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

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Ihls 18th day Of April, A. D. 1878, give.
to Dakosaa ~ sevslhor i the .peiiou b
Hon. ". a, Howard, If Michiesa, appoint
Cd BY Precedent Hays Is this Ai11AA I'D II.
spohdhl6 shoe. His accession to The execu,
tive chair rstirss 70 private, life Gov. JOIN
L. Peenisgten, . Ssntlaman yhe has served
Us thsouiiks H-sjen6alan "a po1lnj
yss.sla the'hissocry2of the tsszitozy., Fou,
years ago on the 2oth q lat Jandary Gov.
Pennington reached Yankton, a an up.
pointss Of President Grant From ,aiss
tinshe hes remained IT ne headof. our <
fairs, and has served tie peopietan M the
government faithfully, honestly, and ID d
manner entirely ,stiseasser1;. Daring ths.s
four years he has gadpedr fen enemies, but
would show de cause 10 IS either political
prejudice orthethxarting Of private schemes
in the conscientious psafo,h.nes of public
duty. No man of = positive nature can &C;
cupy . high executive position for a series
of years without ~encountering occasions
when it is necessary to indict disappoint-
ment uponAa few that many may be benefit
ID. One weak and vacill.tins in his ways
might perhaps manage to compromise With
his opponents and convince hi. friends that
Cancellation was the best policy. and so
slide along s%erenely until the inevitable de.
cree relegated 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 lats governor. Fos-
sessed of strong convictions upon al sub
jects, he has boldly faced questions Of q
public nature and openly expressed bis
opinions. In the light of his best judg-
ment he has acted and With . conscientious
belief In the justice of his conclusions. He
entered upon his official duties At q 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 etor@ of
c%ontending factions. but Gov. Pen
nin0ton was happily so 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 peo-
pie and they are all busily At work, shoulder
TO shoulder, for the advancement Of the ter
ritory of Dakota and the realization of q
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 inertueas are gone to return no
more and there il established a common OBJ
ject towards which all are systematically and
effectively advancing. We stand upon the
threshold ofa lasting prosperity-our fields
are Welding millions in bright wealth-oul
cattle are grazing upon . thousand hills
q mines are pouring fourth their treasures
to enrich the worlds cofsn-laborers from
eastern farm homes are swsrming oyer our
bordsn-capital is reaching out to develop
our long latent forces-railraads are seekine
~ out and the commerce of oVrriyer is null
tiplying itself. With our venerable eovsr-
nor It our head We shall soon step into the
union of states. To him Dakota extends .
warm greeting F; to the retiring governor it
gives congratulations for an administration
marked with the success which it it not vani-
~ to feel q pride in.