Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-09

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over the veto of the governor. The
governors reason for the veto was that
the appropriations ex,eedsd by con-
siderable the moon, OF the territory
from all SOURCES of taxation, including
the money due from railroads under the
gross earnings act, provided the railroads
pay the amounts due into the treasury.
All the items 10 the omuibus arpro-
prIstion bill (excspting $4,000 for the
commissioner OF immigration and 81 900
for an artesian we'll at the.Jamestown in.
cane asylum) are for maintenance of pub
lie institutions. Yet the aggregate
liability incurred ex ,eeds the territorial
assets. Under these circumstance ss it is
not surprising that the executive refused
to sffix his!signature to the bill. He is
more prudent than two years ago, when
he signed everything in the nature OF an
appropriation bill, not stopping to ac-
q uaint himself with the aggregate of ex.
penditu,es ordered. He has learned
| through the experience OF an exhausted
| treasury that governor may be held
partially Responsible for such condition
and this time he washes his hands of the
business and permits the legislature to
| assume the entire responsibility. He
could have exercised his prerogative and
pooketed the bill, but he chose to give
the legislature an opportunity to take
the entire burden OF oyer.appropristion
The total OF the omnibus bill is $69S. 450
| OF this sum $400,775 is for the mainten-
ance of charitsbIeand penal institutions.
The balance, $297 .675 goesto ornamental
educational institutions. after subtract
ing $2l 900 for the commissioners of I'M
migration and the jamestown artesian
we'll. II is public necessity that the
unfortunate and the criminal classes
be taken care OF, though we believe that
even this department. OF the public ser
vice could be more economically admin
istered. II is cer'a n that in the educa-
tlonal department. the expenditures are
much beyond the necessities OF people
who maintain costly system of common
schools.
AS Dakota is soon to enter upon state
hood experiences and is to be divided
into two governmental organic stions, 1t
is of interest to know how muob OF the
burden provided for in the omnibus bill
is to fell upon each separate section. The
appropriations con tanned therein amour.
to $4l6.551 for South Dakota
and $267 ,899 for North Dakota, lesv-
ing the $l4 900 TO the COM
missioner OF immigration out Of the
calculation. 1t IS something of ques.
tion whether South Dakota is prepared
to assume this burden along with the
other expenses pertaining to the creation
OF o state and putting its machinery in
motion.
| By the constitution we are debarred
from incurring bonded indebiednes il
excess OF $500,000. South Dakotss Ger.
tain share OF the existing bonded in
debtedness will be $575 200, with $780,.
900 of refunding bonds to be equitably
divided between the two states. The
legislature which has just a1Iourned pro
yided another South Dakota institution
"a soldiers home at Hot Springs-aat
authoriz ID an issue of $45 900 in bond
for its construction. SO the state o
South Dakota will come into the unior
with bonded Indebtedness Of $685., 200
which is $l65 300 m ore than it's copstitu
ton permits. Under these circumstance
IL cannot borrow money with which Il
start itself in business-it must pay as i
goes. The press of Dakota, having
these fscts 10 view, he's PERSISTENT.
I urged upon the last territorial legisIa
ture the most most rigid economy ii
appropriations.