The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-06-05
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cLATE TlNAN
Official Papsl Of the City and County
SHOULD II Be AQUEsJ.on 81 BooDLr3

SHOULD " BE ACQUISITION OF DOODLE?
The Huronite says:
Clate Tinan, manager OF Mitchell'S
capital campaign press bureau, gives
1t; out cold that there will be no boo
die" for the newspapers a. far as
Mitchell is concerned. Ii Mr.. Tinan
speaks authOritatively It will take a
close reader of the press to discover
that Mitchell is a candidate for the
capital.
The talented editor OF the Huronite
has had more experience, perhaps, in
South Dakota capital campaigns than
any other individual and possibly
speaks from bitter experience. But
il what he says is true, tits pity tits
true--and in this particular cast it is
to be hoped that he is mistaken. We
know CT no newspaperman holding
higher and more lofty ideas Of the
duty a newspaper owes its %constitu-
ency and itsstate than John Longstaff.
1t is not unreasonable to believe,
knowing him as we do, that no man
would more quickly resent the impu-
tation that a newspaper should not
have speech upon so important a
question as the location OF the capital
OF its state when the matter was be-
fore the people for settlement Without
first being paid to do SO. To admit.
this OF the press OF South Dakota
is to charge it with venality whenever
it advocates and upholds the fortunes
of a political party or advances the,
interests Of an individual. No one
knows better than the editor OF the
HurOnite that there has been a wide
spread dissatisfaction with the present
location OF the capital and which has
grown with the years until it has
spread to the uttermost boundaries
of the state. The newspapers Of this
commonwealth have sat al. the feet Of
the sage in the Huronite office for
half a decade listening to the urgent
need of a nor accessible location, and.
from whom there has come one long,
lingering refrain-""Put it anywhere
anywhere hut where it is" Now
that the prayers of the Huronite
have been answered-so far as oppor-
tunity lies-and one Of the three
towns agreed to by its editor named
by an overwhelming vote of the legis-
lature-a city which for twenty years
has entertained as many state gather
ings as any other within its borders
because OF its accessibility-its name
like lost Lenore-shall be sung never
more-unless there is the hum Of a
silver tuning fork to give it melody.
We do not believe this of the press Of
South Dakota-must assuredly not of
the newspapers of standing and infu.
ence. Il they want the capital moved
where it can be got at they will say SCR
II they don't there isn't enough
money in sight to make them say
otherwise.
It is true that upon nearly all ques-
tions before the people the press Of
this state is prone to Indifference save
In politics alone. But here comes a
matter of far greater importance than
any political question confined to the
state has eve been-one that more,
directly effects the convenience OF the
public and its finances than the for
tunes OF any political party could ever
do. The life Of a governor lasts but
four years at the most. The life OF
the capital will undoubtedly be
settled for all time to come. 1t would
seem that with SO important a move
on the part of the state up for CON
sfderatfon it should require no incen-
tive from any source to arrive at the
opinion OF the press-though no one
knows better than a newspaperman
himself the awful possibilities OF a
little lubricant toward hurrying it
along.
How muchd does John want, anyway?
According to the Mitchell Clarion
the Mitchell capitol committee have
been hiding their work under a bushel,