The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-09-19

MORE CAPITAL WIND

"Driven to the wall, the Huron advo-
Gates publish the action and averments
OF several members in the last ~lcgisla-
ture, when the fencing bill in the interest |
OF cattle men was under consideration |
Every man who vas present at the dis |
cussion OF that bill knows very well the
large cattle men Of the reservation were|
there trying to lobby the bill through to |
compel every man who shall settle on
the reservation to fence his land so their
CATTLE could run without being trespas-
sers, and to do this they and their sur
porters tried to make the members OF
the legislature believe the lands were not
good Tor agricultural purposes, and no
considerable number OF farmers would
ever be dlscommodedb by the law; butthere
were others that knew thelands and situa-
tionwho satisfied amaiority OF the lcgisla-
ture, that these cnttlemcn and their sup
porters knew very well that unless some
~dlscOuraglng legislation could be obtained
settlers were going Oh To those lands.
and the cattle kings would haveto leave.
and that was what allied them. The
Tact that the legislature defeated the bill
IS proof that they were satisfied the res
ervatlon would be occupied by homes
and for farms, and they would not dis
courage settlement by making every
farmer fence against stock. Col. Parker
and others who advocated the fence law,
and SAID the reservation was unfit for
agricultural pursuits, said it in the inter-
est OF the cattle kings of the reservation,
and that is all there is Of it."-Conklin's
Dakotian.
This IS a fair sample OF the way that
Pierre organs arc lodging the question.
The editor OF the Dakotian labors under
the impression that the members OF the
late legislature are a lot OF fools if he
thinks they, or any OF the people, will
believe this kind Of stuff. Such answers
as these to the charges made by the
Huronite are "too thin to starch, too
vaporous to photograph, too dead to
skim"
Ii the above item clipped from the Da-
kotian is true, then Senator Crawford
from Pierre, and Hon. VIM. Summerside,
from Hughes county, were bought by the
cattle kings and the press and the whole
city OF Pierre was subsidized by corrupt
lobbyist in the interest OF cattle kings.
This writer was interested in a newspaper
bill and was anxious it should pass the
senate. We personally saw Crawford,
who was opposed to our bill. The fence
bill was then before the house Of which
the writer was a member. Senator
Crawford said to us, 81 will support
your bill; | will do anything if you will
fall in line for this fence measure" Mr..
Summerside said substantially the same.
Ii the article taken from the Dakotian is
correct, the position OF the senator and
, representative on this question was
somewhat remarkable.
Let us go further. Was W. G. Wells,
the noted Pierre boomer, a paid lobbiest
in the interest OF the cattle kings? Mr..
Wells in his own hotel at East Pierre,
, stated publicly to a number of the mem
bers OF the l~owerhouse, that the rcserva-
ton was good for nothing but grazing
purposes; that sixteen acres OF the land
would just about support one head and
that it was to the interest OF the state
to turn it over for grazing purposes.
Will Mr.. Wells deny this? We are ready
to produce the living proofs. The House
Journal shows on the vote on the Craw-
e ford fence bill that with but one excep-
) ton the representatives from that Sec
ton of the state strongly in favor of
Pierre for the capital, all supported the
measure. The majority in the legisla-
ture knew nothing personally about the
quality OF the lands thrown open to set
Element. They defeated the bill because
Pierre in the last capital campaign had
lied and they administered a rebuke to
Pierre for her lying p%ropensities. From
that hour the tide OF public sentiment
has flown strongly in Huron's favor.
The men who were at Pierre told the
story OF that city's base deception and
when the lawmakers returned home
they informed their constituents OF the
facts. We are surprised that the editor
Of the Dakotian should write the article
above quoted. He knew that he was
giving the people wind.-Karl Corner,
in Iroquois Chief.