Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-03-13

BIZ THIEVES AND PUT ON wHEELs-A MA.
JORITY OF THE DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
RIDE OVER THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
AND coRRuPTLY JOIN TOWN SITE sYN-
D1CATE FOR PRLF-Gov. oRDwAY Is IN
1T, AND is ALREADY IMPEACAHED BY
TIE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE. STERLING
Is DEAD AND LEAVES no MoURNERs BE.
HISD-HE PROVED HIMSELF A LIAR
AND PALTRooN. he SOLD HIMSELF
FOR MESS OF PoTTAaE, AND WAS NOT
SHARP ENOUGH TO GET THE STUFF.
Special Telegram to the Register.
Yankton, OAK, March 7th, 1883.
j. H. King, Chamberlain, OAK:
Bill passed the council seven to FIVE,
Commissioners named in bill.
A. g. KEnnAM. I
Special Telegram to the Register,
Yankton, Oak, March 8, 1883.
J, u. King, Chamberlain, OAK:
Commissioners--Scott, of Grand
Forks; Spaulding, of Fargo; Mckenzie
of Bismarck; Myers, of Sphinx; Mathews
OF Brookings; De Long, OF Canton
Alex. Hughes, of Yankton; Thompson
Of Vermillion; Belding, OF Deadwood
Location of temporary capital left witt
governor. A. G. KR1LAM.
Bold charges of wholesale corruption
were freely made by the Yankton peo.
pie relative to the removal of the cap1-
tai, but We could scarcely believe them,
but visit to the capital, served to sat.
lsfy us that the half had not been told.
To use the words Of an ex-judge, "the
Cloths and the Vandals have come down
from the north and captured Dakota"
Gov. Ordway found savory field for
plunder, along with the thieyinp gang.
headed by Walsh and Mckenzie, and
demanded, as price for his influence,
the appointment of his son. "Col,'
George, as auditor, and his share of the
swsg of the capital deal.
We were informed by q prominent
Yanktonian that the evidence was fast
accumulatipg, and that they thought
sufficient would be obtained to arrest
several OF the members and impeach the
governor.
Itwas openly asserted that the cover.
nor held the bills of the members Of the
council and the house in his pocket, and
gave them to understand that they mus,
help his measures, including the capital
scheme, or the bills would be vetoed.
The railroads were threatened with
outrageous legislation unless they took
their hands off, and openly denied any
rights in Dakota by this thievipg mob
They actually passed most terrible bill
IN the house and held it threaten1nply
in the senate. The operators of the
scheme untruthfully asserted themselves
The friends of the people they were try.
ing to plunder, and accused the railroad
companies that have made Dakota habit.
able of being their enemies.
Threatening kilograms, said to be die.
tated by Ordway, were signed by mem.
bers, and in the name of "Granger," sent
to the general managers of the railroad
companies to let go, and, fearing ruin
and disaster, they did let go.
The governor. in order to cover up his
tracks and justify his course to his eastern
friends, actually claimed that Yankton
was a dangerous place to live in, and did
actually send for the U. S. marshal, and
pretendingly express his fear of personal
violence. This was done, no doubt. to
hedge against queries made by friends
in the east as to why he went 80 heartiIy
into the scheme,
The commission bill passed the house
on Saturday, and G. W. Sterling, who
was neither for Huron nor against It, who
would neither be q man nor mouse nor
q long-tailed rat, opposed the bill in all
its steps until, upon its final passage, be
dallied, he doubted. and was finally
damned, and voted for the iniauitous
measure. They had honeyed him and
cajoled hin until they got his vote, and
then let HIM go, and he has nothing to
do but go and hang himself. the same as
his brother Judas Iscariot.
The names of the 'stinkers" in the
house that voted for the bill are Alfred,
Benson, Bowman, Choteau, Ellis, Har-
vey, McCallister, Nelson, Pyatt, Sterling,
Thompson, Towner, Van Woert. Wagner,
and the speaker, a young man by the
man of Williams.
The honorable gentlemen who stood
By the people, were Messrs. Tnman. Now
lin. Phillips, Rice, Robinson, Tychsen
and Wynn.
Messrs. Inman and Rice made gallant
fight against the bill.
Mr.. Rinehart asked the privilege of
explaining his vote and commencing his
talk against the bill. was refused the
privilege by the Goths and Vandals.
Speaker Williams ruled that maiori-
ty could suspend rule of the house, and
no precedent or principle, except such
as characterize thieves and plunderc,s.
found any home with these political
mountebanks and enemies Of the masses
We have not the particulars of the
passage OF the bill in the council only
that it has passed.
The question is. Do the pepDle live