New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
THE NEW STATES.
sorTH DAKOTA'S CAPITAL.
prrppr AND HURON LEADING RIVALS FOX
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
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THE jim RIVER vALLff IoM.r.
fvrox . sTArv CORRESPONDENT oF the rh'H'M'
Copyrtsh,; 1889 BY The Ns~ YORK 1'''' ,o
Huron. South Dakota, Aprii ~
r. 10 said OF an Eastern man WHO ..,,;rr
..a.n 4. WIS in an early stage VI "" aTorts
rrocess and each town WAS maRine 'i - % his
81 attract immigrants, that ne i', enost city
t,,ands: LIVERY city in Iowa j a., widest.
on Garth Every river Is wv sa,vod Every
deepcst. purest stream tha' eN' ;noh than was
oeePs'' s more 10 the square inch 'n"n 49,
N'n' a,,, or, of the soil before, ana 90 '' r,;s
CIV" s,cb liars were ever Dor" ..
peop"' h.re no other application ''' o,,o
s'oi. w ~ ;n,ense devotion OF "es'oi" -.
ehP""'. l. . ,heir'n' My Town,
" ..o,, host town, away ahc"" to.tnr
on'S ~. .hcre couldn't possibly w h,ng
i,"'' whether perched on Missouri ~ q linn
ohc' .ho narrow and sluggish ',
sPie"" s;cbt down on the hat pr"'i r,o
y. nond or a hill WITHIN "'' lied and
- mr. town is always "heP ,,,,,o il
0.'o ~ uneuc advantages SURF ost An
PosSesS 20, metropolis Of the Northwest
soon ."' enthusiastic friend VINO uIo,. .,,N,
ahi"o,' =, ,ho prairie cities in the JIM '".
ossrrcd me that I'd never sc'" ,;,.lo
'.....,o s;obt than that presehleu ~ =. foot
Nv ~ mounds, perhars as h'"',. naol, Of the
49,, ,ho, extended for hall h''' 1na was q
. venturcd to Suggest Una. ,r;ae more
wv" ,,vo in the Adirondacks JuSV at ALI
ST.. e;,o but he wouldn't nave ;eoon, than
~-.Sina he said, could be more h'
that six-foot mound .c-cat American
M wonder these plains 'ne ga nc barren
r,osor,- Of school-boy geographic dow covered
.. moor only ten years ago, o.. has his
18th rich populous cities ,'n ,.ainc in his
at
Immortal SUI .,ooe and things hum ana pooA"
own P"i y, 49, not 70. The first raiiro'u
because oS Ibis CITY and Pierre, 10 ni''7
raSseu ,ho Missouri River, nine years "s'
"es'' ' bite man lived along 'n'
"'' rio mon who went over OH ~ 'P; ,ios
io"'' ting antelope which covereu 'no p.;,tin
lin'' nn,o,ouc two miles long la>s'u 'n
Dro''' T,uron's municipal seal shows -,
i'n' a.;,.;ug a stake in the grouho Wv" Tho
I've standing of watching n'' ,ono
u e historic and occurred III A0'''
4 500 people are living now rrho neople are
''J y l. a Inn River town Inc p'opa o.;nr
',it,r 20 accord their river any .Iaatore
~, on;ovcd By themselves am" I, rms
noO sI 1,mcs r. is always called JUL n,o.n
o"' ','o ,,,lce north and south, tirous" =,
,,, barely enough fall TO Keep -, n..,,. other
tn IN, prairie land. Tor lll'N HI, :" o1,.v
'so .Io,.-s Gently toward IL ana 'oiino NV orors
-, ,Lc lin phrase Significant " n,,novu
,bcr, rains are frequent, SHOWS 'au,. ia de-
.rd ,hc temperature IN Wl'''i - T., Loscr,hine
crces higher than that oi Ohi''7O hoscr,hc all
d.. lin River towns you u's0i''
on' " 49,, d.rots of shipment ana supply '"'
i"'' ,,.o,. 9 surrounding agricultural cou""S'
go t;h stonclc>s and SMOOTH i7'
Univ ,.;,.o,, a dozen miles without pr'"h'nH
.'. Tho fact that South Dakota c"""''
