Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-04-05
ORDWAY'S OFFERING.
Finding it Necessary to Ex.
plain his Acts, he Of
fers the Fol-
lowing.
Which Is in the Nature of an
Address to an In
suited People.
Tafty for the Faithful, Soothing Syrup
for the Doubling and Nitro
GIycerine tor Those who
Understand the
Deal.

nor Ordway's recent address:
To the members of the fifteenth legis-
lative assembly and the people of Dako.
ta territory: AS the term of four years
for which was commissioned as COVER
nor will expire before another session of
the legislative assembly will be likely to
convene. 1 deem it appropriate to place
before the people an accurate statement
of some of the most important measures
acted upon by the executive and legisla-
tive assembly during my administration
of the affairs of the territory, to the end
that all may judge whether the founda-
tions to statehood have been wisely and
we'll laid.
The fourteenth legislative assembly.
upon the recommendation of the execn.
tive. authorized the issue of $4,000 of 6
per cent bonds for the erection of SUBJ
stantial fire proof building at Yankton,
for an insane hospital The credit of
the territory had so improved when these
bonds were placed upon the market that
they brought handsome premium, and
the territory secured an insane hospital
which will remain as monument to the
faithfulness of the expenditure of the
money.
Fifty thousand dollars of bonds were
also authorized for the erection of pen
itentiary at Sioux Falls, which sum, with
the premium upon the bonds, was 60 eco.
nomically and faithfully expended tha,
the penhentlary aow occupied at that
point is unsurpassed for its cost by any
similar building in any part of the coun
try.
| A school for deaf mntes, upon small
scale, was also given aid and started at
Sioux Falls, thus placing some of the
absolutely necessary foundations 70.
statehood by starting these penal, chari-
table and educational institutions in the
southern portion OF the territory.
The unfortunate legislative combina.
tiors for carrying through special and
private acts, in violation of the organic
law, and for bonding counties for extra
ordinary purposes without u submission
of these questions to the people, neces
stating the free use of the veto power
by the executive, were passed upon b,
the people at the last election, resulting
in nearly new membership in the tif
teenth or last legislative assembly.
From the day the last legislative as
sembly convened to the clke of its SEES
sion but one or two attempts were mad
to override the decision of the executive
that the question Of incurring any extra
ordinary Indebtedness by municipal O
county authorities should be submitte,
to vote of the people.
One atrecious bill, however, was pei
sistently pressed in both houses, at th
instance of few county seat speculator
to dismember the old and we'll settle
! counties of Hutchinson and Bon Homm,
, fixing absolutely three new county seat
in violation of the general law allowin
the people to vote upon such question
and IN the face Of written protests fro,
those counties embracing the names
over two thousand tax payers, and thre
fourths of the legal voters. The dec
i. sive manner in which majority of IL
: members of both houses of the assen
bly, sat down upon these schemes an
their promoters early in the session, th,
sustaining the action of the executive
Lis former vetoes, prevented any seriol
disagreement between the legislative a
I sembly and the executive during the ba
ance of the session.
In order to complete and enlarge Il
hospital for the insane at Yankton suf
GENTLY to accommodate the number
patients to be cared for before anoth
legislative assembly will convene, or
j similar hospital be ready for occupan.
:. in another part of the territory, the tru
tees of the Yankton hospital urgent
recommended. and the legislative asser
bly, made provision for, the issuance
$77,5N of per cent additional hospit
bonds.
The directors of the penitentiary
Sioux Falls also recommended, and Il
assembly made provision for. the iss
ance of $4,000 Of additional penitent
ary bonds, bearing per cent interest,
complete that institution, and provi,
tools. fixtures and machinery for utili
ing the convict labor. AS these two
stitutions could only accommodate Il
patients and convicts for the next tx
years, and meet the requirements of Il
southern portion Of the territory thel
after, it was deemed expedient to ma
provision for a penitentiary of simil
E capacity at Bismarck and another hosl
tai for the insane at jamestown. to
prudently constructed within the ne
. two years, and bonds to the amount
! $4,000 for tho erection of each of the
institutions were authorized to be
sued.
The Temporary wooden building occ
pied by the school for deaf mutes
Sioux Falls was found, upon an exar
nation by the members of the assent
who visited ii, to be inadequate ior,the
commodation of the pupils for which
was erected, and extremely dangere
in case of fire. To meet the requi
ments of this class OF unfortunate PUP
provision was made for the issuance
six per cent. bonds, to be used for
erection Of safe and substantial br
or stone structure. and for furnishing
in O suitable manner.
"A During the fourteenth session Of