St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-11

bilities. Their credit will all be strength
ened by the consolidation and the value
OF their bonds will suddenly rise on the
market, and instead of being bankrupt
institutions they will be able to
go ahead and prosecute public en-
terprlSes that alone they could
not have thought of doing. 1t may be
further objected that these counties
comprise large territory and are set
but it does not constitute an objection
to this provision. One of the reasons
why settlement in these counties is so
slow is that taxes are so high and
the credit of the country so poor
that reliable business men do
not care to establish their
homes in such community. Some
thing must be done for these counties,
the welfare of the people of the terri
tory demands it; it is not question of
whether few county seat boomers
shall be benefited or not, but one of
public good-and NIr. Springer's bill
seems to be just the remedy needed.
When | spoke of Mr.. Springer's letter
to the Aberdeen convention | said then
that he was a statesman of rare
merit. Now, when | study into
this bill of Mr.. Springer's for the adj
mission of Dakota, l am more than
ever convinced of the fact that he is
statesman of no small caliber. That he
had prepared such bill as this for Da-
kOta shows that he has studied into our
affairs and has in some way become
quite intimate, with them. Da-
kota will have favored start
on its way to statehood if she
goes by the route of the Springer bill.
But have said that there was some OBJ
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bill as Mr.. Springer's. This is simply
one of the forms of the hindraDce that
Dakota is meeting in her efforts for
statehood. The enemies of Mr.Springer,
Tor any reason. have taken up his bill
as a partisan measure, and all the
party strikers and clackerS have been
putting in their best work to give it a
black eye if possible OIL the start and
create wrong impression among the
friends of Dakota i'll regard to it. The
bill but needs to be understood to be
appreciated. 1t will stand ON its own
merits.
A RIDICULOUS OsITION.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press is putting
itself in most ridiculous position in
regard to DakOta's admission, as its
readers are beginning to realize. In
some Of its editorial columns
it says substantially that Dakota must
be admitted as two states if she remains
territory for -paradOXically ridic-
ulOuS as this may seem. In its Dakota
supplement. edited by an ex-governor
of the territory, it takes rather a differ
ent position, and one more ridiculous
| still, if it can be at all rightly under
stood. 1t urges the admission of
Dakota for the reason that the
people of Dakota would accept
| this and states further that it believes
| that the people of the territory prefer
division. What a sincere position !!
The people want division, but must
take one state because they would ac-
cept that. Most "One-state" men here
tOfOre have taken the very tenable po-
sitiOn that, so far, there has been no
| chance to really decide whether
the people want division or not.
| These ''policy" men may make peace
able governors, but their smooth ways
are not liable to make them friends with
honest men, when it is found out that
they cover up world of iniquity. For
| this ex-governor editor to so suddenly
| talk about the fearful condition of a ter
rit0rial form of government that he has
| just given up argues pretty strongly
that he must know something
about it, or he would not
now be talking so much about it.
| If being territory is such an awful
| thing, Mr.. Pioneer Press Editor, why
didn't you tell Us about it before last
week, and how do you come to know so
| much about its workings, and the hard
ships it works the people under it?
The LCOXER-IN,