Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-10-10

mands OF the people at large for iinan-
cial legislation. The great mass of the
people do not care snap for partisan
ship, although most men are for one or
another reason connected with politi-
cal party and during an exciting cam
paign become partisans to certain ex-
tent. But when there is no campaign
on the masses are far more interested
in earning living than in partisan
ship. They have learned to their cost
that our present system of finance i'm
poses unnecessary burdens upon the
earning OF that livelihood. They want
those burdens removed. and are not
likely to be satisfied with the politici-
ans excuSe-that congress cannot legis-
late because of partisanship. Next
year there will be another congress
elected as we'll as president. That
fact should not escape the politicians
minds.
Officials of the department of justice
have never regarded the life of feder-
al official in Indian territory or Okla.
homa as happy pne, as few of them
have escaped being charged with all
sorts of hienous crimes. The judges of
the new U. S. court would it was
thought escape, but the the thought,
was wrong. LAWYER Davis has filed
charges against Judge Kilgore, once
widely known as the Texas congress
man who kicked the door of the house
down when Speaker Reed had had it
locked, charging him with ignorance,
incompetency, favoritism and several
other things not creditable TO an occu-
pant of the bench. The attorney gen
eral is now waiting for Judge Kilgore
to explain the charges, copies of which
haYe been sent him. Judge Kilgore's
appointment has yet to be confirmed by
the senate, the court upon which he
sits having been organized since con
gress adjourned. His friends say the
charges amount to nothing.
Competitive bidding for govern
ment contract becomes almost farcical
when the specifications of the contract
are such that there is only one bidder.
A case in point was the contract for
making ten thousand of the new Lee
rifles, which have been adopted by the
navy, which was this week awarded to
the Winchester Repeating Firearms
Company-the only bidder-at sl7. 60
each. Judging by the retail price of
good rifles this will be very profitable
contract. 1t was doubtless all right
that the Winchester people should
have it, and was probably only in com.
pliance with the law that others were
invited to bid, still it seems little
odd.
Although some OF the members OF
the Sons of the Revolution aud the
Daughters of the American Revolution
are inclined to be fussy and big headed
and to make monkeys of themselves
upon occasion, as whole those organi-
zations are doing the country good,
particularly in the work they are doing
towards increasing and fostering
patriotism in our schools, field which
mad been, especially in our large cities,
largely neglected before it was taken
up by these organizations, and which
IS bound to haye an important bearing
upon the future of our country. These
remarks are occasiuned by the pres
ence OF the Liberty Bell, which was al
10 ed TO remain in Washington two
hours today, after which it resumed it's
journey from Philadelphia to Atlanta,
where it is to be one OF the exhibits at
the exposition. A great outdoor re-
ception, under the auspices of the mem
oers OF the societies named and partici-
pated in by officials, citizens and school
children, was held in honor of the bell.
Ehe Marine band furnished the music,
and the guard of honor for the historic
relic was made up from members OF the
high school cadets. 1t is we'll that all
of us should occasionally stop in our
mad rush and brush up our patriotism
a little. It's thing that no people