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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
HURON ALITTLE SARCASTIC
At the Expense of Hon. William III.
Springer. Of the Omnibus.
PRESENTS A LEATHER MEDAL
At the Hands of Congressman Cox as
Relief to Its Fsel-
ings.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
Huron, S. D., March S.-A few days
since leather medal, suspended from
red ribbon, and accompanied by the
subjoined letter, was forwarded to Sun
William NJ. Springer. Below is the let
ter and fac-simile of the medal:
To the Hon. w. NJ. Springer. NJ. c.,
Washington, d. c.: A few of the host
of your Dakota friends, appreciatin g
thoroughly your truly noble and disin-
tereSted services in behalf of South
Dakota, oesire to present to you this
testimonial of their esteem. We re-
rember with what poignancy of grief
you gave up the cherished objects of
your heart, how many SleepleSS nights
you must have passed, as molly and
alone you fought for all those vital
issues, without which, hope would have
been lost and Dakota a dream; how,
single-handed. you fought the five enc
mics of Dakota in the conference conf
inittee and said, Live or, die, survive
ar PERISH" or words to that effect.
Though give up everything still will
1cling to the cherished object of my
heart. Dakota shall again vote for the
temporary capital, or she shall forever
remain territory
4 NobleSt of thy race! Whenever the
returning sun shall again bring round
the birthday of the father of his coun-
try, shall not his fame, his integrity,
pale before the incorruptible,t the match
less integrity, the statesmanlike char
aeter of the man whose name we in
scribe on this medal now awarded to
You. Hail. sweet William, all hail
and farewell.
T., THE MEDAL
TO
- WILLIAM SPRINGER,
- WHO,
:iHaving been so instructed by the House
of Representatives, rather than be
4. i'll contempt
SACRIFIC D .s--
(: HIS OWN PRINCIPLES
and
MAGNAN IMOUSLY
OPENED UP THE PATHS TO :.
STATEHOOD
FOR SOUTH
DA KOTA A..
Fiat Justitia. Ruat Prineipi
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
QUEER LOGIC,

Probably few recall the fact that a
lininority clause was attached to the
Sioux Falls constitution, and, if that in
strument is approved by the voters in
May, will be one of the provisions to be
voted Oh separately at the final round
up in October. This is almost exactly a
duplicate Of the Illinois provision
allowing each voter to divide his three
votes for membership in the lower
house in equal parts, as he sees fit,
among the three candidates. The ena-
bling act differs from this in allowing
but two Votes to be cast by voter in
district that elects three members. The
result is the same, however. One paper
opposes the plan for the novel reas on
that it DISTINGUISHES voters. Accordin G
TO its theory, in a district with 900
voters, the sol would be DISTINGUISHED
if they can elect but two members, leay-
ing one for the 499. If they elect the
three and the 400 none, are not the lat
ter entirely DISTINGUISHED? Under this
system the sol voters would have two
thirds of the representation, and the 400
but 0ne-third. Still, it is insisted tn at
the majority of two shall have the Who'll e
in order rot TO disfranchiSe anybody.
That is the logic of greed and monop-
.,iX
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
FRANTIC CRIES FOR MORE
Inaugural Globes at Fargo by Repub-
licans, Democrats and Mugwumps.
QUAY'S FRIEND WILL FRAME
His Copy for His Posterity as the Finest
of the Kind He Ever
Saw.

Special to the GLOBE.
FARGO, OAK. March S-The inaugu-
ration edition of the GLOBE knocked
everybody ''silly" in Fargo. The train
had not been in the depot twenty mill
utes before Mr.. Bestic, the GLOBE
agent, was beset by hundreds for more
GLOBES. These were not to be had,
and all went away Disguised. One
thousand would not have filled the de-
mand. DR.. Shurlock, who prides
himself upon being the blacklist
Republican in Dakota. says: ''Say
that is little tough that a Democratic
paper should get out the best
inaugural edition of any paper in the
Northwest, but what are we going to do
about it? 1t is done and Pm going to
frame that copy for my children"
Upon every hand were cries for GLOBES.
GLOBES. more GLOBES, until the agent
here became frantic and drove that
spotted pony home faster than he ever
went before. and all night long Mr..
Bestic was every few minutes awak-
ened by the call for GLOBES. 1t was
an enterprise which will be fully appre-
ciated by the citizens of Fargo, ana no
doubt by the entire country. The
splendid portraits of our presidents, the
historical "reminiscences, the makeup,
the patriotic tone of all contained in
the paper, in connection with the
Inauguration of president elected by
an opposition party shows to every one
who reads it that the management is in
the hands of men who love their party
but country more; and that when the
verdict of the people is given that
settles it. All honor to the GLOBE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
A DIFFICULT MATTER.

