Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-02

The majority of people are get
ting impatient because Jerauld county
is not organized: of course, the news
paper has to take what blame there is
in the matter. and stand for a target
to shoot questions at: Why amt we
organized 2" /" When will we be organ
ized?:" We told our readers week be-
fore last what disposition the people
had made of the question of division.
and can report no further. 1t was evil
IDENTITY the intention of the Legisla-
ture, at the time the bill was passed. to
give us a county organization in time
for us to levy a tax for this year-but
it seems that in this we have been dis
appointed. and all we can do is to get
what comfort we can from the situa-
ton. There is one small item Of gain,
but it will not offset III loss, and that
is we shall not have to pay anything
into the territorial treasury. When
the organization comes. if it ever does,
we can bond the school district and
have funds for a school there is no
law to prohibit our working the roads
if we want to. even if there is NO road
tax assessed against us County taxes
will be all the more necessary next
YEAR from u having an of" season
this year. 1t is not a very comfortable
thought, we admit, TO think that be-
cause we are out here in Dakota we
have no rights that any one is bound
30 respect. But there is a brighter day
coming when those in authority will
be asking favors of the people Of Jer-
auld county and until then we will try
and get along some way, doing the
best we cun.
In the first issue of the HERALD we
published a call for a Constitutional
Convention to be held at Huron on the
18th Of this month. The cali set forth
the reasons why it was made, and was
H1SiSu ny lCSPollSAD1C pdl ClCo. NouC1ll11S
for the fact that it is a movement out
side Of party politics. At the time the
call was issued we, in common with
many others. were Of the opinion that
the meeting was called too early. Sub
sequent events have shown that the
call was neither too early nor too ur-
gent. This county, though unorganized
is just as much interested in this mat
ter as though it had been organized in
1861. This seems to be the only way
left us as a people to obtain our rights
in Congress, and as American citizens.
This territory has grown to sush di-
mansions in point of wealth and popu-
lation, that the many must assert their
rights with that dignity and force
which will command respect; in no
other way a they do this so well as
through a Constitutional Convention
composed Of the best thinkers and the
lnost w~ide-awake men of the territory;
men who will incorporate into the fun
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provisions that advanced thought and
experience have found beneficial in
other states; men who will devote all
the time that is necessary to the work,
and who will not waste the time and
money Of their constituents. We have
seen no statement of the number of
delegates that any county is entitled to
nor whether delegates from Jerauld
county would be recognized If sent.
but would like to hear from our people
on this subject. The columns Of the
HERALD are open to any one desiring
to state their ideas, or for calling a
meeting: we do not think the Conven-
ton could refuse delegates from this
county without violating the self-same
principle involved in the calling of the
Convention itself.