St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-25
AGAINST CHURCH,
Dakota Politicians Scheming for
Congress and the Council.
To fhe Editor of tho G1oha

Dakota Politicians Scheming for
Congress and the Council.
To the Editor of the Globe.
BISMARCK, Oak, June 24.-The po-
litical situation in Dakota at present
may be summed up as follows: The
Democratic party, cured of fits and mis-
fits by the action of the st. Louis con-
vention-strong and healthy. Gov.
Church reclining cOntentedly in the ex-
ecutive chair, while NJ. HI. Day wonders
whether he had better work his mines
or the Republican party. The Repub-
Ican party cheering for protection and
lodging the bandanas, which confront
them on all sides. The Democrats
guessing on their probable nominee for
congress, with no one prominently men,
toned. Republicans also guessing,
with everybody prominently mentioned.
Dakota cannot have anything to say
in the presidential quarrel next fall, but
she will present as lively fight
as any state in the Union.
She won't waste much time on
the presidency, but she will furnish
more good stand-up-and-strike- from
the-shoulder fighting than any other
well-trained commonwealth in the coun-
try. In the first place. the congressional
contest in the Republican convention at
Watertown will be as pretty catch-as-
catch-can tuSSle as has been witnessed
for years, and the number of distin-
gulshed favoritS sons who will fall with
both shoulders on the floor and
BREAK THEIR POLITICAL NECKs
in the fall, will be surprising. A num-
Der of estimable gentlemen have been
mentioned for the place, and each is
now sitting up nights with his wailing
boom. These gentlemen will not real
iZe that they have been simply wet
nurses without pay, until after the con-
vention. Then they will return home
by the longest route and ponder on the
vicissitudeS OF greatness.
Among those most prominently
mentioned''is the sunny-haaed Grisgby,
of Sioux Falls, pleasant gentleman,
pretty good politician, but badly IA
tigued by local dissensions. You will
find him at WatertOwn in August, but
hardly in congress next winter. AS
for Judge Palmer's candidacy, it is
troubled with the Pettigrew-stthg, from
which it is hardly disabled. You will
also find E. W. Caldwell, of Sioux Falls,
at Watertown. Happy Cal," they cali
him. He will be there with his laugh
and slouch hat, but will not understand
the
FULL FORCE OF THE JOKE
until the convention adiourns. "Cal'
prideS himself On large, circular
laugh, but his friends fear that he will
feel as though he is long ways from
home at Watertown.
The counties of Dakota are following
the Republican "favorite SOM idea,
as taught at Chicago last
week, and nearly every quarter
section of land has a candidate for con-
gress. Among the list who have some
home support, are Nickens. of James
town; Judge c. B. Little, of Bismarck,
and Gov. Mellette, of Watertown, but
the political prophets are all stalking
their
REPUTATION ON CLIFFORD.
Every new candidate is naturally very
jealous of every other new candidate,
but no one is jealous of Clifford. They
fear that the new men will have a
future; and they know that Clifford has
not. This is the Republican delegate
this cross-eyed compliment that the un-
fortunate Clifford will be again elevated
by his party.
Who will be nominated by the DEM
ocrats at jamestown next month? This
is a question for a prophet. Several
have been mentioned. The man who
could receive the nomination by accla-
nation is Col. w. r. Steele. of Dead
wood. but he will not accept. Col. Abe
Boynton has been spoken off by some.
and if he desired it he could make it in
teresting for the other ambitious gentle
men. DIR. Swaine, of Wahpeton, stands
we'll with his party, the most unfortu-
nate circumstance being the advocacy
of his candidacy by Barrett, Of the Aber-
deem Republican, who is believed to be
the champion
JONAH OF THE TERRITORY.
There is an abundance of good timber
in the Democratic party of the territory,
and the candidate will poll much
larger vote than the Republican leaders
anticipate.
But all these issues are minor COM
pared with the effort of few intense
Republicans and coterie of dis
gruntled Democrats to elect a legisla-
tive council which will come to Bis
marck next winter to mop the political
floor with the 'blue-eyed governor" as
they are pleased. through a stolen
description, to call him. 1t is said that
Maj. Edwards, of Fargo, is speaking
pleasantly of the country press of CasS
county. and riding about that legisla-
tive district in a lumber wagon, while
Frank Pettigrew is inspecting crops in
the Minnehaha region in the hope of
securing nomination and election to the
council. / think the situation in Da-
kota will continue to grow in grandeur
| of pyrotechnicS and glory of battle
from now until the adjournment OF the
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