Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-22
GENERAL NEWS.

The wire has been down all dsy b,
tween vsrmillion and Sioux City an
We have had no telegraphic report.
rxe GOVERNORS oeres &c.
He Puts - aa Asswsr 10 Dslsgass Petit
Sssvb 1rinssa Chasvss.
n TAs Irsss ssS DskeSeteA
A. ioesshadowsd IN your special eorrs
spoo1sose lspo 0isax 1allb . isv day
sines, Peteisssw has put forth hi boom
erane in.sn anonymous sheet and scst
tered Il kks . sbowsr q slimy. po,sonou,
reptiles III ovs the tsrsitoEy and inas
much = jour correspondent INTRODUCED
10 your readers the poiats ot the falls,
and tnianous attacks contained in th.
libslous sheet hsaded, ''Ordways Rec
ord" hsvs decided to depart from the
eoufss which I had marked out, viz, to
avoid Mentioning Pettigrew's name, and
ask for space injthe columns Of all honor
ably conducted journals to give the "a.
lisut poiats Of the full and complete
answer made under oath by myself and
other witnesses more than Ave yssrs ago,
before all the members of Gloysr's com.
mittee except himself. He. for, sixteen
days. abaoutelysrsfussd 10 cali q meeting
Of his committee. that I might present
the records Of the sergeant. at arms Office
and be heard under oath in. recitation of
the garbled statements he had clsudes.
timely t. ken against No without author.
ity from the house Of representatives or
the four other membsta comprising his
committee. In this connection I.desire
to state that when the four other mem.
bers Of his committee took the matter in
their own hands and held meeting to
hear my answes and recall witnesses who
wished to revise and correct their testi.
mony BY Che records in the ssrgeant-at,,
arms ofiice. This salneJ. A. Glover then
acting chairman absolutely refused to bt.
present and has never up to this date
heard ons word Of the testimony given
by myself aud other witnesses complete.
ly zindieating mo and showing that
every dollar ofgovernment money which
received from the clerk of the Lo,,se Of
representatives for conducting the in.
vestigations referred TO-. was. fully &C.
counted for by vouchers duly examined
and approved by the chairman Of the
committed making the Investigations
and also by the proper standing commit.
tee of the house of representatives, yet
Notwithstanding every member of the
committee expressed themselves entirely
satisfied with the sworn testimony
which I presented and refused to allow
as also did the democratic
house Of representatives, Glover to
report. or print his one.aided and Rsrb-
led statements. taken in my absence and
without authority.
J.A. Gloves. who was -repudiated BY
his democratic associates in congress,
and by his democratic constituents in
Missouri for lris unfair and indecent at.
tscks upon innocent parties, now comes
forward with . letter. after I've years of
silence, TO aid Pettigrew in his nefarious
work. =.
That this IL deep laid scheme by
Pettigrev to assassinate the reputation
Of the executive is proven by statement
now in my possess,op that ,Pettigrsw
told a gentleman in Washington within
the past two weeks, thst he had procur.
ed statements made before Glover's
committee in 1876. and had secretly &C.
cured, through eunningly prepared let.
ter 70 postmastera, the name Of every.
voter in Dakota, aud thst hs was going
10 send out sheet TO blscken Governor
Ordway aud others who had been oppos.
ing him.
l submit to candid public that, &C.
cording to this statement, Pettigrew
kne " that my full and complete defense
to the garbled statements which he has
put forth were on file with the commit
tee records. from which he has obtained
his incomplete and unfair portions of the
testimony, and thst he has plrposly and
with an intention TO deceive, withheld
all the testimony on my sids Of tEs case.
which the whole committee, with the ex-
ception Of Glover. who would not hear
it, unanimously admitted exonorated
me from the charge Of having taken mop-
ey wrongfully from the government. I
further submit that before any honorable
man or journal gives heed or credence to
the statements put forth in Pettigrews
feAterlng sheet. they are bound to de.
mand Of him that he shall present the
whole testimony given in before Glover's
committee answering the charges which
he has put forth, and until that IL done
he and those who aid him must stand in
the light Of wilfullv Cabling and mis-
fepresenting public record.
Will any intelligent person acquainted
With public affairs. believe for . moment
that democratic house Of representa-
ives and democratic committee would
attempt to screen a a.rspnblican official
Who had defrauded the government. a.
sst forth By Pettigspw.
on the contrary, the fair minded
democrats upon the committee were
forced TO the conoinloa by the testimo-
~ that there WAS pBhing whatever in
'ne charges against me, and that Glover
was lnjuring his party BY his unfair and