Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-15
"PETTIGREwING."

Once more The CHiGN rises to in
quire what has become of that Sl30,OO0
appropriation bill for Il national SOL
dier's home at Hot Springs. Senator
Pettigrew got it thru ths senate but
what is little Charley Burke and Bobby
Gamble doing about getting it thru
the house? Will the Hot Springs Star
or some Of the rest who are so eager to
get senator Pettigrew's scalp please en-
ton? Practical results determine the
value of men as public servants Rapid
City Union.
OF course Pettigrew got the Soldiers
Home bill thru the senate. The repub-
licans of the senate have gone on re-
cord three times in favor of the bill
beginning when Pettigrew was are pub
lican. They could not go back on
their convictions as to the bill, even if
they all are Disguised with Pettigrew.
We can inform the Union that Gamble
and Burk have done what their popu-
fist congressman (Knowles and Kelley
could not do and even did not try to
do-viz: secure a favorable committee
report. And those populist congress
men did not even design to speak fav-
orably of the bill when it was finally
tackled on the sundry civil bill. The
Union need not work itself into a
frenzy over what Gamble and Burke
have done or have not done, with this
bill. We all are satisfied that they
have done all that anyone could do and
we are still further satisfied that they
will secure its passage at the winter
ter III of this session of congress. Pet
tigrew's general unpopularity has been
a great handicap to the republican
members of the house, where he is
bitterly disliked and can secure no
fayors. In the senate he is one of the
eco urtesy" counts for something-tho
not much from Pettigrew's own stand
point toward his fellow senators. But
they do continue to treat him with
courtesy much as they dislike him.
Therefore they have continued to per-
init his bills to be passed. But the
Ho use must know that there is great
general demand for q bill that has the
finger marks of Pettigrew upon it be-
fore they will look at it and our con
gressmen have had Il difficult task
in securing favorable action in the
House upon some measures that Pet
tigrew was in some way connected with
or favored. This is but a natural con
sequence since Pettigrew has been SO
persistently offensive against all re
publicans who are prominent in party
affairs and has stopped to say anything
that came to his mind and tongue how.
ever untrue-that would reflect upon
republicans or the party. He has con
tinued his desperate course until one
of his fellow senators declares: "l
have often sat III my seat listening t.
him and thought him INSANE" Will
such a man out of the way and a re
publican in his place who will max,
friends instead of enemies, South Da
kota will not be looked upon askanc,
by congress whenever bills come VI
that concern this state. Don't le
the Union tlatter itself or Pettigrew
by thinking that the senate has bee,
passing any bills because Pettigrew
was pushing them. 1t knows better i
he reads the Washington reports. 4
good, respected republican in the sen.
ate from this state, who will max
friends instead of trying to max
enemies, will not only be successful il
the senate but will help nightly in Sc
curing the passage of the bills in tn,
House. Pettigrew is as an anchor at
tached to all bills that go to the Hous,
associated with his name.