Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-05-09

gain admission as . state, thus putting
them to An enormous unnecessary OK.
pense. Another objection il, that for
some time ct least, tho governor il. In
fact, the capital, with supreme autocratic
power, and finally, seCtion four Of the
act conceals > svindle which it il not IN
the power OF the commissioners, Let them
oppose q they may, to prevent. II u no
argument to urge that the hecommiasioussv
are held strictly to their duty BY heavy
bonds and stringent provisions Of the
law. They. ;perhapA aIe not the ipdivid.
usls who need holding. On the race
course . friend said to General Jackson:
General, I will bet you 500 on the
race" Etsa.
"Yery WE'LL" replied the general, "who
shall hold the stakes?"
"Our friend. the major" replied the
challenger.
"All right" replied the general dubi.
ously, "but who will hold our friend, the
major"
Now what We want to know is, who, or
what, will or can hold our friend, the
governor?
As We have before shown, this act
places in the hands Of the governor the
power of unlimited speculation. He can
make the capital . job Of the most
scandalous description. The question
now to be considered by the tax payers
is, with such an opportunity, will he do
it or not?
We are willing to conoede that the
commissioners will not swerve one inch
from the straight and narrow path, that
they will do their entire duty honestly.
But how does that help the people? The
swindle to be perpetrated il beyond
their reach, 1t u already perfected and
accomplished before the commissioner
are called upon to decide upon or to
the entire capital scheme in the hands Of
company furnishes the bonus. 500, 900,
and declares where the capital shali be-
built. Then the commission must
procure l60 acres of land, no less, q best
it can. The speculators can charge
what they please for their own land, and
No may be certain they will charge
enough.
After having bought the 100 acres Of
land, the same shall be laid out INTO
grounds for public buildings, land.
scapss," &c. How much land the build.
i1gs and landscapes may require, and
what may be considered Q sufficient
amount" for public improvements, viii
be matter Of controversy. But We can
salely assume that not one acre Of the
100 will ever be thrown into the market
for the benefit of the territory while the
town lot company has land around Il Ia
sell. In fact We are not 10 certain that
under the cot any portion Of that l6l
acres can be sold at al.
Section 5. Therefore in fact means
nothing. This section reads thus:
Sec. 8. The re9due of the said l6C
acres or any other lands secured BY the
said commissioner, shall be laid of and
staked out in lots, blocks, streets and
alleys and put in squares, and shsil be
disposed of - hereinafter provided. foI
the sole benefit Of the territory Of Ds.
kota.
We should like to know what "any
other lands secured by said commits
sione1 other than the 100 acres, are the
commissioner authorized to secure.
They ars TO be permitted under thil
act TO buy - territorial speculation
! (Which the capital town scheme il, meth
ing moro nor leas)any amount Of land
they may see proper to purchase, or are
they held BY fhe letter Of the law 70 l6{
acres?
Section I've i only . blind to take thu
curse on the entiro scheme. II the Root
people Of Dakota expect to be enriched
by this remarkable speculation their OK
pectations willnever be realized.
Az for the commissioners, they or,
merely a executive power under the Law
to perform certain acts. With them in
dividually, or collectively, We have moth
ing to do; of them We have no complain
to make, as long as they honestly per
form their duties. It is OF the Law
of those who framed and passed it, tha
We complain, and shalt never cease to d,
so. The act is . swindle and the psopl
must know and understand il.