Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-11

THE PRESIDENT pe1l1,oseo.
A Scheme to Render >tin Moro Odious tn
system Of Appointments.
Sioux Falls Press

A scheme to Render >till More Odious the
system Of Appointments.
Sioux Falls Press.
Governor Ordway's term of Office will
expire next June, and it is now time to
circulate the following petition for his
reappointment. in order that every Da.
kotaian may have chance to sign it:
To his excellency. Chester A. Arthur,
president Of the United States: The
term of Office of Nehemiah G. Ordway,
governor OF Dakota. being about to ex.
pire, we, the undersigned citizens of that
territory. would respectfully but
earnestly ask that he be reappolnted to
the Office which he now holds, for another
four years, or until We are admitted to
the union.
We are not 90 sanguine as to hope that
Dakota will be intrusted with the control
OF her own affairs without longer ap.
premiership; nor do we complain of the
Just sentence which gives us an oppor.
tunity 10 more fully cultivate the civic
viltues OF freemen and raise ourselves to
the lofty plain where the millions OF
Nevada. Delaware. aud others of the
great states, exercise the imperial pre-.
O&0tlVe6 OI sovereignty.
We have for some time resigned the
childish desire we once cherished of see-
ing citizen OF the territory man
identified With her history aud interested
iu her progress-seated in her Ruberna
tonal chair. Thst puelile fancy has de-
parted and we bow to the foreign and
domestic wisdom which selects our Off
cials from the ranks of the decayed poll
.,f hn T1p,fa1 Saka nd Mo-
Jersey. Needy ex-conRressmen, would
| worn-out packers Of primaries exist, and
| we concede the superiority of their
claims.
But We want our present esteemed
governor. and not o new man. A new
nun might possess some slight share oi
public ability, some mixenre Of personal
attractlveness; he might be troubled
with scruples or pretend to have some
regard for appearances; he might posi-
bly, have the mien and manners OF y gen.
tlenan. With Ordway reappointed, we
ruu no risk of these evils.
| The system which has given him to ms
is fiue to tue last degree-and We want
it made odious by an example which ba.
not an exten uating feature to distract
the public attention from its native
ugliness. With him among us. We have
selfish greed and shameless corruption
without cloak or mask. Que more dose
Of the Ordway specific will cure th,
country of the disease of territorial mis-
government, and the people of the futur'
state or states Of Dakota will learn al
important lesson 10 political pathology
as to the nature aud habits of that ter
rible leprosy, official lobbery.
When this generation has passed away
We want the uext aud all that folle ", I
have Ordway to look back at; and j
those distant days when county seat Il
cations aud capital removal scheme
I shall be only matters OF painful recallet
ton, the politician wishing to brand a
ovpouent with indelible infamy, regart
less OF libel suits, and, of course. wit
/. reckless exaggeration, say of him, "a
I is worse than old Urdway."
For these potent reasons we do nc
want for governor any "bald heade
J eagle of Westchester county," nor big
G crested vulture from any other plac.
but from out OF the menugerie of moi
st~rs permit us to select our Own Nehe
: miah, whom We know 70 thorougly-hil
D whom We have dubbed"Jumbo," becaut
his comprehensive avarice, like the trun
). Of his elephantiue prototype, will wit
equal ease carry off chest of treasur.
or pick nickel from the dust.
Please depr We the nation of his Sc
e vices for Dakota's sake, and what Wasl
4 lngtou loses let Bismarck gain.
And your petitioners will ever pray.