Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-07-11
SENATOR A. b. KITTREDGE

Governor @. y. Herreid 10 Eli the
vacancy caused by the death Of
James III. KYLE. The selection will
give mor general satisfaction than
any other man the governor could
have named. Mr.. Kittredge is one
of the best lawyers in the northwest.
He occupies the most prominent
legal position in the state. During
his residence in South Dakota he has
always been 4 leading republican
and it Is due to him more than any
other man that the state last fail
repudiated Frank Pettigrew. While
national committeeman for this state
he formed the perfect organization
that made the party's success assured
Nor did he stop when the organiz
alton was perfected, but during the
campaigns Of 1898 and 1900 he gave
great aid to the committees and
many Obstacles were overcome bS his.
ability and powers Of disernment
South Dakota will have in the United
States senate in Mr.. Kittredge one
of the very best members Of that
body and when the Legislature meets
in 1902 its members will endorse
Governor Herreid's action by elect
ing Senator kittredge as his own
successor.
The Reporter and Farmer con
graduates Senator Kittredge, Gov
ernor Herreid, the republican party,
the state and the nation upon this
excellent appointment.
Governor Herreid Thursday after
noon gave out the following inter
teryiew on the senatorial situation:
@For a week l have been receiving
kilograms and letters and listening
to the arguments Of friends of L
ious candidates for United States
senator. These communications are
80 that | know mi friends
will not expect me to reply to each
one personally. | am SO thoroughly
acquainted with the men and fanil-
lar with the conditions and interests
of our state that | am as well pre-
pared now as | would be in another
week or two to settle this matter. 1t
did not take me long to conclude to
make the strongest and best appoint
ment possible. This has been my
inyariable rule of action. l have
considered the mar rather than his
location. Both senators from lndi-
ana live in the same city. Ii is so
In some other states. 1 do not
underestimate the great ability and
high character Of the different aspir-
ants for this high Office when | say
that from my intimate acquaintance
with Mr.. Kittredge | consider him
the most honorable, conscientious and
upright andpre- eminently qualified
man 10 represent our splendid
youngcommonwealth in the senate
of the United States"
The new senator is distinctively a
self.made man. He was born March
20, 1861, in Cheshire county, ". III.
His early education was obtained in
the public schools and by private
tutor. When seventeen years of age
he entered Yale university and
graduated from that famous institu-
tufitn n 1882. He then commenced
the study of law in the office Of
Judge Yeasey, at Rutland, VT, and
afterward studied in the law Office
Of Bachelor & Faulkner, OF the same
place.
The study of the law was con-
tinueai until 1884, when he entered
the Yale law school, from which he
graduated in the spring of 1885.
In June Of the same year he was
admitted to the bar by the supreme
court of Connecticut. After reach
ing this goal he decided to tale
Horace Greeley's advice and gowest.
He arrived in Sioux Falls in 1855
and looked about fer an opening for
the practice Of his profession. Dur
Ing this time he was frequently seen
about the Office Of the Sioux Falls
Daily ress, then a republican