Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-06

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value of bullion which it contains to the
amount of about $1,000. 906.
DEADwooD AaaR1EvED.
In the Deadwood Enterprise of December
2Sth we find an article which runs as fol-
lows:
The treatment of Black Hill's people and
officials by the moguls at Yankton, amounts
TO ositive and continuous inault. and calls
for public expression of no uncertaio kind.
our resources or impede their development
officials are induced 10 advance money for
territorial purposes, ouly 10 find that when
called to q settlement, many montns later,
their just claims are repudiated or but par
TALLY allowed. The most forc.ble %illustra-
ton Of this abuse, ia ,pre-entei 10 the expe-
rience Of Sherinf Manning, who has just re-
turned from a very expensive trip 10 Detroit,
Michigan. with prisoners. Upon presenting
his bill at the auditors Office, Yankton, il
wa cat aside in q c0n,emp.uous sort Of wav,
entirely foreign to our psuple. Tut bill wa
just correct in every particular, represent
ing exac,ly what Mr.. Manning had expend.
ed and no more. a~
The anger Of the Enterprise has evident
ly got the better of its tru h telling procliv.
tiles. Ii it will take the trouble to investi-
gate the subject it will discover that tn.
people Of the Black HILLS, in their bust.
ness dealings with The territory, have
been treated just as the law says they
should be treated. There is nowhere in
the statutes anything which prescribes
that the auditor shall approve Of
erroneous accounts, whether they be present.
ed by people from the Black Hills or by
people from other portions Of the territory.
Consequently the auditor is mt liable to in
cur an expense which would be charged ur
against himself and collected from hi.
bond-men, even though he is known
to be Of an exceedingly accommodating
disposition. The Law is plain enough in re.
lation to the transportation of prisoners. and
it ha, in every instance been fully complied
with BY the territorial auditor. The par
ticnlar case referred to by the Enterprise in
the foregoing remark. has been passed upon
by high legal and judici ] authority, and ii
Sheriff Manni' z had not been convinced
that be receive his just dues b. would have
indul led 10 something more than a newspa
per snarl over the reduction Of his accounts.
The bill presented by him was for the trans
portation Of seven prisoners from Deadwood
TO Detroit. His oh rges amounted to 81 1858,
and we're cut down by the auditor t" Sl,42l.
The reduction was made because the face Of
his account showed erroneous charges to the
amount Of $437. MI. Manning had (unin.
tentionally without doubt) duplicated the
ex ense account of one Of his prisoners.
The auditor, discovering this, corrected it.
Mr. Manning h d also entered a. one of the
items Of his bill a charge of $242 for ode
probation of warrants" and this the auditor
could not recognize. and did not.
The Enterprise also states that .'oficials
employed to conduct the insane 10 the asy.
'lum, have met with similar treatment, un.
It'll now no one can be found willing to &C.
cept the mission unless expense account ia
fully guaranteed" To this complaint We
can but reply BY advising Lawrence county
to enquire into the acts Of its probate judg..
Hlsjobs for procuring mileage have been
rebuked by an official refusal to allow his
illegal charges. Though he has M author.
ity to transport lunatics from De ,dwood to
Yapkton, he has %endeavored to c elect paw
from the territory for such unlawful trans.
fer. and has failed. Though he has no
authority to commit sane people to
the MINI esota in zane asylum, he has been
guilty Of the act, and after the territory has
paid the expense Of their transportation they
have been discharged from custody. Thi.
may be q satisfactory wy of Kidding the
country Of vagrant., but when the people Of
the territory at large are compelled to pay
their tran-p 'rtat,on expenses It is 10 be ex.
pec'ed that somebody will object.
The officials Of the territory of Dakota are
performing q simple duty in requiring that
all accounts against the territorial fund be
kept within the limits Of the law, and should
they fail in this t.hey would become re.pon.
sible to the people for their shortcomings.
There is no disposition on their part to dis.
eliminate in favor Of or against any part,cu.
lar locality. Some of the newspapers of th.
Black Hills are given to complaints ~ un
reasonable - these We have cited. The,
should bear in mind the fact that their criti