Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

stem 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
pelling the treasurer to bring all the
states money to the capital, to have II
counted. Mr.. Phillips reasoned with the
governor as any one else would have
done, but nothing else would do. He
was compelled to bring the money.
then take 1t right lack from where he
had kept 1t, and had to stand all the
expense himself. Neither Lee nor any
ore else could say whether the money
that Mr.. Phillips brought was the
| States or some one else's. Yet the
expense to Mr.. Phillips was $500. Now,
| then, serious charges alc being made
against him on the eve Of election. He
is accused of taking interest from the
public funds of the state. / do not know
Anything about 1t, but If it Is true, and
the law says it Is the states money, 1t
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 loug 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 $4OO, 900 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? / want all men to know that
this state is not 10 be defrauded by
Kirk G. Phillips and his bondsmen.
The attacks that are being made are
up-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 b%enighted traveller,
ernor of this state, If he lives until the
second Tuesday Of next November.
ITO show you something of the fight
tlat is being made upon him, | will tell
you OF what they are doing on the east
SIDE OF the state, accol ding to excellent
authority. In the little town Of Ip-
switch, where Kirk G. Phillips is not
known, Freeman Knowles, one OF
South Dakota's congressman, and a
candidate for reelection, told the REQ
Die that in Deadwood Kirk G.. Phillips
conducted n of the lowest down
places in town. l 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
TO go. That is not what l call politics.
| beg your pardon for mentioning this.
| would not have done it, but both men
are citizens of your town. i have not
heard Kirk G.. Phillips speak dlsre-
specially Of even Freeman Knowles.
Il near that Governor Lee says Mr..
Phillips is simply a clerk and that he
| ube goyernor) is trying 10 get all the
| credit for the successful administra-
ton OF the states finances. Lee Is as
pUwerless To put amy money in the
state treasury, except he pay 1t himself.
as any citizen of the state. He Is Fin
ply a member Of the state board OF
.,,,1s,ntsn- nnl nnpn4-p,nnf nnd had
70 more voice on this board than any
other member. He has helped but once
II ~equalize the assessment on property
f. which taxes have been collecte l.
He helped the first year. and the pay
n.ent Is now being made. In August
lest he helped, and these taxes will net
begin to come in for months yet. The
governor is chairman Of thu 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 'hc
pGpulists, are entitled to credit for II. !.
The speaker was given the closest at.
tention throughout his remarks, aud
he talked for two full hours. He sur
p"ised his best friends with his Efforts.
He touched upon all the important
questions of the day, and treated them
comprehensively. He took up enc
charge after another, and disposed OF
It to the satisfaction Of every reason
able person In the audience. He ara
lyzed the thrusts that had been made at
him in the Independent last evening,
and left no doubt but that he was equal
to any emergency. He has spoken In
the Hills on several occasions, but 1t Is