Among the most delicate and compli-
Gated work to be done in the state
building season is the division of the
estate or effects when the dissolution of
the sections is had. A commission
composed of three persons or more from
each section is to make the division.
They are to be selected by the respective
constitutional conventions, and of course
each section will name an equal num-
Der. The chief difficulty, apparently,
will be over the division of the debt.
The North will probably object to the
assumption of half the debt, as it has
grown Out Of the erection of public ill.,
stitutions, and these are mostly in the
South. There are twelve of these, nine
in the South and three in the North
The costof supporting these Institutions
the two years past was S656, 1872. AZ, ana
IN the same time S53O.OOO was spent in
permanent improvements. The South
received the benefit of three-fourths of
this large expenditure while paying
little more than half the taxes. Here is
where the trouble will come in. There
is no provision in the enabling act for
any disagreement of this commission.
Whether it could block the path of state
hood or not. is not quite certain. 1t
will, evidently. be difficult task.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
is 1T WAIfD2

There will be considerable curiosity
to see that book on Dakota affairs
which is announced as soon to be issued
10y Baron GRANCY. of Paris. 1t is un-
derStood that it will treat of the customs
and life of the people, and give the
personal experience of the writer dur
ing his travels and soiourn there. Just
who the French gentleman Is, and what
parts of the territory he visited, does
not seem to be known. His title would
, give him no distinction there, as
baronS, counts, lords. and eX-cungreSs-
men and other high officials are found
in every settlement almost. Only those
who want to be odd refuse to wear some
handle TO their name. As he is said to
have spent considerable money there, it
is presumed that he invested in realty,
as most visitors with money and sense
do, and that consequently his work will
have advertising value. The impress
sion that Baron GRANCY is new alias
for the sometime Gen. WARD, of Grand
Forks, does not seem to be warranted
by any accessible data. although it
would be dash worthy of that dashy
gentleman. He could make book of
intense interest if he would tell all he
knows. 1t is to be hoped he will not be
permanently lost sight of. He is a
unique and sensational character.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
A FINE CHANCE.

Pierre. Chamberlain, Mitchell and
several other live young cities feel new
life throbing excitedly in their veins
since the Sioux bill has become a law.
Each of them is confident that il in
sureS the capital of the state. 1t is
possible there may be an excess of en-
thuSiaSm on this point, but it is as true
of communities as of individuals that
those who reach the highest will be apt
10 get the best fruit, even if they do
run the chance of having the longest
fall. All the dozen or more towns that
are aspirants for the capital are going
10 work for it III dead earnest. There
is not one of them but has better show
than Bismarck seemed to have few
years ago. 1t does not appear exactly
how they are to use the sums, ranging
from 100000 down, they talk of raising,
!unieSS in advertising abroad. 1t will
be splendid season for this. Each
can show, upon their Turing literature
for circulation East, pictures of a
gorgeous state capitol expected; and it
will be good all the season, as the vote
will not come till October Lit will pay
any town that wants to grow and ad-
YcrtiSe, TO enter the CAPITAL list,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
THE SIOUX ARTICLE

People do not very easily remember
much about the Sioux Falls constitution.
as few expected that it would ever
amount 10 anything. 1t was purely
partisan structure, not a Democrat
being allowed membership in the con-
vention that framed it. SO little i'm
portance was attached to it that it was
little more than the hastily adopted
constitution of some other state, crude
and i'll fitted for Dakota. When it was
submitted to vote, although the Demo
Gratis generally abstained from taking
any part, there was strong minority
III opposition, and the affirmative was
greatly less than majority of the vote
OF the South. There seems to be no
object in adopting it entire, as the new
constitutional convention is to be held
in any event, and it can adopt all the
coed features of that instrument with
out being compelled to take it entire.
The fact that only Republicans had a
hand in its formation will necessarily
throw suspicion of partisanship about
it, which should be avoided in framing
the fundamental law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
WHAT IT WILL DO.
Some of the Good Things That
Will Come in the New State

