Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-04
BOWEN d KINasBUBY. Prop'trs

Hresb anu DhkOthlhu Uy new bSs Vdtut
president OF Yankton college, takes up
q topic to W 1ich we of Dakota have
given too little heed. The editorial Is
an earnest protest against attaching the
names iNorth" and "South" D4kota to
the two halves of our territory. In its
opening remarks the Advertiser says:
Most OF the names on our roll OF states
are very goo d. and the nation is fortn-
nate in their general fitness, melody aud
excellence. Thirty of the thirty eight
few could wish to change. The mis-
takes have beon in the compound names
which use the adlectives New. North,
South end West. Every one of these is
bad, aod their repetition anywhere
should not be permitted Any locsl
consideration or elamor ought not to
weigh against this sufficient reason for
ruling out any North or South Dakota
as names.
The Press end Dakotaian is sufficient
/, 10 accord with the views OF the Bos-
ton Advertiser upon this subject to
duplicate It's comments here at home
and urge them upon the attention of our
peopls. The prefxee North" and
South" have been placed in congress
sional acts for the division and admis-
sion OF Dakota because Of local de.
mand merely. While demanding the
creation OF two sfases from the domain
of Dakota and refusing to accept any
other solution of the problem, the peo-
ple of each section cling tensciously to
the name of the whole and propose as
compromise to call the states
respectively "North'' and "Scath. /"
The Advertiser very perth entity
remarks that the people of the old states
haye some interest In .ne election of the
names of new states. 1t argues, referring
to Ds4o ta--"They are less than q mil
lion, ths sest of us are sixty millions,
and our ia8erest in proper selection of
hames is 1sk as great as theirs" This
is right. We OF Dakota are not the only
osas to be consuised in the premises
There are sixty mSslion people on the
outside willing to take Us into their
as two political and geo
graphical divisions Their wishes shonld
be consulted and their judgment de-
ferred to. aamias3 sl tt-
Dakota is name to which we age we'd
ded. Itis m usieaI, easy to speaEs of the
proper length, OF Indian origin and Eull
of Specification. Standing alone il is
all of this. Fssten to 1t prefix as old
aud commonplace as the poles and ell
that ls attractive about the name is Rb-
sorbed In the qualifying word The
Advertiser favsrs the nsme APembina"
fer the north half of Dskote, speaking
thus: Ra SIS a44 ). .sS
The same il true OF Pembina. For
either half Of the divided Dakota, this
woad be thoroughly good name !,
and either should prefer it inf sitely
rather than iuAics upon their children
ans north and south Iargon, perpssual
reminder that their Iatiye state was
only o fraction of something. Dakota
wheat would be Just as good and would
find Just as gooo a market if it gere
raised in PembinB. Indeed, il usaght
tet:ll bear the same name. The ol,iHons
aud tie feelings OF the people In these,
territories should have jast conuideee-
tiop, but they should not havs decisive
weight. They are less than million.
the rest ofsus are sixty millions, and our
interest in proper selection of names is
lust as great as theirs. II is q quesN"n
Tor the nation to decide through its
representatives, and congressman cannot
be absolved from their responsibility by
any unwise local jealousy olamor.
Eastern sentiment is against the pre-
AZ, Home sentiment should coincide
with the good sense of our sunrise con.
temporsrles. We are creating statehood
titles potfor ourselves alone, but for ou
associates in the union, for posserity ant
for time. 10 as asF &=
| Our statesmen, in according attention
TO She purely political sides ofall matter
pertaining to statehood, have given yer,
llittle thought to the selection Of appro
pr.ste names. They have looked apol
A.Dskota" as in every way acceptable an
sitter blundering fashion have pre-
Il posed to destroy its soceptsb,lity b
I,oaesipg it down with fragment Of tn
{crudest and most uninterestinR Englist
NVlhere are yet words u naming in til
Instiisn vocabulary appropriate, musict
ara ssieui6cant. A.as4 ..
Ulhere is the Sioux word "Minisose
~ sa.pipg Missouri, Che title of the prou
...L VI 4 f ha uUa ri
riy On Whicn Whiic'n' 'Ao~o 'l''NA -" 80 -.
a. aoutheast corner Of our domain
r.,a similarity to the name Minneso
won VI sbe an otj ,ction, but the skillf
W ,f,f names might use for warp
mo-, ibzpom panion W ord "wakpa, mea
;aa Axs. sMinisose. Wakpa' is h
sion, Ssf missouri river.
,rha, ,sAl.sse is Tinta-maka," meaDil
,ra;r;a ssad, ,.or "Tinta-maz,," prail
oonnt,v qGransposed. ''Makatinta
Maoo,;n R,'fahe land of the prairie,
tho oonnt Daps She prairie, would furni
a muaicsl sasA s'sninoAn' ~ A'
state. @
Ao.,n kesesI.is the Sionx g Meg
vatan ssanaas, Gods country,
]. Maoa.tank e. n,nssuing big count
.Thaaa q an, a1aecs signifying pro
,..s 4, avyab ,sgsntuv, the prairie TOW
Tha s,nox md ier rorth and nor
,,r : .sMsz;v, tsa,,,'S Sterasouth is Oks
-, Tor soutbe u,,.fItoksl."
We ara nc i aaauise.aEing q name