Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-22
Long and Harmonious Dis
cussion OF the Springer
Measure.
Participated in by Able Speakers
and ERNEST Patriots.
The Meeting Finally Concludes
to Await Further Advices
From Washington.

W tuS SpElnkSV btut6uOOu Dill.
General Beadls called the meeting to
order, stating that it had assembled TO
decide whether or not to advise friends
at Washington to support the
Springer bill. The territory had been
generally requested to pass upon this
question.
j. Il. Teller was chosen chairman OF
the meeting and W. s.. Bowen secretary.
General Campbell said the request for
a meeting came in kilograms from Judge
Trlpp asking q expression Of opinion.
The speaker was satisfisd the house bull
would be passed by the senate if the
people OF Dakota would unite in asking
Its passage. The bill as il came to us
through newspapers seemed objection
able in many features and contained
contradictions. 1t was possible to
amend it and il passed would give us
speedy statehood-if defeated our only
hope was in the next session or an extra
session. II would be impossible to pass
an admission bill through a brief extra
session against the opposing ia stlcs of
an active minority. Nothing would
probably be done until next December.
1t was of great p%ecuniary importance to
us to ecu Observation-Disclosures inter-
ests we're suffering and would continue
to suffer in an increased degree by con-
tinued territorial condition. No local,
0nnAyrrat ~ Ennks1oal -karo,k -1~-ll
stand between US and the settlement of
this matter this winter.
john r. Gamble stated that he had re-
ceived a telegram from Judge Trip
which read:
House bill satisfactory TO Dakotaians
here. Wall the people urge Its passage
by the senate?
The cbiect of the meeting was thers-
fore to say whether or moi we favored
the Springer bill as amended. The
speaker as q member OF the late Huron
convention, represented the sentiment Of
that body il declaring himself for imme.
diate admission, either by this congress,
by an extra session, through action by
the territorial legislature or by the
Springer bill. He was willing to endorse
the Springer bill, provided some apparent
defects were cured. It would seem hasty
to take action on mere newspaper &C.
counts of the measure and he had tele-
graphed Delegate Clifford for a copy of
the bill. The Springer bill as it stood
without the amendments was clear, but
the amendments had mixed it up and he
did not feellike endorsing it as itappeared
to be, but thought it best to wait O few
days, when the meeting could act more
intelligently. He did not believe the
bill was as bad ss the papers made it,
but more light was needed.
Governor Edmunds said he did not
understand the question very we'll, but
it was always his preference to be in the
bands OF his friends. Springer had
a~ntagonlzsd as for the last five yearsiand
there was no propriety in adopting his
propositions. They might be what we
wanted, but we we're not certain. It
was best TO hear from our friends in
congress before taking action.
j. Fl. Teller was willing to accept sd-
mission under any bill that did not sac
rifice u interests. He preferred to be
in the hands Of his friends and was 30
suspicious of Springer that he did not
feel like endorsing his measure without
knowing what was in ii. It was proper
to advise the senate that we wanted ad-
mission on fair terms as soon as posi-
BILE. 1t was best to delay action until
the meeting could be better advised.
General Beadle agreed that things
were vague and uncertain and advised
reasonable delay on the part OF the
meeting. 1t was a democratic bill with
hssty amendments thrown in o scatter
ing way, but these amendments came
from u friends. 1t was apparent that
some errors had crept in. He shought
at the second meeting the participants
would be prepared to act.
General Campbell said it was a matter
we could not postpone for any length oil
time. He then presented the following
resolutions and moved their adoption
saying that ell views could thereby be
~harmonized:
ReSolUea, That 1t is the sense OF this
meeting of the citizens of Yankton coun-
ty that 1t is for the best interests of the
people of South Dakota that any bill
which recognizes the division of South
Dakota and North Dakota and provides
for their admission as two states which
can be agreed upon by both houses oil
congress at this session should be passed
as 20 as possible by the presenl
congress,
And that we therefore earnestly ask
all our friends in each house OF oonpres
to favor such o bill and TO secure it's i'm
mediate passage, and to that end &c
accept any compromise which will secure
the main end, namely, division and
admission as two states by this congress
:. Resolped, That we request our repre-.
SENATORS in the territorial legislature, Il
obtain legislative action at once. In
accordance with these resolutions,
, Resolged. That the chairman OF thit
meeting to be requested and authorized
to telegraph these resolutions to Dele.
gate Clifford and Chief Justice TrIpp al
Washington md to Hon. A. L.. Var
Osdel in the council, and fequest then
TO have them presented to cons ress ant
r the legislature respectively. And also
to forward copies OF the same by mai
to the same parties.
General Campbsll read extracts from
papers showing division among on
friends az WASHINGTON and atatad Tho