New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-26
Another Dakota Convention.

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The Democratic statehood convention met
at Mitchell with Bartlett Trip as chairman
and James Frendenfeld of Aurora secretary.
Delegates We're present from the following
countless.
Jerauld, Yankton, sanborn, Sully, Faux
Potter. Hughes, Moody, Hyde, Turner, Davi-s
son, Aurora. Minnehaha Buffalo. Beadle.
Union, Sphinx. Brookings, Hanson, Brule,
McCook a
kilograms OF sympathy with the object of
the gathering were received from Hand and
Codlngton county Democrats Among the
notabes present were:
Chief Justice Trip, Adjt. Gen. Harden. Sur
veyor General Taylor, Commissioner Mcclure
Receiver Miller of Huron, Postma ster Miller
OF Pierre, Revenue Collector Nave, Mai. Bar
retts OF Aberdeen, Editor Huntley of Huron,
Col. Jeffries, of the governors staff, from
Hlghmore, Postmaster Love of Huron, Edi-
tor Chaffee of Vermillion, J. b. Creelman of
the New York Herald.
The following memorial was dopted:
70 the Congress of the United States:
Your mem orialsts, citizens of South Dakota,
in utilization with the Demo cratic party, duly
assembled in convention at Mitchell this
10th day of December, 1888, hereby request,
I urge and solicit at the hands of your honor
able body the division Of the territory Of
Dakota upon the seventh standard parallel
OF surveys thereof, and the Immediate
admission into the Union of states of the
portion OF said territory lying south of said
parallel of surveys. We desire most respect
fully to represent that the division of the
territory by an east and west line has for
many years been desired and expected by
It's citizens; that the congress of the United
States has been memorialized to that end,
but without avail, by sixteen successive
legislative assemblies; that in view of such ex-
pectancy the penal charitable and educational
institutions of the territory have been dupli-
| Gated in the North and in the South that
| religious sects have in like manner established
Northern and Southern bishopries; aud that,
anticipating division throughout these years
intervening since the first settlement of the
territory, all hope has been guided and all in
terests builded to that end. We desire fur
Their to represent that either section of the
divided territory would be exceeded in size
by but eight out of the thirty EIGHT states in
the Union, the smaller portion comprising
| 1000 square miles in excess ofthem mean av-
| erage OF all existing states; that the southern
half for which immediate admission is
now requested, contains within re-
| strlcted compass doubtless the most prolific
! mineral section within the national bound
aries, producing gold, silver, copper, iron,
| galena, tin, nicllle, graphite, mica, gypsum,
| coal, anthony asbestos, cobalt, salt and
OIL, while the larger area of prairie, re-
markable productive in soil and almost
entirely cultivatable by reason ofthe absence
OF hills mountains, swamps and other
distractions to profitable agriculture, con-
stltute a fair estimate upon which may safely
be predicted for the future unusual density of
population: that the people ofSouth Dakota
now number 375, 000, and thus equipped
their rights, interests and future welfare will
be enhanced. their sense ofpatriotism exalted,
full citizenship realized and the fundamental
right OF self government guaranteed by a
speedy admission of ssterhood in
to the states. We desire further
and finally to represent that the
constitution for proposed state of South
Dakota framed in 1885 under authority OF
territorial legislature by the constitutional
convention, non partisan in character, and
subsequently adopted by the people at. the
| popular election, is deemed sby your memo
! rlallsts a wise, safe and conservative charter
OF government, and that in its limitation
OF the public debt, its restriction in official
| salaries and rigidness of official requirements
| 1T is in fair degree ,commendable and fav-
| orable to democratic policy. We therefore
respectfully ask that your honorable body
adopt some measure which shall accomplish
the division ofthe territory on the seventh
| standard parallel, and the admission of the
south half into the Union during the present
session of congress.
Discussion arose on the resolutions between
Huron and Pierre capital advocates, the lat
ter claiming that the resolutions were to ia
yor temporary location at the former place
Miller OF Huron led on one side OF. the discus
sion and Mcclure and Miller Of Pierre, Regain
of Aurora, and Foster of Davidson on the
other. The following delegates were selected
to go to Washington:
Judges Trip and Spencer, F. NJ Ziebaeh
Auditor Ward, Receiver Miller OF Huron
James Foster of Mitchell; alternates. IT. F.
Fellows of Plankinton. S. A. Ramsey Of w DON
socket, II. Eales of Gettysburg, with Geo
| Beckett of Huron as secretary