Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-04-07

City Journal with v1ndication addressed
to the late legislative assembly and the
people of Dakota, to justify his acts as
executive. against the charges of injus-
tice, revenge, bribery and corruption.
The document is chiefly remarkable for
what it does not contain, to-wit: The
vindication aimed at; also for the num-
erous falsehoods and the want of NODES
ty with which his sainted excellency ap.
propriates to himself the credit Of re-
suits. which he had about as perfect
title to as his prototype, who offered the
dominion of the world for the worship
of the savior of mankind. For example
because the gentlemen in charge of the
insane asylum and the penitentiary, made
an honest use of their funds, and did not
follow the precedent, which, if the Ord
way Record be true, his saintship estab-
lished, because the bonds issued to build
these institutions, owing to the prosper
ity of the territory, drawing a low rate of
interest, sold for small premium, his
wisdom and virtue up 10 the time the
last legislature assembled must be re.
garded as par excellence.
But he does not stop with this. He
tells the people that a combination of
the fourteenth legislative assembly ig-
| nored the organic act, in overriding his
vetoes of special legislation and acts for
bonding counties for extraordinary pur-
poses, and that the people have sus-
tanned him by returning an almost new
membership to the fifteenth assembly.
That the governor exhibits his usual ig-
norance or willful misrepresentation as
to the law, needs but glance at the or.
ganic act to show. That the last legis-
lature was elected on issues raised by
him, aud favorable to him, is such q
shameless falsehood as we'll might cause
Annanias OF old to rise in defense of his
reputation, after an undisturbed sleep OF
eighteen centuries. Nothing is more
public in these parts than that this was
the only district IN which, either he or
his measures were deemed worthy of
consideration; that the question
ly presented to the people
Hughes, and both suffered an ignomini
governor informs us that he interposeG
Setoes to all purely normal school bill
at points where the principal object
seemed to be to boom small towns at th,
expense of the territory. Was this thu
reason why he vetoed the Spearfsh nor
NAL school bill which was advocated b,
o gentleman opposed to the capita
!, scheme, and appropriated but $4,000
If so, why did he subsequently approy
bill brought in to establish norma
: school at the same place, appropriatin,
| $1,000, by man who voted for the cap
ital bill? And if he was opposed t
boom small towns at the expense of til
l territory, why did he approve the Gran
, Forks and Vermillion university an,
, Brookings agricultural college bills?
) The governor justifes his action in ap
proving the appropriation of S3s4,5OO t
I be realized by the sale of territorial fiv
and six per cent. bonds, by the fact tina
g this sum is no greater than Yanktol
county's Indebtedness. It would hav
been more.interesting to the uninitiate
if he had told the public that when b
: received the bills providing for apprc
= priations in north Dakota, at Brooking
Q and Vermillion, he nominated his son fo
auditor, that he did not sign these bill
until after the confirmation of that non
{, ination by vote of seven members {
n the council, four Of whom were interest
Il ed in these appropriations, and who wit
e the other three voted for the capits
t steal, and then had explained the con
n nection between his sons nomination
:; and his sanction of the bill in question
t. He next approaches the capital re
y moval Job and says his views were mad
!. public on that question in his messag
/ to the fourteenth legislative assembl,
!: when he advocated measures to secure
% bonus for location or the purchase an
.s sale of land on the Nebraska plan, ou
It of the proceeds of which buildings coul
N be constructed, and repeats the old. ol
:. story about well guarded BILL" etc
id which received every amendment SUI
gested by its enemies-omitting {
course those preventing the governor {
g. members of the legislature from "havin
10 finger in the pie" and declaring til,
the bill passed for removal is substal
tial copy Of the Nebraska bill, which q
re examination of the matter will conviue
the reader is like other of his excellency
statements in this labored effort, o d
liberate lie. The Nebraska bill directe
" the commissioners to purchase not LEI
ID than 900 acres of land, on which, aft
k. being laid out, every other bloc
of should be sold at public sale III
til $4,000 to construct capt.
~ buildings was realized, etc. This pill
y was ca ried into execution with pro
v of S4OO,OO0 to the state in the sale Of Il
90 entire tract. Says his extraviganc
"with such examples of foresight befo
~ them is it Mt all strange that the gove
rs nor and the legislative assembly shou
IL utilize this time of unexampled pre-
no perity III building up new towns, ct
and thus secure free of cost to the pc
to pIa can;tai hnildincs of the vaiue al