St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26

been for years. Our people have good
reason to be proud of their national
capital"
"Where will the capital of South Da-
kota be lOcated?'
"You must not ask that question Of
me. because l am member of the state
legislature, and ought not to- express
preferences, although you might sus-,
pect that would lean kindly to town
in Beadle county"
How about that state legislature?
Will it be reorganiZed by the same
menW
Excepting myself from the answer,
should say that in justice to them
selves, the people of South Dakota
ought to re-elect the officers chosen I'M
der the Sioux Falls constitution, gov
ernor. senator. and all. III us we should
be able to say to the word that, al
though kept out of the Union on various
preteXtS for several years, we vlndl-
Gated the Righteousness of our cause at
last, and compelled the congress to con-
cede that we were right from the begin
Ming" tr ~.
Twill there be much trouble in form
ing and adopting another constitution
for the state?"
"1here is always trouble, annoyance,
difference of opinion. and more or less
contention over various matters per-
tanning to the adoption of a constitution
for new state. | do not believe that
anv state ever came into the Union
with a better constitution than that
which was prepared by the Sioux Fails
convention. Moreover, do not be-
lieve that a much better constitution
can be formed by the next convention.
Our ablest lawyers were there, and we
have some of the ablest men i'll the
land. Our farmers, merchants and
trades people; in fact, all manner OF
men were represented in the Sioux
Falls convention, and every interest
was carefully considered. do not be-
lieve that the work then done is likely
to be improved upon"
"What about the charges made by an
unnamed person that that constitution
was framed to meet the wishes OF cor
porationS?"
1T IS AN INFAMOUS FALsEHOOD,
and an lnsg& to every Intelligent man
in South Dakota. There. are corpora
tons and corporations. The general
acceptation OF that term is public corpo-
rationS, such as railroads. Private man.
ufacturing corporations are compare
lively harmless to communities. Public
No public corporation was considered
at the Sioux Falls convention. In fact,
the railroads took no interest whatever
in our work, because they believed that
we could accomplish nothing; hence,
they were not intrusive nor obtruslve
upon our deliberations. There is no
foundation for the innuendO and insult"
"Well, what did that convention &C
cOmpliSh, anyway"
ut fought the initial battle of liberty
for all of the territories. 1t compelled
the country to take notice of the fact
that we were not merely wishing for
statehood. but knocking for admission
to the Union, and demanding our rights.
1t accomplished what the patriotic peo-
pie of Boston accomplished when they
threw overheard the taxed tea. That
Bostonian piece of nerve served notice
Oh Great Britain and upon the world,
that the colonies would no longer sub
nit to taxation without representation.
The Sioux Falls convention did the
same thing. 1t served notice upon the
United States that liberty is priceless
heritage of the territories which we in
tend to fight for, in all earneStnesS,
under color of law and order. 1t COM
PEELED people to look at us, recognize
our existence, and appreciate our
worth. 1t made it possible for Mon
tana. Washington, North Dakota and
New Mexico to come into the legislative
court and be heard. When we elected
our state officers and sent our senators
to Washington 1T showed that we meant
business. 1t had great influence upon
the late presidential election. 1t trans
formed five Democratic territories into
five Republican territories. Whoever
looks at history as recently made will
understand that the Sioux Falls consti-
tutional convention accomplished won-
ders. and its effect will be everlasting to
the West" S. ID. f.