Some of the Good Things That
Will Come in the New State
Caskets.
Special to the Globe.
Roscoe. March s.-As the near pros
pect-of statehood for Dakota energies
from the mists of doubt, and takes form
and substance. the blessings that will
accrue from becoming sovereign state
begin to dawn upon us. No longer,
after the scramble for Office is appeased
under each new administration, will
Would-be statesmen from the hills of
New England. or the prairies of Hi
n0is, or the puriieus of New
York, pack their carpet bags
with cOmplacent smiles and, with
visions of gilded sugar-pIums dane
ing in their heads" hasten to assume
dictatorship of fair Dakota. No longer
viii the public adviserof the st. Paul"
Pioneer Press offer to Dakota an as
sorted job lot of advice for the regula-
fresh every day and able o,estand all
the wear and tear of political changes.
This well-meaning person displays all
the zeal OF new convert. When he
has been a citizen of this country for
longer period he will understand that
Americans,as nation, have great an
tipathy to foreign Intervention in their
local affairs. as they have often demon
Strated. We do not believe that certain
persons are. in some mysterious man
ner, endowed with divine prerogative
to dictate terms to others. We claim to
be the least illiterate of any people
in the world, and are perfectly capable
OF managing our own affairs, But to
proceed in the enumeration of our pros.
pectiye blessings. No longer will our
far Eastern brethren regard us as s'out-
side barbarians," for 10! are we not res
idents of these United States, like unto
them? We, too, can point back with
pride to Concord Bridge and Bunker
Hill, and Bennington and Yorktown,
and other famous fields wherein our
ancestors fought right CALAMITY and
bled and died that we might enjoy this
grand heritage that is ours to-day. Yea.
verify, manifold are the blessings of
statehood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
Owatonna Ovations.

The event of the week was the con
cert given by the Presbyterian society
at their church Tuesday evening. The
house was well filled and fine pro,
gramme rend cred, which consisted of a
piano duet by Mrs. Birkett and Ethel
Birkett; vocal solo by Mr.. Sheldon; cor
net duet by Messrs. Will and George
Holden; quartette, so. Mountain Land. .
by Miss Tenny and Miss Donaldson and
NJ eSSrS. Chadwick and Sheldon: piano
solo, Miss Hattie Ware, vocal solo. Miss
May Tenney: violin solo. Mr. Engel.
accompanied by Miss Genie Geddings !:
duet by Miss Tenney and MI. Sheldon !;
cornet solo, George Holden accompanied
by Mrs. Birkett, vocal solo by Prof. A.
G. Gutterson, piano solo by Mrs. III. H..
Herrick, duet, by Mrs. Birkett and Mr..
Sheldon. The receipts of the evening
Brennan went to st. Paul the first of
the week to visit her sister Mrs. T.
Lilly. Mrs. j. l.. Dennis is visiting
friends at Hampton, 10. There was a
very pleasant gathering at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel Farmer Monday
evening. Refreshments We're served
by MsSdameS 4. NJ. Banter, G.. GOrden,
ID. 7. Farmer, Nj. b. Chadwick and
Morehouse. The evening was enliyened
by music by Miss Ogie and others. Re
citations by Miss Ina Trinchell, Mabel
Drought. and Master Doolittle. An es-
say was read by Mr.. Wilkinson, and
then the Inauguration of Mrs. Ii. +.
Luce as president of the laaies' society
OF the M. Z. church for the ensuing
year took place, and the inaugural adj
dress was delivered by Mrs. Luce.
Among the young people who tripped
the light fantastic toe at Germania hall
Friday evening, March l. were Misses
Allie and Matte Showers, Katie Berg,
George EngeI; Messrs. j. M. Burlin-
game Jr., w. NJ. Dynes. Mart More
house, G. /. Buxton; Misses Grace
WEIGH, Kate Ganser, Celia Maloney.
Anna and Mabel Newsalt; Messrs.
Guy Bennett, Harry Howe, Adolph
0ppliger, Peter Larson: Misses Grace
Jones, Ora Barnard, Allie Winship,
Ella Drebert, Jessie Howe, Maud
Wiilsey, Jennie Case, Lottie Christie. :.
A. J. Katz, Judd Austin, Ed Mailer, A.
A. Maloney, Will Dunbar, Henry Wat
ers, w. Sherwood, Guss Katz, Henry
Graft, ii. +. Farney. Bert Brown,
Willis Stearns and G. F. Granger. ..'
Mrs. G. B. Twiss entertained at tea
Tuesday Misses Mary Alton, Jennie
Shortt, Bertha Harris, Mabel Drought
and Ida Titus. Miss Matte lockwood.
of Fargo, is visiting her parents here
this week while on her way to Chicago
to purchase her spring millinery.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Pratt and Master
Frank left Wednesday for Lime
Springs, To-, to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Hill, mother of Mrs. NJ b. Pratt.
Mrs. James Brown entertained at tea
Friday afternoon, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Byrne, Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Twiss, and
Miss Ida Titus Mrs. A. Leick and
Mrs. c. Brown very pleasantly enter
tanned the Universalist society and
their friends Wednesday evening at
the guild room of the Episcopal church.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Leick gave a
very pleasant card party Friday even
ing, March l.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09

