St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
SHOUTING FOR MITCHELL /!
Is the Way It Begins to Look to the Oh.
server at That Point.
SOME OF THE OBSTACLES
In the Way Of Other Towns Having
ANY Show for the Cap
ital.

Special to the Globe.
MITCHELL, S. D., March 29.-Ths
support which is being continually
promised this beautiful city justifies the
predictions made in regard to her being
chosen the capital of the new state OF
South Dakota. Events are daily trans
piring which tend to strengthen Mitctl-
ellis chances of securing the prize, While
they CORRESPONDENCE depreciate the
chances of her two strongest rivals
Huron and Pierre. The extension OF
the Northwestern to the Black Hiiis
westward from Redfeld via Forest
City, which is almost an assured fact,
will preclude the idea of the Northwest
ern extending her lines through the
Sioux reservation by the way of PierreS
+ When.this- company already has one
road tapping the Hills and the Forest
City extension all but a certainty
Pierre's chances for securing the capital
will be nil unless she can show without
any doubt that the Northwestern will
extend westward to the Hills, which
present indications point to as being ex-
tremely doubtful.
Unless the Northwestern does extend
its line from Pierre to the Hills, Pierre
cannot expect to receive the support of
the Hills people; for Washington, the
capital of the country, could be reached
quicker and cheaper without this line is
so extended. That the Northwestern
has practically abandoned the plan Of
pushing westward from Pierre would
seem to be authentic when it is known
that it has sold all its property in
North Huron and Pierre. Huron prob
ably stands
AS GOOD A SHOW
of getting left as any city in the capital
fight. With Redfield on the north-S
strong candidate, by the way-Pierre on
the west, and Mitchell on the south, all
energetically striving to secure the
coveted prize, HurOn's chances are ex5
Huron, seeing the hopelessness of SCI
curing the capital rather than increase
MitchelFs prospects. will withdraw and
support Sioux Falls or Pierre. The MAJ
jority of the papers in this portion Of
the state are OutSpOken as to theii
choice being Mitchell, and before many
weeks pass over 80 per cent of the press
of the entire state will be
SHOUTING FOR MITCHELL.
Her accessibility from all points Of
the territory, her natural adVantagesl
beauty of location, the loyalty of he}
citizens to the interests of South Da{
kOta, will be laid before the people as
convincing arguments of her superior
fitness for the position of the head of
this commonwealth. Mitchell, at the
present time, has no real estate boom,
although the transfers in real estate are
large enough to make the foundation
for as large newspaper-boom articles as
any city in the state. and to warrant
the publication of as exaggerated re-
ports as daily appear in the columns OF
the Press and GLOBE. chiefly emanat-
ing from Pierre, whose chief reliance
for securing votes is placed upon
the sole merit of real estate boom.
Her citizens believe that now is the
time to hold on to real estate. As the
state of South Dakota becomes great
and prosperous. so will Mitchell pros
per. The Chicago, Milwaukee 81 ST.
Paul and the Chicago & Northwestern
roads are by far the most Important
railway systems in South Dakota. and
Mitchell is the headquarters for both.
She already has five lines of railroad
extending north, west, east, south
and southeast, and work will begin on
two more lines before the summer flies.
These additional roads, which are al
ready assured, will make her a railroad
metropolis second in Importance only
to Sioux City. This fact will be noted
by the people OF South Dakota, and the
result at the polls next October will
bear evidence to the fact that Mitchell
is destined to be the commercial and pO-
litical center, as we'll as the capital
city, of South Dakota.