The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-04-27

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the cofnmission bill u On nHASss
/ ure shat while Tho governor and tho lsghla-
ture themselyes had the Spowersto remove The
this power TO commission. III !. slg n 2.I \
On the other hand, tho friends Of removal IS
sert that the measure IL constitutional. That
removal, even Of this time, was public
necessity-that the rapidly increasing popula-
| point where 1t can be easily reached, since the
difficulty of getting in or out Of Ysnkton has
become proverbiaL They claim that now that
] the whole Territory Is booming that different
places would be willing to paw the Territory for
the honor and financial benefit derived from
surance that this will be the case two years
from now. That the capital will, in all prob
,, ability, be centrally located for South Dakota,
or Of any rate at point where the four great
railway companies can easily reach. They be-
lieve. also, that the legislature, for some
appear. had made up its mind to vote The
capital away from Yanktou, and that the COM
mission plan Was the only one that positively
guaranteed the Territory any return.
Instead of carefully considering these points,
there has been published an enormous amount
Of the most bare faced and
sLANDERoUs MISREPRESENTATION
Take for example the cry Of "big steal :"
Scores OF papers have reiterated the story
started in Yankion raper, that the commission
could rob the people by charging SO per diem
for every day until the next Legislature should
| the total amount paid the members OF the COM
mission for servics should not exceed ST o, 900
Nevertheless. the cry still goes on that the COM
mission will rob tue tax-paying farmer all to
pieces. This shows either that the editors
have not carefully read the bill or that they
are grossly unfair The fact is, as the bill very
clearly sta'es, that the commissioners cannot
draw cent until capital fund has been
created from the donation of the town selected
as the capital This will appear from the fol-
lowing closing extract from Sec 8:
And tho commissioners shall be paid for their
and every day actually employed, by the warrant Of
the auditor Of the Territory upon the territorial
building fund; provided that In the aggregate they
Co., Co., n'' receive Us '0nD'n''s0n more IMAM s'o
More than this. not one cent Of money can
be paid for any purpose whatever out OF tho
general fund. In otner words, under the terms
Of the bill, the commissionsrs are to locate the
which, wish the 100 acres Of land, that ought
to yield from 800, 600 to 5000, 900 in cash.
is to become the property of the Territory with.
ont costing the people cent this is . big
steal-the mole numerous the big steals the
better for the public
But the public object to the method in which
connected Herewith. On these points the
writer hersof has but little TO say. He knew
good deal about the workings Of the last legis-
lature, but he saw nothing 10 make him believe
that any members were BOUGHT or otherwise
whipped iulo support of the bill. Vague
charges to the contrary have been made; but
in published paper Gov. Ordway has made
the following
POSITIVE DENIAL:
For myself, as the executive of the Territory, I
take this occasion to brand as false and UNANIMOUSLY
malicious ach and every accusation put forth by a
venal press that there has been any bargain, ar
rangement or improper understanding between
sembly. in any way connected with the passage Of
the bill for The removal of the seat of government
or Of any other bill, OF for the confirmation of any
nomination, during the late session. or any other
session. OF the legislative assembly since assumed
Office.
Until somebody is able to produce conclusive
evidence to the contrary. fair minded people
will accept the governors statement as truth.
oates," ETC, like the o1her charges, are
too indefinite. II any person has
decisive information that syndicate
was hero buying up votes. lie ought to give
the public the benefit Of his information. II
half the charges male against Gov. Ordway in
be so proven. II then tn people demand his
removal, as some papers so persstenily
assert let the evidence be prepared and let L
be sent to Washington, aud the president will
assuredly give DAKOTA new governor. Unless
thi, can bs done 1t must appear to disinte-est-
ed people that the charges lack foundation
Another objection urged against thebill is
that i. is wrong, or at least undignifed, for q
graf Terrlt,ry to lend its namo 10 real es-
tate speculation, out Of which somebody
will make money. There are hundreds
Of good people in Yankton; but if one-tenth
that has been said against the town be true,
the moral object n thus set up seems ludi-
crously homogeneous as coming from Ya,kton
But i'll regard 10 the fact that the capital town
viii he boom.d and money made by some one.
| It may be said that the same thing would have
proven true tn an exteut had the capital been
located At some 'own by direct vote Of the leg
stature The passes ion Of the capital would
b'a big adv,r isement, ami would assume al
most fictitious value, somebody would make
money, and tho Territory would have given it's
name 10 real estate speculation in one ease "a
well ~ in the other,