The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-05
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

UOL C6lCuI0tcu W TtuSCl Tue stiitlIleUtS VI
this paper only SO f.r as they are consistent
with our well-knOwn views.
The wel-known opposition Of the Hon. II
+. Petiigrew OF Sioux Falls, Oak, TO Gov.
Ordway and his method, especially in the
matter OF the capital removal scheme, tends to
make an expression of views from that gen
tlemsn upon pending territorial issues spe-
ialy inter citing az this time. Mr. Pettigrew is
at present stopping III this city with his family,
and 81, b ing within reach Of the PIONEER
PRESS, was yesterday taken into quiet corner
and litervit wei. He was first asked what be
believed to be the general sentiment Of the
people in Southern Dakota upon the question
If dividing the Territory This was his reply
The people Of Southern Dakota, as whole are
very earnestly in favor OF the division. and they
would prefer remaining under Territorial govern
mentfor some time 10 having the Territory all
m,ted into the Union | beicvs the people of the
northern section are IL the same mGd with respect
to their half After the division they would all be
xotfs for admission us soon as possible: but j
believe that division of the Territory Is all
hope 10 acconp ish for the present: for ] am very
sure H,at the Democrats will not allow Dakota TO
be admitted to give her three electoral votes to the
that they would not allow The admission until after
the next presidential cleo ion. The admission OF a
state is always political queston,as all history has
shown. Our policy, then, will be simply 10
division. which think we can do Sti DAKOTA
people Zee! that the subject Of division
should not nc utOppcu, anu tUey
will continue to agita'e tho question.
They are fully entitled 10 admission. The north
ern half, with the emigration W. are receiving. will
have population Of 275,o0O by the Is: OF Jan
nIrv next knoy that there Is very strong feel
lug in favor of holding constitutional convention
next fall. for the formation OF State constitution
10 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 its
action in the future"
THE CAPITAL QUESTION
What 30 you consider 10 be the real state Of
feeling with respect the capital removal scheme?"
"The sentiment IL almost unanimous against it,
I know that at Sioux Falls, where ! llve there are
not dozen personS-perhaps not more than
.hree--ihat are not opposed to the whole plan
| have also been IN many other towns
aud among the farmers, and ! find very few men
who are not opposed OF. They admit that Yank-
ton ia not the place for the capital, but they say
his movement is premature, aud that II 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 or two, and therefore u Is impossible 10 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-
poctng that the deal has not been square
ONE The schfm nr,ber wa" ;va whenf a9%6
In the :frst place these uen who compose the COM
mission are most of them men OF no particular
promineuce aad are not men whose acquaintance
with Territorial affairs would entte them to be
selected forths work. The fact is, they not
selected wi,h reference to their particular fitness,
but because theywere trieuds OF the men who vo ed
Tor the btl. Seven OF them We're friends Of the
governor
THE GOVERNOR AND THE sCHEMERs.
what, in your opinion, was the governors real
connection with the schene;
Il think he was privy to tho whole bu ,iness from
the beginning, and that he eXpec ed 10 make money
out Of il. The plan Of he projectors Of the enter
prise, it is generally be,ieveL t. was to select site
out on the prairies, where they had control OF the
land. and then speculate upon town lo's. My opn-
ion ia however. that nub.C sentiment has
PEELED them TO abandon that plan, and that they will
have the capital located ~ some town
which is already In existence. / don't say that the
mmssioners themselves conceived that plan, but
that the parties who scurad the passage of tho bill
had 1t IN view II is itlicur to tell just what Gov
Ordways connection with 'h- spectators was, but
by his action he helped the passage Of the bill. For
instance he threatened to exerc sc tho veto power
agains, other measures unless the projectors voted
for the capital bill 4 hiIl was passed appropriat-
ing $4,000 for "a normal school at speartish and
the governor vetoed II. Subsequently similar bill
appropfiatng $1,000 for that purpose was passed
and he signed il. The members Interested IN the
normal school voted for the capital commission
bill and il has been said that they have stated that
they we're Obliged to vote IN order TO get their
appropriations through
Have you any idea as to What the commission
will do fnally?"
II beleveil at the plans of the commission are
all dissoncefted, and that they don't know
themselves what they intend 10 DO think, how
ever that they will open the bids received al Can
ton. where they are now assembling Pierre.
Mitchell. Huron aud Ordway, l understand are
biddei6 gentleman who IS int mate with the
comn1 ssion, and who did more to secure the pass
age otihe bill than auy body else. tod me that after
opening the bids the commissioners would look
around, or. a, he expressed II, decide where to
locate the capital, and then Withhold their decision
from the public until after they had
given the insiders chance to invest
However, the matter has got into court, and the
governors connection with the passage of the bill
Ia being investigated by the grand jury, and am
inclined TO think that the ultimate result will be
that the court will declare the b unconstitutional,
in hirh tha ran al W M ton
whatever may be done by the commission.
Mr.. Pettigrew, at the close of the converse
tion upon Dakota politics, informed the re-
porter that he hal laid the fouddatjon for a
l25 barrel roller mill at ST Olof, Minnehaha
county on the Sioux river. lie had also put in
the foundations for the dam. The mill will be
Of granite, quarried In the vicinity, and he eX-
poets to have il completed by next September.
Its ground dimensions will be lOXGO feet, and
it will be four or five stoaies high The site Is
on the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST
Paul railroad. and that corporation intends 70
put in eide track and put up station there.
YANKToN. Special Telegram. April 27.-Charre
or bribery and corruption on the part OF the Da
kota legislature and governor, in consequence 0
the passage OF the bill for the removal OF the CAPT
tai. have been numerous aud oft repeated. Tn.
charges have always been vague and indefinite n,
one kpllecipg any particular act. Tn,
Yankton grand jury has taken Z
TO get hold Of something. Yesterday Gov. Ordwa,
sent a note TO Chief Justice Edgerton to the etfcc
that Henderson,. chief clerk of the council had to!c
the governor that ne Henderson, had been ques
toned by the grand jury in relation TO certain mat
ters affecting the Integrity Of tine governor ani
legislature The governor therefore asked that ks
be summoned before the grand jury 10 give any
information they might desire from him. The
chief justice sent note to District Attorney Smith
and he in turn informed the governor, thai
he might appear before the grand jury II
he so desired. Accordingly this morning Gov
Ordway appeared before that body and urged them
to forget that he was governor OF Dakota and TO
interrogate him as IL he were merely private in
dividual He invited them to inquire fully into
any matters relative TO the last legislature and par
ncularly In regard TO the capital removal bill. He
would not have them stop there, but IL there was
anything in any official act OF his from the day he
entered Dakots about the honesty and Integrity Of
which they had any doubt he would be glad TO
have them question him with tho greatest
freedom. But while they had questioned several
witnesses about these matters, neither the jury nor
question lhey informed the governor, however,
that they would hear whatever he might desire TO
say. Thereupon Gov. Ordxay took up different
questions, especially those concerning which there
have been indirect insinustions Of crookedness and
thoroughly explained them He stated also that he
had pretty strong reasons for believing that the only
corrupt proposals abaut the capital removal bill
came from those that opposed IT, and that at least
member bad told him that he had been thus
approached. Sill the grand jury had no questions
to ask hB eicelency, who retired after two hours
Farmers in the vicinity of Sioux Falls
have organized the southeastern Dako-
Ia Cane Growers association, with the
following officers to act until the regular
meeting in January, 1884: President ).
ID. Shaw of Dell Rapids; secretary, q. j.
Simmer Of Sioux Falls; additional mem
hn If no ~ IL