The Dickinson press., 1883-05-05
TERRITORIAL NEWS,

81. faal floneer Press, is given our readers
simply as current gossip upon the events
now transpirlng in thi territory, and is
not calculated to reflect the sentiments OF
this paper only so 1 r as they are consistent
with our ~well-known views.
The we'll know opposition OF tho Hon. r
f. Pettigrew of Sioux Fails, Oak, to Gov.
Ordway and his methods, cspec ally in the
matter Of the capital removal scheme, tends to
make all expression of views from that gen-
tleman upon pending territorial issues spe-
tally interesting at this time. Mi. Pcttigrcw il
at present stopping i'll this city with his family.
and 80, b lug within reach Of the PIONEER
PRESS. was Yesterday taken into u quiet corner
and interviewed. He was first asked what lie
believed to be the general sentiment of tho
people in Southern Dako.a upon tho question
Of dividing the Territory. THIS was his reply:
Tie people of Southern Dakota, as q whole, are
very earnestly in favor OF tho division, and they
would prefer remaining under Territorial govern
ment for some lime to having the Territory adj
mi'trd into The Union be.ieve tho people of the
northern section are IF the same plind with respect
to 'leir half. After the division they woul! all be
anxious for admission as soon AS possible; but
believe that u division of Tie Territory is all we can
hope TO accomplish for the present: for | am very
Stare that the Democrats will not allow Dakota to
be admitted to give her tnree electoral votes to the
Republicans. Senator Beck has told me repeatedly
that they wonl! rot allow The admission until after
State is always Il political qu">tion,as all history has
81 ND. Our l,"lley; Then will BE- Simply to secure q
Should not he DROPPED anu.yi' and "'Sl then
will continue TO asita1e the ~, question:
cn half. with the clnierato on Ne are receiving, will
have n population of 215,j0O by the LIST of jan
nary next, lEnoT that there is Il very strong feel
ing i'll favor of hohling a constitutional convention
a"xt fall. FIR The form ,tion OF a State constitution
70 be submitted to the people at the general cleo
ton in October. II, then, We are kept out of the
ot will have to suffer tho consequences of its
action in the future"
The CAPITAL QUESTION.
what 40 you cun-iier TO b. tho real state of
feeling with RESPECT TO the capital removal sc.eme?"
"The ointment IS almost unanimous against il.
| know that at Sioux Falls, wnere l live, there are
no; a dom prr,ons-perhaps not more than
:hree-tha! are not opposed to tho whole plan.
[ have a,so becn in many other towns
and among the farmers, and L find very few nan
ton is not the place for the capital, but they saw
this movement is premature. and that it has Il very
strong appearance OF jobbery. They say, further:
We don't know what the boundaries of the future
State will be, or whether there will be only one
State or two, aud therefore it is impossible to an
Then You think the feeling is general that there
has been iohL-ry in the matter."
Il do. and there are pra;ty good grounds for sus.
one. The scheme was. without doubt,
conceived to further private speculation.
In the :ilrst place these men who compose tho GEM
mission are most OF them men of no par. irulor
prominence, aad are not men whose acquaintance
with Territorial affairs would ent!,ie them to be
selected for this work. The fact is, t!l.Y We're not
but tecau-e ~:heywcrc fricuds Of the men who voted
for tie siil. Seven of them We're friends of the
governor
THE GOVERNOR THE
What, in your opinion, WIS the governors real
connection with th"s
Il think he was pri:y to 'he whole business from
the beginning, and thu. IA" expected to make money
out of it. Tie plan Of lie Protectors of the enter
prise, it is generally believed, wts 10 select a site
out on The piajyics, wiut' 'iAry had control of the
land. and then speculate nron town lots. NV ouin-
ion is, however, Ina: pubi!c sentiment las com
PEELED them To abandon that plan, and that they will
have, the, capital located in some town
which is already in existence. / don't saw that the
commissioners themselves conceived that plan. but
that the parties who secured the passage of tho bill
had ii IN view. H. Is %a:t1icnlt to tell just what Gov.
