The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-26
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r, G. TosreF Has 81 interesting az
ficie Gn sbe Minneapolis JosTnal ots
matters pertaining 10 the caSItaa 20
cation, and IL is prezneEed beioz
The st0fg in z C~eatersilIe psgeY
that Mitchell IS '-aYgEgng Con-
gresham burke becaBse re q. a Pierre
MAI will BOT hold water. RserFh59
knows that Mf. BufEe is q great
worker f0k his BONE own and TIE
good peogie Of Mitchell prohabiy
honor him AZ mgcg for this ggaIisca-
tsofl as 80 those of any Dthet Part OF
the state. Nitcf3egifs zen are EiG-
pgg pleased With tEe fart that t59eg
are 10 measure strength With Mr..
Burke and the leaders from Pierre.
snG they 10 not SEEM TO De WORRYING
about the outcome. They are not
boosting any candidates for coz
igyessjonaI o. state positions, and q
omfaon-sense Tie1 would give them
credit for not drawing the hammer
On anTboGg. for every candidate hes
his circle VI friends, and Mitchell is
after all the votes il can get.
This capital fight, when IL gels veil
Warraed gp next year. will be q little
the Gercesr thing South Dakota ha=
IdS-SI &sSES3SS ya Et-El T-o~Ss 6IL
this is saving a good deal. Mitchell
is ~perfecfjpg q Tncsf thorough organ
iZation and VIII have some powerful!
support 10th sides have cul out
politics and all the Interests are pull
ling for yierory. john Sutherland,
who only q little while ago "a the
boss insurgent republican IN the
state and sas nominated fes an
Office By the pop administration,
IS chairman of the Pierre capital
committee. and Tom Ayers. who
was long Gov. Lees right-hand man.
Is enc Of the working members.
Mitchell has likewise enlisted men
from ali parties, and its literary
bureau has been placed in the bands
Of Than, a Eock-rIbbeG democrat.
Tinan is a we'll seasoned editor, and
when he gets his bureau going it
should show results.
Many deprecate a capital removal
fight. o1t Others welcome il and say
it will clear the atmosphere and be
a good thing. The vote next fall
ought TO come pretty near settling
The state IS on its feet financially
and Is fairly ready to begin building
4 state house and arranging its
affairs on a permanent basis. The
legislature OF 1865. whether it meets
In Mitchell or Pierre, Is likely to
take the preliminary steps for d
capitol and when this work is once
well advanced there will be a tre-
mendous falling of of removal talk.
Such project would be blocked at
every turn until d vote was taken.
There are those therefore, who are
glad the troublesome issue was raised
because OF the fair prospect that it
will he put away for ever.
Another thing. Railway building
ought TO be switched. Mitchell
workers declare that the Milwaukee
will build through TO the Hills as
part OF its transcoDtinental scheme.
and Pierre men profess to feel certain
that if the Milwaukee makes a move
from Chamberlain, the Northwest
ern will Offset it By starting west
ward from Pierre. Mitchell then
points to the fact that the North
Western, or Omaha, has a line into
Mitchell and will be a good sized
factor, eve though not the whole
thing, at the new capital. Mitchell
cannot see why the Western
should build a road from Pierre to
the Hills when it already has one line
to the land OF gold through Nebras-
ka. No one pretends TO have solved
the railroad phase Of the capital re-
moyal question, but there will prob
ably be something doiDgn before
the general election.