St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
Now Say the Dakota People,
and Is Doing More Than
Any Other Man
To Bring in the New States,
and Only the Party Bats
and Owls Hoot.
The Same Little Hacks Would
Charge the Empty Treas
ury Upon Church,
But the Boomerang Drives
Them Back to the Pierce
Administration.
Special to the Globe.


JAMESTOWN, Dak., FEB. 1.-Senti-
ment in North Dakota has been rapidly
changing during the last week on the
subject of the Springer bill as amended
and passed by the house. The people
had grown so accustomed to hear Mr..
Springer spoken of by the newspapers
as an enemy to Dakota, that they were
rather inclined at first to be suspicious
of anything coming from his hands,
after the fashion of the Jews who in
quired, Can any good thing come out
NAZARETH" But. although as rule.
nothing is harder than to induce people
to acknowledge that prejudice they
have imbibed about man is unjust,
the sterling good sense which is such
notable quality among the inhabitants
of Dakota has shown them that in get
ting, bill for the division and admis-
sion of Dakota through the lower house
at this session of congress, Mr.. Springer
has done what probably
NO OTHER MAN
In the house was capable of doing, and
that, too, in opposition to his own feel
ings in the matter six months ago. Our
people recognize that man must pos
sess true moral courage who will thus
turn round and help forward the cause
which for many years he has been OPP
posing, and it has gone far to induce
the belief in their minds that in his
former opposition he was as much
guided by sincere wish to do what he
believed to be right as in his present
action.
The chief opposition to the bill seems
fn int
in having the Sioux Falls constitution
adopted without change, or who were
elected to office under it. Besides these
there are few, such as Mr.. PoindeX-
ter, the member of the. lower house
from Sphinx county, whose skull, like
that of Van Etten, is incapable of ac-
commodating more than single idea at
time, and who. being incapable of
Judging fairly where their preiudieeS
are concerned, are absolutely unable to
see any good in measure bearing the
hated
NAME OF SPRINGER;
and, blinded by partisan spite, express
their intention to do all in their power
to secure the rejection of his bill by the
senate sooner than see the two DakotaS
admitted by his means or that of the
Democrats. These short-sighted indi-
viduals-like the puppy who dropped
his bone into the water in order to grasp
its ShadoW-altbough the Springer bill
grants us all that we are asking for.
immediate statehood. with division if
desired would fling the offered gift
back in the face of those who prOffered
it. in the empty hope that an extra seS-
sion would be called for their especial
benefit, and that they would be able to
get from the Republicans, with small
majority of from five to seven, what six
weeks before they had refused to accept
from the hands of the Democrats.
When men who are able to secure their
election to our legislature and have so
little Judgment and Self-reStraint as to
vapOr in this absurd fashion about their
''wishes'' ana rights" is it small won
der that the representatives from New
England sheer at the people of Dakota
as not sufficiently advanced for self
government?
THESE SAME MEN,
or others. if that were possible, of even
less mental caliber. have caused it to be
spread broadcast over the land that
dakota is bankrupt" Could anything
be more calculated to injure us at the
present critical moment in the fortunes
of the territory than that such state
ment should be given to the press by
and supposed to be above the necessity
of STOPPING to blacken the fair fame of
Dakota, for the purpose of gaining a
petty political advantage over their OPP
ponents? What fine adver tisement
for the territory when IL is heralded
forth to the world by members of her
legislature that the treasury is not only
absolutely empty but that a deficiency
exists. 1t is true that through the
demagogy Of the Republican admins
tration in not making the tax large
enough to cover the amount appro-
priated by the last legislature, the gen.
eral fund is at present overdra wn,
although the various special funds con-
tain large surplus. Yet this is what
THESE SLANDERERS
of the good name of the territory
trumpet forth as state of bankruptcy,
caused by the present governor, with
about as much sense as if they were to
speak of a merchant as bankrupt, whose
cash box should happen to be Empty.
while he had $4,000 at his order in
various banks.
The canard, however, has turned out
to be boomerang, and the blame has
been placed upon the right shoulders.
1t has been shown by Gov. Church in
his message to the legislature on this
SUDJGCt, Iiidt llI6 ldSb GtTIlUOTIdI UO dTu
of equalization, which met under Gov.
Pierce to adjust the rate of taxation
for the last two years. fixed the per-
centage for territorial purposes too low
to bring in all amount sufficient to meet
the appropriations passed by the last
legislature, which adjourned when Gov.
Church had only been in office about
three weeks. This, combined with the
difference of about $4,000 in the
TAXES PAID BY THE RAILROADS,
in consequence of the decision of the
supreme court in the taxation of inter-
state commerce, has produced the pres
ent Insignificant deficit. Thus the en-
deavOrs of these malignant partisans to
injure Gov. Church by slandering the
territory have recoiled upon themselves,
and through the publicity which has
been given to the matter the people
have been able to place the blame where
it rightfully belongs, on the shoulders
of Gov. Pierce and the eXtravagant
members of the Republican legislature
of 1887. Gov, Church has suffered a
good deal in the minds of those who
believe what they are told with out look
ing below the surface, through the
rabid and continuous attacks made on
him by various renegade Democrats
who were disappointed in their banker
ing after Office, which he refuse to
crafty at the expense of the people:
but as his administration draws to a
close, the masses are arriving at JuSter
appreciation of the economy and fidelity
with which he has administered the
government.
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