Ordway'S connection with the spectators was. Int
by his action he helped the passage of the bin. For
instance. he thrca'rn'd tn rXerc.sat the veto power
aslins' "ihrr measures unless the projectors voted
thu governor vetoed T.. Subsequently a similar bin
apnr"pIiatins 5000 for that purpose was passed
normal scho i vo'el Tor the capital commission
hill. and it has bean laid ~tli,tthcy have stated that
they were Obliged to 5 vote III order to get their
mllA"c you any idea as to what the commission
will do i~inally?'
~ believe nat the plans of the commission ara
all disconcertel, and that they don't know
,hcms Ives what tley intend 10 do. l think, how
ever, that tLey will on"l the Ii is received at Can
ton. where they are now assembling. Pierre,
Mitchell, Huron and On!wav, | Understand. are
bidders. A gentleman vi" S j~''ma:c with the
commission, aud who did more :, secure the pass-
age OF the bill than ANYBODY else, told lle that after
opening the bids the c. mmi>~tone,s would look
around. or, a, lie expresSc! it, 'deci1. where TO
loca5e the capital aud then wi;hcis their decision
from the public until after they had
However, the matter has got into court, and the
governors connrctinn vita HE passage of the bin
is beng investigated by I'll" grand jury, and 1 am
inclined to think that The ult innate resul, will be
that the court will declare thr bl Unconstitutional,
in which case the capital will remain at Yankton,
whatever may be done hv the commission.
ton upon Dakota politics, informed the re-
porter that he hal ia,d The foundation for a
l25 barrel 10 Ter mill at st. Olof, MinrrhaLa
county, on 'hc Sioux river. He had also put in
the fou"dat oas Tor tie dam. The mil will b.
OF granite, lnarrlea in tnc vicinity, and he ey-
poets to have ii comp c;ed by next Septembnr
lis around Dimensions VIII tie -lDx6D feet, and
1t will be four or tive -'oaies high. Tue site is
m til" line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
PAU railroad. and that corporation intends To
put IN Il side track aud put mp a station there
fANKToN. Special Telegram, April 27.-Charra.
OF bribery and corruption on the part of the Du.
$50 h's"o ahu SoNCIuOT, Ill consequence y
the passage of the bill for tho removal of the capj
tai. have been numerous and oft repeated. TIL.
charges have always been vague and indefinite, n,
nLe alleging any particular act. III,
fankton grand jury has taken L
the matter. and for several days have been irwin
to get hold of something, Yesterday Gov. Ordwa,
sent a note to Chief Justice Edgcrton to the efrer
that Henderson,, Chief clerk of the council, had tot.
the governor that he henderson, had been cues
toned by the grand jury i'll relation to certain MAJ,
tiers affecting tile, integrity Gts t;a5 pC"arnor an,
legislature. .. sSvcrner therefore asked that l.,
DC sommened before the grand jury 10 give any
information they might desire from him. The
eille1 ,estice sent q note 20 District Attorney Smith.
an! he i'll turn informed the governor, tina,
lie might appear before the grand jury if
ne so desired. Accordingly this morning Gov.
oraway appeared before that body and urged them
TO forget that he was governor of Dakota and to
interrogate him as if he were merely a private in
dlvldual. He invited them to inquire fully into
any matters relative to tn. last legislature and par
Ncularly III regard to the capital removal bill. He
would not have them stop there, but if there was
anything in any official act of his from the day he
entered DakotS about the honesty and integrity of
which they had any doubt, he would be glad to
have them question him with the greatest
freedom. But while they had questioned several
witnesses about these matters, neither the jury nor
district attorney asked the governor a solitary
question. They Informed the governor, however,
that 'hay would hear whatever he might desire to
say. Thercupon Gov. Ordway took up different
questions, especially those concerning which there
have been Indirect insinuations of crookeducss. and
had pretty strong reasons for believing that the only
corrupt proposals abaut the capital removal bill
came from these that opposed it, and that at least
approached. Still the grand jury had no questions
to ask his exceliency, who retired after q two hours
hearing.
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