Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-19

legislature TO enact special laws and will
thereby prevent as tar as can be done by
a constitution, log rolling, jobblng, brib.
cry and corruption.
1t will make it dangerous for legis-
lator to be bribed ana dangerous for any
person to brlbe him.
IL will make capital commissions and
other like measures of colossal bribery,
which have dlsgraoed the territory, i'm
possible under the state. In this same
connection we ask your attention TO seq
ton II OF article 4. with regard to the
bribery of the governor.
APPROPRIATIONS.
We call your special attention to the
provisions upon appropriations con-
tanned in section 10 of article 4, and SEQ
tion 2 of article IL. BY theee provisions
We think the constitution will etfec.nal-
ly prevent such disgraceful appropsia-
tions as have characterized many OF your
legislatures. BY the !,bbery always in.
cident to general appropriation bill,
over $50, 900 we're expended uEneccea-
earily by the last legislature against the
protests OF Its best and ablest members
TAXATION.
We also call your especial attention 20
t4U AiGA4p RttsSO0 W SAo COA0kAtubtOH GDO0
taxation That limit for the state ia two
mills on dollar OF the assessed valuation
OF all taxable property in the state, as
ascertaiDed by the latest assessment Tor
state and county purposes.
The maximum tax provided for by
your last territorial legislature is three
mills on dollar. larger than the taxation
nf twelve states in the union, and the
ia that in
ritorial legislature, especially il il shall
continue to meet in North Dakota under
the influence Of the immense railroad
corporations OF that section, the rate o,
your taxation and the amount OF annual
expenditures will increase in almost
geometrical ratio, until the burdens of
taxation of the people OF this territor,
will be larger than that OF the people OF
any state IN the union.
This one feature answers completely
and forever the argument of the enemies
OF statehood, that state government
will cost you moro than territorial
government. The fact is that under the
present territorial government NOT only
do you pay all the expenses, territorial,
county and municipal, which you would
pay under state government, except
the salaries OF few officers and the psy
of Legislators, bat you pay almost twice
the sum annually that yon would pay
| under the limitation of this constitution.
There is absolutely no limitation to
the territorial legislature. As long as
you remain under the territorial govern
ment You may expect your taxes TO in.
crease and the extravaganza OF your leg
islators to grow greater.
CORPORATIONS AND RAILROADS.
We call the especial attention OF. the
people. and especially of the farming
and industrial interests OF the new state
TO the careful and rigid guards placed
in this constitution upon the power OF
large corporations and upon any dis
position the Legislature might have TO
discriminate in their favor and against
individuals.
We ask you to read osrefnily ssction
IS OF srticle 6 and section 2 OF article II
and seotions 2 and 3 OF article IL and all
the sections OF article II.
By these provisions she legislature is
compelled TO tax corporations like in
dlViduala, according to the value OF their
! property by uniform general law.