Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-04-01

law. The pops promised TO restore the
original law where the candidates we're
grouped by Offices instead Of party
/ names, but they didn't. The party
tickets will be printed as before.
!. The next promise is in the APP
/ preparations. Mr.. Grill says the apprO-
pria,ions are larger this year because
1 the legislature two years ago made in
sufficient appropriations This is al
ways the excuse Of appropriation grab
bers. And it sounds strange when we
| remember how the air was filled last
fall with pop Trades against ''republi-
can extravaganza"
/ s. His next achievement is in ''Of-
fices abolished" These offices are the
quartermastcr general Of militia, as
sistant quarter master general, chief OF
ordnance, inspe ctor general and assist
ant inspector general, involving alto
gether salary OF $500, which was not
saved but transferred to Lieutenant
Frost, the surveyor general who lives
solely by fees and the engineer Of irri-
CATION whose salary is not saved but Is
provided for in the increased appropri-
alton for Brookings college. Not one
cent saved here. On the other hand
the Pops created the office OF insurance
commissioner with an appropriation of
81, 800 to do the work heretofore costing
81 200, gave the attorney general So, 600
expense money and deputy, against
previous appropriations Of $500, created
two investigating committees, with ap-
preparations Of $l5 900, gave the rail-
road commission 81 800 for extra coun-
sci, gave the board of regents per
diem, something never allowed before,
and gave the speaker $500 extra, some.
thing never done before.
8. He claims as his next reform the
bill requiring county uniformity in
school books. claims it will reduce
prices and was fought by the book trust.
He may not know that it merely re-en-
acted, SO far as prices go, TIE bill
adopted in 1890 which had expired by
Limitation. He may not also know that
that law did not reduce prices and that
this will not. Neither did the book
trust fight this bill.
10. He claims the bill requiring
county deposits to be secured by per-
sonal bonds. He fails 10 state that the
| bill was killed by himself and others
requiring not personal security but &C.
tual security of state money under
bill modelled after the United States
law.
II. He claims next the bill prevent
ing the organization of trusts in the
state. He tails to remember that such
a law was already on the statute books
and that he and the Pops killed the
only effective measure against trusts
i. .. preventing the sale of goods han
died by trusts.
IL. He claims the appOrtionment
bill. This certainly was triumph. 1t
increases instead of reducing the men,
bers Of the legislature and it is SO gross
a gerrymander that it will require
twice as many votes to elect q repnb-
lican as pop senator. Reform, truly,
but hatly contrary 10 the constitution.
i Mr.. Grill finally states that "the pop
ulists have shown the people of the
state how to do business" Does he
mean in killing the bill reducing inter
est, making usury a crime, Furnishing
bribery. preventing colonization, tax
ing mortgages, reducing cost of state
} printing, requiring mileage books good
for anyone, making employers liable
for injury to employees, reducing sal
aries Of states attorneys, county treas
urers and county auditors, providing fo'
} the condemnation of warehouse sites
forbidding state officers and member'
OF the legislature to ride on passes. for
bidding telegraph companies from de
laying messages or raising charges
taxing the property of the great cattle
kings the same ratio as that Of ordinar.
: farmers, forbidding gold mortgages
registration law, making county de
8 positories give surety bond, increas
. ing the safeguards against bank frauds
. Iforbidding the sale Of cigarettes 4
9 children, anti-P Pinkerton law, forbid
/ ding adulteration Of candy.
q These are few Of the measure
killed. Does Mr.. Grill applaud thei
! destruction? Is this the way the pop
\ have taught the people of the state 4
! do business? II Mr.. Crill's stateman
!. ship leads him to think that the recor'
> is q glorious one the Argus-Leade
. would like to know what the people Q
: Union county think Of him as states
: man.-Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.
!; The Courier