Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-28
A DAKorAN.s VIEWS.

The Road between Omaha and
Yankton-POlitics and Politicians.
Hon James H. Teller ex-secretary of Da.
kota territory, and brother of Senator Tel
Ter, of Colorado, was at the Paxton yester
day.
Since his retirement from Office about four
years ago, MIR. Teller has been a resident of
Yanhton, the metropolis of southeastern Da
kota, and has devoted nearly all Of his time
TO the improvement of the commercial in
terests of the city near the confluence Of the
James and Missouri rivers.
MIR. Teller is the pres ident of the anktor
& Norfolk railroad and is now en- route
home from visit made to the commercla
centers of the east in the interest of the pro
jected line,
II do not think" said Mr.. Teller, '.that
the commissioners of Douglas county
aud the board Of trade Of Omaha are full,
alive to the Importance of direct line oil
railroad from this city to Yankton and the
James river valley If they had been, they
would have taken action at least four years
ago to secure connection with that region
AS it is now the haul is so long AS to preclude
our sending our produce to this market OF
trading with Omaha.
''It is the intention Of the company which
/ represent" continued MIR. Teller, ''tt
build our line from Yankton to Norfolk as
soou as possible, and that will very materi
ally change the status Of affairs The con
tract, for the grading OF the road bee
has already been let and II possible the cou-
tractors will begin work this season, but If
the work shall not be commenced this wear,
it certainly will be next spring. We have an
excellent river crossing at Yankton and for
a time shall cross our trains by means of Q
transfer boat, but this will only be temper
ary. We have franchise to build a bridge
at Yankton and it is only question of time
when it will be built.
"You have, doubtless, read Of the discov-
cry of cement three miles from Yankton. A
day or two before / left home i was called In
by the owners of the quarries to witness a
test of the article, and taking the
tests made with other cements found in
the United State and comparing IT with that
of Yankton, there is no doubt but that ours
vastly exceeds all others made in the United
States in strength, and the supply is mex
hausJible."
Mr.. Teller has been east for several months
and consequently has rather lost the trend
of political affairs in the embryonic states,
but from the information he had gathered
from the newspapers, he Is OF the opinion
that the coming contest will be "a hot one.
strenuous efforts to carry everything, and it
Is an open question whether they will or not.
There Is no doubt ABOUT the election OF Mel
lette for governor. mir. Mellette, in his upin-
ion, is very ordinary man, and he accounts
for the nOn-opposition to him only by the
fact. that he was elected at pseudo election
In 1885, and being u man of some plausibility
he had succeeded in keeping in
the swim. Unless the farmers alliance
captures things. Moody and Pettigrew will
be elected senator's and John II. Gamble will
be sent to the lower house. Judge Edgerton
is still in the senatorial race, but Mr.. Teller
is of the opinion that he desires more to be
elected to q judgeship and that he is only
making the fight for senator TO effect such a
compromise as to obtain his desired object.
AS to the selection of capital city, Mr..
Teller thinks that Watertown is entirely out
of the race and that the fight is now between
Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Huron and Pierre
There has been some ill-feeling manifested
by the people of the territory against Huron
beg often by that city's greediness Huron
wants everything. Mr. Teller thinks tina,
the question as TO whether prohibition will
carry in South Dakota is a question to be
decided only by the election. He thinks tha
there are but little odds either way.