Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-13


will naturally come to his mind next
and he will tell why he GIibustered
against the confirmation OF General
Sheafe while processing the most pro-
found friendship for that gentleman.
Unkind people say this seeming double
dealing was due to the fact that Gen.
Sheafe's company holds q $40, 600 mort
gage on the senator's property, but
those who know the senator have full
confidence he will be able to clear him
self of the charge with a few fiery SEN
fences and a few eloquent sweeps OF
his hand.
He will also tell the people why 1t is
claimed the books of the Great North
ern Railroad Company show he receiv-
ed $4,000 with which to secure the
right Of way for that road from Sioux
Falls to Yankton, when these two cities
bonded themselves to raise $50, 900 or
more for the same purpose, and when
the last named sum was the generally
accepted estimate of the total cost. He
will also say to prove himself worthy
OF the immaculate company with which
he now processes to train, that he was
mistaken two years ago when he told
a number of parties hat President
AAAah VI "a oaAiC iilC vi lOdo EdNCn III
10000 for campaign expenses to sup
plement $4,000 given him by Comeron
OF Pennsylvania. His possession Of a
township or SO or Washington pine
lands, supposed to have beer former
ly owned by the same Mr.. Hill, will be
touched upon, too, because uncharita-
BILE people have unkindly limited that
title to the lands passed to Mr.. Petit
PROM VapU Gnnn oftAr Tho "
certain amendment TO the timber cul-
ture laws that quieted Mr.. Hills title
to a tract extending ten miles or so on
each side OF the river at Great Falls.
This piece of legislation, it will be re-
membered, was inserted In a conference
report. contrary to the rules, and
all OF the ~conferees except Mr.. Petit
grew denied all knowledge OF.
He Will likewise interest his audience
by explaining why he particularly
c~hampioned the clause in his Indian APP
preparation bill a few weeks ago which
provided for $1,000 900 attorney fees in
connection with payments of annuities
to the Sisseton and Santee Indians.
hen Mr.. Allison opposed it on the
ground that the services of attorneys
were entirely unnecessary and that the
fees were criminally exorbitant. Then
this matter OF attorney fees may recall
to his mind his connection with his
side partner, John III. King, in certain
other Indian reservation deals, but aa
the amounts involved in these deals
were inc~onsiderable. compared with the
100000 transaction, he may see fit to
pass them over or touch upon them
lightly.
When the speech drifts to state issues
he will naturally give some very good
reason for having concealed the defal-
cation of ex-Treasurer Taylor, when
the Populists claimed he knew all about
1t several months before Taylor de-
camped from the state with all its
available assets. His Populist friends
say he knew all about the unfortunate
affair but kept 1t secret for fear of the
effect it would have upon his W cleo
ton to the senate-a matter of vastly
greater Importance, of course, than the
financial welfare of the commonwealth.
An exposure might have saved much
to the treasury, but Ii might also have
jeopardized the legislature. OF course
he will clear up the misunderstanding
surrounding his payment to a private
party of So 900 he had borrowed from
Taylor, when he knew the ex-treasurer
was q defaulter to the state. He will
also add a missing link in the chapter
of the investigation which shows a
loan Of $500 was forced back upon him
from the proceeds of this payment and
still as far as the testimony goes, re-
mains in his hands. All these things
and many more in the same connection
will be made perfectly clear.
There are many other things he may
explain in order 10 prove his right to
associate with purists like Chairman
Kidd, Bowler and Cherry, unless he be-
lieves that when he took the plunge at
st. Louis and landed chin deep in blood
with Waite, Cyclone Davis, Jerry Simp-
son, Herr Most and others of that Xix,
the baptism washed all former deeds
away and entitled him to wear the robe
and whiskers. But for this ~absolution
he might even explain the stories of his
enemies to the effect that certain real
estate near the government building at
Sioux Falls was sold to a syndicate Ut
personal eastern friends Tor SAC, 900,
upon the representation that it was
worth that sum-, when later litigation
showed II was worth but half that
amount; how warranty deeds were CIV
en- to mortgaged property in Sioux
Falls upon the representation that 1t
was unincumbered; how a quit Claim
deed was obtained in the long ago to
eighty acres of land in the same hal
lowed precincts, which transaction. re-
port says( gave him his start upward
in finance and downward in morals;
how the returns of Moody county were
thrown out and an attempt made to
secure a seat in the legislature by
means that in the case of most other
persons would be considered criminal.
etc, etc. In fact, IL he has the time, he
will probably explain a score or more
OF other charges involving ever graver
things that yere hurled at him two
years ago by his friend, Chairman Kidd
through the columns of his paper, al
though II is but fair to the senator to
say he cannot be expected to spend all
the time that is left of the campaign in
this city. Mr.. Kidd has forgiven him
and taken him to his bosom, and no
doubt wants to pass him along to other
communities that have need of enlight-
eminent. Time is valuable--less than
sixty days intervene between this date
and election. 1t is believed the