Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-20
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The house va called 10 order :,
o'clock by the speaker, Who announced
specisl order, counci, bill n, provid;,
appropriations oi money fos the asylum n
lie insane and. for tle territorial pen,,.J
tiarv aud council hill ~, providing n
bonds for tho ta,ns. Upon these mea.,r.
the Aouae went into
COMMITTEE OF IME WHOLE,
Mr.. Gray In tho chair, BY election Oft
houae, Mr. Burbank and Mr.. Stephens hs
lug declined to serve.
The report Of the Judiciary commil,.
WAS read in committee. 1t reCon,mends
that all that portion of the bill which h,
reference 10 appropriations for penitenti.,
purposss bs stricken from the bill.
Mr.. Stephens moved that the connie.
rise aud recommend the adoption Of Tho n
port on council bill n and the passage ,
the bill ~ amended ; also that the commit
tee report progress GU council bill go.
MIR. Gamble spoke NJ length upon III
int provisions Ut council hill n. His MAJ
s'tion was that II the passage of the inssnI
asylum appropriation depended upon ,hl
passage OF Inc pen'tent'aty appropriation IN
was 10 favor Of voting down the whoi1
eNSoOWsSs SuSuiO A8Jl vi thCn SOnNt,U
stand upon it's merits. lie did ~,
stand upon the flor If the house ~ IN. hi
,voCate of the insane asylum po,t,un If IN.
bill ~ II local measure II had bt an s.ddis.1
'upon the Yanklon delegation Us such. hn,I
he, 90 y member ef that delegation, would
not father It. He did not D thai
with hrs consent. the insane asylum shnukA
be made Y pack mule for the pen,tontin,v1
measure. He had voted tor the location III
the penitentlsry u, Sioux Falls, but the ap-|
preparation of money for that institution
was An eatirely different ,frnrI
and he would never favor the scheme # hsI
stO0d alone against il. IL was not economv
to build . penitentiary just now, MA ii womlaI
cost, in addition to the expense Of thu huild.
ing, M much for the cost Of the n ansnor,.
ton Of prisoners from northern and w.s orr
Dskota 10 Sioux Falls, az to Detroit. /, va.
too early ~ 90 into this matter, and II anw
member thought the same argument wonlJ
apply 10 the insane asylum, let him vo,s
against the whole bill, and kill both nrono
sitions.
Mr.. Stephens opposed the saddling of one
bill upon the other for the purpose of gel.
ting them both through. He though, there
was aPressing demand that the territory care
for its insane, but there was no such ntce.si.
ty for providing for its prisoners, as thew
were already we'll cared for. He did mo-,
think the territory could afford to expend
$4,000 for these measures. If however
the care OF the insane hing d upon the pas.
sage OF The Penitentary measure he would
vote against both.
Mr.. jackson, spoke in favor Of the pcpi-
Tertiary aPpropria. ion and was Of the opin-
ion that the insane asylum appropriation
oho,,1A also mn ,I. "
is q member fro Minnehuha
county, and is interested in the penitepti,, NV
as a local institution. His advocacy of the
insane measure was complete and open, hu,
the fact that the fate of the penitenliary de.
pended upon the success of the other neu.
tralized his arguments in the judgment Of
those who comprehended the enl,re subject.
Mr.. Burbank opposed the bill az it stood.
lie recognized a difference between The
situation Of ,he insane aud Of the convic,s.
We now had no place for our insane
while our ~convicts were we'll provided for
in the present and future An ]appropria.
lion Of S45, 900 was asked for, which was
about five dollars per head agains, eye,y
tax payer. The friends Of the peniten,iarv
said that il the insane appropriation went
through the penitentiary must also lie con.
coded. Az that was the shape OF affairs, he
was in favor Of killing them both. lie
would not Gust his vote TO bankrupt this
new territory. All these things tended
toward. the disgrace Of reputation which.
he, as a citizen Of Dakota, desired To avoid
The proposition was-give Sioux Falls ia
penitentiary or you lose your ASYLUM a,
Yankton. Northern Dakota was not inter.
ested in this fight. 1t could care for its own
Insane.
Mr.. Gamble rose to refute some figure,
advanced by Mr.. jackson and laid cow
the present cost Of keeping prisoners and
demonstrated that they could no, be 90
cheaply kept ut home.
Mr.. jackson resumed, in reply to Mr.
Burbank, and argued that $4,000 was :
mere baga,elle 10 this great territory.
Mr.. Burbank and Mr.. Stephens spok,
again in opposition TO the penitentiar,
measure.
Mr.. Stephens withdrew his motion ane
moved that the rise, report pro
gress aud ask leave to sit again.
Mr.. Huseboe moved that Mr.. Pettigre~
have permission 10 speak before the CO.. N
mittee.
Mr.. Huseboe's motion was given prefer
ence by the chair and adopted, aud the
boss of the prison scheme put in his talk
He asserted that he was working in the in,
terest OF economy, and had the house neve
heard Of Urlah Heep ii might have ,akel
some stock in the ny pocrilical assertion
Mr.. Pettigrew didn't say much elee, though
lie kept on talking while the hands Of tn,
clock went half way round the dial.
Mr.. Gamble followed up his opposition
to the bill with q ten minutes speech.
On motion at MIR. burbank, Captain
Hughes, OF Elk Poi.t, was gwen peImis
siOa 10 speak upon the sutject. Captain
Hughes thanked the committee for tb
courtesy extended, but declined 20 tnlk, 10
reason that he was a member of the board 4
trustees of the asylum.
Mr.. Stephens repeated his motion tina
the committee rise, report progress and asl
leave 10 sit again.
J rat the nour Of going to press the hous