Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-07-14

from Roberts county, from Sanborn
county and from Hyde county come con-
tinued complaints because of the neglect
of the governor to give organization to
those counties. Regarding the situation
in Roberts county, the Wllmot Journal
says:
Now that we have tried every con.
ceivable plan to induce him the Cover.
nor to do his duty in this matter, with.
out making any serious movement, and
he has refused, $50 considered by his ST.
lenoe) to organize, there is but one of
two things that remain to do, in order to
get organized; either serve writ OF man
damus on the governor or issue call for
a special election and elect commission.
ers who would 60 ahead and organize
our county, appoint officers, etc.
The people generally would like to see
the mandamus alternative tested, as
there are many prosperous counties bad.
ly in need of organization which is stead.
fastIy refused them. If Dakota was state,
the governor would be impeached for
neglect of duty, but under our territorial
form of government this remedy is not
possible. The only resort is to the com.
pelling power of the courts.
Hyde county has finally abandoned it's
efforts to induce the governor to give it
self government and has issued call for
convention to nominate county officers
to be voted for on the day of the consti-
tutional delegate election. The call for
this convention contains the following
respectful allusion to Ordway:
This action is by many thought neces.
sary because his excelleney, the govern.
or. is too busy at the new capital and in
looking after the several universities tc
attend to the matter, but who will evi
IDENTIFY be glad of such action as promo
tive of the educational. financial and
other interests of said Hyde county.
The Pierre Signal, referring to tn,
case, says:
Patience ceaslng to be q virtue, W,
see that citizens of Hyde county, still
unorRanized, have called convention t.
nominate candidates to be elected fo
county commissioners. Truly it is sac
commentary on the government of Da
kota when the grievances of m entire
county are so great and so grievous as Il
force them, and rlghtfully, to take the
law into their own hands and create thei
own organization. Quietly and will
dignity they assert their long illegal,
denied rights. We believe not only tn,
people but the courts will Justify tn
eminently wise action intended to b
taken by true born, law abiding an,
patriotic American citizens.
In Sanborn county the indignation
waxing warm. The Letcher Blade dis
courses as follows:
| If Governor Ordway could be induce,
to suspend his wholesale politica
scheming for twenty minutes and ap
point our county commissioners it woul,
help nightly to stem the current of in
dignation which is everywhere breaking
out. 1t is now nine weeks since Mine
county was divided by vote of the pee
pie; it is six weeks since the governor is
sued his proclamation declaring it div
ded and the county of Sanborn created
it is two weeks since the expiration q
the time allowed him by law fc
appointing commissioners; it is eigt
weeks since he has found time from hi
lnnumerable, contemplate, persona
schemes to attend to any public bus
ness. In every transaction, large o
small, from the creating of capital con
mission down to the organization of
suffering county, he appears in the att
tude of an auctioneer, and is alike defia,
of law and regardless of public interes
We, in common with 1000 lndigna,
citizens have waited week after week i
the hope that the next few days woul
see us organized, but we see,
to be no nearer that point no
than we were two months ago. Busine
of all kinAb is demoralized. We cannt
give or take a mortgage, buy or sc
real estate, assess or collect taxes. "
have no records, no money, no officer
no power to enforce any law and no pro
pect of any.
?, Let us call upon the courts to orga
ize our county, and then let us wor
and pray and vote. to be relieved as ca
ly as possible from the dominion of
imported, irresponsible. speculating go
ernor.