The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
FRIDAY. JANUARY y. 1904.
SOME CAPITAL TALK

'HE4 o0UuS ~aCU - USAN
In all this talk that is being enRen-
AOred BY the Pierre press bureau OF
capital committee concerning what
they claim has, been said by the
Mitchell supporters about the reser-
wilton country, The Republican o
the Mitchell capital committee feels
mat ON word derogatory has been
aid or has emanated from our press
bureau which can be construed as do
Ing an injustice to that part Of the
state. A few days ago the Aberdeen
News, edited by G. j. Mcleod, took
talis city to task for slanderine the
reservation country, attempting to
Know from what tthell has said
Ahat an i~rreparable injury has been
Zone to that portion of the state.
The Aberdeen News attempts to
discuss the matter without reference
- the capital campaign SO as to make
Ms article more effective, hut that is
all hosh-his one idea is to prejudice
the minds Of his readers and put the
0ity Of Mitchell before them in the
liaht OF running down the reservation.
Mr. Mcleod and his paper are sup
sorting Pierre for the retention Of
the ,capital and he is presumed to ar
rue from any standpoint that can
t1rn votes that way. 80 he can come
Down from the hiRh moral plane that
hefbas assumed In saying that an In
jury has been done the state.
The News makes a general and
sweeping assertion that Mitchell his
al1nderedt the state In its discussion
- the reservation country.
The Republican, defies the News
70 reproduce one article chat has en-
anated from the Mitchell campaign
committee that has eve cast n re-
Section on the reservation country.
Is never has been done and 1t is not
the intention ut any time to dispar-
age any pars Of South Dakota in this
capital fight. The Pierre committee
uas the first to inject the reservation
country into the campaign and alter
they set up their straw man they
sried to hide behind 1t when 1t was
Justly attacked, and then threw up
their hands and cried over the state
Tor sympathy. Failing In any partic-
alar argument for retaining the cap
ltal Pierre has assumed these tactics
u trying to arouse an unjust preju.
alce against Mitchell, and In this the
Aberdeen News simEly follows the
dictates Of Its master.
Among the, first statements sent
out ~ Mitchell Ia this capital cam.
paiRn was toSthe enectethat this city
vas 10 the center OF population, the
place that was the most accessible.
There vas no denying this fact, but
Pierre had to do something to try and
overcome 1t. Up to the time the cap
ital campaign was opened there never
was q dispatch sent out from Pierre
concerning the reservation country
but what always referred to it as the
greatest grazing country In the west,
and as a beef producer 1t could not
be excellej. The outside papers have
always been generous and advertised
that section as the great cattle range
Of the Dakotas, and 1t was never
looked at In any other light. But
Pierre could see that there was nc
possibility Of it's becoming the center
Of population In 100 years so lcng as
the reservation was used as a cattle
range. 1t was at this juncture that
Pierre commenced to talk about az
sricultural conditions out that way,
which were as foreign to the reserva-
tion, and are now, as n can imag.
inc. When Mitchell simply reiterated
what Pierre has always maintained
with reference to the great range
country we are then accused OF
knocking the state, OF. n part of 1T,
One year ago when the resolution
for capital removal was being pressed
20 hard at Pierre there was not {
man In or out OF the legislature who
was working as hard to secure it,
passage as was G.. J.. Mcleod, and II
the contest be was mighty friendly
with Mitchell. Mr.. Mcleod was no
ignorant OF the. argument that Mitch
ell used, and by bis action in the cap
ital removal proposition he gave
voice TO all that the remoyalists did