St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-17
B0YNTON7S COMPLIMENTS.
He Writes a Letter Rejecting on NJ.
II. Day.
The Latter Accused of Selling Out to
Republicans.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, May 16.-NIr. Abraham
Boynton, who represented the Dakota
Democratic territorial committee here, will
to morrow send the following letter to
members of the committee and other Dem
ocrats in Dakota
Dear Sir In view of the action taken by
the Democratic territorial committee at its
meeting in Mitchell in October last, whereby
IL placed Itself and the Democracy of Dakota
III harmony with the Democratic members Of
Doth houses of congress and the administra-
tlon, feel impelled to warn members
Oh the territorial committee against scheme
Wnlch have good reason to believe is now
pelng attempted to be carried out by NJ. II.
Day Tor calling a Democratic territorial con-
Ventlon early in June for CARRYING out
Tue program marked out by Hugh J. Camp
Dell at the reassembling of his revolutionary
convention at Sioux Falls. The program dis
1hctly declares that both the Republican and
democratic conventions must be controlled
IN favor of CampbelPs division scheme All
Mr. Day has been openly working with Camp
bell and in opposition TO the position taken at
Mitchell by the regular Democratic territorial
organization and the position taken by con-
gress, and as it is
SUSCEPTIBLE OF PROOF.
that Mr.. Day bolted the Democratic nominee
for congress and supported one of the most
offensive Republican partisans r. F. Petit.
grew, and aided in his election to carry ori
thes division scheme, it would be suicidal pol
icy for the Democratic territorial committee to
stultity themselves and repudiate the action
OF congress and the administration at the
dIctat1on OF one who simply secured party
recognition through the dictation of one of
the delegates to the Chicago convention 1t
would be very unwise for the Democracy, be-
ing in minority, to hold any conventions until
After these Republicans have held theirs and
left an opportunity for the masses of the peo-
pie who are not likely to support the wild
schemes of the Republican leaders to join
with the Democrats in winning a peoples
victory. The Democrats in congress. follow
ing out the pledge given by the territorial
committee at Mitchell have taken the broad
ground that the movement for dividing the
territory east and west has been and still is
POLITICAL SCHEME
of Moody, Campbell & Co. to gain four new
seats in the senate, three members in the
house of representatives and seven
votes IN the new electoral college.
Congress will not therefore allow the
territory to be thus cut up solely for political
purposes, neither will it withhold admission
to the large numbers IN Dakota, even though
the political complexion of a new state be
against the Democratic party. Sena-
tors Butler, Vest and Morgan have all offered
plans for early admission, as have also the
territorial committee OF the house of repre-
sentatives, devoid of party advantage. With
CneSe 1dctS D01Ore Ine members OF the terrific
rial committee of Dakota l cannot believe for
moment that they will stultify
themselves by urging upon the chairman,
whose duty it is to fix the time
for holding conventions, a scheme concocted
by the accidental member of the national
committee, who has changed nearly every
member of the territorial committe with be-
ing
AN OFFICE SEEKER
and controlled by merceuary considerations
whenever they have protested against broker
age in the Dakota offices. l have no persona
issue with Mr.. Day, but as a Union soldier
and Union Democrat, who has aided to up
hod the flag of Jeffersoniau Democracy, and
as a member of the Democratic territorial
committee for more than ten years, [ feel
bound to warn my associates on the
committee against this last device of
Campl ell and Day to inveigle the Democrats
of Dakota into the Endorsement of what NJ,
Day calls a simple division of the territory
! east and west, but which he knows
would be a confession on the part of the
Democrats that the divided portions thus left
under separate territorial government, each
! having the population heretofore required for
| one statehood, are only denied admission be-
cause they are likely to be Republican states.
Mr.. Day and the other assistanst
of the double statehood scheme to
ask the democratic territorial committee
to indorse the revolutionary Harrison bill and
recommend Campbell as the Republican caG-
didate for congress and himself as
the Democratic nominee, and thus
say to the tax payers of Dakota
set of oficeholders-"and you take your
| choice of the labels which each wears. To
| be forewarned is to be forearmed. Respect
fully, ABR AHAM BoYNToN.