St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-26
WHO WANTS THE CAPITAL?
North Dokota Cities All Appear to
Be i'm the Ring.
Special to the Globe.

L
Be in the Ring.
Special to the Globe.
JAMESTOWN, N. d., April 25.-Dokota
politicians will be buster than cows
tail in f1y-time during the next six
months. There will be convention and
elections galore, with an unusual ac-
compartment of trading and scheming
and plotting. A good many senatorial
and gubernatOrial wires have already
been laid, and in South Dakota, as well
as in the North, the capital agitation
has attained wonderful momentum
in some quarters in the North. DEVILS
Lake people are in hot pursuit of the
elusive seat of government. They
have fixed up deal by which Mcclure
has started paper which shouts capt.
tai six times week, and with la shout
ing Darby they think they have pretty
sure thing. Devils Lake has candi-
date for senator, one for congressman
and another gentleman who would
probably take what he can get and COW
enant not to look the gift horse in the
mouth. Mcclure has served notice on
these candidates that the people of
DEVILS Lake city want the capital, and
that they must sacrifice their ambitions
until the capital is secured. The gen.
tlemen, however, are all statesmen, and
are entirely too patriotic to consent to
deprive the new state of their valuable
advice and inestimabie services, par
ticularly at the time when they will be
most needed. The other cities which
are reported TO be
CAPITAL CANDIDATES
are not making much stir, but any one
of them would probably not object if
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people facetiously call it, came their
to retain it, Fargo, il is announced, but
not credited, does not want it, Grand
Forks does, OF at least so says Johnny
Bray, and the jamestown people claim
that they will get it. Thus the matter
stands at present. 1t is entirely too
early, however, to even guess
what city will get it. The trades
and deals of the near future and the
attitude OF the railroads will have a
good deal to do with settling the ques-
ton. Then, too, some of these towns
have ambitious citizens among their
residents, and their candidacy for high
office is ali uncertain element in the
fight. If the DEVILS Lake idea, that
every town which had capital aspira-
lions should decapitate any of its citi-
state office, should prevail, then
to pull out of the race or
there would be no candidates
and the newspaper boys would be COM
PEELED to accept the officers in order
that the state machinery be set in mo-
ton. However, that would not be
calamity, and it is not likely to occur
anyway. A gentleman yesterday, as
an illustration of how much and what
kind of senatorial timber we have up
here in North Dakota, counted an even
dozen who had been 'mentioned" as
candidates. The list included Pierce,
Ordway and Hughes, of Bismarck;
Judge LeviSee. of Trail county; Stone
and Allen, of Fargo; Sprague, Walsh
and Winship, of Grand Forks; Hickens
and Dickey, of jamestown, and Lord,
of DEVILS Lake. About all the
LOCAL POLITIC AL INTEREST
centers in the constitutional convention
election. 1t is not yet definitely settled
how the candidates are to get properly
in the field. a peoples convention has
been proposed to nominate three men,
make it the only ticket in the field, and
let the score or more candidates fight
their battle out in the primaries. There
is some talk of calling Democratic and
Republican conventions in addition,
but it is not believed that such will be
done.
The news of the appointment of Per-
cival, of Devils Lake. as public exam
liner for North Dakota is not well re-
ceived in the Jim River valley. The
law creating the offices provided
that one of the examiners should
be Republican, and when Co.
Church made his appointments
r. E. Wallace, of this city, was
named. Bob, as he is Familiarity called,
has as many friends as any public man
in Dakota. He is an uncompromising
Republican, and it was thought would
escape the clean sweep which Mellette
promised. A strong pressure was
brought to bear upon the executive, but
Hansborough, the Devils Lake man.
who is ambitious to go to congress, has
the governors ear and secured the APP
pointmant of Percival. Some of the
Jamestown people feel like going after
the governors scalp, Notwithstanding
the fact that jamestown was recognized
in the appointment of Attorney Gen
eral Wickens.