St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24
IN DIVISION is STRENGTH
Per Statehood, and Apparently for the
Democratic Party.
IT WAS THE POPULAR ISSUE.
The Matter Should Be Pushed at Once
in the Lower House of
Congress.
' WAS THE POPULAR ISSUE.
Special TO the Globe

Special to the Globe.
FARGO, Nov. 23.-New that the smoke
of the recent political conflict has
cleared away, members of both of the
great political parties are carefully
scanning the situation to determine.
how Dakota will be affected by the new
condition of affairs. 1t seems to be gem
orally conceded that Dakota is to be
divided. and that the south half will
be speedily admitted. Whether this
will be done under the present Sioux
Fails constitution or under q new state
organization are questions likely to eX-
cite ver.5 great interest AID political
rivalry among the various factions of
the dominant party. The brevet gov
errors, senators, representatives to con-
gress and officers of the
EMBRYO STATE
of South Dakota are, OF course, all in
favor of admission under the aforenamed
constitution, but others who would like
to fill those positions are naturally anX-
ious for new deal. This promises TO
make the liveliest kind of a contest
among the ms and the outs, and bids
fair to rupture the Republican party by
internal warfare. The Democrats seem
disposed to accept the situation philo-
among them that Dakota covers too
large an area to be conveniently Or
economically included under one state
government. Their support of the one
/ state idea was at best loyal desire to
be i'll harmony with what seemed to be
the policy of their national party. The
recent campaign develops the fact that
the issue of division and a speedy all
mission was popular one in both
North and South Dakota. Although
the history Of this division and admis-
sion agitation shows that the Repub-
lican party
SLAPPED SOUTH DAKOTA
in the lace and refused it admission be-
cause Yankton county had repudiated
some fraudulent bonds held by Eastern
CAPITALISTS, yet that party could point TO
the fact that Republican senate had
since passed bill to admit South Da-
kota. and that bill remained Enacted
upon by the Democratic congress. That
bill is still pending before congress,
and the Democrats have an opportunity
of testing the sincerity of the Repub-
lican party by Immediately passing it
on the reaSsembling of congress next
month. Many of the most prominent
Democrats in the territory favor such
action, as there can be no possible point
gained by delaying the admission
of Dakota until after all con-
troll OF the matter passes from
their hands. Such action would
Immensely strengthen the party in the
territory, and lay the foundation for
future political success. There is no
doubt that the tariff reduction policy Of
Northwest. This issue will certainly
carry Dakota for the Democrats sooner
or later. No one in his senses can inn
agine that the trusts and monopolists
who control the policy of the Repnb-
lican party will make such concessions
on the tariff as will satisfy the farmers
of Dakota. The people of this territory
want tariff reduction, and they want it
badly, and if the Republican party fail
to give it they cannot expect to pull the
.'wool'' over their eyes the second time.