Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-03-11

Funding the Indebtedness of Codding
| ton County.
Requiring the issue of S25OC0 bonds to
complete the Cass County courthouse
Making directors of interpretations per
| sonally liable for 10 SIS resu ng from
| neglect of process Of law.
Taxing telegrspl and sleeping and din
Ing car companies on valuation made
by the Territorial Board of Equalization
| of Taxes, not to exceed the average tax
on their property,
Authorizing Cass County to issue bonds
| for funding road and bridge warrants.
| The Council Concurlel in the House
amendments to all the appropriation bills
excepting Brookings. On that confer
ence committee was request ted.
| The railroad tax bill was made the
| special order for tomorrow. 1t taxes all
companies Per cent. on their gross
| earnings.
Vacating certain portions of Matthews
and Scobey's Addition to Brookings.
Council bill passed amending Section 3.
Chapter g. Of the political code of relating
to bonds of county treasurers and their
epl r3val,
Regulating the per diem and mileage of
| directors, trustees and regents of Terri
torial institutions at 81 per day and 5
cents mileage.
Offering $1,000 for the discovery of
anthracite coal in Dakota.
ANOTHER SENSATION.
BISMARCK, March A sensation was
caused in the Council to-day by Prcsi-
| dent Westover taking the floor aud intro
ducing the following resolution:
! Resolred That committee of five be ap-
| pointed by the Chair to investigate the charges
Of corruption and attempted corruption OF
members of this legislative assembly aud offer
| of bribes by Alexander Mckenzie. A. ". Ed
| wards. l.. q. Johnson and W. r. Steele. for the
| purpose OF influencing votes upon the ques-
| ton of removing the Capital now pending be-
| fore the Legislature. and that said committee
he in nstructe to pi o9ecd Mt the earliest poss-
| lie moment to lake action with regard TO
| such eh irges, and 10 pr0t ure witnesses ard
take testimony and then report their acton
end findings with nil possible speed.
In advocating the resolution Mr.. West
over said from information received he
was able to prefer these charges against
the Per ons named. and would further
| in political corruption. They have en-
| deavpred to after broadcast lbcls
| against gentlemen he knew well, resi-
| dents Of his district, who have always
| lived honorable lives, and whom he in
tended to protect
| The resolution was adopted, and the
t~Rresident pro TEN. appointed Messrs.
| Westover, Gamble. La Moure Twomey
and Farmer to make the proposed inves-
| tigat on.
| Stripped of all prejudice, the bribery
| case stands about as follows: DcWoody
| yesterday placed in the hands Of Gov
Pierce a sealed package, said to contain
| $1,000, gwen him by a member Of the
| House interested in the removal of the
| Capital from Bismarck To Pierre 1t is
clam. d that L. G. johnson and Others
| concealed for the purpose, were wit
nesses of the transaction II was upon n
| statement of these facts-if facts III v
! prove to be-that the investigation was
! moved bv word and order
| Mr.. johnson was lefore the Committee
| last evening, but the es animation was
hot concluded. The proceedings of the
| Committee are supposed to be secret
Mr.. Dew oody claims that the none was
| handed him by a member of
the House; that il was counted in
! the presence of witDe sses; that he was
sworn in two weeks ago as deputy
sheriff TO discover the scheme and briny 2
those in it to justice. Those interested
| in removal regard the charges rs the re-
suit of pnt-up job. Those opposed
think they have positive proof this will
land some one in the penitentiary, while
| looker;-on think n very grave mistake
has been made by making these charges
| even if there is foundation for them
Last evening Mckenzie said to West
over: Myself and friends are ready for
the investigat on, aud demand an mme-
diate one" He cont nued: Il know of
some transactions that | will show up
| and put YOU on track Of now"
THE BRIBERY SCANDAL
BISMARCK, March 6-The Bismarck
| Journal states the situation as to the
bribery case as follows: THE evidence
| so far presented to the investigating com
mittce is to the effect that Wells sought
| an interview with DcWoody and urged
him to support Capital removal. De-
| Woody SAYS Wells claimed that they had
| secured four votes from the north, making
sixteen in all in the Council and thirty
| five in the House, including three from
the north, and they would, therefore.
be able to pass the bill over the Govern
or's veto. DeWoody says Wells told him
who was in the scheme and what there is
in 1t, and finally made direct proposition
TO give him 81, 600 for his support of the
! measure. He arranged for another meet
ing and so arranged that Messrs. Scobey
and johnson should be in an adjoining
room with an opening through which
they could see and hear what passed be-
tween them. 1t was arranged that the
money should be given to him by mem
Der Of the House by whom the money
was delivered, johnson and Scobey wit
Messing through the opening. DeWoody
Immediately delivered the money to Gov.
Pierce and Mark Ward moved for the in
vestigation.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole and recommended the bill remov-
ing Of the United States Court from
Yaukton to Mitchell to pass.
The Council passed the House bill ex
tending suffrage to women with an
mcndmcnt submitting the act to vote
next fall-yeas 19, nays 5; against the
amendment, 10 votes
Also pass ed House bills:
Striking from the license clause Of the
Spearfish charter the word require" and
inserting authorize
Amending the charter Of the city of