Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-17

The Deadwood newspapers are still pound
ing away at it their new territory scheme
and out of their enthusiasm and incompre-
hensible amount of wicked misrepresentation
is flowing. The following is an extract from
a long article in the Deadwood Pioneer:
1893 X
We also understand that Delegates Kidder
and Corlette have made use off sheet pub
lished somewhere in the Hills, called the
Weekly Champion, q paper with q circula-
ton OF about ten copies, to further their
schemes. Although the powers of doing
good or i'll OF this sheet is infnitesimal, it
serves to illustrate the efforts our enemies
are making to forever enslave us under
the abortive government of q territory
with which the people of the Hills have
not an interest 10 common. subjectin2 a
laws, not one of which can have a Just ap.
plication to the litigation constantly arising,
causing delays, increased expense in adjust
ing difficulties that, in states and territories
where laws abound suitable to the govern
ment of a mining people, could be decided
in a justice court. \ Every mining
sale, every new mill and every movement
OF our people hat suggest tho increase of
the wealth and resources of the Hills stimu-
lates the kind friends in Wyoming and
Montana Seeking to gather us inl to in-
creased exeltions, and more firmly impress.
es upon eastern Dakota the fact that their
life and existence depend upon keeping
the treasury Of the Hills subject to their
disposal and will.
We have repeatedly asserted, and again
put it forth as the sentiment of the people
of this portion Of the territory, that south
eastern Dakota has no desire to keep the
Hills as a portion OF the territory. We are
willing to incur the expense of their sup
port, provided they desire to remain with
US, the same as we are willing to maintain
any other weak and struggling portion of
Dakota, until they can become financially
strong enough to bear the burden of their
own existence. We are willing to thus far
enslave them under our ''abortiye govern
ment"-but we do not crave the expens.
i've luxury. We will do this
in the spirit of kindness and charity, but
will never insist on the privilege against
their desires. The grange bylaws" of Da-
kota have givento the mining portion of the
territory an almost verbatim copy of the
laws of California, to which are added all
the later Improvements experience could
suggest. They are acknowledged to be the
best mining laws in the world and we sug-
gest that the editor of the Pioneer give
them a careful perusal before he again at
tempts a random criticism on their merits
or dement's. He evidently knows moth
ing about the subject upon which
he is preaching, else he would not be led
into the commission of go stupid a blunder
as is embodied in the foregoing arraigu-
ment of our codeof procedure. If the laws
as they stand have no lust application to
"the litigation constantly arising" then the
Hills can make no use of law, and had bet.
ter return to the primitive days of the re-
volver and slung shot. They are the result
of over a quarter Oft century of experience
the experience Of a region that has passed
through every phase Of mining litigation
which can come to any community.
The suggestion that eastern Dakota's ex-
istence depends upon keeping the treasury
of the Hills" within the limits of the terri.
tory can be disposed Of by the recital of a
few facts. We have only the record of the
year past to draw from, but that is sufficient
to show Just how necessary the Black Hills
are to the existence of the territory. During
that time the tax payers Of the Granger
counties have contributed four thousand dol
lars to the payment Of transportation Of pris-
oners froa Deadwood to the territorial pris-
on. We are now maintaining, at a cost of
from SIPS to S1.5O each per
week, twelve Deadwood c%onvicts, besides
the expense of their clothing. The support
of these prisoners will aggregate 81, 900 per
year, which brings up the expense of sup
porting Deadwood criminals for the past
twelve months to $4,000. To this can be
added the cost of keeping the insane, blind
and deaf and dumb Of the Hills, of which
there is yet no tangible record. For this
outlay what has the territorial treasury re-
ceived? MOI one cent. Lawrence county
has not only not passed over to the terrific
rial treasurer a single mill of tax, but has
positively refused to make any return of
assessment. Il is a notorious fact that that
portion OF Dakota is q pauper on the hands
of the taxpayers of the balance of the terri.
tory. Like all other recipients of public
charityi It now has the cheek to call the at
tention ofthe world to the alleged fact that
1t is supporting with its money the balance
of the commonwealth. Under all these cir.
cumstances it is not supposable that eastern
Dakota has q very strong desire to keep the
Hills within the limits Of the territory.
FOUR PER CENT BONDS.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Secrstary Sher.
mar is preparing a bill to facilitate the sale
OF 4 per cent bonds directly to the people,
aud TO authorize the issue of nostal orders