Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-10

sara, LSL us strive on 10 Hn1Sn the
work we are in; to bind up the ma
TONS wounds; to care for him who
shall have borne h battle and for his
widow and his orphan" The people of
South Dakota, patriotic and generous,
have erected and maintained a Sol
dier's Home amid ideal surroundings;
where climate and scenery combine to
make the declining years OF the veter-
n of the great civil war, who occupy
the home, the peaceful and restful. |
shall consider it my most sacred duty
to cause to be established, and as
speedily as possible, the most humane
and perfect management of said homa.
| A liberal expenditure for the comfort
and happiness of the men who main
tanned h honor and glory of our
debt which we of this generation owe,
and which will ever be paid with love
and gratitude.
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
The election of a senator to repre-
sent South Dakota in the highest | G
islative body in the world is one of he
most important duties devOlving upon
this legislature. We are living IN a
period in the history Of our country
which im~peratively demands the high
est order of craftsmanship. Problems
of international Importance are press
ing for solution. In the drama of
world politics our country, the most
civilized and powerful, must play its
part. "The Oriental and Occidental
civilizations have met face to face, and
the future constitution and ideals of
society are in the balance" The ques-
tions to be solved involve not merely
commerce and industry, but the deeper
interests of civilization.
No question ever before the people
of this state aroused such a profound
interest. In the selection of a man TO
represent this great commonwealth, l
believe you will ch%eerfully obey the i'm
perial mandate of the people, who
have directed the selection Of some
one worthy of the high honor, inspired
with the splendid and progressive
views of the president and rejecting
the patriotism and the intelligence Of
the people of South Dakota.
CHAPLAIN FOR PENITENTIARY.
One of the chief characteristics of
the nineteenth century has ben the pro-
found determination to right the
wrongs and alleviate the sufferings of
humanity. To this powerful influence
we may attribute the prison reform
work and other radical changes in
methods for dealing with the unfortu-
nate and criminal classes. Society, as
a matter of self-preservation, as well
as from feelings of benevolence, justly
consider as among its solemn obliga-
tons the moral development of its
members and the reformation of its
criminals.
The duty on the part of the state to
prevent a crime, if possible, or to
punish the criminal, is no more sacred
than hat the criminal should be re-
claimed. If So, the state should adopt
such means as will most directly tend
to eradicate wrong habits, cultivate
and strengthen moral and religious
principles and eventually restore the
criminal to society, a wiser, better and
a useful man.
Those meditations upon the rights
and duties of man as a member of civil
society and the obligations of the
states, have lead me to suggest for IA
vorable consideration the appointment
of a chaplain for the state p~enitentia-
ry. Rev. DR.. Jordan, a distinguished
clergyman and citizens of our state,
speaking for the Ministerial Associa-
ton of Sioux Falls, says, we feel that
the best interests of the prisoners and
of the institutions demands the ap-
rpiptmapt IF a 6avOut earppct eOthu-