Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-12

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to Dake.aa ~ savssl1aor Is ths;. peissoa II
Hon. ". 4, Howard Of Miehisse, appoint.
Cd BY Pfeddent Hays Is this iii id Il:
spohSdhl6 sdos. His accession to the execu.
tive chair retirs 70 private life Gov. join
l. Peaniagten, aEsnlaman yhe has served
Us thsouI6Ssvslal sisodallndE.iApostSnl
ysasih thec;hiesuryeofthe tsszi.azy. -Four
years ago on the 20th q LIT Jan6ar, Gov.
Pennington reached Yankton, IS an ap-
pointss Of President Grant From .aSt
time he hes se..ined at'thie AesdioE our Z
fair, and has served the peopie-and the
government faithfully, honestly, md III d
manner entirely ss~ststseser1. Daring thsss
four years he has piped = fen enemies, but
in every instance q this s!olrt. Investigation
would show de cause 10 IS either political
prejudice orthe thTsrting Of private schemes
in the conscientious p~ssfolh.nss of public
duty. No man of q positive nature can oc-
cupy . high executive position for a series
of years without e%ncountering occasions
when it is necessary to inaict disappoint-
ment uponAa few that many may be benefit
ID. One weak and vaciilasins in his ways
might perhaps manage to compromise With
his opponents and convince his friends that
Cancellation wa the best policy. and 90
slide along %serenely until the inevitable de.
cree relocated him to the oblivion of
. retirement unregretted aaike BY those
whom he had served and those whom he
had failed to serve. But such is not the
composition of our lsts governor. Eos
sessed Of strong convictions upon al sub
jects, he has boldly faced questions Of q
public nature and openly expressed his
opinions. In the light Of bis best ,judg.
ment he has ected and With Z conscientious
belief In the justice Of his conclusions. he
entered upon his official duties At . time
when the body polite was distracted By
dissensions innumerable, and no man knew
at what hour his ncighbor might be turned
against him. A man of less courage, com
ing as a stranger among strange people,
might not hsve faced the etora of
contending factions, but Gov. Pen
nineton was happily 80 constituted
that the emergencies to be met
did not swerve him from the strict line OF
official duty. He remained with US, and
during the four years of his administration
peace and harmony has come upon the PEG.
pie and they are all busily At work, shoulder
to shoulder. for the advancement Of the ter
ritory of Dakota and the realization of a
prosperous and brilliant future. Governor
Howard takes the executive chair at the
most suspicious hour in our history. The
dead past has buried its dead. The days Of
struggling inertues are gone to return no
more and there il established 4 common OBJ
ject towards which all are systematically and
effectively advancing. We stand upon the
threshold ola lasting prosperity-our fields
are Welding millions in bright wealth-oul
cattle are grazing upon . thousand hills
our mines are pouring fourth their treasures
70 enrich the worlds cofen-laborers from
eastern farm homes are swarming oyer our
bordsn-capital is reaching out to develop
our long latent forces-railraads are seekins
us out and the commerce of our river is null
tiplying itself. With our venerable COVER
nor at our head We shall soon stsp into the
union of states. To him Dakota extends 4
warm greeting (; to the retiring governor it
gives congratulations for an administration
marked with the success which it it not vani-
ty to feel q pride in.