Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-02
WITH THE PEOPLE
The Republican Candidates for Judges
OF the Supreme Court aud the
Corporations.
Misrcprrsrnicd by the P"puliSts but
Their Past Record Speaks
for Itself.
A Sample ,f the Manner in Which the
Pops are Striving to Steal
Votes.
A Sample ,f the Manner in Which the

The following article loaned us by the
Journal has been generally circulated over
the state this week 1t should be read b.
every voter:
Tine campaign in South nnkotn for
Judges of the supreme and circuit courts
has reached the lying stage. The indie
pendent party realizing that its cause is
hopeless has NOW begun IL systematic
course of misrepresentation and fnlschood
against the republican candidates for
Judges of the supreme conrt to cover up
the weakness OF their own candidates
who are not oriouSIv known to he untitled
for the office to which they have been
nominnte,i With their old thread worn
cry ofthrcorIurntious vs. the pcoplrihry
are now engaged in circulating through
the columns OF their papers on" oi the
worst conturtions OF the truth ilnaSlna-
bic. But they have made II miscalcula-
ton this time. aud when the truth OF
their false s,ntrimrntS is learned the reac
tion against their mc1liods vii! cause
hundreds ui Tie honest voters OF South
Dakota. who had contemplated voting
for the independent caudliates, 10 Vote
for the republican randant'S
rh" article in question: which the jolR.
NAL dsiles Ia cali to the attention OF the
voters OF Tins state was published IN the
Grant County Review and eiice lis first
publication has heen copied u'un ma jorl-
1yof the Independent p,pers OF the state.
The article is headed, THE Republican
Supreme Cana, Judges Satisfactory 10
the Railroads, aud is II. follows:
The record tho supreme court of this st,e has
made this year should be gratifying 10 tn. rail
road companies. We find the following:
Cronk IS. Z. NJ. " st Y. Il. Il. Action for dam
age on account Of fire. The plain,if recovered
III the lower court aud reversed by the atl-
preme court,
Smith vs.. M. X ST. + L. Il. The rnilrou,l
beat in the conrt below and also bca, in the
supreme court
uhc VS.. C. NJ. x St. p. II. Il. The plaintiff beat
in the trial court and railroad won in the SUI
prelnc court.
Beding vs. Black Hills 4 TT. Pierre r. H. The
plaintit has Judgment In the trial court for $4,000
and the supreme court reversed the Judgment
The jures in these cases thought that the
plaintiff ought to recover of the railroads but
the court thought not
The railroads have no ground for fear The
eases may have been decided the law, but 1t
is difficult for the common mind to comprehend
why.
Now what are the facts?
This article seeks to mislcnd the people
by leading them to suppose that thesf
four cases are all the railroad cases that
have been decided by the present tsupreme
court.
There has been total of eighteen
railroad cases decided. OF this number
thirteen we're decided against therailroat
companies and five in their favor. Six
teen OF these cases were appeals by thu
railroads and of these sixteen twelve
We're affirmed by the court and four re
versed. OF the two cases appealed by in
dividuals, one was affirmed and til,
other reversed.
The independent papers have takel
the liberty OF citing four of these cases
three OF which were cases reversed hy tn,
court. The JOURNAL has looked up ths
record of the court upon these cases anl
for the benefit Of those who might b'
nisled we give the following facts whicl
we guarantee to be correct and can b.
verified by the official records:
In Belding VS.. X. r. Co., the question
was whether under our statutes the ac
tion for instantaneous killing SHOULD
have been brought by the administrator
Of the deceased, or by the widow an,
heirs. The supreme court held that un
der section 5499, compiled laws, the dam
3 ages belong to the widow and orphan
and not to his creditors and that the ac
tion should have been brought by til
/. widow. And we understand that an &C
ton is now pending in behalf OF tn