The Dickinson press., 1885-01-31

IL AAONN4 CdSC VI UVlC15Ou q 4Nduuu1 Uucy
supplemented by the force of superior
numbers. The supporters of the bill finally
voted to refer it to the committee for en-
grossment. after which il will come up in its
regular order tomorrow for consideration.
The tilibusteriug resorted to is more or less
directly chargeable to Picker, who desired
to secure the notoriety of having his bill
passed by the house before the council bill is
passed. The majority of the southern men,
bers prefer, however, that the council take
action first, in order that in case Of an execu-
tive veto the bill will be returned to the !
senior body for consideration
An important bill was introduced by Mr..
Southwick, providing for the assessment,
md telegraph companies. Following are its
principal provisions, the entire bill being
based upon the Illinois Law
Section 1. Every person or corporation oper-
ating railroads in the territory shall return
sworn lists Of their property.
Sec. .. Companies shall file with the county
clerk Of each county full lists of property in
such county.
be held rear estate for the purpose Of taxation.
Sec. 4. The value of track to be listed aud
taxed in the several counties.
Sec. 5. Rolling stock Of all kinds, including
dining and sleeping cars, to be listed as personal
property for purposes Of taxation.
The other sections provide that a schedule of
that q schedule of all kinds of property shall be
filed with the territorial auditor: that neglect to
make return OF property shall be punishable by
a fine OF not less than 81 200 or to exceed $1O,-
600; that schedules shall also be given to the
territorial board of equalization, and that the
rate Of taxation shall be determined by assess
ment, Us in the case of any other property.
BISMARCK, Oak, Special Telegram, Jan.
23.-The council grappled with the capital
removal bill this morning with a will avery
member had evidently entered the chamber
with a determination to perform his dis
agreeable task as soon as possible, in order
that the work of law making might proceed
uninterruptedly. Most of the members of
the house, as we'll as o large number of citi-
zens, We're present to listen to the debate.
Immediately after the reading of the journal
the council resolved itself into a committee
of the whole, with Mr.. Jones of Hutchinson
in the chair, for the consideration of the
amendment offered yesterday by Mr.. Vest
over. A motion 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 blandiy at the result, and We're evil
IDENTIFY c~ongratulaLing themselves on smooth
sailing when a bombshell was thrown into
their midst by an amendment offered by Nh.
Kennedy of Brown providing for the inser-
tion of the words "the city of Ordway, in the
county of Brown" in place of the words @the
city of Pierre, in the county of Hughes, !"
wherever they occurred in the bill. The
amendment was promptly seconded, and
before the Pierre men could recover them
selves, Nh. Kennedy had secured the floor for
the purpose of explaining the reasons for
Offering the amendment
MIR. KENNED EXPLAINS.
He said:
1t was done as n compromise. In his opinion
the North and South Dakotians must live to-
gether for some time to come. AS this was the
case, it would be better to select some place near
the center of population and easy of access to
all parts of the territory. For himself. he did
not believe that either section could afford to
quarrel with the other. BY the citizens OF Bis
marck he had been treated right royalty, and he
thought it wrong to hold them responsible for
the location of the capital. They had simply
done what other towns would have done under
like circnmstances,,taken what they had offered
them. He declared that he was opposed to
Pierre on the ground that it was doomed by an
INSCRIPTIONS lot of real estate schemers.
AT this juncture Mr.. Gamble stated that
MI. Jones was seriously ill, asked that the
delegation from his district be allowed to
escort that gentleman to his hotel and
moved that the discussion of the bill be
postponed till tomorrow. The motion was
evidently intended to stave off action to
ain lime and gave rise to considerable dis.
c%ussion. Upon being put it was lost byg
vote of IL to -, Mr.. Gamble took the tlool
and objected to locating the capitol at 8
place named Ordway.
He would vote for any town away out OIL the
prairie, but could not endure the thought that
the capitol Of the territory should be cursed by
a name so obnoxious TO all Dakotians: the name
Of a man Whn yvna raapNpSihla for tho nopitn1
commission, a scheme conceived in sin and born
In iniquity, and the source of more corruption
tits and bad government than any other man In
the territory.
Mr.. Bowdle suggested that the town be
christened with the good old Irish name OF
Gamble. A running debate followed, ir
which widely differing opinions were ex.
pressed, but all agreeing on one point-the
denunciation of Ordway and Ordwayism
Mr.. Huetson stated that he thought the pres
ent scheme for locating the capitol at Pierre
was as great q fraud as the location at Bis
marck; that he could not vote for any such
scheme. and that the legislature could moi
afford to fritter away the time which SHOULD
be devoted to the interests of their %constitu
ents. When asked by Mr.. Washabaugh tt
name special frauds, Mr.. Huetson said:
1t was generally, understood before tn,
organization Of the legislature that an!
Womb ss1anfSNH be azt MsnDsd oar y the sae s asaash
He accused Pettigrew Of having used the part,
whip to keep the southern members in line. HI
had been informed that Pettigrew was in &
scheme with Prentice to boom lots in Pierre. ane
that it had been common talk before the assem-
:, bling of the legislature that Pettigrew would
come as the representative Of the Chicago &
railway.
Nh. Kennedy also added fuel to the fam
by stating that he understood that Pettigrev
was IN a scheme with Ordway to boon
Pierre, where they both own property.
PETT1GREw ROUSE
These personal remarks aroused Petit,
grew, who took the floor and spoke will
vehemence for nearly half an hour
He was exceedingly surprised and grievet
that any such aspersiOns should have been cas-
5 upon his character, and hurled back in til
l teeth Of his defamers the imputation that an!
other than pure motives had Influenced his vott
on the bill. He believed that Southern Dakot;
was entitled to the capital, either with or with
out division, and favored Pierre because of tn
: central location. He had not spoken to Ordwa.
for two years, nor would he speak to him for tw
e years to come. When he finds a man VIII
is devoid Of honor, who has degraded every pc
4 sition he has ever held who is the most unmiti
contaminated by associating with him. Thi
r was his opinion of Ordway. What Dakota no,
e wants is to give to the world its emphatic dis
approval of the jobbery and acts of the capita
G commission.
The capital removal bill was laid to rest, TO
l a time at least, by the council this afternoon
1t proved to be a remarkably lively corpse
. however. The method adopted in disposin
2 of the bill consisted in assigning it to a spe
cial committee of five. to be appointed b.
the president, the same way as the hous
disposed, of Its bill Governor Pierc
I transmitted a brief message to the counci