The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-18

legislature.
DAKOTA'S GOVERNOR.
HE cAsIIGATEs HIS
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Jan. q
Gov. Ordway's attention was called To-Day 70
article in the PIoNEEs PRESS OF Dec. 20
purporting to give the text of blank petltlohs
for his removal; also referring to an aitida l.
said to have been made by Perkins OF Hyoe
The governor said he could prove
conclusively that the blank petitions were
gotten up by the Yankton ring, and We're
being secretly circulated the
southern portion of the Territory by palu
emissaries. The charges, if they oouid DC
called such, he should sum mp III
about eight lines of the petition, VIZ
Yankton ideas, deficient education III poker,
opposition to reputation, to the robDlng Oh
Indians, to stealing the public lands, TO loao-
ing new counties with fraudulent indebted
ness, to secession conventions and similar
pure and free legislation which many Oh inc
promoters of these petitions have been en-
gagged in for years. If the reading OF the
petition between the lines was correct, the
governor said he should plead guilty to most
Of the implied allegations, -Four years ago
10 per cent Territorial securities were
hawked about at n large discount,
and county securities were correspond
ngly depressed by the Yankton repu-
liatlon and the numerous rings of county
bond jobbers. After three years and Il half
Of the present territorial administration lO
per cent. territories securities have been sell
ing at a premium in he open market; all
repudiated county Indebtedness has been re-
funded and the securities of nearly every
county in the territory bring their face value.
Three years ago the territory had not a brick
u a flock of stone laid ina permanent build
ng, while to-day there are 10 line buildings
completed, or nearly SO, and in use, The
governor said with this record and his early
.forts in aiding the Northern Pacific to pre-
,,nt at the New England and other Eastern
fairs the finest show OF agricultural and min
sral productions ever put On exhibition, and
ais labors in securing more than six tons OF
provisions and clothing and large contribu-
lions in
MONEY FOR THE FLOOD SUFFERERS
n 1881, he should leave the president and
/ the public to Judge whether or not he had
been "dilatory" in discharging the duties of
his office. He regretted to bring before the
public the fact that for a dozen years Dakota
has been handicapped and torn by factions;
| piAtu NRL SNSly SoN1lLicA eAiAiS Sibb ~
Rod had been indecently and ruthlessiy as
sailed, both in and out of the Territory, and
yearly every delegate who had secured u seat
Il congress has been bledby these factions to
bankruptcy. With this record, which can
not be etfaced in certain sections of South
ern Dakota, but which does not apply to
ihe central, northern and more recently
settled portions of the Territory, the present
executive can hardly expect to escape the
shafts ofenvy and prejudice. Koferring to the
Perkins affidavit, the governor said that it
went without saying around the land
office that aftidavits could be procured at SO
per rean, when the white paper costs $4, yet
he had never known of a conviction for per
jury based upon an affidavit in the Territory.
The reasons for Withholding the appointment
Of Perkins and Falde fortunately are known
by three or four gentlemen who We're present
when Perkins made his last call upon the
governor at Bismarck, and who will testify
that the governor distinctly stated to Perkins
and Falde that he did not wish to trammel
the commissioners in regard to the Hyde
county seat question, but, on the contrary,
II Highmore proved to be the proper place,
the commissioner ought to locate the county
seat there, although he tthe GOVERNOR had
been preludiced against certain Highmore
parties weo had written him insulting letters,
which are now in his possession, containing
improper and corrupt propositions. In con.
clusion, Gov. Ordway said that the affidavit
said to have been made by Perkins in regarC
to the organization of Hyde county, and thu
one said to have been made by Gilchrist il
regard to the organization of Potter county
were UNANIMOUSLY false and We're incorrect sc
far as they asserted any improper or corrupt
act on his part, and he would so prove them
The citizens of Scully county have
signed a petition asking for the abroga-
ton Of the Fort Scully military reserva-
ton and the opening of that tract to
settlement.
st. Michaels Catholic church at Grand
Forks, was dedicated recently by
Bishop Marty, the ceremonies being
of an interesting and impressive charac-
ter. 1t is said to be the finest Catholic
church building in Dakota.
A young man wearing false whiskers,
supposed to be a horse thief named Ba-
ker from Elklin, has been arrested
in Milwaukee.
The price for liquor licenses has been
raised from $3.50 to $500 at Devils lake.
A Presbyterian church has been or.
ganized at W~oonsocket.
Rev. E. r. Atkins, pastor of the Mitch
ell Congregational church, has lust re-
turned from Worcester, Muss., with his
bride.
Bradstreet's, st. Paul. has information
that the Bismarck flour mill has been at
ached by the Bismarck Elevator COM
pany. to secure payment on a debt of
1850, and the mill is now in the hands
of the sheriff. I
The body of Stephen Fitzurick, a
farmer who lived seven or eight miles
northeast of Jamestown, was found by
the family and others Tuesday morning.
He was lost in a storm, and froze TO
death.
Areport OF the business of the MitcE-
ell land office for December shows proofs
on 674 claims, covering 03,331, 93-lOO
acres, and a total receipt of $3.50, 7i5.l5
The Press figures up Sioux Falls i'm.
provements for 1883 at $62O,350.
An unknown man was found dead
near the railroad track near Lima. He
vas we'll dressed, had a smooth face
and was young. His arms were folded and
one leg partly drawn up. The features
were %convulsed, indicating great suffer.
ing.
There are o yer $4,000 head of
cattle grazing within a radius OF twenty
miles of Maiden, which are valued at
over 81, 100000.
The New Ohio Senator,
TIE democratic caucus of members of the
legislature was held at Columbus, Tuesday
night, on the Sth inst:
The caucus was a secret one, and the bal.
lot likewise. There were 80 members in