St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
Jud La Moure Leads His Le-
gions in the Fight Against
Gilbert.
Carpet Bagger Pierce Is on
the Jump and Leaves the
Red River V alley.
Public Sentiment in Favor Of
q Red River Man for Sem
ator.
Special to the Globe.


is an uprising of the people in the Red
river valley. Seldom has there been so
wide and general a discussion of any
one question as is now going on in this
section of the state. And it is ia question
to which there seems to be but one side.
Or if there be two sides, no one has yet
been found hardy enough to espouse the
cause of carpet-baggerism against the
rights of the section of the country in
which he lives. The recent letter in the
GLOBE which stated the facts and gave
the figures showing the unfair. unjust
and almost criminal discrimination
which has been practiced against the
Red river valley in the distribution of
state and federal patronage, has created
widespread comment all over the state
of North Dakota, and has set many bust
ness men and local politicians to think
ing. He who thinks is free! And when
the business men, farmers and pioneers
of the Red river valley get to thinking
OF this matter there will come a change
i'll the twinkllng of an eye. There is
pride of locality in the breast of every
properly constituted man. He may net
have lived long in particular place,
ut after having settled in a locality
and invested all his means there, he
naturally thinks, and, rightly so, that
his particular locality is the best in the
world. If this feeling obtains with a
man but recently come, how much must
it be intensified with the farmer pio-
neers Of the Red river valley who came
here years ago,
Braved the Blizzard,
built their little sOd-walled sEaks on the
bleak prairie. proved up their land by
residence during the winter months,
and when bright and baimy spring made
mellow the bosom of mother earth the
industrious husbandman tickled the
virgin acres with pillow, and plenteous
nature laughed outright in pr0digal
harveSts. Soon the little sfaks
gave place to plethoric barns and
bursting granaries and the claim shanty
disappeared from the landscape to be
replaced with handsome and comfort
able farm dwellings. But there was no
magic in all this change. 1t was only
accomplished by so much sweat of the
brow, by sowing and feaping, by ex-
posure to cold and blizzard, by hard
ships from hail and frosts, by. privation
and self-denial ana labor. 1t is not
strange that the pioneer farmers of the
Red river valley love their hard-earned
homes with an Intensity that makes the
prairie breezes part of their blood. 1t
is not strange that the good name and
prosperity of this section of the state is
dear TO them for, with their long resi-
dence here, has not the very soil of the
valley become interviewer with the
fibres of their being? And shall they
be dictated by carpet-bagger. Shall
our section OF the state be robbed
of her rights by the autocratic action of
man who came stOthe territory with q
federal commission in his pocket-be-.
cause he is interested in another section,
OF the state? VIII the farmers and bust
ness men Of the Red river valley sub.
nit to
Taxation Without representation
Will they allow themselves to be ca
joled by an oily politician? Shall we he
betrayed with kiss? Or, shall we be
bulldozed by carpet-bag senator who
goes about with vest pocketful of fed
eral patronage demanding that this be
| done and the other be not done? These
| questions are about to be answered. In
| fact, an answer OF no uncertain sound
| has just been waited down the valley by
the northern breeZes. The matter is one
| in which all parties are Interested. The
| Democratic position is already known;
iiOW COIlCS UilC hcpuUllcdtf StlldGOT-
| iai convention from Pembina county,
| and proclaims in thunder tones the DO.
| sit.On of that portion of. the Red river
valley in the following resolutions
adopted there last Saturday:
| Whereas, Our legislature at its next session
will be called upon to elect a United State
| senator;
| Whereas, The Red river valley constitutes
the pioneer settlement of the new state with
! its large preponderance of wealth of popu-
| latlon has been practically unrepresented in
| congress, the Missouri slope having two
| United states senator's, and it is believed. that
| the honest sentiment of the state at large
| will cheerfully accord us a United States sem
| atorship; therefore be it
| Resolved, That in order to obtain a more
just and fair representation in congress from
| our section of the state more commensurate
| with our wealth and population, we earnestly
| recommend the election of United States
senator from the Red river valley. and our
| senator and representatives elected from the
| First district are hereby instructed that they
faithfully support such candidate, first, last
and all the time.
The silence is broken! The first gun
has been fired! The battle is on!
Trail. Cass, Walsh and Grand Forks
will fall into line with Pembina. There
| will be no cessation of battle until
| the last vestige of carpet-baggerIsm and
unjust discrimination are wiped out of
| North Dakota politics forever.
| Nom ID. PLUME.
Dominies in the Political Swim.
Special to the Glore.
LAKoTA, N. D., Oct. s1.-The Repub-
lican convention was held here to-day
and nominated 1. o. Lundeby for the
senate and l.. M. Fillmore for the house.
| Two Scandinavian ministers are rival
| candidates for the senate and there is
blood on the moon. The Scandinavians
are badly split up and even the Repub-
licans admit that johnson will be beaten
In this county.