The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-11-02
THE PURE FOOD BILL
Everett Smith Attempted to
Explain His Objections to
Republican Measure.
A Soldier Boy Says Soldiers
in Philippines are for
Mckinley.
Wheeler is Looking for Omaha
Extension From Mitchell
to Help County Seat.
AND THIS is THE REPLY,
AND THIS is THE REPLY.
Mr.. Smith Wants The Republican to
Furnish the Foundation for
His Untimely Criticisms.

EDITOR REPUBLICAN: In your issue
Of the 10Th you say that:
Everett Smith has seen fit to make
some criticisms of the pure food law
passed by the legislature of 1899, which
was introduced by Harry L. Bras of
this city"
And you asH me to explain my OBJ,
jections TO the bill.
presume that you ask at this late
day for this information for the benefit
of Messrs. Johnston and Bras. AS
these gentlemen have shown such DO
lite consideration in answering ques
tiors thai have propounded to them
(pub icly) for several weeks, you have
at last presumed TO act as their mouth
piece and ask me to explain my obiec-
tions to the pure food bill.
| will make this proposal to you. If
You wi ! publish in full House Bill No,
lat, known as the pure food bill, so that
The people can read and analyze it for
| themselves and state that you are ask
ing for my objections to the bill for the
benefit OF Mr.. Bras who cannot conde
scend to answer a question that is put
to him in respectful manner, then l
Will consider your request even at this
late day, if it should cause Mr.. Bras TO
lose some o. bis cheap nntoriety in max.
ing display of his wisdom and learn
ing through the merits of his pure food
bill. sm very respectfully,
EVERETT SMITH,
Mitchell, S. D., Oct 81, 1900.
We really expected something better
from Mr.. Smith on this matter for he
has he en- nagging away at the republi-
can Representatives for some tire on
the pure food bill and other matters.
The pure food bill has been a sore sub
ject to him and he has seen fit to refer
to 1t in his Gazette articles and when
given the opportunity to make some
reply to it we thought he would jun Q
at the chance and he did-jumped clear
over the fence by resorting to subter.
fuge to escape making any reply. The
good people of Dawson county have
had ample opportunity to investigate
, this bill, if it was such bad one, for
reference has been made to it mum
+ ber OF times as House Bill No. 147, and
can be found in the session laws OF 1899
, page 104 Shortly after the close O
f the legislature in 1899 THE REPUBLI
CAN in it's issue of March Is published
, practically the entire pure food Law
, which gave everyb body chance to be
, come familiar with this iniquitous law
Mr.. Smith resorts to subterfuge by
, insisting on THE REPUBLICAN pub
J fishing the entire law for his gr .liica
a tion and to enable him to answer th,
n ch .llenge which wes laid down to him
: Itis evident that when he ascertainet
d that his populist governor signed tn
n bill, after every populist aud democrat
d ic member OF the legislature had vote
d for it, that he was alta ,kiHg the foun
}. tain he I'd Of the flsionists and tina
a would not do under the present circum
stances. The law is a good one, nc
\ only for the people but for the mel
n chants as we'll. John Lind, the demo
h cratic nominee for governor Of Mime
o sofa, is making his entire fight of tn
campaign on a bill OF this very. nstur
n in which Mr. Lind is commended for tn
J. pure food law that was passed by th
v Minnesota legislature, and whieh Coy
=. Liud has enforced during the past tw
"a years to the benefit of thu public,
"a being protected from the impure foo
n articles that ere thrust upon an unsu
" pecting public.
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