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

I United States, that these countries and
states will make a unique, interesting
and instructive exhibit, peculiarly IL
Illustrative of their material progress
during the century which is about to
close. / have every reason to hope,
and believe that this exhibition will
tend more firmly to cement the cordial
relations between the nations of the
continent"
All the states of the Union have
been duly invited to take part in the
exposition. Many states have select
ed sites for state buildings; others
have appropriated money and appoint
ed commissioners. The work of the
exposition is far advanced, and it is
the judgment of competent critics, that
in all that goes TO make a great expo
sition this one will beyond question. be
successful from every point of view,
and in many respects will surpass any
Of it's predecessors.
1t is for the legislature to say
whether South Dakota shall join her
sister commonwealth in the coming
celebration of the marvellous progress
and the civilization of the nations of
he Western Hemisphere.
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPO
SITION.
In the summer of 1898 a project to
properly celebrate the centennial an
niversary of the Louisiana purchase
was inaugurated and eliminated in a
convention of delegates from the DIFF
ferent states and territories formed
from the Louisiana purchase being
held in the city of st. Louis, in Jan
uary, 1899. This convention decided
that the most fitting mode of COM
memorating this great historic event
would be by an international exposi-
ton to be held in the city of st. Louis,
in the year of 1903. | am informed
that the legislature of our state will be
fully advised of it's progress and pros
poets by representatives Of the co n
mittee in charge of this great enter
prise, and your attention is respect
fully directed to this excellent oppor-
tunity for making a creditable showing
Of our magnificent u and splen-
did development.
SOLDIERS HOME.
In his last address to the people Of
the United States, President Lincoln
said, Let us strive on to finish the
work we are in; to bind up the ma
tons wounds; to care for him who
shall have borne the 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
| y,olyn tHn loaI;n;nr ,ynnr, 80 tha xa+n.
ans of the great civil war, who occupy
the home, the peaceful and restful. I
shall consider it my most sacred duty
to aus to be established, and as
speedily as possible, the most humans
and perfect management Of said home.
A liberal expenditure for the comfort
and happiness of the men who main
tanned the honor and glory Of our
country is but the payment of a great
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.
i~slative 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 imperatively 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-
tons 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 q profound
interest. In the selection Of a man TO
represent this great commonwealth, |
believe you will cheerfully 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-
IOuuu ueLeTlulDdJlOu W IlSuL 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 beneyolence, justly
consider as among it's solemn obliga-
tons the moral development of it's
members and the reformation of it's
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 that the criminal should be re-
claimed. If so, the state should adopt
such a 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 a
Those meditations upon the rights
and duties of man as a member of civil