good and profit by the revelations of the
future. II. B. B.