Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-05-11
DAKOTA NEWS.
Gathered from Various Sources
and Representing Varied and
Conflicting Views OF Men
and Things.
The Capital Commiss,o,

The Capital Commission
CANTON, OAK, Special Telegram, Nav l.
during two days the capitol commissioners
have all arrived, including Secretary Wheel
LOCK OF Ml1cneu. The town is filed with peo-
pie, ana inc lobbying on the passage of the
removal bill is not to be compared with tho
now going on in behalf of the candidates. for
honors. While it is charged that there ia both
a capitol commission and a capital commission
there are no evidences here Of the latter
Among the on-lookers are:
From Huron-E. 7. Cressey, ]. w Shannon AVID
Representative Sterling. Il
From Mitchel-S. +. Goodykoontz. hanler. G
D. Cook. A. NJ. Bowdle, real estate: # Pow,o D.
railroad land agent: George A. Johnson, real estats:
Elijah Bu,terheld; banker; j. d. Newcomber' reaI
From Pierre-B. +. Templeton and rsnre.an,o-
tlyes OF lhe Northw estern Land association.
From Scott tnd-Councilman Xiebach.
From Vermilion-Councilman Burdick and Raw
resentatlve lnman. wy
From Sioux Falls-William Van Epps.
More arc expected to arrive Tomorrow
At $3.50 p. m. all Interested parties .a-
journed from the hotels to Bedford hall. whera
a meeting Of the commission was called In
order by President Hnghes, who announced that
this was an adjourned meeting for the reception
business. Alex Mckenzie, on behalf Of tho
executive committee, announced that he would
submit a written report at the next meeting
Bids were then called for, to be delivered to
Secretary Wheelock.
One sealed bid, not indicating wbera i, WOO
from, but postmarked Canton, was handed mn
and ordered placed on file, to be opened with
tho others yet to be received. l. g. Johnson
stated that he was present to submit q bid for
the town OF Ordwav, and WISHED to know how
long bids were to be received, and by what
rules. 1t was announced in reply that that
point had not yet been fully determined, but
that all localities and parties would
be fairly ana honorably treated. Mr..
Johnson said that Ordway had broken her
back in raising a certain sum and he did no,
wish the amount known, and then let other
towns come in and raise their bids. He did
not think it would be fair.
President Hughes state that he believed all
bids to be received were present except two
which had been DELAYED, and ihat bids would
be received tonight, but not opened until some
future time, when it was thought all had been
received.
Mr.. johnson replied:
That is satisfactory to Brown county, and here
with hand in u sealed bid on behalf of Ordway.
George Sterling then handed in a bid on be-
half Of Huron aud Alex. Mckenzie one on be-
half of Steele, Kidder county,
An informal recess of five mintues was then
taken, during which 1t was announced that the
delayed bids referred to would be from Rudteld,
Spink county, and Frankford on the Northwest
ern railroad, six miles east of there. During the
recess s. f. Goodykoontz handed in a sealed
tu u -uitSitll AlleE lHt recess the DrODO-
sails received were announced, and
President Hughes stated that when the
bids were opened interested par
ties would be allowed to speak on behalf of the
several localities, and that the commission
would then visit aud ms pect 3he sites. Repre-
sentative Sterling of Huron wanted to know
when and where the bids would be opened, and
President Hughes replied:
At Caution, before Adjournment: probably: 20.
morrow, and possibly not until the next day.
nr,aS a r..r Sn,tt 49, unl .l,uk IL. a.,.r.s-o.-.
now adjourn until morning at 10 {. N. Carried.
About 100 people We're present. in the hall. and
there is an universal expression Of confidence
in the commission and The outcome of their
deliberations. There is u growing sentiment
that when the division comes 1t vii! be on the
Missouri river rather than on the foIty-sixth
parallel. East of the river is an agriculture!
community, and west. grazing aud mining; and
congress will insist on the river division.
1t Is believed that the BIDS are as follows:
Huron, $780, 900; Mitchell, 5000, 900; Steele,
100000; Ordway, $l25.o0o
The well-known opposition Of the Hca. r
+. Pettigrew of Sioux Falls, Oak, to Gov
Ordway and his methods, especially in the
matter of the capital removal scheme, tends to
make an expression of views from that gen
tleman upon pending territorial issues spe-
tally interesting at this time. MI. Pettigrew is
at present stopping in this city with his family,
and so, y ing within reach of the PIONEER
PRESS, was yesterday taken into n quiet corner
and interviewed. He was first asked what he
believed to be the general sentiment of the
people in Southern Dakota upon the question
VI dividing the Territory. This was his reply:
The people of Southern Dakota. as a whole, are
very earnestly in favor of the division, and they
would prefer remaining under Territorial govern
ment for some time to having the Territory adj
mitted into the Union. baievA the people OF the
northern section are OF he same mird with respect
to their half. After the division they would all be
anxious for admission as soon AZ possible: but |
believe that a division Of the Territory is all we can
hope to accomplish for the present: for ! am very
sure that the Democrats will not allow Dakota to
be admitted to give her three electoral votes to the
Republicans. Senator Beck has told mo repeatedly
that they would not allow the admission until after
State is always a political question.as all history has
shown. Our policy, then, will be simply 70 70 secure a
people feel that the subject of division
should not be dropped, and they
will continue to aRi,ate the question.
They are fully entitled to admission. liIhe north
en half. with the emigration sc are receiving. will
have a population of 10000 by the LIST OF jan
ing in favor of hosiing a constitutional convention
uext fail, for the formation of a State constitution
70 be submitted to the people at the general cleo
ton in October. II, then, we are kept out Of the
Union for political reasons the party keeping US
out will have to suffer the consequences OF lis
action in the future"
THE CAPITAL QUESTION.
What DO you consider TO be the real state OF
feeling with respect TO the capital removal scheme?"
The sentiment is almost unanimous against IT.
[know that MT Sioux Falls, where ! live, there are
DOT n dozen persOns-perhaps not more than
.hree-that are not opposed to the Whole plan.
[ have also been in many other towns
aud among the farmers, and | find very few meu
who are not opposed tot. They admit TINT Yank-
ton is not the place for the capital, but they say
this movement is premature, aud that 1t has a very
strong appearance of %jobbery. They say. further:
We don't know what the boundaries of the future
State will be, or whether there will be only one
State OF two, and therefore it is impossible to an
ticipate the wants of the future IN the matter
'Then you think the feeling is general that there
has been iobbery in the matter
Il do; and there are pretty good grounds for sus-
pectiug that the deal has not been a square
one. The scheme was, without doubt,
conceived to further private speculation.
In the First place these men who compose the COM
mission are most Of them men of no particular
prominence, aad are not men whose acquaintance
with Territorial affairs would ent!tle Them 10 be
selected for this work. The fact is, they were not
selected with reference TO their particular illness,
but because theywere friends of the men WHO voted
Cor the BILL. Seven of them were friends of the
governor"
THE GOVERNOR AND THE s~cHEMERS
what, in your opinion, was the governors real
connection with this schemc?'
Il think he was privy to the whole business from
the beginning, and that he expected to make money
out of ii. The plan OF he projectors of the enter
prisa n 10 OaparaIly helieya1. was 10 select q site