The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-10-18


The charges against Gov. Church of fDakots
has been received at Washington formally
addressed to Senator Eugene Hale, the chair
pman of the special committee on the civil scr.
vice, with request that his committee shall
make inquiries into them. They charge him
with specific violations of public duty as fol
lows:
civil service order of July IA, 1886, address
ed to the offlceholders, wherein they were for.
bidden to take an active and offensive part
in political conventions. In order to obtain
a personal endorsement of himself he and
all his appointees engaged in disreputable
work to control caucuses and conven-
tions. and this to the serious neglect of public
business For proof Of this charge the afa.
davit of P. P. Mcnamara and the governors
letter herewith, This is but one of many in
stances capable of proof.
Second-As governor he used his veto pow.
er to deter the peoples representatives from
performing their sworn duty, threatening to
kill the needed legislation if his wishes were
not carried out. He treated the peoples
representatives with contempt, and com
PEELED legislation to his personal advantage,
and against the right of the public.
Third-He openly and knowingly defed the
organic law, our constitution, and also the
laws of this territory, and this is a matter Of
record not requiring proof Specification l:
commissioner under territorial law which
provides that no person shall be appointed to
such Office "who is in the employment of or
who is in any manner pecuniarily interested
In any railroad corporation" At the time
said Griggs was interested in line of steam
ers, feeders of and owned by the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad company,
q corporation doing business in the territory,
and he has since remained the virtual direc-
tor of said branch of the said corporation
and ia today it's trusted servant. Speci-
fcation 2: He appointed as territorial
veterinarian a Canadian horse jockey, c.
John Alloway, who attempted Aug. %,
1886, to vote his crowd of Canadian cattle
herders at q republican caucus in Grand
Forks, OAK, and being challenged himself,
as well as his retainers, they were obliged to
go to the clerk of the court and file their
declarations of intention to become citizens
before they could vote at said Republican
caucus. Alloway was appointed within six
months of that time. Specification 3: The
territorial law providing for veterinary
surgeon also provides tax levy on stock
for indemnity to owners whose diseased stock
are killed in order to prevent spread of con-
tageous disease. The governor has publicly
refused to allow indemnity to owners of
stock which was summarily killed by such
veterinarian without complying with the
law, and has exhausted the proceeds of the
are now left without either indemnity or
protection. The record shows receipts
from stock tax, $1,000; disbursements,
$6,150. Specification 4: The territorial
law says there shall be an annual encamp-
ment and muster of all organizations Of
tive days. fo provide the same, armory
rent and clothing of the two small regiments
Of the Dakota guards, the legislature ap-
propriated SIS. cooper annum Thegover.
nor has refused to obey ::thislaw on theground
that there is no money. The truth is, the
major part of two years. appropriation was
spent by the governor and his staff In
rout at Camp Church, Huron, in 1887, and
Is q fair illustration of his financial manage
ment. Specification s: The legisla-
ture Of 1887, with the governors
approval and to give the Repub-
lican ex-auditor fat place, passed a bill for
the compilation of the laws of Dakota abso-
lutely and without examination and ratifca-
ton by the sole w-making power, the legis-
lative assembly. The complies were a fair
lawyer and a Republican editor not a lawyer.
The law provided that the cost of the COM
pilation should notexceed "a, 900, Including
salaries and expenses of compiler" 1t also
provided that the work should be examined
and accepted by proclamation of the COVER
nor. This has never been done, yet the terri
4pprofessional, unconstitutional and unreli-
able piece of work, and the governor is en-
gagged in the business Of peddling out the
books at $3.40 per volume under, the govern
ment frank. Several other specification OF
minor alleged offences follow this, but enough
has been given to show tho character of the
document.