Show OKDWAY OF DAKOTA Governor Ordway of Dakota is not popular in the province the people persistently refusing to see and recognize the many excellent qualities that he is said to possess The old man has never managed to satisfy the popular heart though this was to have been expected They never do That is to say federal governors of the territories hardly ever fill the bill with the eople owing to tile fact that even HI the frontier dependencies there sxlaw something of the republican sentiment which teaches that citi JS9UB of the republic ought to enjoy She rights of choosing their j own afficiuls When the sentiment can bo killed perhaps peace and harmony har-mony will dwell in all this broad territorial domain Ordways late special offense is that he Boluses to organize counties as fast de as the growing communities demand Faulk county with a population pop-ulation of 3000 is without an organization organ-ization and the people assert that the governor has broken his promise prom-ise to help them out of their diffi eulty Sargent county is in the 3ume bad fix and presents loud complaint against his excellency The inhabitants say they are obliged ob-liged to go from forty to eighty miles to obtain the advantages of a judiciary system and that they are without authority or power to pro Tide necessary highways bridges 0 Schoolhouses county courts etc There are newspapers In these neglected neg-lected districts and their editors know how to drive forcible pens for they are fairly flaying Ordway clearly demonstrating that he is slow fogyish and cranky if not utterly and recklessly incompetent One paper says When the old man gets through I with his private business he will probably look over the numerous petitions for organization and then 5s them for future reference He may possibly by accident do his duty in regard to one or two counties coun-ties but it is doubtful It is plain that Ordway is not a proper person to govern a live prosperous territory terri-tory like Dakota which is filling und u-nd developing so fast that he cannot can-not keep track of things > If Dakota shall maintain her present rate of progress one of these days she will bo in advance of half a dozen free and independent States and wield a power and influence in the nation that will I cause her to be respected everywhere every-where She needs officials who will at least keep pace with her and not men who are perpetually lagging and trying to draw her back to hem The above is only one of the r r many charges against Governor Qrdway but they all make it plain that if ho were ever useful in the Territory the time has passed and i8 should be quietly shelved and amore a-more progressive man put in his g place Dakota wants a chance and the should have it |