The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-06-22

names-haye appeared which battle the
wisdom OF those old laws; such have
given us the words, ''defaulter,'
"boodler' and anarchist" However,
these names have never been applied
to the "girl of the period" Were we to
examine closely the colonies of exiled
Americans in Canada, should we find
any women "boodlers? Though
doubtless we should find many Ameri-
can women there, who, through no
fault OF their own, have been obliged
to leave "home and native land" be-
cause a father, a husband, failed to
practice the law of "meum" and
"tuum.'
One of our United States treasurers
once said he preferred to employ
women in the national treasury, be-
cause they are the more trustworthy.
1t is we'll for the "girl of the period''
not to be "boodler," "defaulter" or
anarchist But instead of being a
mere locker on, may she not rise
higher, and by being and doing lnf1u-
ence others to see and do the right
May she grow stronger in physical
mental and moral strength, until of
ssthe girl of the coming period" the
lines of Milton may be truly said:
SOwell to know her own,
That what she will to do or say,
Seems wisest, discreetest, best
Miss Celestine Couglin had the adj
vantage of decidedly popular subject
DAKOTA AND STATEHOOD,
but this had not the most to do with
the very favorable impression she
made on the audience. She began:
An outcast of the west would speak,
just listen to her song,
-Four hundred is her breadth In miles
"A hundred more she's long
Her riyerS are the faireSt,
Her soil eXhaustless deep;
Meath cloudless skies Of summer
A hundred Thousand reap.
Dakota whose Indian name signifies
purchased in 1903 of France by Presi-
dent Jefferson, has been at different
times part of Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota. 1t was not until
April 2, 1861, that Dakota had a separ-
ate name and existence.
The growth and developement OF
Dakota, since 1864 forms one of the
most marvellous epochs in the history
of the west, and one with which we
are all familiar.
Should this territory be admitted tC
the union and if so, how? Is a uues.
tion which has been much debated
during the past few years, and espec.
tally during the last few months. For
years, the people of Dakota, in every
way possible, have petitloned congress
for admission into the union. They
have expressed their desire for diYis.
| ion in the strongest manner.
Have we not right to division? Is
there doubt in congress or elsewhere
OF the ability OF the people ofnorth and
south Dakota to support a proper self.
government? Do they question the
fact that both north and south Dakota
| possess every essential element of per.
manent, prosperous statehood? The
argument has been available that
there are large Indian reservations in
Dakota, which include great deal OF
country, but this can not be used long
The great Sioux reservation is now
| about to beopened and it will not be
many years before all these reserva
tions will be occupied by thrifty set
tiers, and the indians allowed only
| what they may require for actual use
Are we then legislating for a day o1
rather for that long stretch of time
which shall measure the existence o1
the republic? Is not the denial of the
just right of Dakota party measure
Are partisan politics to govern the
action of statesmen?
We are denied admission and are
forced to live under territorial gov.
ernment, because we desire division
and have taken proper steps to secure
! it. Should not our statesmen act upon
stronger and broader grounds in deny.
| ing our petition? 4: * In
reality congress says to US "You must
abandon all hope of admission as two
states or you will get nothing from u.s.
This seems but adding insult to injury
Congress can keep state out of the
union, but congress can not force g
state into the union. The party that
proclaims that public Office is public
trust violates that trust; that boasts o1
its devotion to the principles of sell
government and Of civil service reform
violates those principals in every par
ticular by insisting that such com
monwealth shall remain under fed
eral protectorate and be governed by
| foreign officers. The party which denies
to hundreds of thousands of electors
in the south free ballot, and fail
count. denies also by a cunning which
is more odious than force the ballot OF
national questions to 10000 intelligent
white men in this portion Of the north
The intermission at this point wa:
filled in by an orchestral selection
from Lustspiel, beautifully rendered
and which left the audience in {
pleasant mood for the further exer
cises. despite the fact that the tempe
ture was rising and thlckening every
moment.
i Matthew Smiths Grafton on
SOME OF TIE DUTIES OF AMERICAN
1 CITIZENS
followed the intermission. He sait
among other things.
| There are great many people il
this country, especially among those
of foreign birth, who have wrong
ideas concerning the duties of Ameri
can citizens. In many cases foreigners
believe that an American has not only
the liberty but even helicense to do a
he chooses, regardless of the rights o1
hes fellow citizen.
American citizens have greater
reason for being patriotic than have
those of any other nation on the fac'
of the globe. A man who defends hi
country for the same reasons that
savage beast defends his lair is no