Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-16
DAKOTA CORR Es PONDENCE OF
THE KEG.STER.

MR.. EDITOR :-lhe REGISTER having a
than any paper in Oak ota
Territory, and the Dakotian the official
paper in it, not publishing all the pro-
c>edings Of the Legislature now in ses-
sion, as in justice it should, aud some
matters having .transpired of interest to
The Inhabitants of two of our counties, it
is no more than their jost due, that the
facts, as set forth in the following Report
should be publicly made known:
Minority Report.
N. Speaker IL beg leave, as one Of
the members of the Standing Committee
on Elections, to whom was referred the
matter Of contest between the members
from Bon Homme and Cole counties, to
present this, my Minority Report, hereby
entering my protest, together with my
reasons why the Majority Report already
offered should not be accepted. The undue
haste with which the majority Of your
Committee disposed of the subject matter
in question would seem to indicate dis
position regardless Of facts, and evidence.
to discharge their duty as a Committee
more with expedition than good Judgment
he evidence in the case OF the Bon Uum.
me members was as follows: 1t appea1.l
that both delegations, H. NJ. johnson, C;
l.. Iackctt being aCsen,) and l. II Litth.
held and Henry Brooks claiming seats,
presented to your Committee certificates
OF election--the former signed by W. w.
"ariord, and the latter by l.. Fl. Li,ch.
field as Register 0! De eds Of said Bon
llomMe county. The majority Of your
Committee decided The certificates issued
by l. II. LitchGrll TO be !e.a!and recon.
mendcd The admission Of I.i,ehtiei aud
Broks 10 seats il tA!S House. TO ,l.is de-
clssion the minority of your Commi,,e.
protest, for the following reasons, to wit:
by al act passed BY your Legis !ature, and
approved by the Governor on the 24th of
Aprli, loo-, the Governor was authorized
to nominate, and with the advice and
consent of the Council appoint,h the officers
mentioned in this act to mold their res.
pectve positions until the Grst general
election, ard their successors are elected
and qualified; that H. W. Granger was
nom mated by the Governor, and corfirm.
ed by the Council as Register Of Deeds OF
Bon llomn'c county: that Ii. W. Granger
appointed ". W. Warfcrd his Deputy,
who was authorized TO act for him. By
reference to The House journal Of 1860 3
rage lG9' IN answer 20 resolution passed
by his House, requesting the Secretary
OF The Territory to furnish the names Of
the Register Of Deeds, appointed and
elected since Sept. lst, 1862" You will
fi"d the name Of II. W. Granger recorded
as Register OF Deeds # Bon Homme Co.;
1t also appears that record appointment
was made to l.. II. Litchield in August,
1867, just one month previous to the e'cc,
ton held on the lst September, 1862. No
Legislature intervening, be was eonse-
quently not appointed "wih The advise
and consent of the Council" and was not
therefore legally authorized to act as
Register of Deeds for said county that
at the election held on the lst Of Septem-
Der, 1862, w. w. Warford was declared
hy bis own certificate as Deputy of II.
". Granger, the Register Of Deeds of said
Bon lomme county, having received the
highest numbe- Of legal votes cast at said
election aud dolly qualified before the
County Commissioners who were elected
and qualified as provided by law II also
appeared by evidet to your Committee
that maj jo'ity Or The legal votes of Bon
Homme county were cas-. for Mr. johnson,
and that non residents and half breeds
were allowed to vote for The said Litch.
field and Brooks, as by ref to their
poll.Iooks will be seen the names Of Colin
Campbell, Ben, Cadotte, Z Eenconter,
Bapiire, Foster, Beam, Clarke, Cook and
proteau registered rs voters OF said Co..
The minority Of your Committee there.
fore in view of the foregoing votes protest
against the acceptance OF said Majority
Report. .... a~n .. .. .s.
In the matter Of the parties contestng
seats from Cole. county, the majority of
your Committee were, in my opinion,
equally iff"ot more has'y in their conclu
sions, than in the Bon Homme case. 70
which the minority Of your Comml,tee
also most solemnly pro,est MS illegal, un-
just, and an egregious wrong perpetrated
upon an honest people, and "inost -four
ishing'' county. containing nearly as large
. population. as the balance OF the Terri.
tory. The facts sud evidence before your
Committee in this case were as follows,