Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-01-31

PIERRE LETT98.
what IL Going - in the Capital City
and Halls Of Legislat1sn.
Especial Correspondence
PIERRE, Jan. 9.-It 10 wrong, per-
haps, to charge to fate that which may
have been due to some personal quality
or other, yet for convenience Of express
sion 1t may be said that the state treas
urership appears to carry with it a IA
tality which extends ever to ucce
full candidates for the place. D. w.
Diggs. u Milbank banker, was treasurer
of the sea foam state organized In 1855
and was also a candidate for nomina-
ton in 1889; MIR. Diggs' bank went
broke in 1895 and Mr.. Diggs himself Is
in Chicago. Those who were in . po-
sition to know will remember that F.
II. Hagerty, the ''busted" Aberdeen
banker, was also q ''Barkis" in 1879.
The treasurer elected in the latter year
was w. +. Smith, u prominent banker
Of Madison; Mr.. Smiths bank collapsed
in 1894. In 1880 the candidates besides
smith and Diggs were j.. N. Bailey OF
Sioux Falls and w. w. Taylor of Red.
field. At that time Bailey was COZ
sidered to be one OF the wealthiest men
in the state; he died in 1891 consider
ably worse of than nothing. In 1892
Taylor was renominated without OppO-
sition; how he vent to the financial
bow vows Is only too we'll known, much
better than his present whereabouts.
The candidates In 1894 were j. A. Trow
of Madison, S. c. Leppelmap Of Gettys.
burg, Robert Moody Of Aberdeen and
X. G. Phillips of Deadwood. Mr.. Phil
lips starts on his official career with
every prospect of scoring q complete
success and it is hoped, Since he is just
q plain business man. that he will ex-
orcise the hoodoo for all time. But s..
C. Leppelman's bank at Gettysburg is
non est and Leppelman Is In Chicago,
while Trow's bank at Madison, the
same already charged to Smith, has
lately gone into the l,andsO u receiver.
Robert Moody stands the exception to
prove the rule, but he, like two other
gentlemen from the north part of the
state who we're candidates respectively
in 1885 and 1889, seems not to have
gotten far enough into it to have been
bliehted by the influence.
Representative Jones', bill proving
that township supervisors shall appoint
judges and that the judges shall be
notified of their election by the town
ship clerk was introduced pursuant to
the request of his Brown County
constituents Mr.. Jones has been sick
since Friday, suffering with fever, but
he will push the bill when he RECEIVERS.
sherifs and will also b opposed by
those who desire to keep partisan
politics out Of township elections al
much - possible. Many republicans
are wondering also just what kind of
deal they would get In those townships
wherein the board OF supervisors are
populists, If the bill shotid become 9
law. II nothing else, the bill would
make the appointment Of judges o.
election AZ issue In the election o.
supervisors. y
Those m the inside are discussing
with much interest the coming nomi
nations for governor. Ops Of the bes,
politicians In the state tonight in
formed your correspondent that with
out doubt the following would b
Engineer Of irrigation, John Baldwin
of st. Lawrencs.
Public examiner, Z. F.. Kinds o
WoOnsOcket.
Oil inspector, Lou Brown Of NELLIE tie
State surveyor, B. H.. Sullivan o
PlankingtOn. !
Veterinary surgeon. DR.. D. F. Roger
of Alpena.
Mine inspector, Col. WI. Thornby o.
Hermosa. i
Adjutant general, c. T. Mccoy o.
Aberdeen. j.
Members of the board OF charities
and corrections, Mrs. s. n. Cranmer Of
Aberdeen provided the bill passes re
quiring that The board ehall have q
woman member) and Done Needham
OF Crow Lake. Il
Lawyer Glass of watsrtown has in.
troduced q bill requiring mortgages
to furnish mortgagors with q copy OF
the mortgage papers und4r, penalty Of
forfeiture of the mortgage. 1t passed
the house by a vote Of Il to l. Glass
seems. to be working for the ''down
trodden" with q vengeahce. He has
also presented q bill which provides
that the laborer shall have q lien on
the building, lot or whatever he works
upon for his wages until the wage
earnings are Maid 81.