Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-07-24

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BOWEN = KINGsBURY. Prop'ts.
THE UNoRaAN1zED COUNTIES.
The cry Of the people denied justice in
the unorganized counties continues to
come up. The toiling and plucky pio-
neers Of the new counties who have staked
their little all on the venture of peopling
these new lands, and whose hands are
full in preparing themselves and their
new homes for the rigors of the coming
winter, are called upon to confront foe
worse than the trials and perils of new
country. worse than the SHOWS and cold
Of winter. 1t is the unrighteous, illegal
and scandalous avarice of the monument
tal fraud which fills the executive chair
Of this territory, not by the grace of God
nor the will Of the people. They are
compelled to wait month after month for
organization to which they are entitled
by law, and to suffer delays and denial
OF justice in their municipal affairs, con-
fusion in their titles, and the thousand
losses and the Generalization which
proceeds from anarchy and want of gov.
ernment until His Exorbitaucy shall
have time to spare from his great
capital steal to pick out some
fit tool to impose upon them to
select their county seat for them.
The motive for this illegal delay is per.
fectly plain and notorious. It is mon
strous and unbearable, NoWee- have q
word of advice to these counties. You
need not wait day. nor. PAY A CENT
for that organization to which you are
entitled. Go right on, call public meet
ings and elect your opn county commits.
sioners. Then let them proceed honestly
and according to law to perform their
duties. And when the constitutional
convention meets at Sioux Falls, Septem-
bet4th, that body will have full and
competent power to legalize your pro-
ceedings. To the end that they may do
SO, let your county commission.
ers call the necessary election
in August, and let your people elect a
delegate to that convention from each
such county. Let that delegate bring
with him written proof of all the trans
actions of Nehemiah with regard to the
organization of your county. By the
way, let every county which has been
blackmailed send to the Press and Dako.
taian written and sworn statements OF
any corrupt transactions in its organiza.
tion. and we will print them, and see
that they also 60 before the constitu
tional convention. If tenth part o.
the rascality in the organizing of coun
ties in this territory can be brought tc
see the daylight, this corrupter OF
morals and defer and defamel
of the people will not dlshono,
the seat once filled by Governor Ho ward
twenty-four hours.
| BUT, remember to have clean work
and no division among yourselves. L
is high time that the cir around us b,
purified. It teens and stinks with thu
reek OF corruption, and We must and will
have publication.
The day of our deliverance draws nigh
The day that the $4,000 freemen and vo
ters of Dakota adopt and give validit,
to the constitution that will be framed
at Sioux Falls, sees the last day of Ord
way rule in the state of Dakota.
But outraged decency demands some
thing more. 1t demands the punishment
OF the worst ruler that ever sat in th,
governors chair of any state or territory
People of Dakota. supply the consti
tutional convention with the proofs ii
your possession and Ordway shall b
punished as we'll as removed. He cal
neither intimidate, remove nor buy tina
body. 1t will sweep him and his works
aud may be some of his unrighteou
gains out, altogether. There is power, le
gal power. and full power in the people
and even Ordway shall know and feel il
We yet occasionally hear the auxiou
voice OF lonesome newspaper pipin