Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-18

MALICIOUS M1sREPREsENTA-
TION5.

II is not because We have any respect to-
their author, or that we wish to advance thu
cause Of petty malice, that We publish thu
following items; but it is more for the pur-
pose of placing them before that portion o.
the public to whom to ey are directed
namely, the legislature of the territory Of
Dakota-that we give them. They are clip
ped from DIR. Burdickis paper. the Vcrmil-
lion Republican, and read as follows:
ITEM NUMBER oNE.
Two years ago BY some action Of the as
sembly of this territory, which nobody
s. Dakotaian got 5000 for printing the
new code. We suppose this money came
uut of the territory, as the p. s. D. had, be
fore the session OF the legislature was halt
through, used up all the government appro-
priatiOn for legislative printing. There are
MANY things about that little transaction
which ought to bevcntiIated. Five thousand
dollars is apretty big sum for printing such
: lct of cheap. 1imsy books as were gotten
IN by the p. s. d. We have been informed
that the Omaha Herald offered to do the
same work for $500. Again the p. & d.
has been selling these books for six dollars
apiece after being paid 5000 for printing
them. Will our assembly look up that
piece of business? The matter has given
rise to q good deal of SPECULATION, and the
more there is found out about it the more
crooked 1t looks.
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AS q supplement to what we have to say
on u editorial page relative to investiga-
ting the dealings Of the p. & D. with our
public treasury, the following figures may
be interesting. During the years OF 1874
and 1875 Bowen & Kingsbury received
from the government, for printing, $500
So, and in 1875 and ~, $1,542.32. Now,
how much In addition to this did they get
out of our territorial treasury during these
years? Did the territory pay them for work
which the government paid them for doing?
It may be interesting for tax payers to know
this among other things.
These are. t~he;charges which the Vermil.
million Republican puts forth against the
publishers of the Press and Dakotaian. The
figures given ia tie last item indicate thai
1t is assisted in its ubiquitous designs bv it
man in Washington, though the errors he
commits o. so easy a subject show tina
h. ia not strictly reliable in all instances
That the charges were i~nstigated by tn
malice of those whose ambitious schemes
fnr Office have been thwarted through tn
preferences OF the people, and b. those who
possibly, have reason to believe that th'
Press aud Dakotaian chose to aid the caus
of the people, rather than the cause Of in
dividuals, we prefer to have understood i
the outset. Disappointed hopes frequentl
impel men to utter unfounded and extravs
giant assertions, and 80 grievous 3 disap
rointment as the one which has recently be
fllen the disturbers Of our party's interest
men, We mean, 30 black at heart that trea
son to their political comrades leaves thei
consciences undisturbe lis liable to carr
with it a malevolence which can only be as
auaged by an outburst Of vindictive hat
such as has emanated from the pen of th
character defamer who edits the Vermillio,
Republican.
Should the members of the legislator,
deem 1t a portion Of their duty, under thu
charges presented, to institute an investiga
ton of this matter, we are ready to aforc
them every facility within our control t.
render it effective and conclusive in its re
suits. There is absolutely nothing to pre-
vent a clean showing of all these transac
tions.