Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-11
THE BISMARCK RUAPUS.

D6 CONTENT Win 1883.
THE BISMARCK RUAPUS.
Report of the Judiciary Committee in
Response TO Church.
Bismarck, Feb. Sin the house the
governors veto repeating the notary
fee law was overridden by unanimous
vote. The Judiciary committee made
careful report upon his excsllency's OBJ
ieotions, and Aikens of Canton made o
strong speech in explanation and in
reply to the governors charges upon Ex-
Gov. Pierce and complaints generally.
1t was listened 30 with unusual attention.
The report OF the committee was drafted
by Aikens and contains complete an
swer to Church's bad break. 1t said:
The committee agree with his excel
lenoy that the business OF the governors
office has grown greatly in the last
twenty-sevsn years, but we respectfully
dissent from his conclusion that there
has been great deal of misrepresenta-
tion concerning this notary act. We
fursher agree that the act under consid-
Grafton enables the territory to furnish
ClBI lCol dsSlhtkuSS AK TIC HOVcGuUE Oub
OF fund not created from the usual
sources OF taxation, but 1t WAS the spirit
and intent of the act that the executive
should only use 30 much of the fund rs
vas reqrired for the employment of
necessary clerical service in his office and
that the surplus, il any, should enure
to the benefit of the territory. III the
executive had evinced the same desire
TO inform this body as to the expendl-
lures OF this fund during his incumbency
as he has to eniighten it upon the action
of his predecessor, he would have saved
the council the trouble of concurripg 10
joint resolution passed by this house,
calling upon him for an official, state
ment regarding the same, The sugges-
ton is prompted by the sudden and
voluntary manner in which his ex-
celleney came to bis own relief in
explaining his economic direction over
The territorial veterinarian. The COM
mites deem it unnecessary to undertake
to devise ways and means to equitsbly
adjust the fees OF the secretary and the
!; s.:.ry CT the executive &c :sss sc his ovni-
plaings in this particular simply refer to
the act that provides t'ihat for the per-
formance OF oil official duties imposed
by the territorial legislatures, aud not
provided tor in the organic act, the seq
retaries of the territories respectively
shall be allowed snoh fees as may be
taxed by the territorial Legislatures. u
tits singular coincidence in this con-
neosion that the same section prohibits
any territorial Legislature from passing
any law, by which q governor OF terri
tory shall be paid any other compensa
tion than that provided by the laws oil
the United States. Therefore by reason
of the action of congress, il becomes I'm
possible for this legislature TO provide
the necessary means for the proper re-
munerstiop for the srduons duties OF the
executive. or to keep him in the sty
BETTING $50 high 8 position y Re.
ferrln9 80 the governors reflections upon
Gov. Pierce, your committee fail to see
the relevancy OF the same, but we have
deemed it proper 70 mske investigation
| thereof, and find that his exceliency has
| misreprese ted the expenditures for
clerical services in the executive office By
mis- predecessor, the Hon. Gilbert A.
Pierce. In his examination OF the
| auditors Office he found total of 81 ).
2l5.62 ps,d to Gov. Pierce for his use
de made no explsnation, however, and
left this house to understand by his sum
mary OF the several items that Gov
Pierce had received in person and TO,
clerical service the entire sum named
The first Item, $500, charged against his
predecessor was sum paid through him
by the territorial commissioner of the
New Orleans exposition for the printing
OF $4,000 pamphlets descriptive of Da-
kota which were distributed at tina!
exposition and elsewhere. Not dollar
| OF this sum was expended for clerk hire
in the executive office or for any service
connected Herewith. The second item
$446, was not for clerk hire in the exsou-
tive office, but for clerical assistance to
the superintendent OF the censuH, at
authorized by the laws OF 1885. The
third and fourth items, $l56 so and $13O
| we're for charges connected with tbs
presentation of the copies of ths census
rolls to the department OF the interior al
| Washington, and other expenses made
necessary under said law. Not dollar
OF these sums xas for clerical services il
the executive office. The fifth item
| 1857 81, was authorized by the Law ap-
propriatipg $500 for printing in The gov
ernor's Office. Not one dollar of thi!
sum was used for clerical service in the
governors office. The sixth item, 81 ,l25
is as the governor finds II, and is th,
only item representing the payment fo
clerical service in the executive offic,
during Governor Pierce's term OF offio,
of two years and seven months, which il
less than one-fourth Of the amount PAID
by the territory to the present executiv
during the past two years under th
cover of clerk hire. Further, the gov,
ernor seems to have overlooked the fac
that the repeal OF this act relating Il
notary commission fees still leaves 81
appropriation for clerical services In hi
office twice as large rs that given by tb
territory to his predecessor, who re
ceived from the insurance departmeB
only $500 per year. This item was in
creased at the beginning OF the presen
administration to $1,000. The committe
has thus fully investigated the indirec
charges made. but directly intende
against Gov. Pierce, not because W
deem 1t necessary to Yindicate his ey
ceilent administration or his higl
character. but to expose the weakness &
the governors objection to the repeal {
the statute.
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Cured Rheumatism.
Mr.. w. K. Powers. 1888 Thomas 81
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