St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-18

on opportunity, while the retort had
come from the Hills that PLUMMER was
a big blow, afflicted with verbal diar-
rh9a, and to be sat upon at every op-
portunity.
The editors that went to Chicago on
the delegation are not yet over their
little tilts as to their respective achieve
ments. 1t seems that Editor CALDWELL
wants all the credit. if there is any, of
putting Gov. MELLETTE on the national
committee. Editor IIoPp rises up and
says he had hand in it, and that ''for
downright. pure, unadulterated gall,
commend us to the editor of the Sioux
Falls Press" The delegates had de-
cided the matter, he asserts, before
CALDWELL reached Chicago. They an
tieipate that, in case HARRISON should
be elected, MELLETTE will dispense
most of the Dakota Doodle, and they
want to come in.
The parties in Dakota towns who
came in from the country wearing fur
overcOatS during the late cold snap are
denounced by the local papers as dis
loyal to Dakota-in fact, giving away
the climate. But that was not the only
section where the sun did feeble duty.
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Some parties from about Estelline
have had the bad taste to go down to
Arkansas to establish small colony of
eX-DakOtanS. They are of the thin
skinned sort, who can't stand the winter
thermometers. Col. DOMAIN came from
Arkansas to Dakota, and nothing could
ever induce him to return to the land of
his youth. which is good enough for
those who don't know of Dakota.
Editor BARKER, of the Hillsboro Press,
evidently has faith in the election of
CLEVELAND, as he offers his excellent
paper free for one year in case HARRI-
SON becomes president, the offer hold
ing good this month.
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A new faction is to appear in the
WatertOwn convention from the Black
Hills, designated as the Bullwumps. 1t
will appear as a contesting force, NOM
lnally for SETH BULLOCK, but ready to
trade with any faction that will give
them show for seats. The name is. of
course, derived from that of the leader.
There are two or three other lots of
contestants that will tend to enliven
matters at Watertown.
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The Casselton Blizzard has origina-
ted the fanciful theory that the election
of HARDEN as delegate would be an in
dorsement of SPARKS as commissioner
OF the land office. How such result
can be worked out is puzzle to political
mathematics. The easy solution would
be that it was an Endorsement of the
course of the administration in letting
Nr. SPARKS out of the land office. But
it would have no relation to that gentle
man, nor would it be an Endorsement of
any official in Dakota or Washington, or
even the Democratic party. 1t would
simply Indicate approval of the meas
ures and views Mr.. HARDEN advocates,
or belief that he could do more good
for Dakota than some other man.
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Col. PLUMMER says he has no per-
sOnal concern in the matter, but, while
he thinks of it, he would like to know
what MOODY, the judicial ass of the
delegation to Chicago, did with the odd
ticket that he knocked off from each of
the delegates from Dakota. The i'm
preston is created that there was q
speculation in it, as tickets were in de-
mand then and brought good prices. If
that was the case, there was an over
sight in not Offering the colonel a divvy.
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1t is stated that bill passed congress
allowing Wyoming to lease or otherwise
use her school lands. If that is the
fact, the delegate from Wyoming is GER
tainly deserving of much credit. He
secured a substantial good, while some
of the other territories were was ting
their energies in fruitless directions.
What if Dakota were able to utilize it's
100000 or more acres of lands set apart
for the support of schools, and were able
to derive revenue of 81 an
acre per year, or even SO cents,
what lift it Would be to the tax
payers. Mr.. CLIFFORD has been hover
ing about congress now for three years.
Ii he had concentrated all his efforts on
some project of this sort at the start, he
ought to have been as effective as the
Wyoming member, and the possible in
come derived from the lands would have
served as mantle to cover good many
of his ShortcomipUc