Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-08-21
PEERLESS WOLSEY.
The Temporary got Lonesome and
Scared at HurOn's Bright
Prospects.
so for q Little Relief She Brings
out W0lsey to Attract
Attention.
The People are Disguised and Accept
the Move as sign Of Pierre
Weakness.
A. WILDCAT SCHEME.
How the Wolsey for Capital Dodge
IL Received.

How the W0Isey- y-f0r.Capital D0dge
IL Received.
Aberdeen Daily News:--It will be re-
membered that at the opening Of the
present campaign for the permanent cap
itai the people looked with dismay at the
prospect of having three candidates for
the honor, no one OF which could prosG-
ably secure a majority over the other two.
II indicated a continuation Of the contest
for two years after the next election
contest of which the people have had al
ready enough. Afterward. when Water
town very wisely withdrew from the cap
ital race there went through the state
sigh Of relief at the prospect of a speedy
termination of the turmoil With only
two candidates in the field the capital
question would be settled at the next
election. In fact il was very soon after
the beginning of the campaign, practi-
.cally settled in'favor of Huron by the over
whelming public sentiment every where
apparent.
Suddenly the cspital sky is murky
again. There are signs of a sort Of cy-
clone in the air. Mysterious telegrams
in many considerations appear in papers
outside of the state-curiously, one must
go away fIom home to get the news-an-
nouneipg that powerful Syndicate with
millions Of money is about to gobble up
the capital II is kind of Louisiana
lottety combine" with oceans of money
~ hrib oh Iaft oil 70
in outside papers-teiegrsms are easily
sent--the North Dakota lottery whirlmind
was n gentle zephyr compared with the
coming capital boom. What city is to be
.the.child Of such good fortune at the
hands OF so rich and generous a syndi-
cate Yaukton, Mitchell, Sioux Falls,
ReJfield, Madison or some other place
having the necessary facilities for the
capital No, bot Wolsey. Some gang
Of speculdtors parldIng in the papers Is n
rich syndicate is going, so report says, to
put Wolsey in the capital race.
This wildcat scheme is attributed to
Pierre influence. In her desperation to
avoid the certain defeat which awaits her
Hllu OulJ uCIbtLl. anu ilulou III 'uo heiu
Pierre seeks. il is said, to put third can
didate in the field. II is known that she
tired hard to persuade and hire Water.
town to be her cats paw, and the present
scheme of putting Wolsey forward is al
legged to be dernier resort after the
same plan, TO bolster waning fortune. If
Huron can he prevented, 10y fair means
or foul. from getting a majority at the
next election, Pierre can retain the seat
of government for two years more, and
thus secure an opportunity to reimburse
herself somewhat and gain time to scheme
for another trial
The plan is too visionary and too des
perate to succeed. There Is too much
trickery and corruption in sight at the
outset TO give 1t any standing before the
people. They do not propose to have
any speculative syndicate, however rich
step IN and by corrupt means defeat the
will OF the people. The extra thousands
of dollars II will cost the taxpay rs
to continue'th capital at Pierre and Il
conduct the extra campaign two year,
hence. can not be put out of signS. Be-
sides the business interests of the stat
demand that the capital wrangIes shall
cease that the people may settle down Il
work The new fake will not take.