St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
MITCHELL AS THE CAPITAL
The Advantages as They Appear to the
Local Eye at That Point.
THE RAILROAD CENTER
Has a Fine Site and Immediate Con-
venienCes for the LegiS-
lature.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
MITCHELL, S. D., Aug. 11.-As the
capital campaign progresses Mltchelfs
chances have grown brighter, her peo-
pie more cheerful, her workers more
enthusiastic. We have received SO
much encouragement that we are con-
fident of success. Every candidate
claims to be the most central and Access
Sible point. Mitchell most asSuredly is.
Not far from the center of population,
having railroad facilities north through
the state, south to Sioux City, east to
Chicago on the Chicago, Milwaukee d
st. Panl, and east direct to st. Paul on
the Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha, she certainly controls the key
to the situation, and will be the most
accessible point and nearer the center
of population, even though the reSerya-
ton opens. Much Of the land west OF
the river is worthless, and it is a vast
country and will not be settled in
day. The Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad company is obliged by
their contract and is willing to strike
out as early as possible, and direct
line of communication Will be opened
between the east and the west, dis trib-
uting the people and property OF the
west via Mitchell to any desired point
of the compass. The
LEGISLATURE WILL CONVENE
soon after the election. The capital
should not be located at town in which
thew cannot transact their business. At
this point. Othello-like, Mitchell speaks.
Two public halls for the senate and
house are at the disposal of the state;
Offices ready on main streets for the state
officers; postotfice three doors from the
principal hotel; two telegraph lines
across the street have their offices;
eleven hotels can entertain them;
morning daily; Democratic, Republican
and Prohibition weeklieS will publish
authentic reports of their deliberations,
and our streets and stores will be lighted
by electricity. The people of South Da-
kota have learned to their cost the eX-
penses of having the capital at Bis
marck. Will they repeat the experiment
by again placing it in the North?
PLACE IT AT MITCHELL,
and they will save thousands OF dollars
per annum. Huron thinks it has hen
on when they brag it has a school sec
lion. What's the matter with Mitchell?
belonging to the state, adjoining Mitch
ell, is the finest piece of level prairie
put doors. Think of its value to the
state were Mitchell the capital! Why,
as an economic measure alone, Mitchell
should be the capital. If the people of
South Dakota would lessen their burden
Of taxes they should give their unani-
nous vote for Mitchell. Locate the cap
tal in the river towns and the entire
portion east arrests its development by
fetarding settlement and consequent
growth. The location of the capital at
Mitchell means filling the vacant lands
with settlers, increasing the value OF
land, and thus the prosperity and growth
of every town in South Dakota. Pierre
has obliterated the map with prospective
railroads. The farmers who will be de-
;etved by such clap-trap will be fools
both in this world and the next. This
is an important question to the people
Of South Dakota. and a mistake in Oc-
.ober may take years to recover from.
1t may not appear Of any possible inter
est to st. Paul people, but they must re-
member that Mitchell is but days ride
from st. Paul at the terminus of a line
that will soon extend the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, and that
the locauon Of the capital opens the
territory to them directly from st. Paul
IN the Hills