The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-04-12
lNDIGNATING.
The Largest Gathering at Sioux
Falls that Dakota Has Ever
Witnessed.
Nearly Every County Represented
Canton the Next Point for Mass
Meeting and Let 1t be
Good One.

Good One.
From our exchanges we CLEAN the fact!
found below in regard to the indignation
meeting held at Sioux Falls, Thursday
evening, April, 5. The gathering mum,
bered about 800 people from all sections
of the territory Those who were present
represented the counties of Minnehaha,
Brown, Lincoln, Union, Clay, Yankton,
Bon Homme, Douglass, Brule, Aurora,
Dawson, Hanson, McCook, Lake, Beadle,
Moody and Grant. The meeting was call
ed to order by NJ Grigsby, who nomlnat-
ed Col. John H. King Of Chamberlain, a,
chairman, which nomination was unani-
mously endorsed. A. j. Parshall OF
Hanson county, was elected secretary.
Col. King inassuming the chair, declar
ed the great responsibility was upon the
people of Dakota to maintain their honor
against the assault which had been made
upon it. There are those who feel the
puople have been wronged, insulted and
outraged and we have met to discuss
what shall be done to repel this and to
demonstrate that we are not the kind Of
people we have been represented. We
have an executive who has dishonored US
TApplause As an illustration of how
he has done this, I may aAude to an as
surance once given me by Secretary Kirk
wood, that he believed the people of Da
kota to consist of land and Indian rings
and other frauds, because Ordway had
told him Sc. He has undertaken to make
the charge good and it is for the purpose
Of discussing these matters that this meet
ing is called.
Each speaker was limited six minutes.
Newton Edmunds. E. w. Miller, r. j.
Dollard, j. r. Jackson, Melvin Grigsby,
L. 1. johnson, D. Elwell, N. G. Nash,
Maj, Kellam, W. W. Brookings, VIM
Blatt, r. J. Gamble, DR.. Duncan, Z. G.
Wright, C. H. Winsor, +. S. Emerson,
NJ. Moore, E. G. Kibbe, &. I. Cressy,
j. W. Shannon, T. B. French and W. G.
Bower were the speakers, Messrs Elwell,
Nash, Wright, Cressy and Shannon
being in favor of the commission. Rcso-
olutions were adopted and we copy one
section: "Resolyea, That an executive
committee be appointed by this conven-
ton to inquire into any malfeasance on
the part of Gov. Ordway, in connection
with the enactment of the capital removal
bill and if the facts developed warrant such
proceeding, to formulate charges therein,
present them to the president of the Uni
ted States, and demand his removal; and
in case of failure to act on the part of the
president, to present such charges to the
house of representatives Of the United
States for investigation with view to his
Impeachment.
An executive committee was chosen, one
person from each county, making thirty
two in all. R. L. Rettigrew was chosen
chairman Of the committee, and .. 5.
Gift ord member from this county,
THE CAMPAIGN.
The executive committee appointed at
the mass convention of Thursday evening
met Friday for organization.
Hon. r. T. Pettigrew, whom the con
vention designated as chairman of the con-
| vention, rendered his resignation, and
strongly urged that it be accepted bu
the other members present felt that his
services are indispensable, and refused to
release him from the duties his fellow cltl-
zens had imposed upon him.
John H. King of Chamberlain was
elected secretary, and f. A. Sherman OF
Sioux Falls, treasurer.
| Arrangements were made tor raIsin Q
campaign funds.
Gov. Newton Edmunds of Yankton,
Melvin Grigsby Of Sioux Falls, t. NJ.
| Goodykoontz of Chamberlain and j. w,
Taylor of Canton were appointed & COM
mittee to act with the attorneys already
engaged in the legal phase of the cam
paign against the capital commission
scheme.
Another meetingo of the executive COM
mittee was appointed to be held at Can.
ton on "Wednesday evening, April IS, and
a mass meeting will be held at the same
time, which will be addressed by Hon. R.
F. Pettigrew Of Sioux Falls, Gov. New:or
Edmunds of Yankton, and Maj. A. G.
! Kellam of Cha nberlain.