St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-14

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In politics, too, there is equal prospects
of much fun and many good times. The
ball may be said to have opened at Red
field, at which time there was the OPEN
ing Skirmish for delegate i'm congress.
The candidates for commandments
OF the G.. A. X. are also said to be candi-
dates for delegate. Prominent among
them was Judge Palmer. OF this man
the Minneapolis Tribune SAYS: 'SiOux
Falls has another prospective candidate
in the person of Judge Palmer. In q
few days the Judge will leave the bench,
which he has occupied for four years
with so much credit to himself and so
much satisfaction to the public. He has
been one of the best and strongest men
Dakota has ever had on the bench.
Chief Justice Trip is quoted as saying
that Judge Palmer is the ablest lawyer
on the bench. This sounds well, but
Judge Palmer had already stolen q
march on the chief justice by saying
precisely the same thing of him.
Two years ago Judge Palmer
would have been a candidate,
but he did not feel warranted
while holding the position of Judge to
be taking part in active political work.
The judge is popular with all classes Of
men, and there are thousands who would
like to vote for him for delegate. 1t
doesn't appear, therefore, that Central
Dakota has the man. North Dakota at
this stage of the cause can't get the
nomination. Present indications imply
that the next delegate lives at Sioux
Falls. DO you ask his name? 1t wouldn't
do to give it away just now. There are
men who would give $1,000 to know it.
Putting this and that together, it
looks very much as though, in the Min
neapOlis Tribune's opinion, Judge
Palmer will be the next candidate, that
the Republican party will put up, to
make it Interesting for the Democrats,
who is going to make an effort to repre-
sent the greatest territory in congress.
Well, Judge Palmer was not less active
than any other candidate at the Redfield
convention! Senator Grigsby, of Sioux
Falls, was heard to remark on the sly
that he hoped "Palmer would be
elected" and that would take him out
came for him to make his demands on
the party, it would say to him, You
have one office; do you
WANT THE EARTH"
These are but preliminaries to the
main bear-dance, which takes place
little further on. The next interesting
piece on the political program, was the
meeting of the Democratic territorial
central committee at Bismarck. IL is
understood that the meeting was called
for Bismarck to please Gov. Church;
however, meet at Bismarck it did and
here decided where the next territorial
convention shall be held, time, etc.
These are but the indications that poll
ties are going to be lively in Dakota this
year, and they will make it interesting
for the average Dakotian, who does like
morsel of politics about as well as any
people on earth. 1t is understood that
Gen. Campbell, of statehood fame, is
also candidate for delegate, although
his boom has not been properly
set off yet. His platform will
be, ave are state" and to empha-
size this, his organ, the YanktOn Press
and Dakotian, says that in case con-
gress does nothing movement will be
made to set the wheels of the state gov
eminent in motion. The papers OF the
territory are making objections to this,
but SO far they seem not to have thought
of one thing that we would like TO call
to the attention of these patriotic and
progressive gentlemen, who want to see
Dakota not only boom, but take regu-
lar Dakota zephyr header, and ride on
the very foremost point of it. My
POINT is THIS:
Two years ago last November the
election for state officers under
the Sioux Falls constitution was
held. 1t is Supposed that their
term of Office began on the
1st of January-according to this their
term of Office expired at the end of two
years, which was last January, so that
to-day Dakota is without state officers,
and, If these gentlemen really wanted
to start these mythical wheels" that
they talk SO wildly about, what would
they run on il they were started? The
engine is out of fuel. 1t is doubtful il
make much of a run on the above plat
form! But If Gen. Campbell doesn't
get to congress he can console himself
with one thing, that there is no man in
Dakota who has stirred up more nOtO-
riety than he has; and where he will DO
classed in the category of cranks we do
not aspire to enough knowledge OF
these affairs to determine. There Is one
thing that cannot be impressed on our
minds too often or too much, and that is
that Dakota is
NATURALLY DEMOCRATIC.
1t may not appear very clearly visible
just at the present time but 1t Is so new
ertheless. Look at Minnesota for ill.,
stance-Only Dakota is more sO-a few
years ago there was hardly any Repub-
lican stronghold, that was stronger or
seemingly more secure! To-day a ma
jOrity of her congressman are Demo-
Gratis. But the changes are being made
more rapidly in Dakota where the peO-
pie have not enjoyed all the advan-
tages of lf-gOvernment as fully as
they have in Minnesota and where the
Republicans have mOnopoliZed every
thing in the political line now that
these matters are reversed. Give the
people of Dakota chance to express
themselves as they believe and that Da-
k0ta will give President Cleveland the
biggest and heartiest Endorsement that
any people ever gave, knowledge OF
their history makes absolutely certain.
The reason that Dakota has been so
strongly Republican all these years is
because she did not have chance to be
anything else. The Republican party
has ruled things here as automatically
as Russia's most tyrannical car ever
attempted. They have given no other
party chance
TO BEGIN TO LIVE!
They have held the Immortal sinch."
A paper at Sioux Falls says:
Dakota is naturally Democratic. All
that she wants is a chance. Why, in
the last election, in half the townships
in this county, as old county as Min
nehaha is. not Day ballot was TO he
had. There is no organization, no sys-
TEN in our party. We must have time
to get these little matters arranged or
we can't accomplish anything. The Re-
publicans have been twenty years at it.
We ought to have two months, at least.
We want time enough to supply the
townships of Minnehaha with Demo
cratic ballots, at least"
And that's about the size of it.
The LooKER-lN.
Rural Dramatics.
Special to the Globe.
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