Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-28
CONGRESSIONAL TALK.
a LetterfroIn the Home OF Mr.. Git
ford.

"A letter from the Home OF Nr. Gill
ford.
Canton, d. T., August 28--The week
Just closed has been a lively one in
Dakota politics. Numerous local candi-
dates for the delegateshlp have bobbed
up during the week, but tonight the
situation remains about the same as q
week ago, with Delegate Clifford way
a bead in the race for denomination.
Nothing more is heard in reQrrd to
Harrison Aliens boom, and it is now
prcbable that the whole Black Hills
delegation will come in for Gift I'd Mr..
Allen is still III the HILLS and will doubt
less remain there until another election.
Mr.. Clifford is looking after his in
terests in Brnle and Charles Mix
counties and tomorrow expects to leave
for Fargo and north Dakota. In south
Dakota he will have o waik-Rway with
the possible exception of Brown coun.
ty where there is a local candidate and
Brookings county were the contest seems
more evenly divided.
South Dakota outside of Brown,
B~rookings and the Black Hills,
will have o large majority in
the convention and aver without the
support of these three sections MI.
Clifford would have a clean sweep in the
convention. But the fact is, that MI.
Clifford will make q great break in the
vote of north Dakota, with a strong
likelihood of securing every delegation
in south Dakota. In north Dakota he
will carry all hat section of country
lying west of Bismarck; all that section
known as the Turtle mountain country,
besides securing solid support from
jamestown and Stutsman county.
The Grand Forks section is also favor
able to the return of Mr.. Clifford and
knowing ones say there is no certainty
that Fargo and Cass county will oppose
the gentleman's denomination. 1t will
thus be seen that the denomination of
Delegate Clifford is about as sure a
thing as anything % the political world
can be. Tuesday Sphinx county in
structed for Clifford, with eleven votes,
followed Wednesday aud Thursday by
Lake and Miner counties respectively.
This gives him thirty-two out of the
thIrty-three delegatesa elected with a
certain share of such support coming
from the extreme porthera border.
Commencing September 11th the Da-
kota county conventions will report at
about the average OF five each day. A
few struggling conventions will be held
during the first week, but the bulk of
the political business of the territory
will be handled from the 18th to the
18th. On the 22pd the 500 delegates
will convene at Yapkton.
The advocate table of county Y
tons to be held IN the territory is as
follows:
Aurora county ct Plankinton Sept, Q,
Brule county at Kimball Aug. 81.
Barnes county at Valley City Sept. II.
Beadle county at Huron Sept. /.
Brookings county at Bookings Sep
TENDER 4.
Clay county at Vermillion Sept. 10.
Cass county at Fargo Sept. Is.
Dawson county at Mitchell Aug. %.
Hand county at st. Lawrence Sept. IL.
Hanson county at Alexandria Sept. II.
Hyde county at Highmore Sept. IS.
Jeranld county at Washington Springs
September IL.
Kidder county at Steele Sept. II.
&incoln county at Canton Sept. IS.
McCook county at Salem Sept. II.
Minnehaha county at Sioux Falls Sep
TENDER IS.
Sanborn county at Forestburg Sept. Is.
Stutsman county at jamestown Sep
TENDER Ii.
Sully county at Onida Sept. 4.
Turner county at Parker Sept. Is.
Union county at Elk Point Sept. II.
Yankton county at Yankton Sept. 4.