Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-04-10
THE comn,sy,os.
lts Passage through Yxnkton without
stopping to See ths Folks.

stopping to See ths Folks.
Chamberlain Register.
"Within thirty days after the passage
OF this act the commissioner shall meet
in the city Of Yankton and proceed TO
organize by elect;Dg president. secie.
tRry and treasurer" etc.-ClAuse in Capt.
tai Blu.
The stipulated time expires with this
week, but the commission has complied
with this requirement, though in such q
questionable manner that those who
might have had any faith in the honesty
OF the measure and the coed intention
OF the commission, can no longer fail to
see the enormity Of the one and the
base, shameless purposes of the other.
In the small hours Of Tuesday morn.
ing last, the members of the commls.
sion, who for days have been lodging
hither and thither in q MYSTERIOUS and
unaccountable manner-though pre-
sumably for the purpose of eventually
getting into Yankton unbeknown to the
peoples and etfscting an organization
without hindrancs BY legal process
boarded especial train, consisting of
single coach and an engine, and about
i've O'Clock in the morning thundered
through Yankton ct the rate of 30 mlles
an hour, stopping only 8 minute in the
remote borders of the corporation,
where. without leaving the coach, the
sanity nine organized by electing o
president, Alex. hughes, q treasurer,
Milo w. Scott, and secretary, Ralph
Wheelock. This done, the train dashed
on, going. around the circle via Scot.
land, Marion Junction, and thence to
Canton.
The only excuse offered by the COM
m ission for their underhanded, oowardly
behavior, is that they feared an injunc.
tion which might have defeated organizs.
ton within the specified thirty days.
To this the Register has only to say,
that if the commission is q legitimate
offspring Of the representatives of the
people, It is no part of its work, nor has
It any right, to dodge and hide from the
legitimate scrutiny Of the law or the
people it claims to represent. But, con.
ceived in sin, born in abortion, and fond.
led in the lap of iniquity, it is no wonder
the delectable darling should shun the
gaze Of decency, nor will the vilest pros.
stitution on its part cause surprise to
those who know the History Of it's
origin.
Elk Point Coyote.
The final touch to the disgracefu
course of the capital commission wa
given on Monday night, when the con.
spirators having collected themselves
together in Sioux City. secured spec
ial train, and at 2 o'clock in the morning
started for Yankton, where, under tn
act creating the commission, it had t.
organize. They reached Yankton at
O'Clock, and passed through the city a
full speed, running 80 miles an houl
They halted at the western edge of tn
city for moment to receive the cor
gratulatiens OF Gov. Ordway, and the
Immediately skinned OUT ON the SEQ
land branch. While thus passing throue
) the city under full head of steam th
| scoundrels pretended to organize
electing Hughes president of the CON
mission, NJ. w. Scott treasurer, an
Wheelock, of Mitchell, secretary. It
. supposed that the shameful programm
was carried out on the advice of Hughe,
!, who feared that injunction papers wer
to be served on himself and gang 6
} Ysnkton. The truth of the matter We
!. that the Yanktonites had no intentio
of doing anything of the kind, aud th
8 commission might have gone there on
organized quitely and aboveboard lii
honest men, without any attempt at il
. reference by anybody. The plan of th
. Yankton lawyers is by quo ,carrdnto pr
ceedings, being writ brought before Il
!. proper tribunal to inquire BY what wa
rant the commission exercises its allege
!. powers. This will bring the question
the constitutlonality of the swindlil
scheme squarely before the courts. II
necessary papers we're served on Hugh
Q on Tuesday, and the argument will tai
o place before Judge Edgerton at Il
a approaching term of court in Yankte
In the meantime such idiotlc antics
/ the one perpetrated by the commission.
l. in their flying trip on Monday mig
b only tends to heighten the disgust of t
r. people with the Whole project.