splttoons; but the members didn't see
it SO. They evidently thought the lat
ter had much the largest matter 10 at
tend to.-Fargo Sun.
There are counties and towns in Da-
kota which have already passed the
limit which the Sioux Falls constitution
lays down. Were the provisions carried
into effect all improvements of a public
character in such communities, how
ever necessary, would stop. Even
point would have to be strained Gas has
been the case heretofore) to supply ar
ticleS so necessary in a town or city'S
economy as equipment for fire de-
partment.--RapidC City Journal.
Gov.OrdWay wants to succeed Church
and Frank Pettigfew wants to go to the
United States senate. There is blood
on the moon for fact.-Huronite.
it is time to draw the line, and to let
the great parallel become visible. These
North Dakota workers for South Dakota
people should shiny on their own side
from now on. If any man is to be pushed
for North Dakota Office let it be a
North Dakota man all the time. The
day of diyidingthe swag has gone BY
jamestown Alert.
A Washington correspondent asks
''How would n. G. Ordway suit Dakota
people for governor during the incuba-
ton OF the two states?" Ask us some
thing easier.-Sioux Falls Argus.
The Pioneer Press makes an anus
ing blunder in an article OH Mr.. Soames,
the solicitor for the London Times, at
the bottom of its editorial column yes
terday, when itspeaks of his having to
do some lively soliciting for subscrip-
tons, in order to keep up the profits of
the paper. A metropolitan paper like the
Pioneer Press is supposed to know that
solicitor In England means legal
adviser, who occupies the same position
as counselor in this country, as distin-
guiShed from barriSter or pleader at
the bar.-Jainestown Alert.
Half the counties in South Dakota are
now considering the advisability of eX-
tensively advertising their resources.
Money cannot be better used than in jul
dicious advertising at this time. Let
the good work go On.-Pierre Free
Press.
We draw the line on Dakota ward
politicians who 60 to st. Paul and
Washington to be interviewed, especially
those who write out their interviews be-
fore they leave home and neither eat
nor sleep after arriving in the city until
they run down a reporter and force
their gush and trash upon him.-James-
town Capital.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
MINNESOTA.
Mankato Matters.

