The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-04
The County Seat Question.

citizens of himball. Why: Because
they believe Chamberlain is not a
suitable location for the county seat,
and that the majority of the people
of Brule county agree with them. So
are they in their belief they
at the coming election next
fall, a vote on the question. In
order to get an expression of the
on this subject, the board of
commissioners will, at their meeting
next Monday, be presented with
petitions signed by over two thirds
of the votes of the county, asking
them to allow a vote to be taken
next November at the general cleo
ton, as to where the county seat
shall be located. If the board grant
these petitions, then a two thirds
majority for any n town will gain
for that town the county seat. At
present Kimball only asks that a
vote of the county may be taken,
believing of course, that she will gain
the necessary two thirdsyote. Thi
is a perfectly honorable mode of
procedure OF course, to obtain the
desired signatures to the petitions to
the board of commissioners, citizens
of Kimball are obliged to canvass
the county. The only expense in
incurred is for livery teams. Nc
men have been hired, nor no cor
ruption fund has been raised, as hint
ed by the Chamberlain Register some
weeks since. The entire expense to
Klmball is very small, and will be.
On the other hand Chamberlain open
ly boasts that she has raised TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIGHT THE
COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL. Now if this
is true; then for what purpose this
large sum is to be used can be easily
guessed. We know this much.
That a part of the money raised Is
now being expended obtaining sigma
lures to a rcmonstrance the purpose
of which is; petitoning the county
commissioners not to allow a vote
to be taken this fall on the county
seat question OF THOSE WHO HAVE
ALREADY SIGNED PETITION of
the kimball citizens above referred
to. The object IN Chamberlain is
to prevent this matter coming before
the people at any cost. The citi-
zens of Chamberlain know that the
majority of the voters in Brule Co.
desire the removed of the county seat
Many Of their best posted men say
that If the matter comes before the
people fer their vote that Chamber
lain is certain to loose it. The citi-
ems of Kimbail feel tina. 1.-two thirds
of the resident votes of the county
desire the question submitted to the
people this fall it ought to be done.
There is no question, but what fully
three fourths of the voters of the
county desire the question put to a
vote. Chamberlain knowing this,
has sent men all through the county
with their remonstrances, who have
invented all manner of schemes-lies
would be a more fitting synonym
to obtain signatures to the paper.
Pukwana people have been told that
Chamberlain could not hold the
county seat: that it was only a ques-
ton Of time when it would have to
be removed anyway, and it Pukwana
would turn in this year, and prevent
the question from now beng submit
ted, Chamberlain would, when the
time came, turn in and help Puk-
wana to obtain it: and all such bosh.
When that town helps any town
outside of its own corporation we
may look for the millennium. The
| Chamberlain schemers have told the
farmers IN the northern portion of
the county, that if the county seat
was removed from Chamberlain they
could not get a north and south rail
road through the county; that Kim
ball would never make an effort to
get another road through; that she
had no water, and in fact have invent.
ed more schemes and made more
misrepresentation than we could find
space to enumerate. 1t is an interest
ing state of affairs, to say the least:
to think that the people of Brult
county may not have an opportunit.
of expressing their choice Of wher'
the county seat shall be located, ant
that some of them can be HOODWINKED
by the Chamberlain clique, AM
bought by a portion of their 5000
fighting money. If the isolate'
town on the "Big Muddy" is so &c,
tain las they have repeatedly int
mated-that the county seat canno
be removed why do they work S
! hard to prevent the question frol
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