St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-25
As Candidate for Capital Honors in the
Way Of Railroads.
HAS EIGHT SUNDAY TRAINS.
Its Advantages as Compared with Some
Of It's Many RI
Vals.

saying her unrivaled railroad facilities.
They all we'll know that in the matter
of accessibility and centrality OF
position. Mitchell is unapproachable,
and that these two points alone make
her the strongest candidate of all the
towns aspiring to become the seat OF
government of the new state.
The advantages Mitchell possesses in
the matter of railway connections is
well demonstrated by the Sunday serv-
ice offered the public by the different
South Dakota roads.
Yankton, Pierre, Redfield and Aber-
deem have no Sunday trains whatever.
THE. SATURDAY GLOBE,
Therefore, does not reach them until
Monday. Sioux Falls has but two
trains, the one OH the Omaha running
west to Mitchell, and one running east
over the Illinois Central. -.
Mitchell has eight Sunday trains,
running west and east over the Mil
waukee, and asst over the Omaha.
No fact has impressed the business
public with Mitchell's superior railway
facilities as the adoption of the sched-
ules which give the above service.
The Sioux Falls Press, in order to
secure any circulation at all for its
Sunday issue in South Dakota, has
been forced to establish branch dis
tributing agency in this city.
The Press thus virtually admits
Mitchell's facilities as being superior to
those of its own. Speaking Of Sioux
Falls candidacy for the capital, an edi-
torial of Ralph W. WheeiOck, which APP
pears in to-morrow's issue of the Daily
Republican, is aprOpos and timely.
Ashton Leader: 'SiOux Falls is no
toriously graspng. Possessing two ter
ritorial institutions, she gets the constl-
tutional convention, wants the capital,
has a candidate for senator in 4; +.
Pettigrew, and for congress in c. S.
Palmer" In the above the Ashton
Leader makes pertinent point against
the insatiate greed of Sioux Falls.
There is such thing as even an am
bilious, enterprlslng town Overreach-
ing herself. Sioux Falls has always
acted under the homely motto of old
Mother Means in 1.-The Hoosier School
master-"Git plenty while you're
gittin' "-and has never shown dispo-
sition to even share the less important
advantages with any of her neighbOrS.
Her entrance into the field as candi-
date for the temporary
LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL
is the crowning act of her long career of
grasping selishness, and has less to
warrant it than any effort for advan-
tage she has ever made. Even the
Press, which had to be whipped into
line to support this capital scheme
against its own better judgment, makes
but paltry showing in its attempt to
build up arguments. For instance. in
recent issue it says: cat present-and
this will be the case for several years to
come-Sioux Falls is the easiest city to
be reached from the Black Hills"
That may be true so long as the
Black Hills people have to come
around through Nebraska and Iowa.
but how will it be when direct
railroad communication across the
case very shortly? Again, the Press
South Dakota east of the Missouri can
reach Sioux Falls in one day, and for a
large section they can transact their
business and return hOme." A glance
at the map and railroad lines into the
state from Sioux Falls will prove the
utter preposterOusness of this claim.
But this is not necessary. for in the next
breath the Press begs the question as
follows: "But after all, it makes very
little difference how far people have to
travel to reach the capital. A change
of cars and an additional ride of so or
100 miles are open to no valid Objec-
tions, especially if this trip can be made
with reasonable speed" In the years
gone by, when Yankton was far more
accessible to the people of South Dakota
than Sioux Falls is to-day. the latter
town did not advance any such argu-
ment as this, but had much to offer as to
the out-of-the-way location of the town
in whose streets Frank PettigreW threat
ened he would cause the grass to grow.
In summing up it's case, however, the
Press puts on the cap sheaf OF arrO-
gance and assurance in the following
boastful manner: ''It is of great i'm
portance, however. that there should be
chosen as the capital that place at which
officials and lawmakers can live the
most comfortably and transact their
business to the best advantage. Sioux
Falls has the largest hotel accOmmOda-
tions in the entire state. In the absence
of a capitol building, it has the best
halls conveniently situated for the two
houses of the legislature. 1t has the
best law library in South Dakota; the
best newspapers; the telegraphic facil-
tiles. In single word, as the largest,
handsomest and most important city in
South Dakota it has at this time more
features to make it desirable for the
chief political city than any other place
within the limits of the state." In ef-
feet, therefore, there is no other town in
Dakota fit to be inhabited by the tran
sient servants of the public than Sioux
Falls, and there is no other town in the
borders of the state which can by any
possibility furnish accommodations suf-
ficient to warrant it being considered in
the same week with Sioux Falls. AS to
the law library, we take it the new state
will have one OF Its own wherever its
capital may be located and will not be
local attorneys. AS to the newspapers,
we grant that Sioux Falls has bet
ter than other towns can afford
at present, but we deny that
all the newspaper talent i'll Dakota
is bottled up in that city, and as to tele-
graphic facilities this claim is more alb
surd than any of the others. The facts
of the case being that Mitchell to-day
has better connections, both in and out
of Dakota than has the boaStful city on
the Sioux. Indeed, the bulk of the Dakota
business from Sioux Falls has to be
handled through the Mitchell Office, and
in less than twenty-four hours the latter
could be fitted up to handle the full
Associated Press report, to say nothing
of Dakota business, to far better ad-
vantage than can Sioux Falls. If this
is the strongest case that can be made
out, Sioux Falls would better draw in
it's horns.
IS HE ELIGIBLE?
That Is the Question as to the
Right of Judge Thomas.