Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-03-19

the slmilitude Of the ancient Rachel,
mourns an agricultural college and refus-
IS to be conforted because 1t 10 not,
rather bitterly soliloquizes in this strain
"lf Gov. Pierce IS to remain IN Office un-
I'll the expiration of the term for which
he was appointed, it would be better for
Fargo if Vests alleged bill to attach tier
of Dakota counties TO Minnesota should
become law" We hope our neighbors
over on the Red river will not be so rash
in their wrath as to kick themselves out
of the territory just because the governor
vetoed their college Appropriation. they
are situated on river that is wrong end
to and it is not strange that things legls-
lat,ve and executive should occasionally
go wrong also. The Alert favored the
Fargo agricultural college appropriation
and regrets that she did not obtain it.
Fargo has been and is a heroic boomer
for North DAT tota. She has stood the
gateway welcoming TO our borders the
homeless and landless, the oppressed and
distressed of every nation, cline aid
tongue, and beating bach the asperit,es
cast upon the territory from any and
every source. She has been ana Is pill.
lar of cloud by day and pillar OF fire by
night showing the way to the promis-
ed land. and nothing less than the
capital will eyer be her merited re-
ward. But, in extenuation of the action
Of the governor ia this case, II must he
remembered that there we're somewhere
between ten aud a hundred normal school
schemes on recorded and contemplated
town pla:s awaiting the approval of the
Fargo appropriation so as to urge it - .
precedent for granting theirs. The gov
ernor killed the whole of them by vetoing
the Fargo agricultural college bill.
Gov. Pierce did a very graceful act IN
giving the democrats . representative on
the board CT trustees for the insane asy-
lum at this place by the appoint ment OF
Mr.. NJ. E. Foley. Of this city. Mr.. Foley
is good citizen, Jacksonian democrat
with Jeffersonian honesty, and he will
make q valuable and efficient member Of
the board. Messrs. F. E. Jones and Maj.
Lyon, old members re.sppoiuted, are ex
cellcnt selections for the place a. they are
thoroughly acquainted with all the bust.
ness OF the institution up to this time,
which will render their services much
more efficient than new men could posi-
bly, be. DR.. Kennedy, of Ordwsy, and
Judge Fry, of Fargo, are highly spoken
of oy those who are acquainted with
them, and the new boari taken . atogeth-
er promises to be an exceptionally good
and efficient one.
The Capitals open letter editor is worse
than communist in suggesting the bat
terlng down of our jail doors and turning
the prisoners out BY expressing . fear
that sour citizens will rise up en- masse''
to do SO. Our citizens that ''rlse up en-
masse" never thought of any such thing.
All this terrible state Of affairs is predica-
ted on the expense of the county Of keep
ing the prisoners in jail and tn the face
of the announcement that term of the
district court will be held in few weeks
to dispose of these prisoners. 1t is moi
the fault of S:ntsman county that term
of the distric, court has not been held fos
a ,ear ana . half 1t would be . wonder
full break in economy to turn the PRISON.
ers out TO save the expense OF keeping
them just before . term Of the court that
will dispose OF them.