Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-04-02

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the Black Hills, meant more than empty
words. His language in the letter sent |
by him to Mr.. Robbins on receipt of that
gentleman's report as commissioner to
the Denver exposition, We quote YER
batim:
It will afford me pleasure to
cooperate With the citizens OF the Black
Hills in all their eforts to develop the
mining and other resources Of that sec.
ton OF the territory. sAa
This may have meant nothing to MIR.
Ordway when he gave. expression to it.
His actions have spoken, and in way
not be mistaken, have given the lie to
his smooth and specious words. The
first time he has been. called upon to do
that which he has professed himself will
ing and glad to de, he fails, and instead
uses his influence against an interest
which he has said he wished to aid. He
vetoed the bill appropriating aid to
establish q normal school at Spearfish,
but signed number of bills approprist-
ing funds for normal schools in other
portions of the territory. It is not on
the grounds of economy he has used his
authority against the two appropriations
asked by the Black Hills, for
he has signed bills apprepriating
$4,000 for an insane asylum wing at
Yankton, $4,000 for q penitentiary (the
second in the territory ct Bismarck,
$50, 600 for improvement of penitentiafy
at Sioux Falls, $4,000 for the university
at Vermillion, $25 900 for an agricultural
college at Brookings, $4,000 for the
Grand Forks university, . large sum for
second insane asylum, to be located at
jamestown, large sum for deaf and
dumb institute at Sioux Falls, and has
urged the passage of bill to remove
the capital at great expense to the terri
tory. he has reason for trying to in.
jure the Black Hills country. he wish
ed to name Dakota's delegate to congress
and the Black Hills delegates opposed
him in his scheme. He worked to de.
feat MIR. Pettigrew at all hazards, and
that gentleman had more friends in the
Black Hills than he. He used his in.
auence for George Hand, and the Black
Hills delegates aided in making
the nominations of that gentleman
by the republican territorial con.
vention impossible. These are the
causes of grievance cherished by Mr.
Ordway. When Mr. Raymond was nom
linated letters and kilograms were sent
broadcast over this section of the terri.
tory. coming direct from MI. Ordway's
headquarters stating that southeastern
Dakota would give Mr.. Brookings, the
democratic candidate, q majority, and
that strong vote of the Black Hills
might elect him. The people of the
Black Hills however did not fall in with
the governor, ,andsthese the means ht
uses to vent his ill-feeling for us. On.
happily for Dakota, she has not at the
present time the right to elect her COVER
nor, but it is only through her lack
of this right that such men as Mr.
Ordway have the power to injure her in.
terests. sHeis one of those men who
have held appointive Offices for years, be.
cause of services rendered influential
politicians. A man who could not be
elected to an Office. and who knows NOT
how to exist outside of one. w hen ad,
mission comes to Dakota, as it will, he
will find hls services as one Of her0fi.
GERS will be dispensed with. and will
learn, il he does not even now know, the
contempt which his mercenary, graspine
and vindictive course as governor has
created for him among the people. He
will have his day, but it will be brief
For time we will be compelled to en-
dure him and the other members of hit
fsmily that he has brought to fill the
Offices of Dakota, but after short time
the people will be masters of the situa
tion, and Ordway aud his tribe will b.
compelled to retire to private life or be
come a nuisance to some other unfortun
ate territory.