Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-07
+, r0I, SOUTH DAKOTA
.,,t1s sYELL SEND $4,000 TO
Tx. DESTITUTE.

..--t5fJs WILL oa.Nc ro,uuO I'D
TIKI. DESTITUTE.
,velistte Meets tho Board of
al vc!ls of the Condition and
"' If the Pcnplc-A big Fund to
...;saa'
=. Paul Pioneer Press has the
~ lion of the board Of trade yester-
'es{' 10 be an enthusiastic one on
'S,S Of Dakota relief. There were
"u@ mad visitors present in the person
ti,l,ette, Senator Hunter, Repre-
o., 18th and Judge Briggs Of South
wv These gentlemen presented the
VA .hslr state go eloquently that the
iast no time in seeing that COM
Q 'u vas appointed to enueavor to raise
a,,nt of money requested. Gov.
s ,.t said his purpose was to collect a
=. sat. oGo with which to purchase
,,hoat for use III the spring. or that
We W. south Dakota proposed to raise
~ W. i.se!f, and for the remaining one
in .na citizens of Minneapolis, st.
wv W,nona, Sioux City and Omaha
!, ra ir,portuued. He said that
10 ss1stauce of neighboring states
'ssnlle his people TO get through the
u '- .,,%Smfortably, but IN the spring it
:, be necessary to furnish them seed
=. If he succeeded i'll raising tho en-
u. ,ro,,nt he proposed to have IL written
A. >, Ssa,a2iled OF the way in which the
Pr ySs distributed. In this connection
upllette suggested,that North Dakota
w N he treated i'll an equally generous
~ Minneapolis would never regret
" rserc dollar contributed meant an
and quarter of wheat sown. He felt
, ia That. he development of Dakota
l iaa,t'ainpetl both Minneapolis and st.
IKE prospects of a good crop for the
,.e year he regarded as favorable.
tsDe NE governor took occasion to
|. n the exaggerated reports of the eli
and ether alleged disadvantages of
E..,a which eastern newspapers have
(..al in order to prevent immigration.
b uss cns of the many burdens under
a. ne Two new states had suffered for u
T. time. The great mistake of his coun-
l. Gnv Mellette confessed, had been the
|, If diversified crops. In reply to ques-
I, ha said there was little seed wheat on
Ii n IN The state, large number of peo-
foyins been already obliged to use the
|oa, tsat they had put by to save. Re-
ding the relief That was needed other
N seed wheat in some of the counties,
- -snliet, that it was difficult to answer.
mat;mes where the clamor is the loudest
) needs are the smallest.
Following the governor, Judge Briggs, Of
sy;rb addressed the meeting. 1t seems
ii he IS in the city on q separate mission,
n ii securing relief for his own county,
Fmnnts. He referred to the fact that mis-
onls had suffered from poor crops since
81 Last years failure in PARTICULAR
ned them out of nearly oil their possess
,ns 50 that they we're unable to pay the
terest OIL heavy mortgages to both real and
ysonal property, AT present the smaller
r;ners have absolutely nothing to begin
again. To emphasize the poverty of
e country Judge Briggs stated that the
loss collection made by him last year
build not amount to as much Us his per
bt. Of the wear before. Nevertheless, In
1 face OF all this he still had firm faith In
/ future. Representative Smith also
|shea the board to understand that his
hstitueuts were possessed of nerve" to
(ll ont. Senator Hunter emphasized the
Ference between the pleas made by Gov.
tllette and Judge Briggs, the formers
Eng commercial proposition entirely.
considerable discussion followed these
|eeches. The opinion seemed to be una
nous that the requests for relief should
acted upon favorably, but just how to
about the matter was another thing.
Il. Peavey moved that a committee of
ree be appointed to cooperate with COM
'ttees from the jobbers' union and the
amber Of commerce to raise the $4,000.
&. O. Morrison wanted this amended
that the board would insure the raising
that amount, but Judge Atwater and E.
Phelps objected on the ground that the
ard could not be so bound. MIR. Nor
son accordingly withdrew his amendment
NJ Alf, Peavey's prevailed, and President
Plson appointed f. II. Heavey. ]. IL. Bas-
tt and Q. J. Phelps the committee. The
ines OF j. L. Wyman and Anthony Kelly
'se aftsrward added. Previously Gen.
79fse 7. Wilson spoke in favor Of North
'kota, He did not like to discriminate
tween the two states, inasmuch as the
s'sltloA IN the northern one was much
eater South Dakota is not limited to
lea, raising, as is her sister. He thought
,V.0 fer each state could largely be Sc
Eed through the wealthy churches Of the