Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-18

THE COUNTY OF HOWARD.

THE COUNTY OF HOWARD.
Plea From Ono Who Wants to Seceae
From Lawrence County.
Crock City. Feb. 10th, 1e79.-AditOrs
Press d Dakotaidn,-NoticinR some state
ment MADE by directly interested parties of
the city Of Deadwood, relative to the pro-
posed division of Lawrence county as now
suggested and urged by petition now pend
Ing before the general assembly and bearing
the siguatures olive hundred absolute and
Interested ciuzens OF said Lawrence county.
and not one signature to the same was eth.
er fraudleutly 6b,sined. Or forged as has
been asserted by. an interested official of
said county, nor was the said petition or
movement started by any disappointed ex-
Official of Central City, but emanated in
the Joint action.ot several leading gentle
men and property holders 10 various parts
Of the rural district of the safd county, men
Of integrity and sound Judgment and was
not an imbecile attempt of professional Of
flee holders. The movement was made to
protect their own interests and pockets.
@. h. McKinnis has discovered this
elephant, rampant upon the destruction of
large portion of bis perquisites naturally
makes steady fight upon the division of
the county. as he would thereby lose great
amount of fees now coming into his pock-
ct as register Of deeds.
Then come the citizens of Deadwood
who require the assistance of the residents
Of the rural districts to help them through
their payment of excessive taxes to keep
up expensive law suits, jails, court houses,
and sometimes of officers for the sole use of
long terms Of courts occasioned by protract-
ed mining suits. rumsellers, dance house
riots, gambling dens and their general asso-
ciates, all Of which belong distinctly to the
district outside of the asked for division of the
county. The residents of the would be new
county are also subjected to great loas of
time in attendance on juries in all Of these
cases, and in which they are by no means
interested, and in some cases the time de-
manded from the agricultural operatives is
a scource of serious loss to them and at
come seasons the loss is irreparable.
1t has also been claimed that this move
ment was made by republicans and was a
political movement. This again is false,
as it was started by hard working men, and
in all meetings held relative thereto. Both
parties met indiscriminately and were not
trameled by Office incumbents. pettifoggers
or Office seekers. There was a petition
faithfully presented to those in interest for
iS &c "f placed bs0Ts fhs ps0
ple's chosen law makers for their considera-
ton, and with whom the matter now rests,
for them to say whether we shall
have the rights We are entitled to
or still be the subservient slaves of lot
of ofice-holders, should they deem it their
duty to hear our grievances, and assist U.S.
We presume that the Deadwood papers
would d enounce the whole senate and house
of representatives, as q .lot of numb skull
farmers, and other endearing epithets, as
they have already done when censuring the
action of those bodies relative to the action
taken in the exemption matter. Should the
majority of these gentlemen be farmers, we
are glad Of it, as they will the better under
stand our grievances and the sooner lend US
their assistance.
The section of country we ask to be set
off for our new county is entirely in the
agricultural district, and separate from the
mining interests, and the intent and purpose
Of this division is to have our taxes equal to
our immediate wants, and not be taxed in
time and money to benefit almost solely
those who have the whole calendar Of crimes
to contend with, and leave US to pay for the
same.
Our interests are not identical in any one
particular, therefore let Us have our owr
county. We know what We want, and wha1
we ask for. We are Of age, and should've
require. . guardian; we choose to select him
and We should never hunt for him in th'
person Of . professional ofice-holder.
As an old time democrat, Ifemsin
~ SaT@ Yours, very respectfully,
w. H. WILLIAMS.