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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1891
Page
5
The Mitchell Capital and The Mitchell Printing Co present subscription prices for one year in advance 3.50 for one copy six months 1.00 three months 0.60 The publisher offers club rates with leading papers and asks subscribers to notify both former and new addresses with changes to be sent to the office by Monday.
Advertising rates are listed with prices for business cards up to six lines at £5.00 per year and £1.00 for each extra line. Local ads cost five cents per line. Legal notices charged at statute rates. Cards of thanks ten cents per line. Marriage and death notices, obituaries, resolutions, and wedding presents published free or at five cents per line.
Friday, March 6 1891 reports a crucial vote on resubmission tied to a sick senator’s recovery before noon. The SD legislature risks adjournment by Saturday due to limitation with fears of no quorum. A death reduces members as Moody is urged for a U.S. judgeship and Pierce for Minister to China.
F A Leavitt of Lincoln county, an Independent candidate for congress last fall, sold his farm for 15000 and moved to Sioux Falls to become a woolen mill investor. Sioux City Journal notes Senator Kyle appears lost in Washington and questions his independence in the senate seat.
North Dakota Senators Pierce and Casey oppose big funding for General Land Office special agents, arguing there are too many for the service. They point to Special Agent Lounsberry in the Dakotas who, with many assistants and little work, traveled to Bismarck to aid in Pierce’s reelection defeat.
Newly elected Alliance congressman Kitter Halverson, elected from a Minnesota district, is in Washington and speaking little. He refused to discuss the silver question or other national matters, saying he needs more study before an opinion. He avoided commitments and plans for this term, and his cautious stance contrasts with Senator Kyle.
New Jersey saloon keepers seek changes to the high license law. The piece argues the liquor trade remains irrepressible under any licensing scheme, insisting that prohibition, high, or low licenses all fail to curb sale to minors and drunkards, including Sunday hours. The temper of the era reflects a fierce clash over regulation and enforcement of liquor laws.
The Farmers' Alliance of Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Iowa outlines a plan under President McGrath to fix prices, bar option sales, and control markets through district agents in Kansas City Chicago and St Louis. The scheme mirrors the whisky trust, aims to set costs plus profit, and seeks to eliminate speculative pre harvest trades.
The Argus Leader and The Republican exchange sharpens on silver coinage policy. The piece cites Governor Foster’s 1878 Bland act support, Blaine’s 1884 views, and Frank Laes on free silver, arguing for or against open mints and fiat versus standard value. It ends by prompting Argus Leader to declare its own currency preferences and stance on independent U.S. action.
The piece explains free coinage as government coinage of any offered silver at no charge, and unlimited coinage as coinage of world silver if offered. It notes current free coinage is in effect, but disputes over how much silver to coin persist. The Sioux City Journal observers that large foreign silver imports may be needed to meet law requirements, possibly 10 to 15 million ounces if domestic production cannot rise.
News from the land office reports the timber culture and preemption land laws have been repealed, signaling a significant shift in land policy and rights for settlers and speculators. Government officials note the change will affect ongoing land claims and future acquisitions nationwide.
The discussion compiles three critical viewpoints on government ownership of railways. An Independent article, W M Acworth in March Forum, and J Kindelan in a 118 page pamphlet argue against state control, citing efficiency of private enterprise, regulatory needs, and international comparisons. Omaha Bee notes John Sherman’s retirement, marking the end of a long public career.
A. P. Anderson and family arrive from Bloomington Illinois to settle on a Prosper township farm. He brings a carload of goods and implements. He reports being discouraged by many on the way yet remains satisfied. J. P. Carlson, who bought the Prosper farm for Anderson, has letters from others seeking land and notes S. P. Alsen may join from Bloomington. Carlson says interest in Dakota land has been stirred by the return of THE CAPITAL to Bloomington. Dakota Ruralist notes “One Neck Unbroken as Yet.”
The Huronite reports that Senator Kyle, an Independent member, rode on a pass and avoids neck injury, but warns that voters will damage his position at the next election. No conflicting reports exist. the neck injury remains avoided for now.
Six years after an 1885 presidential proclamation opened portions of the Crow Creek and Winnebago reservation to settlement, thousands flocked from twenty states to claim lands along the Missouri river. Accounts detail rail departures from Pukwana and Chamberlain, rapid lumbering to build shanties, and early immigrant business ventures as settlers encroached on the newly opened lands while politics and federal policy shaped the uproar.
A lengthy report details how executive orders and congressional actions reversed prior protections for settlers on a Great Sioux reservation. It cites Cleveland era injustices, Dawes era politics, and a 1885-1887 sequence that displaced thousands, with later committees and commissions seeking redress, while noting new political arrivals and ongoing legislative maneuvers in Congress.
Special correspondence reports rapid passage of a school lands bill in the house after senate passage, with little change. Discussion covers South Dakota gains, Dr. Roger’s inquiries and lack of charges, and the expectation of reinstatement when agency transfers occur. Senator elect Kyle arrives amid attention. Pettigrew noted as oldest among young senators.
Madeline Bridges recounts the little Crocus departing the frozen earth. Sisters Violet and Rose bid rest while awaiting spring. The poem contrasts safety in earth with a brave journey upward guided by a glowworm light toward the wise world beyond the snow.
In Congress the Latin motto Nunquam animus sed ignis via becomes a puzzle for Harvard Yale and Virginia alumni. Wilcox Buchanan Wilson and Dalzell debate its meaning with Dalzell offering a rough translation Never mind but fire away. The quote remains unclear without context per Washington Post notes.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes snow shovel demand lagging for two seasons. A large wholesale grocer hoards snow shovels and jokes the blizzard could spur sales, even suggesting half off fly screens as a quick pivot if snow abates.
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