The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-09-05
THE COUNTY SEAT QUESTION.
For the Second Time has the Will OF the
People been Defeated.

In accordance with the code of Da-
kota tie county commissioners met
in Chamberlain on Monday last. G..
N. Gregory of Plainfeld was con
spicuous by his absence on some al
legged important business, of which
matter we shall speak hereafter. On
Tuesday Capt W. H. Curtiss of Kim
ball presented to the board, for their
action, petitions signed by 1905 quail
fled voters of the county, asking the
commissioners to call an election as
to where the county seat shall be To-
Gated, az provided in the laws of the
territory. AT the last regular meet.
ing of the board similar petitions
were presented by the people, but the
petitions lacked twenty-five names of
the required number, two-thirds Of
the voters, the board having estima-
ted the number of voters in the coun-
ty to be 1902, a high estimate, by the
way. The petitions presented Tues.
day, it will therefore be seen, con
tanned ONE HUNDRED AND SIX,
TY MORE NAMES THAN WERE
NECESSARY. G. E. Schwindt and
Dennis Ryan of Kimball assisted
Capt. Curtiss in presenting the mat
ter to the board. S. J. Meyer and
Major Kellum, in behalf of Chamber.
lain, made arguments against the
board taking up the petitions for con,
sheraton. The basis of their argu.
ment was that the September meet.
ing Of the board was not a regular
meeting, but a special one for the sole
purpose Of levying the taxes for the
current year. A very weak and feeble
argument.
The code of Dakota says:
"Whenever the inhabitants of any
county are DESTROYS of changing The
place of their county seat and upon
petitions being presented to the coun,
ty commissioners, signed by two.
thirds of the qualified voters of the
county, it shall be the duty of the
said board, in their notices for the
next general election, to notify said
voters to designate upon their ballots
at said election the place of theil
choice"
The laws of Dakota expressly pro
vide that the board of commissioners
shall meet on the first Monday il
January, April, July, September and
October of each year, and if this does
not constitute the September meet
lag as being a regular one we dom
know what a regular meeting is. AT
ter hearing all the arguments the
board decided not to act upon the pc
titions.
Had Mr.. Gregory been present we
are confident that Austin and Con,
would have voted to call an election
and that Gregory, Stroube and Tay
lor would have voted against it
We have nothing against MI. Gregory
personally, but we must say his course
III absenting himself at this tirnewuE,
HE KNEW II MATTER WOULD 81
BROUGHT EFoRE THE BOARD, i
not to his credit. Many little thing
placed together lead us to beliey'
his sympathies are with Chamberlain
we have thought so all the time
This is all we have to say of MI
Gregory at present. If he has an,
explanations to make the columns O
, the GRAPHIC are always open t
him.
The question now is: Shall tn
rights Of the people of Brule count
backed by petitions signed by on
hundred and sixty more voters tina,
two thirds of the qualified votes G
the county be blocked by a set Q
I tricksters at Chamberlain, aided b
l a part of the board of commissioners
I We think not. This is not persona
t matter between Chamberlain an
Kimball, but a matter that interest
every resident of the county, and W
mistake very much the temper of tn
of the people if they do not rise u
: in a body and denounce such an on
rage as has just been perpetrated upo
them. The end is not yet, and tn
1895 men who signed the petition wi
never rest until the people and ne
John King and his tools shall sa
where the county seat of Brule count
shall be located.
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