The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-29

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B1sMARcK, Oak. Special Telegram, Jan
20 The council grappled with the capital.
removal bill this morning with Will Every.
member had evidently entered the chamber
with determination to perform his dis
agreeable task as soon as possible In order
that the work Of law making might proceed
uninterrup Most of the members Of
the house, as well sas a.large snumbero OF citl-;
3zens, were present to Slistsn4to the debate
Imme diately after the reading Of The Journal
the council resolved itself into committee;
Of the whole, with Mr.. Jones Of Hutchinson;
in the chair, for the consid eration of the
amendment offered yesterday by MI. Vest
over. Amotion was made and seconded for
the adoption OF the amendment when Mr.
Jones was attacked with hemorrhage Of the,
lungs and obliged to relinquish the chair, and
leave the chamber. His position was filled;
by Mr.. Smedley Of Grant The amendment,
upon being put to the house, was carried
unanimously The + southern members,
smiled blandly at the result, and were evil
IDENTIFY congratulating themselves on smooth
sailing when bombshel was thrown into
their midst by an amendment offered BY Mr.
Kennedy of Brown providing for the inser-
tion Of the words 4the city OF Ordway, In the
county of Brown in place Of the words athe5
city of Pierre, In the county of Hughes, p
wherever they. occurred In the bill The;
amendment was promptly seconded, and
before the Pierre men could recover Them
selves, Mr.. Kennedy had secured the floor for
the purpose Of explaining the reasons for
Offering the amendment 4 '55!
Hi SaR. KENNEDY ExpLANs aE
He said: -
II vas done asa compromise. IN his opinion
Rether for some time to come As this was the
case would be better to select some place near
Inc center Of population and easy Of aocess to-
not believe that either section could AFFORD Ia:
quarrel with the other. By the citizens Of Bis
msrck he had been treated light royalty. and he;
the location 81 the capital They had simply
done what other towns would have done under
I Ike rcumstances-tak en what they had offered
them. He declared that she was opposed to
Pierre on the ground that II was doomed 81 an
unserupulous lot Of real estate schcmera ga
At this junct,lre Mr.. Gamble stated that
NJ. Jones was seriously III asked that the
delegation from his district be allowed to
escort that gentleman to his hotel and
moved that the discussion sof the bill be,
postponed till tomorrow. The mo tion was
evidently intended 70 stave Of action to-
ain time and gave rise to consid erable dis;
cnssion. Upon being put 1t was lost byg
vote I'll to ~, Mr.. Gamble took the floor
and objected to locating the capitol at a
place named Ordway. -
he would vote for any town away out on The
prairie, hut could not endure the thought that
the capitol OF the territory should be cursed by
name so obnoxious 70 all Dakotiane: the name
commission, q scheme conceived IN SIN and bnrn!
IN tntqutty, and the source of more corruption +
~ ana 6ad goyernnent than any other man
MI. Bowdle suggested that the town II, !,
chtistened with the good old Irish name 81
Gamble. a running debate followed, in
which widely differing opinions were 'ex-3
pressed but all agreeing on one point-the:
denunciation Of Ordway and O-dwayisIn.
M. Huetson stated that he thought the pres-
ent scheme for locating the capitol at Pierre
was "a great Q fraud as the location ct Bis
marck; that he could not vote for any such
scheme, and that the Legislature could not
afford 70 fritter away the time which should
be devoted to the interests Of their constitu-
enta When asked BY Mr. Washabauph To-
name special frauds Mr.. Hnetson said
IL! vas generally understood before the
orRantzatfon OF the legislature that INV
sne msmbsrsr who kteke sg.inst The
Moula u be-. ostraoIzed during = the season.
I Hs accused Petttgrew Of having nsed the party
had been Informed that sPettierew was ii NJ
scheme With Prentice to boom lots il Pierre. ana
that ~ had been common talk before the Assem-. 4
bling OF the legislature that Pettigcw would \
come as the represents alive Of the Chicago &s
Northwestern RAILWAY. =
M. Kennedy also added fuel 10: the flame
BY stating that he und erstood that Pattioraw
was IN q sch eme with Ordway "a boom
/ Pierre where they both own property,
II "a SPETuaREw ARousEb % Y ~
Ihese personal remartss aroused Petit a
gIeSv,s who took the door and spoke with 1
5yehemence for nearly half an hour Il
t he was exceed dinghy surprised and erieyed
that any such aspcrHions should have been cast
upon his character, and hurled back III thas
teeth Of his defamera khc impitation that afiys
other than pure motives had Influenced his vote
on the bin. He believed that Southarn Dakota
was entitled to the capital either with OF With
ont division, and favored Pierre because 81 lthe
central location. He had not spoken to Ordway.
Tor Two ye9rss NOR would he speak to him for two
years to come. When he fingis man who
ts devoid OF honor, whoss has degraded every No
sitton ho has ever held who is the most uninfti
gated scoundrel In the territory he will NOT ia
contaminated by aasociating with him This
S W his opinion q ordYay; What Dakota now
approval Of the 5ohber and acts q the capital
g The Biamar Ok Tribune relates starts5l
ling incident at 81 house Of III fame IN
y hat Ss1n 81