Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-01-15
A Washington s,ecial to the "..cago
Iuter. Ocean gives the following:

A Washington s,,ecial to the ''.,.cago
Iuter. Ocean gives the following:
Governor Ordway, of Dakota, called at
the Inter-Ocean bureau this evening and
complained Of unfair treatment in an ed.
itorial published yesterday. He desired
to say positively that the criticism was
based upon erroneous information and
did him an injustice. He said he had
gone to Dakota when past fifty years of
age and had attempted to do his duty.
The organization of county was too
trlftinR temptation upon which to
wreck an honorable reputation at the
close of his public career eve, + 81. DIS.
posed. Some one was always dissatisfied
necessarily, because the county seat
could only 60 to one place, when every
little town wanted it. and often there did
not seem to be much reason why one
shcnld have it over another further than
the personal preferences of the commits.
sioners. He could not suit every one.
The statements with reference to his son
being sort of middle man he declared
to De erroneous. He did not live at
Pierre, and had had nothing to do with
commissions except when acting as his
secretary in an official character at Bis.
marck. He said he courted an lnvesti-
cation, and was here ready to meet any
charges which bis accusers saw fit to
make to the president. He was ready to
justify his course in every particular If
given the opportunity by the presenta.
tlon Of charges against his official integ.
rity. He only requested that those who
had stood by him in the past should sus
pend judgment upon such vague testi.
mony as had been presented, and he also
demanded that the charges in the news.
papers should be authenicated and for.
warded Immediately to the president in
order that he might have an opportunity
to meet them while here.
Now, Mr.. Ordway, this kind of talk
about your honorable career and the inn
probability that ysu would do anything
wicked at your time of life
is no defense. In the first
place your career has not been particu-
larly honorable and you do not grow bet
ter as you grow older. Yoa are charged
with delaying the organization of new
counties beyond all reason and with
causiAg the people of counties to pay a
heavy price to men who represent you
0SAoAo J w 6AvO tAOhA GAO O1kdu1AdttOu
they are entitled to under the statutes
This is the specific charge. Il
can be proven. Your de
fense is general arraignmeut of the
people of Dakota for all sorts of crimes
and misdemeanors and on unsupported
denial snch as would come from any mar
detected in disreputsble wo1k. You ask
for specific charge to meet. We hav,
given You one and we here repeat 1t
Your supposed representative, Mr.. Tib
bits, compelled the residents OF L.
Foon, Faulk county, to pay him pric,
for the location of the county seat a
their town, before he would permit tn,
commissioners appointed by you to ac
in their official capacity. Mr.. Tibbitts
could not control the appointment ani
acts of commissioners without your con
nivance. Second, in violation of the
statutes. you appointed two residents o
Splnk county as commissioners OF Fault
county. You say you can prove the
falsity of charges if they are presented
in definite form. Here is chance.