The Wahpeton times., 1888-09-06

chair draped in Grape. With com.
mendable good humor he recognized
the fitness of these emblems and
tells his readers about it in yester.
day mornings Press. 1t might
have been better for some others to
have accepted the situation with
equal grace. For example-for
Palmer and Grlgsby to have crawled
into the hearse ordered for the oc-
casion and "lying supinely on their
backs" headed the procession. In.
stead, however, Grigsby, with a
face from which "hope whitening
had fled" solemnly followed the
band which played a funeral dirge;
while Judge Palmer and his fidus
Achates, E. G. johnson lodged the
ordeal, and struck bee.line for
home across lots.
But there is more in their defeat
than appears upon the surface.
First, Matthews is a one state man,
and further Matthews was one of
the capital commission. 1t is un-
derstood that Matthews and his law
partner, J. OBJ. Scobey, made their
money out of the capital commits
sion deal, or steal, whichever you
please to call it. Scobey was presi-
dent of the legislative council and
voted for tho commission bill. Had
he voted against it, it would not
have passed. His partner, G.. A.
Mathews was appointed one of the
capital commission. When the
Press became satisfied, or pretended
to be satisfied, that the purpose of
the commission was mainly to make
money for themselves and their inn.
mediate friends, it published March
%, 1888, a call for mass conven-
tion to be held at Germania hall in
this city, April S, 1883. .'for deter
mining on definite and concerted
action for defeating the infamous
scheme with which the governor
and last legislature of Dakota have
disgraced the territory" This was
signed by r. F. Pettigrew. G. H.
Winsor, f. w. Caldwell and other
political leaders of equal proml-
nence. This mass convention was
held on the day and at the place ap-
pointed. Col. J. II. King was made
presiding officer, Melvin Grigsby
chairman of the committee on reso-
lutions and r. F. Pettigrew chair
man of the executive committee.
AS showing the temper of the meet
ing Ex-Gov. Edmunds of Yankton
stated in his speech that Gov. Ord
way had said to a friend. II
wish you were in Dakota so as to
get on the commission, because
there's lots of money in it," What
was said and done at that meeting
is still fresh in the memories of our
citizens. 1t will be remembered
that E. G. Wright objected to the
character of the proceedings as be-
ing decidedly too Pettigrewish, and
soon after with many others with.
drew from the meeting; and that G.
II. Winsor rebuked Mr.. Wright and
declared that sit came with bad
grace for any Dakotian now to ar
raign Hon. r. F. Pettigrew"; and
that the usual long list of resolu-
tions were adopted, for Dakota re-
publicans never lose faith in the ef-
ficacy Of resolutions, though they
never seem to accomplish much;
that a large executive committee
was chosen to carry these resolu-
tions, the subsubstance of which
was-to raise halifax generally with
Gov. Ordway and the capital COM
mission; that this executive COM
mittee was composed of r. F. Petit
grew, o. S. Clifford, ]. H. King, A.
G. Mellette, G.. G. Moody and others
of those political aspirants and wire
pullers, who came home Saturday
from Waterton, suffering from a Sc
we're attack of political belly-ache.
1t was this meeting of which the
Press at the time said editorially
and with certain quiet irony,
Conspicuous by their absence were
the old ring leaders and politicians,
and for their presence the brain and
Drawn of the land"
Then consider that these same
fellows have had to lie down and
take such dose; to accept one of
this infamous capital commission as
the republican nominee for delegate
to congress
Nehemiah G.. Ordway! Come back
to Dakota and see how complete
your vindication has been made by
the "brain and Drawn of the land. ''
Come back, Nehemiah, and see,
that although the Pettigrew-Cam
bell-Moody-Mellette gang and their
servile organs charged you in 1889
with all sorts of corruption and
crime, except, possibly that one
which Horace Greely so Indignantly
denied in the campaign of 1872, that
of "eating his grandmother" the as
sembled '.brain and Drawn of the
land" at Watertown has discovered
that one of your tools by which you
accomplished your "infamous capi-
tai scheme" is a "marvelous proper
man" and that the republican party
of Dakota has commissioned him to
carry their standard this fall-to
defeat. Come and see that the com.
bined power of the "Smoked Yank,''
of the curly headed darling of the
G.. A. r., of the somnolent old gen.
tlemen of Canton, ane of the patri.
otic ex-clerk Of the Louisiana Re-
turning Board could not prevail
IDainSt yOur miniOn. Matthew'S