St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-02
IT'S PIERRE'S PLUM.
At Least That's What Meagep
Returns Seem to In
dicate.
The Southeastern Counties
and the Hills Go Strongly
for That Town.
What the Fate Of Prohibition
Is Can Not Yet Be
Guessed.
MelIette Is Governor and the
Legislature Heavily Re-
publican.
Special TO the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
PIERRE, S. D., Oct. 1.-South Da-
kota's first state election descended to
degrading scramble for capital location.
There has been no fight on anything
else. Mellette is elected governor by
over 20, 600 majority, Pickler and Clifford
go to congress, the Republican majority
in the legislature will be at least sixty,
insuring the election of two Republican
United States senators. The vote was
enormous, probably $4,000, and the
trade and sale of ballots was based
on the capital fight. For the
capital, Pierre. Huron, Watertown,
Chamberlain, Sioux Falls and Mitchell
were entered. Reports to leading Re
publicans here indicate that Pierre has
been chosen. With the figures at hand
they place the vote of Pierre at 10000,
with Huron q 900, Sioux Falls 11,0O0,
Watertown 10000, Mitchell 1000 and
Chamberlain 5000. 1t is at least GER
tam that it will go to either Huron or
Pierre. Sioux Falls gets 5000 votes in
its own county, but gets almost nothing
outside the three or four adjoining
counties. Charges of the most serious
character, such as colonization ana the
distribution of corner lots, are
made against some of the candidates.
most of these. however, are mere cleo
ton roorbacks. But little attention was
given to minority representation. and it
was doubtless defeated. The fate of
prohibition hangs in the balance. On a
square fight it would probably have car
ried, but votes ON this question were
reck]essly traded on the capital location,
and the vote, whatever it is, will not
fairly represent the sentiments of the
people of South Dakota. The Prohi-
bitionists were well organized, had a
campaign fund of $4,000, stumped
every school district In the state, and,
with the capital fight out of the way,
would have made it merry for the
Liquor Dealers association. a
PIERRE GOES WILD,
Pierre is the capital of South Dakota.
Returns have been coming all night
showing Pierre gains. The spacious
hall of the board of trade is
packed with men waving their hats and
cheering, while the people are crazy
with excitement over the good news.
Speeches are being made by
prominent citizens amid vOciferous
cheering, and it is an acknowledged
fact that Pierre has won the prize
by clean, honest campaign, contend
ing against the corrupt methods of rivals
in the race, which makes the victory all
the more cheering to the people. Re-
turns from all sections, mainly from
the territory of other aspirants up to
after midnight show a total of S.47S
votes, Pierre having 3,4SS, Huron 1855,
Sioux Falls 1.021, Mitchell 924, Water
town 9S6, Chamberlain 126, Black Hills
Dispatches received indicate that
Pierre gets 95 per cent of the 5000
votes there. The Pierre election was
quiet to-day, 761 votes being cast and
Pierre getting all but one. Hughes
county's estimated vote is 1,600.
with not twenty-five against Pierre.
The county gives local option majority,
and is safe for the Republican
ticket by a good vote. Returns from
five SulIy county precincts show
not solitary vote against Pierre out of
100 cast. Crawford for the senate and
Summerside for the house are elected
by handsome majorities.