The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-11-28
BELIEVES IT WILL. co
Black Hills Citizen Confident That
Milwaukee Will Extend Road to
the Hills
Missionary Society Holds Its Annual
Thank Offering SrS. Derome
Spoke.
City Council Held Special Meeting
Monday and Allowed Removal Of
Building.
HAS FAITH IN EXTENSION
Black Hills Gentleman Makes Pre-.
dictiOn That the Milwaukee
Road Will Extend.

The statements made by the
Pierre people that the Black Hills
was still solid for that town for
retaining the capital can be taken
with grain Of salt, severa!
grains. The people out there are
non-commital on the present situa-
ton in capital removal affairs. The
same kind OF proposition as exists
at the present time has never before
been presented to the people OF the
state, and it has caused not only the
Black Hills people but those in other
parts of the state as well to take
more interest in the removal fight
than ever before. To the people in
general there is more sincerity in the
movement Of the towns behind the
proposition than heretofore-in that
they are willing to pool their inter-
ests to secure the passage Of removal
bill and then the candidates can
take their chances in being able to
win out as the town to be pltted
against Pierre.
We noticed an interesting interview
in the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader a
few days ago with a gentleman from
the Black Hills, a member of the
Legislature from Pennington county.
The gentleman is the Hon. Patrick
Daley, and he is over on this side Of
the river attending to some business
matters, that will require the greater
share of his time until the legiS a
ture meets. The Argus-Leader mar
interviewed Mr.. Daley on the matte
Of cap: tai removal fight and the pos
sibility Of the extension Of the Mil
wakuee road from Chamberlain tC
the Black Hills country. In reply t.
question Of the position of TIN
Hills members on the capital ques
tion Mr.. Daley replied:
I see that Congressman Burke ha
declared that the Black Hills will be
solid for Pierre l want simply tt
say that in my judgment the Blacl
Hills members will hold a caucus be
fore the question comes up, and tina
? they will 90 as body one way or an
/ other. It is furher my notion tina
our action will be determined strictl
by business principles. Further tha
that do not care to say on this ques
tion at this time. -
Mr.. Daley was also questioned
: the Argus reporter about the pros
t pect of the Milwaukee road extendin
S to the Hills country from Chamber
e lain, to which he replied in the TO
| lowing statement:
I have learned something new O
2 this matter within the last "a hour:
n 1 am not at liberty to give details
: but want to make the predictiO
that the Milwaukee will begin actiI
work on the Hill extension early j
the spring, and that trains will
running before next winter. l hay
personal knowledge that the Mi
Waukee has recently had an inf1uenti
representative in the Hills and in tt
coal fields Of Wyoming, and l hay
no doubt that the road will be bull
| think you people in the easter
part OF the state do not realize tt
II magnitude Of the Hills busine
e which now goes either TO Omaha {
i Sioux City and which with dire'
;, road woulu come to Sionx Falls ar
- the other distributing towns OF I'll
q eastern part Of this state. II yC
d did realize it you would not rest
h moment until you had direct raj
N way connection with us.
The above statements Of MI. Dal
, puts an entirely different phase I
,+ the situation that was supposed
20 exist in the Hills country with l
m ference to capital removal, and it
=, evident that the members Of t
or legislature are placing considera(
III confidence in the proposed eXtensi
Of of the Milwaukee road into tE
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