St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24

| eral Republicans in that town are al
ready circulating petitions for the post
| office, and yet some have the fanciful
theory that few on the winning side
care about the Offices.
Some of those who are so anxious to
see Gov. PIERCE appointed governor
assail Gov. CHURCH on the ground that
that he is a carpetbagger. PIERCE was
sent out from Illinois to be governor.
/ while CHURCH was a resident Of the
territory end member of the supreme
court when he was appointed. He
came to the territory to become per-
manent resident, and will remain when
he leaves his present position. The
anomaly Is how he should be carpet
Dagger and PIERCE not.
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None of the lists of members of the
! legislature are accurate, at least in po-
litical classification. Very few of them
have CAMERON, in the Pembina district,
and MCDONALD, Of Barnes. straight
Democrats, elected to the council; or
NELL, of CaSS. Democratic elected to
the house. Democrats are so few in
| the legislature that more care is needed
to gather up and preserve what there
are as samples and party seed for the
good times coming under the state era.
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There was one county in the territory
where the Union Labor party figured
up creditably in the returns--Hand
! MI cd -ta piS
There is no considerable town in the
county. and it does not appear what
local conditions exist to give it such eX
eeptional strength. There is a news
paper at Miller devoted to the cause.
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The dryness of the fall has inter-
fered with blowing in some parts OF
the territory, and will probably prevent
an increase of the wheat acreage next
year. This is particularly the case in
the Bismarck region. The frost in the
ground will no doubt prevent any more
blowing this fall.
4 =
The Pembina paper evidently has
playful imagination in attributing the
placing of a fast train to Winnipeg, Oh
the ST. Paul. Minneapolis IL Manitoba
| railroad, to the result of the election.
President Hill. is not understood to be
specially iubiiant over the political
issue.
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The theory that some one will be rec
ognized as delegate from North Da-
k0ta does not assume more plausible
phases iii consequence Of the election.
If there is division, the two sections
will be admitted substantially at the
same time, and there will be no oc-
casion for the organization of Il terri
tory-in the North
49,
The vote of the territory is lot of
ficially declared, but it is evidently con-
siderably smaller than was anticipated.
1t was probably as near full vote as
was ever cast i'll any state except. per-
haps, New York and Indiana, the total
| being not far from i14.000, divided in
the proportion of 1900 for the S outh
and $4,000 for the North. Counting So
population to the vote. and the aggre-
| gate is 6a7, 1000, of which the North has
236,500 and the South 800, 500. This is
| evidently too large an estimate, as there
| is always larger proportion of men
| Without families in new than in old
| countries. a fair estimate of the popu-
lation would be 100000, which is an in
! crease of $4,000 since the census of
1885, a little over three years. This is q
splendid growth, and ought to satisfy
! nf
| five persons to voter, of course, the
total is but $4,000. The population is
sufficient for two congressman in the
South and one in the North.
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The impression has prevailed that
! the admission of the state OF South Da-
kota, as now equipped, involved the To-
cation of the capital at Huron. That
thriving young city is the present capt
tai of that state. but as it is a paper
state as yet, its capital is rather theory
than a condition. On admission. aud
when provision is made for the erection
! of an edifiee for the use Of the state, the
! question OF location will come up for
definite settlement. Huron will have
considerable advantage in possession,
but it is understood that most of the
! prominent towns Of the South will be
pretty active Barkises in the matter.
/ Aberdeen would have been pretty GER
tain to have captured the prize in case
of admission as whole, and is said will
still be in the field: also WATERFOWL,
Pierre. and probably Redtield, Brook
ings, Mitchell. Sioux Falls, Yankton
and some lesser towns. 1t will be
determined by commission named by
the governor.
The late voting has pretty nearly
cleaned out local option in the
| North. Trail and Ransom are about
the only prominent exceptions of the
counties that adopted the system year
ago and voted approval of it this year.
Cass, Barnes, Grand Forks, Pembina,
Walsh and others have voted it out
after worrying along with it q year
with little enforcement. There are not
more than three or four counties in the
North. Trail and Sargent tine largest
of them, that still adhere to the abste-
mious programme. In the South prohi-
hilton has Jared somewhat better. 1t
was carried in Miner, Lake, Lincoln.
Sanborn. Bookings, Moody, Beadle,
and perhaps some others. In few
counties that adopted Ii last year no
vote was had On the 9th. But it was re-
jected in Brown, Dawson, McCook,
Hughes, Sphinx, Hamlin and others.
Much less than majority of the coun-
ties of the South probably adhere to the
| svstem orr have failed to trY IL