Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-05
THE LAST STRAW.

Under the above caption the Republi-
can of Rapid City, Of Monday, comes to
the front editorially in such foreible
language that it will bring forth fayora-
BILE consideration. 1t advocates annex
ing the Hills counties to Wyoming, a
measure that the ADVERTISER has
favored for some time. The Republican
says:
sDo the members of the Legislature Of
South Dakota realize that in ignoring
the manifestly just and reasonably claim
of the Hills counties to one of the seats
in the United States senate, they will
sever the last bond of union and SYM
patty between the two sections of the
state, and confirm a rapidly growing
sentiment that this region is unfortunate
in being within the boundaries of the
state of South Dakota? The resources
and the people of the western counties
differ widely from those of other portions
of the state. The settlement belongs to
a different era, it sprang from different
causes, and the gems of the region is
mining rather than agricultural. The
severance of the thickly settled Hills
counties from Eastern Dakota by the
wide reaches of the late reservation, and
the inconvenience in reaching the capital
and the important towns of the eastern
half as we'll as the disposition of the
people to legislate and dispense the
favors of state patronage with view to
the sole advantage and profit of the ag-
| ricultural half has tended to intensity
our sense of isolation and to retard the
cementing of the two regions which
nature, circumstances and narrow and
selfish policy have thus far kept apart
"The unfortunate condition of large
number of eastern counties, the croE
| failures and financial embarrassment
which have made dakota Destitution'
serial of annual chapters, has been I'm.
fortunate for the comparatively pros
1 porous western counties. The foolish
and improbable aid enterprises con
Quoted under the sanction ofthe governor
and legislature have aroused just indig
nation among people who are forced tc
share an unenviable reputation and
indifference maintained to their interests
II wish this part of the state could be an
nexed to Wyoming" is q remark Otter
heard of late, and with the final act o
injustice, the withdrawal of the senator
ship, this feeling Of dissatisfaction il
quite liable to crystalline into a definit'
sentiment i'll form OF annexation to g
state with which the western counties
| have greater community ofinterest ant
sentiment.
'fThe adoption of the prohibition.
amendment was unwelcome to tn
people of this region and the strong sen
timent which exists against the lay
serves to further increase the dissatisfac
ton.
s'The attitude of indifference or opel
hostility manifested by the people of tn
agricultural counties while the duty upo
tin was pending before congress, thei
failure to appreciate the prime import
: anee of the measure not only to the Fill
but to the state at large was anothe
grievance and the recent unseating G
the representatives from Lawrence count
. through partisan measure, was a bio
: to this region and an affront to il
people.
I'm word the people Of. the Hills al
disguised and disheartened by the mar
agement of state affairs by the prom
hence of cranks and aayenturers In ii
government, by the senseless agitation /
unwise and impracticable measures, an
by the attitude Of selishness and the
demanded more just and equitable treat
mentl
!. TIN
I A correspondent at Wlaitiag, low;
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