Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-10
LEGISLATURES.
fhirtesath s,ssion--.Dailv R.port az ~.
Proceedings OF the Council aud
House of Representative.

AaATe0O0tM S0eelOn---OAtly RepOr OF tn
Proceedings OF the Council and
House OF Representatives.
TwENTY-sEvENTH DAY.
GENERAL COMMENTs.
Browns bill and its twin measure, Petit.
Crews council bill forty, are still . popular
theme In the house and . subject of much
anxiety to their parents. 1t is a generally
accepted fact that Pettigrew is the father Of
both measures and some Of the jokers who
have no veneration in their hearts for the
gentlemen from the tenth district, assert
that Brown is their mother. Nj. Brown re-
sides in Hutchinson county, though he was
chosen to also represent Armstrong, Han
son and Dawson counties. His bill pro.
poses to make Armstrong and Hutchinson
counties one, under the name of Hutchinson,
and Hanson and Dawson counties one, un.
der the name of Hanson. 1t also provides
that all the Armstrong county and Dawson
county officials now in Office shall step
down and out and that the officers Of Hutch
inson and Hanson counties shall run the
two machines. 1t will be observed that
Mr.. Brown has not forgotten his own coun.
~ in this arrangement, but his Thoughtful.
ness and gratitude does not here
end, for his bill expressly
dictates that Fred Heiser shall be .
county commissioner in the improved Hut
crimson county from the day the act takes
effect. As Mr.. Heiser 10 the man to whom
MI. Brown is indebted for the nomination
which placed his name upon the successful
ticket in last falls legislative contest, he is
to be very much applauded for 60 kindly
remembering Mr.. Heiser in his bill. But
for Heiser there would have been no Brown
in the legislature, and as q consequence no
Browns bill. 1t is therefore fitting that
the name Of Heiser should have a distin.
tinguished place in the bill of Brown. This
is not the only object Mr.. Brown had in
view in making this attempted consolida-
ton. The county Of Hutchinson,
as it now is, owes about$ 1900
while the county of Armstrong is out Of
debt. BY the terms OF the proposed cont oil
idation the property Of Armstrong
county must help pay off this i%ncumberance
for which they are in no way responsible
As q resrlt. MI. Browns and his neighbhrs
taxes will become less and the taxes of the
Armstrong county people will become
greater. But Mr.. Brown may not hsv.
thought Of this, though be
certainly did think Of Heiser
The principal me i've for fixing up the
con: olidation of Hanson and Dawson
counties can be explained in a very few
words. Pettigrew, the p~aternal parent o
the bill, owns or is agent fu
a tract of land near the geo
graphical center of the county of Hanson a.
it is to be if the bill goes through. This
tract of land can never become q county seat
unless existing lines are. changed, and he
has got Brown to propose to the Legislature
and 10 the governor to fix things up go that
this land will become more valuable. 1t is
a scheme against the interests of Rockport,
now the most promising town on the Jim
river. Pettigrew is shrewd enough to see
that there must be a Aourishing city at or
near Rockport. He cannot buy up the town
site Of that village, SO he goes farther up the
river, where land is cheaper, puts in his
stakes and relies upon the legislature Of Da-
kota to do the rest Of the job. The portion
of this bill that does not refer to Hutchinson,
Armstrong, Hanson and Dawson counties
has a bearing upon the future of about q
dozen u%norganized counties north and east
from the counties named. 1t changes boun-
dairy lines and names and the entire scheme
is recognized by those who have studied the
subject as having been concocted in the in.
terest of several railroad lines now pointing
across the territory and in the interest of a
schemers who will proceed to gain pos
of certain desirable centers, should
The bill becomea law. There has heretofore
been no objection to existing county bound
aries and as some explanation of proposed
is in order, We give this as coming
very neal the truth. We have picked up
'hese facts here and there, and give them as
! part of the current gossip.
TILE ~NIIAI~n