Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-10-28

controls the party has sto,on -
of the grand old organizatioan me liss
the people and serve the ra,,ro ,u 10
forced to use the name In n, 'aaS \
sense. and for this campaign ~ y ,tssans Z,
applies only to the gang whioh - eas
Mitchell convention. But LOT Ne iua y,
how our public debt has been ~ n.,i llqai
has paid 1t and who IL ent,,,ppsaa' psaa'
credit. BY claiming credit few fnr y, %
present condition Of our st.,a s
ury, Mr.. Phillips has admitted t,.i us
prophesy Of his party made tra ual
ago that the populists were ivy !ea
tent to run public business ana o .S0a
advent into power would ruin ,sa s.Al !.
was false. He says our credit T.
the best 1t ever was. Then We shsS sS
him as a witness against tbs I %
claims OF his party and against Il. M
recent claim in an interview tSs,
state should be redeemed" RsSs.I
from what? Redeemed from aooS
agement and improved credit y
let him answer.
SOME ANCIENT HISTORY
When South Dakota went ipn /
state business on her own hook sss |,
herited from the territory s9iO aAa N
Was that debt increased or diniui,,,
under subsequent republican u,s,
was enormously increased. From /,
5th day Of November, 1889 III, ". !,
Of January, 1897, eight years Of pr;na.
taxation, our state debt increased ,sx
900. Let us reduce this to smalle,
ures. From the 5th of November Il
20 January l, 1897, eight years tbs n,
lie debt Of the state was increased h
250 per year, or $102.O5 per day
During this time few public imnn,.
lnents were made. Our institutions,
out of repair constantly they were 4,
ported only with maintenance m,
and casual repairs. What was M
with the money? Let the men a,ul
who arrogate to themselves all kmy
edge Of public business, and who
tell you during the campaign thar
must return to their thieving and M
increasing regime or ruin the credr
the state. What is it that builds I'd
credit the commonwealth? Theft
crease OF debt. increase of tayath
Does that sort of business give rs
good name abroad. Let those anss
whose fostering figures are rotten
the robbery which has been perpeua
by the republican state machine.
WE PAID THE DEBT.
Contrast with this eight-year red
Of robbery and incompetency The
eighteen months of our history uDl
a populist legislature and governa
the 1st day of January. 1897. our d
debt was 81, ,23S,20o. On the 1st Day
July, 1898 a period Of eighteen msI4
it had been reduced $4,000 Wn
responsible for this reduction IN
public debt? Did Phillips, out o.
goodness Of his great heart, pay
from his own pocket? If so he 81
titled TO claim credit for It. lfM
and his friends are resorting 10 az
cies OF very mean demagogy to 9
political capital. The treasurer
state is a mere ministerial office IL
ceives and keeps the public money
can pay it out only when wanaa
drawn upon him by the audlt0
bond is due. Mayhem has as goool
to claim credit for our debt redueua
Phillips, but Mayhem is more Da
He does not belong to the macliR
But my friends what does tns
nous debt reduction mean 10 Wv
will demonstrate it. The publlc Nv
South Dakota has been reduced @N
| day, or s27 per hour! This Is
populist rule during the last ea
months. Compare this record "
publican and populist friends, wiz
eight years of republican RUE
which time your debt was inua
s102.05 per day. or a little NOR
s4.29 per hour for every nou
time which the republican maenin
| managed our public business
REVENUE INCREASED; o,,a nf
PRIATIONs DECREASEh
How has this change been Vl's
There is only one way the indlVhs
| the state can pay debts. 1t mus
| q decrease in expenditures or !. M
of receipts. That rule is SO os
do not need to argue it at lensns
audience. Republican leglsan ossns
republican Office holders are ss s,Ila
The only people who have ,~ ,s,rl
realize that bankruptcy ana Nv n
taxation must inevitably follu' VI
gacy in making appropriatloIa,u aui,y
travagance, n not felony IN ! .Sa au n,
ton. But the members OF uI Nj
| can state machine have caleu s.a
for the public interests: ta.' nd
public or social conscience IA T
them who are honest enousu, s.,srd q
neighbors do not regard roUu.4 oor,4
| public as disgraceful or dlsnou'y ,s n
iicly and politically they .ssesrs s
| sticking to the republican ~ coy
because, being backed mel
| Doodle, it promises plunder KIN
well-nigh scuttled the granSS gS.n Nh
| a. +ham for puirl