,-,.o1 rn,n os exclusively whcal-r'iS''s I
Nv I'm, one more adapted to general lari''','7
,,ooor,o established and the farmers WIZ" ,o,,
centiops ale growing more corn '"''i and are
o-'' I'LL fruits in great abundance. anu "
nus. 1o,, ond cattle in immense hcrus' "'
80 eorly in general agrcuIu'c nav
,rovn wealthy, and the old sn''N'' .,,,os,
tbrown together of sods, logs OF '"o r1ar,
'nio"" - GIVING way to fine large modern
houses with barns TO match 'il'N .,u,
o,;arol cod shacl;s" remain. hut one oil 'n'in "
.l ,.i,os from Huron contains new 81,
,a;oro and a bu1et with cut glass dec"h'efS' hri'
-. .,vo rooms and but two occupants ia INV
an old man and his daughter lie p"'"
.ho sbscl,o himself pihng sod on soo' WIFI ''o''
49,. .hropoh here and there for doors ana "inuo"'
M, roof - made of cottonwood uhi'c emu Wv
eor NJ Mother Earth. lie ola man say"
GOOD warm house and Will last ~ long d. "
Uuron is chasing the capital anu VIZ" ~,
yCoetern oyidlty When the people Oh "o"'' %
i,o,a took "A vote on the capl''i Pu'S""' "
IT,, ,oa all thc towns, with couple OF tlouN"""
.'S,o. g. srorc Pierre, lIuron'S Missouri ldN''
;,,,hor secnrc1 the second place and Sioux failN'
chamberlain and the other towns came S""SS,'"-
oIoro far behind the leaders. ms vote WIS ''"
under the Sioux Falls Constitution ana III NV "o
that General Harrison, then Ill inc Hcih''''
-. ut, tlta
,,or failing ON account OF the action OF th' Demo
c,,,ic House. Huron lost her advantage 1"r uiu',
,hc Admission bill passed Ivy the last Congress an"
49,. H. orohIinr law the capital question must DE-
.,,,,i,,od ,.,oin TO the people They Will Vot" on
:, a., ,hcv elect State officers next Octobrr th'
oo hin, free for all and all being IN ~ H. Is III
ma sense n PARTISAN question II VIII be dccid'"
nv those town affiliations on the one hand ana !''l-
ousies on the other which are so STRIKING ie"ur'
q, settlements in the West The FIRST N"'' Is no,
,ho orol one II decides simply where the capnHl
hall ~, sct nm tcmporarilv That grateful boon
,,,cs 20 whichever town shall lead IN the ballot
and the first State Legislature is required to pro
vide M the next general election for another Tree
for.aU fight for the permanent capital II any
town shall be so happy ns TO secure majority o.
ALL the votes cast, II has the prize; nn' II ho'
third election must be called, and IN it IA choice
must Inc made between the TWO towns that led on
the last vote.
There is much 10 be said for ana against 'h'S
,,o,hod NJ choosing and much is sad both ways
Ru,. il is probably as satisfactory scheme a.
,or,d he devised 1t is conceded wherever have
hoo, that the towns which led on the last ballot
uuron and licrrc--the one the present centre OF
formulation. the other geographically 'hc
centre OF the State-wil be very Ike
IL 70 lead again, though as 70 inc
order in which they will lead opinion is AS shape
loss rs a crab. Huron knows for certainty
that she has Pierre on the hip, wnH ileFrc Is
cocksure that the hearts OF the people are hfeu
with zcal in her cause | have an opinion on
the subject, but l shall wait until am wei
>out of Dakota before IL escapes me-
Zach town has advantages pccuNar 10 ll,cII,