The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-18
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
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Gov. OrdwayI attention was called to-day to
an article In tho P1cNExR PREss Of Dec 20,
purportang to gtvet the text Of blank petitions
Tor his removal; also referring to an afiida, 4;
eatd to have been made by Perkins of Hyde
county. The governor said he could prov,
concludvely that the blank petitions were
gotten up by the Yankton ring, and were
being secretly circulated throughout the
southern portion Of tho Territory by paid
emtssaxiea Tho charges, If they could be
called such, he should sum up IN
about eight lines Of the petition, viz |:
Yankton ideas, deficient education in poker,
opposition to repudiation, to the robbing Of
Indians, to stealing the public lands, to load.
ing new counties with fraudulent indebted
ness, to secession conventions and similar
pure and free legislation which many of the
promoters Of these petitions have been en-.
gagged In for years Il 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 . largo discount
and county securities were correspond.
ingly depressed by the Yankton repu.
diataon and tia pnmerous rings Of county
bond jobbera NeJr tiiree years and hail
OF the present territorial administration IL
per cent territories securities have been sell
Ing at . premium in the 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 tho territory had not q brick
or block Of stone laid ina permanent build
ing, while to- day there arc 10 fine buildings
completed, or nearly 80, and In use. The
governor said with this record and his carly
efforts In aiding tho Northern Pacific to pre.
sant ut the Now England and other Eastern
fairs the finest show of agricultural and min
eral productions ever put on exhibition. and
bis labors In securing more than six tons Of
provisions and clothing and large contribu.
Hons in
MONEY FOR )faE FLOOD sUrPHpnSe
1881, he sh6ild leave the presadent and
the public to pldge whether or not he hss
been sdilatory"Jih dis1SiasSing tlao tiGtlos al
his of1ce He regretted to bring before the
public tho fact t4st for dozen years Dakota
has been Handicapped aud torn by factions:
that nearly every governor during that Pc
riOd bad boon indecently and ruthlessly as
sailed, both In and out of tho Territory, and
nearly every delegate who had secured seat
In congress has boon bledb by these factions tc
bankruptcy. With this record, which can
not be effaced in certain sections of South.
cm Dakota, but which does not apply tc
the central, northern and moro recently
settled portions Of the Territory, tho 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 affidavits could be procured ut SIS
per ream, when tho 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. arc known
by three or four gentlemen who were present
when Perkins made his last call upon the
governor at Bismarck, and who will testify
that the governor distinctly stated to perkin.
and Falde that hc did not wish to trammel
the commissioners In regard to tho Hyde
county seat question, but, ON tho contrary,
II Htghmore proved to be tho proper place,
the commissioners ought to locate the county
seat there, although he (the govornor) had
been prefudiced against certain Highmore
parties woo had written him insulting letters,
which are now In his possession, containing
improper and corrupt propositions. In con.
clusion, Gov. Orlway said that the affidavit
said to have been made by Perkins in regard
to the organization Of Hyde county, and the
one said to have been made by SGilchrist In
regard to the organization Of Potter county,
were infamously false and were incorrect &C
far as they asserted any improper or corrupt
act on his part and he would so prove them.