Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-03
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trouble Of q serious nature at the insane
asylum and in the evening these rumor
%thickened and the public became con-
WINGED that there was something of more
than usual significance in the protracted
session of the board of trustees. 1t was
reported that Judge Williams, president
of the board, had resigned his po-
sition as trustee AMI that
William Powers had been made presl.
dent of the board. Hardly crediting
this startling piece of intelligence, Mr..
Powers was first sought out and ques-
toned.
Is 1t true that Judge Williams has re-
signed from the insane board? was asked
him.
Can't tell you anything now-will tell
you all about it in a few days.
And that you have been elected presi-
dent of the board? pursued the inter.
rogator.
1 can't say anything at present.
'Twont do, you know. I'll send the SEQ
rotary around to you, may be to.mor-
row, or soon, anyway, and he'll give you
the whole story.
Thus rebuked the reporter stood aside.
His instincts suggested to him, however,
that if Mr.. Powers possessed the author
lty to send the secretary around, he
must be the president of the board.
TLio oirn,,r ,ston xuoo voted dom, with
Pickwickian accuracy.
just then Judge Williams hove in
sight, coming out of the postoffice, and
the reporter one more assumed often
sive operations.
Is there any truth. judge, in the report
that you have resigned your member
ship of the board of TRUSTEES of the in
sane asylum?
No; am still on the board. 1 have
resigned the presidency, though.
Aha! And has Mr.. Powers been elect
ed president?
Yes.
What's the matter?
. The Judge evidently didn't hear this
, question. He had a far away look, which
he soon followed off into the gloom of
the evening.
= These are all the solid facts we have
been able to gather about the rupture
at the asylum. Later in the evening
the reporter saw a man who had seen
another man who had it from q reliable
%sconrce that the designations of Super
%inte1dent Etter and Assistant Superin-
tendent Hail had been asked for. This
bit of gossip dovetailed into the action
of Judge Williams, who is known to be
a solid Etter man. The reporter shaped
it in his mind that a majority
of the board wanted the super.
intsndent to resign and that
Judge Williams, being in the minority,
surrendered his position as tbs head OF
the board. The same line of reasoning
. placed MIR. Powers as the leader of the
fight against the superintendent, his
:, participation landing him in the place
of the president of the board. The
, reader will bear in mind that these con.
illusions are all the result of an imagin-
airy interview which the reporter held
with himself and that they came to him
through q process of evolution some,
times employed when the mum policy
prevails among those deep in the mys.
: teries of an important occurrence.
Numerous rumors are abroad, but none
- &c {lax, NV IN have ,-- ,o1,oL1,
foundation, and out of the mass of COS.
sip ahoat we are unable to reach the
Immediate cause of the trouble at the
= asylum. 1t IL easy enough to give to the
public the origin of this and all Other
n wrapgles which have beset that unfor
d tunate institution from the day it was
opened up to the present time. But il
doing this we would divulgt
no news. The insane asylum
has been used as a political machines
q stepping stone for some ones ambition
and 30 long as this policy prevails &c
long will there be contentious and wran
giles. Politicians cannot occupy thu
same bed Il great while without begin
ming to kick and dig their toe nails int
each others shins. When the place
were bargained away last fall and white
" and each of the parties to the arrange
ment finally occupied his designated
position, love and harmony spreat
g its white wings over the camp
But things are not now as they thel
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to happy family, and at present appears t
10 be- the proprietor of the establishment
We know nothing of the right or tn
wrong in this disturbance, but we fee
convinced that an institution for tn
ID care of unfortunates should be exempt
IN ed from all influence upon the politica
affairs of this territory aud the mature
demoralizlng results which follow sue
unnatural participation.
m LATER.
Y. The asylum trustees, this afternoon
accepted the resignation of DIR. Ettel
superintendent of the asylum, and {
ID DIR. Hall, assistant superintendent
og These designations will take effect til
At, lst OF January. Neither one of Ties
eo parties lis considered ineligible to al
a other appointment.
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