The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-12-07
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cN fGH.fAh t03 s1si oa DlNGE.
,.,,INRcK. Noyember2i. lit IS some
h. ~ w.vantag, To a newspaper
B,nt.f 81 outside his local environ.
ents !or Z short time, to step for
u ,jays iron the weil-iroddsn path
ey.ry day routine, and axe a view of
situation which confronts him
bm an exterior point of view. |
Sye found this to be the case since
ayipg Mitchell in considering the
bestion of absorbing interest to us
b--the most expeditions method of
ycuriug admission. or course, the
Ect should not be lost sight of that
lr case has almost entirely passed
Ito the hands of the republican party
large, and that until its policy is
lore fully developed, speculations and
6eories and surmises at home will
Vail little beyond crysta!lizing local
sntiment. But taking it for granted
hat the party has been sincere in its
kpressions thus tar, we have rigbtto
far consider the question of admis-
on as to try to arrive at somo agree
ent which Shall preclude the danger
an unseemly wrangle when the issue
Ssquarely presented.
$The Pionecr-Press OF last Saturday
bntalns a comprehensive synopsis of
be Platt bill, recently passed by the
tnited States senate, which should
lear away much of the speculation at
Resent more or less befogging the dis
hssion. In the first place, it should
'Ot be overlooked that that measure,
based largely on the provisions of
be Sioux Falls constitution, or, more
|Foperly speaking, inspired by the In
Juences behind that instrument,) was
|ailed with satisfaction throughout
18th Dakotas as a long step in the di-
(ection of justice to the two proposed
tates. To seem to oppose or distrust
kts PROVISIONS now, with statehood only
{question of a few months at the far
hest, is to suggest suspicion of in
hncerity, and to give color to the ac-
|usation of our enemies that are not
Bholly disinterested in our desire for
dmisslon-but that individuals and
bcalities not directly benefited by the
resent arrangement are willing to
eopardiZc the interests of the
Fhole in the hope that "new
eaI' may the better subserye their
iwn ends.
i For the sake of the argument, how
Yer, we will admit that it will be no
pore than fair, in view of the circum-
tances surrounding the framing of
lhe Sioux Falls constitution and the
lpbsequent establishment of the
tate government. to permit the
people of south Dakota to again
Express themselves. Let us see
Wherein this would be interfered with.
b case the Platt bill becomes law.
Section 1 declares the state of South
Dakota to be a state of the United
Btates and admitted into the Union on
en equal footing with the original
Ptates, "and that the constitution
Which the people of South Dakota
pave formed for themselves be and
(he same is hereby accepted. ratified
End confirmed, subject, however, to
khe provisos herein contained"
The first proviso is in section 26,
Rhich requires that as this bill changes
ne name of the new state and its
boundaries from what they are in the
ioux Falls constitution-the first be-
pg from Dakota to South Dakota, and
be second from the forty-siXth paral-
Fl to the seventh standard parallel for
northern boundary line-before the
tate shall be admitted these two
hanges are to be submitted to the
tote of the people in the proposed new
tate on the 25th day of August, 1888
When the bill reaches the house, this
Section will have to be amended as to
the date of the election, and there is
pothingto prevent its amendment in
pther respects, if deemed advisable.
The most serious objections raised
by the "neW dealers" are met by the
provisions of section 27, which says
that at the same election there shall
be submitted to vote of the people
for their ratification or rejection, THE
heretofore stated as hay
png been formed and adopted, togethe,
(wlils eac:. Of the separate article:
fhcreof, in conformity with the SEIZED
|ulc of said constitution.
This proposition will give an oppor
|tuuity to vote again on the question
|of prohibition, which is separate
clause of the constitution, and would
Seem to do away entirely with the ap
|prehension that the unmlstakable vcr
|dlct of the people on this proposition
|may not be secured.
SO far as the present state of,c2r
|are concerned |, for one, should no
Know where to begin to suggest an
change which would be an improve
Iment, or which would prove any NOR
generally satisfactory to the people 0
South Dakota. No one will question
the eminent fitness OF AIessrs. Edgel
ton and Moody to represent us in tn
Senate; or of Messrs Clifford and kar
ouse in the house; or Gov. Mellettc j