The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-11-22
Dakota Ablaze With Enthusiasm.

To TIE EDITOR oF THE JoURNAL: To say
that Dakota is the most joyous community be-
tween the two oceans is placing it very mildly.
Its 900 inhabitants are wild with JOY over
the election of General Harrison to the Presi-
dcncy. In this verdict of the American voter,
they read their eliyerancc from ,hc thraldom
in which the Democratic Administration has
kept them-why should they not rcjoicef From
lankton in the south to the frontier settle
ments along the line of British Columbia, over
four hlndred miles to the north. and from
Sioux Falls in the southeast to the Black Hills
in the west. the whole vast territory is ablazc
with enthusiasm. No pen can describe the in
ten.its of me excitement Dakota is prolific
in its production cf genuine Republicans. Its
single delegate to Congress receives q majority
of forty thousand votes. No 'mu-wump''
disorder has ever paralyzed the energy of
these Republicans. They are the Simon-pure-
unadulterated sons of the Republican >res
who carried the banners of Fremont in '56
and elected Abraham Lincoln in go. They
believe in the good old doctrine OF loyalty,
freedom and protection. President Cleveland
during his entire term of office has not been
able to even Sprout a Democratic principle "A
the whole territory. The soil here i, not con-
genial for that southern product SIOUX Falls.
| the principal city ard the commercial centre of
Dakota. naturally leads of in celebrating the
victory which means the admission of South
Dakota as a state. Yesterday ami last night
Witnessed the most remarkable demonstration
ever seen in the territory. tn" places of hu>i-
ness were nearly all closed. Every railway
train from the surrounding country wa, oaA-
ed with visitors. The streets We're soon crowd
ed with the cheering multitude md the demon
>traion began. There was no red tape no di-
vision of classes or sentiment. II, Indication uf
previous arrangement. but Spo ltancou> over
flow of patriotic rejoicing. Each person ''pitch-
ed in for himself. From the highest to The
lowest there was no exception. Fsa->, wills
ties, horns. banners. hroom>. bands. fireworks,
roo>ters, chorus chuirS singing newly compc>-
ed songs. Were all gloriou>ly iltrrmXed
throughout the afternoon. But the evening
demonstration eciip>ed all tnat Phillips Ave
nue and the other principal street, of the city
We're illuminated in every conceivable manner
ihr display OF fireworks was hrvond dc~crip-
ton. The procession which paradcd the prin-
cipa streets was one of the finest ever saw.
MAYOR Norton. one If the leading hH-ayss
men of the Northwest. WAS in the ranks naunt-
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with i,ox and no,y4r. in tb, ,,,t .rt,i. ,,,.,,-
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a marshal. Ills robes from head to foot were
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