Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-28

the state treasurer. but as . private
citizen. He told me at Aberdeen at the
convention last summer u have not
seen him since) that he was still about
$4,000 out on the transaction.
At the last session Of the legislature
Gov. Lee conceived the idea OF COM
relling the treasurer to bring ell the
states money to the capital. to have II
counted. MI. Phillips reasoned with The
governor as any n else would have
done, but nothing else would do. h
was compelled to bring the monsy.
then take It right hack from whore he
had kept Il, and had to stand al The
expense himself. Neither Leo nor any
one else could say whether the monsy
that MI. Phillips brought wa thu
States or some n else"s. Yet the
expense to Mr.. Phillips was $500. Nov.
then. serious charges aAe being made
against him on the W Of election. He
ia accused Of taking interest froh ShN
public funds Of the state. I do not know
anything about 1t, but IL 1t Ia true, and
the law says it is the states money, Il
will be paid back into the state treas-
Try cent for cent, all this howl to the
contrary Notwithstanding. The trouble
is they did not wait long enough. There
Is time enough between now and cleo
ton to allow any man to get back to
his senses with regard to this matter.
Mr.. Phillips is under 100000 bonds,
with such security as to render the
state perfectly safe. He must deposit
this money somewhere, and where else
but in the banks. in the integrity of
whose officers he has every reason to
believe? l want all men to know that
this state is not to be defrauded by
Kirk g. Phillips and his bondsmen.
The attacks that are being made are
un-American, dirty, and mean, and no
citizen of the republic ought to be gull
ty of them. But Mr.. Phillips is Just be-
ginning to get a taste of this mode of
warfare. for as sure as the star of the
north keeps Its place as a beacon for
the steps of the benighted traveller.
Kirk G. Phillips will be the next GOV.
ernor Of this state, If he lives until the
second Tuesday Of lex November.
TO show you something of the fight
that is being made upon him, 1 will tell
you of what they are doing on the east
SIDE of the state. according to excellent
authority. In the little town of In
switch, where Kirk G. Phillips is not
known, Freeman Knowles. one Of
South Dakota's congressman. and a
candidate for reelection, told the REQ
lie thai in Deadwood Kirk g. Phillips
conducted n Of the lowest down
places in town. I should have supposed
that Knowles would have been not only
AFRAID. but ashamed to make such q
statement, because there are limits be-
yond which men will not be permitted
10 so. That is not what 1 call politics.
! beg your pardon for mentioning this.
l would not have done 1t, but both men
are citizens of your town. I have not
heard Kirk g. Phillips speak disre-
spectfully of wen Freeman Knowles.
Il hear that Governor Lee says Mr..
Phillips is simply a clerk aud that he
1.-THE governor) is try:ns to get all the
credit for the successful administra-
ton OF the states finances. Lee is a.
powerless to put any money in the
state treasury. except he pay It himself.
as any citizen of the state. He is rim
ply a, member of the state board Of
equalization and assessment. and has
10 o voice on this board than any
other member. He has helped but nee
tn equalize the assessment on property
f. which taxes have been collected.
He helped the first year. and the pay
n4ent is now being made. In Angus.
leet he helped, and these taxes will net
begin to come in for months yet. The
governor is chairman Of tts board
simply by courtesy. He can no. raise or
lower the valuation of any property
without the agreement Of the other
members Of the board. This year the
board was five to one republican, the
governor being the only populist ON
the board. II any credit is due for the
equalization, the republicans, not the +
populists, are entitled to credit for IT..
The speaker wal given the closest ut.
tention throughout his remarks, aud
he talked for two full hours. He sur
pr;sed his best friends with his e6otts,
He touched upon all the important
questions Of the day. and treated than
comprehensively. He took up one
charge after another, and disposed o.
It to the satisfaction Of every: reason