Mrs. FL. c. Akers gave pleasant re-
ception at her residence on State street
tuesday afternoon. The house was
beautifully decorated with flowers, and
the Germania orchestra were i'm at
tendance. She was assisted in receiv-
ing by Mesdames Prltchard, of Lake
Crystal, Weaver, Hamilton, Boyer, Hub
bard, Wiser, and the Misses Abbott.
Sparrow, Rooney, Nellie and Flora
Wise, Rose. and Minor. Among the
ladies who called were Mesdames
Slade, Spencer, Longini, SIEVE
rance, Sparrow, Long, Taylor,
Parsons, Clark, Zimmerman, McKein-
sic, S. +. Barney, A. c. Barney, o. O..
Pitcher, Fox, Porter, P. w. Pitcher,
Potter, Sanborn, Dutton, Little, Ella,
tie, Strunk, Craig, Monks, Larson,
Howard. Pau, Marsh. Piper, Patterson,
Brown, Jones, FirestOne, Smythe, Bar
rows, McGraw, Dieker, Wilson, Sherk,
Rose, Cannon and Christensen. Mrs.
l. Longini gave pleasant 7o'clock
coffee to number of hersfriepds Mon
day evening :. Mrs. p. A. Larson, of
Lake Crystal, was in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. E. L. Halves is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Coulter. Miss
Edith Kassing, of Waseca, is visiting
friends in Mankato. Miss Ada Moffet
and Miss Ida III. Hutchinson enter
tanned a number of friends at cards
Friday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Farr are entertaining Mrs. Rankin and
daughter, of Waukesha, Wis. Mr..
and Mrs. John c. Noe returned from
Battle Creek, Mich, last Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Stevenson attended
a reception at Rochester Tuesday night.
Mrs. ID. j. Robinson was returned to
jackson, Mich, after spending the win
teraS the guest of Mrs. q. Truesdale...
l.. Z. Wiser, accompanied by G. HI.
White. of st. Paul, spent last Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. p. K. Wiser. .. Mrs.
Nj. j. Severance entertained the Ladies'
Whist club Tuesday evening. Rev.
Mrs. d. l.. McKinsie and son, vino have
been visiting Mrs. Z. Zimmerman, re-
turned to their home at Sioux City
Wednesday. Miss Sue Gleason Wis
tied friends in Tracy last week. Mrs.
ii. G. Howard spent Tuesday in Man
kato as the guest of Mrs. j. Ii. Long.
Mrs: Huekins, of Dundas, visited
her sister, Mrs. NJ. S. Foulke, last
week. Mrs. o. Brown entertained a
number of her lady friends at a six
o'clock tea Tuesday evening Mrs.
George M. Ray, of What Cheer, To-, has
gone to her future home at ST. Paul
Mrs. A. l.. Warner, of Duluth,
is visiting relatives in Mankato. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Ii. Summers and child,
of La Crosse, Wis, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Hartman. Mrs.
George Hammer, of Sioux City, To-, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
III. Wood. Mrs. j. r. Jones gave a
pleasant musicale at her residence Sat
urday evening for the benefit of the
Episcopal church. Among those who
took part were Mrs. Frank Root, Miss
Ada Moffett, Miss Lizzie Sparrow, Miss
Alice Andrews, Miss Maude Walters,
Mrs. w. b. Davies, Miss Nellie An
drews and Messrs. Forman, Powell,
Swan and Cans, of Minneapolis :. Miss
Florence c. Gideon. of Minneapolis, is
the guest of Mrs. J. A. Willard Mrs.
William Watson aud daughter, of Min
neapoiis, are in the city Mrs Leo 5.
Lamm is entertaining Miss Julia
Kramer, of Minnesota Lake.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
THE MINORITY PLAN.
Mr.. Springer Explains Its Mean.
ing and Manner of Operation.

ing ANU NaHuef Oh operation.
Special to the Globe.
JAMESTOWN, n. D., March s.-The
following was received to-day from
Congressman Springer in reply to an
inquiry in regard to the minority feat
ure of the admission bill:
House of Representatives u. S..
Washington, ID. c., March 8, 1889, AL
fred E. Wood. Esq.-My Dear Sir:
Your letter of 9th ult. is received. You
inquire what is the meaning of the fol-
lowing clause in the admission bill:
But no elector shall yoteifor more than
two persons"
1t means Just what it stated. No voter
can put on his ticket more than two
names for delegates. but he may put
one name only OH his ticket. And the
three persons who may have the great
Practically the result would be that the
party i'll the majority-or the party
which is conceded to be in the majority
would nominate two candidates for
delegates, while the party which is con-
ceded to be IN the minority would nom
mate but ono candidate. The tickets of
the majority party would then read:
For delegates to the constitutional con-
StitutiOn convention, John Doe, Rich
ard Roe. The tickets of the minority
party would be printed thus: For dele
gate to the constitutional convention,
John Smith.
But if the two political parties were
nearly evenly divided and each claimed
or hoped to obtain the majority, each
would nominate two candidates for dele
gates. There would then be four candi-
dates, and the three who received the
greatest number of votes would be elect
ed. This system is not what is known
as cumulative voting, such as we have
in Illinois. 1t simply limits the choice
OF each voter to two persons. while
three persons are to be elected in the
district. The political party in the
minority, even il that minority be very
small, will be able to elect one delegate,
in each district if a good man is nomi-
mated, and if all efforts of the minority
are directed in his favor.
My object in Incorporating this pro-
vision in the bill was to secure a repre-
sentation in the convention for the
minority party ILL the convention, while
the majority party would have the ma
jority in the convention aud the power
to control it. The minority should be
represented, but the majority should
rule. This principle is especially de-
sirable in constituting convention
which is to frame the fundamental law,
the chief object of which is the protec-
ton of the rights of the minorities. l
am, very truly yours,
WILLIAM NJ. SPRINGER.