Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-01-29


reason given by Governor Ordway tor
the almost unanimous contempt and dis
favor in which he is held throughout
southern Dakota is that he approved the
capital commission bill, which resulted
in the location of the seat of government
at Bismarck. thereby Disappointing Q
half-dozsn ambitious towns in that sec-
tion. As resident of one Of the aspi:
rants for capital honors, and having bad
commission scheme from it's inception to
the present time, deny this proposition
Of his excellency. Though the time is
not yet ripe for q complete history of the
scheme showing the governors connec.
ton herewith, material for such history,
however. is being collected by the writer,
Who ct this time wants to call the atten-
tion OF the people Of Dakota to some in.
explicable circumstances in connection
with the more recent movements of the
commission. As is generally known the
removal bill provided for donation of
100 acres Of land and 100000 ia money,
which conditions, 90 far - is known, BIS.
marck has met. A further provision of
the bill is found in section 8, % follows:
"The residue Of the said 100 acres
latter building slte has been set apart),
asd any other lands secured BY the said
commissioners, shall be laid of aud
staked out into lots, blocks, streets, and
alleys, aud public squares, and shall be
disposed of ~ hereafter provided, for
the sole benefit of the territory of Da-
kota."
After describing the manner in which
this property shall be sold. the bill says,
in section eight:
"All moneys received by the comnls-
Ioners for the sale of lots shall be forth
with deposited by them in tho territorial
treasury, and said money shall be beld
by the treasurer a. territorial building
fund. and shall be kept BY him and sep.
erately accounted for"
Pending the settlement Of the ques.
tion a. to the constitutionality OF the
commission bill, which is to be decided
BY the supreme court of the territory in
May next, the Offices of the territorial
treasurer and secretary remain al
Yankton, where both the receipts
for money paid for lots and the
money itself should be deposited
the first named with the secretary, snd
the cash with the treasurer. An auction
sale OF lets in the capital quarter section
~ AAoAAokCA W0e uoAN IL tuo AdtIcI phT
Of October last, which aggregated abou
Il Bis, 600 cash, as is shown by the record
in the secretary's Office at Yankton. b!
whom the deeds of transfer we're attestet
in the latter part of November. Tha
, much of the bill as required receipts t,
be deposited with the secretary has
. therefore, been complied with, but up t
this time no money has been turned owe
to the treasurer, as expressly demsnde
in section eight, above quoted.
o The question at onoe suggests itsei
, Why is this thus. and who has this SIS
600 in cuetody? Not the treasurer {
, the commission-tor since his bondsme
! went back ON him last summer b
/. hasn't been allowed to handle
nickel; surely no individual membe
of the body has right to handle thes
funds, under the Law, whose provision
b Governor Ordway is 30 strenuous to hav
/. observed in every particular. Vide b
last annual report to the interior depar
: ment.]
9 This is . point on which the people {
}. the territory arc entitled to light, an
before Governor Ordway goes any fu
thor IN tho denunciation Of the common
wealth over which he has been set, /
, should furnish some explanation of til
J. violent disyegard of the law under whic
o the capital commission is supposed to
acting. He has taken it upon himself
defend the acts OF that body thus far
!. let him continue in the good work, ar
q thereby earn the gratitude and salts
j. the honest curiosity Of every true
r- DAKoTAN.