St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-22
DAKOTA NIPS.

The editor of the Valley City Demo
crat, G.. i. NALLANDIGHAM, is be-
lieved to be a member Of the territorial
Democratic committee, but questions the
GLOBES statement that a resolution in
favor of division was passed by that
body after the election. The session
was held at Sioux Falls, and Mr.. VAL
LANDIGHAM was evidently not present
or advised of its action. lie is still in
favor of admission as one state, not real
izing, perhaps, that the dual team is
monopolizing the road to the Union.
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There are no avowed candidates for
governor of the state north of the sew
enth standard, although those in the field
for successorship to CHURCH no doubt
will look upon the successful man, pro-
vided he is not one of the other fellows,
as pretty near making final proof to that
claim. One of the papers, however, sug-
gests MURPHY, of the Grand Forks
Plaindealer. as good man for the
place, and Mr.. MURPHY's paper gives
quasi-indorsement to the nSe of the
name, so that he may be presumed tobe
In the field. There is large balance in
favor of his fitting qualities for that po-
sition, but he would be likely to have
competition.
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Eastern people don't seem to under
stand how it is possible that farmers
can pillow and drill the seed wheat while
there is ice sufficient for skating. The
fact, however, remains. At times the
thermometer has gone below zero, and
still the pillow moved on. But the plows
don't run very deep, and the ground is
dry. The latter fact is essential to the
movement of the soil. Had there been
late rains, there would be frost near the
surface. Flowing and seeding are often
done with frost lower down. Ii is con-
ceded that seasons like the present are
not the rule, even in Dakota. A year
ago the thermometer at this time in De
cember was frolicking around % and so
deg. below zero, and the railroads were
generally blocked more or less with
SNOW.
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1t is stated that Col PRICE, one of
the South Dakota candidates for
speaker, has already opened headQuar-
tiers at the Sheridan house in Bismarck.
lie doesn't mean to get leftby a late start,
evidently. Among the more formidable
of the other candidates from the South
are AIKENs, of Canton; KEITH, of
Sioux Falls; FLETCHER, of Brown, and
perhaps dozen or two less hopeful.
"a
Col WARNoCK, the life long Democrat
of the jamestown Capital. having Topped
into the Republican camp, begins to
realize that he has not landed among
those who make business of loving
each other; and with the zeal of a new
convert feels called upon to discourse
upon the propriety of peace, concord
and harmony. He says the outcrop-
pings of personal jealousy among the
chiefs in the North are too virulent for
the prosperity of the domestic family.
He intimates as the source of trouble
that they all want office, and there is
not enough of the requisite richness to
supply all. and in his kindness of heart
deprecates an ''internecine war of ex-
termination" The colonel received his
only Office in the territory from Dem
ocratic governor. but soon resigned it,
and evidently is not an office-seeker.
He did not invert himself politically for
pelf, and is likely to discover that he
has made blunder-jumped from a
mild sort of frying pan into roaring
blaze. His return will be looked for
with confidence.
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The North has had one or two conven-
tons recently. and some of the Demo
Gratis in the South have convened and
resolved various things. 1t seems 10 be
the turn of the South to have a more
general convocation, and it is called for
in some of the papers. The four-sided
affair at Huron some time ago does not
need repetition. probably, but it or some
of its parts left committee empowered
tomeet all such emergencies. 1t was CON-
posed of II. J. CAMPBELL, e. W. CALD-
WELL, j. A. OWEN and j. NJ. FoGARTY.
That is strong and quite adequate
committee. 1t is not apparent that there
is any special mission for a convention,
though some think it could determine
whether the South wants to come in
under the Sioux Falls constitution or
build new one. The opinion of the
members of the convention could be
had, but this would not be legal or
acceptable expression. and might delay
admission by raising doubts as to the
sentiment of the people. On the whole,
there is small visible public need for a
convention.
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The Jamestown Alert is arguing very
forciblY against the adoption of any