Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-11-03
maid anyone who shall furnish

ne palU uuyOu0 WIZ eudll luIuiStA
proof that any one or all the
amendments offered by him to the
Oil Inspection Bill will in any way
or manner affect the constitution
atty or effectiveness of said bill.
NV. A. Combellick, Cashier
"The above explains itself and
should be a conclusive answer to
the insinnation as to Mr.. Gross
connection with the oil law. Now,
gentlemen, bring on the PROOF"
Oct. %, 'O4.
You will notice the language of
this offer. "That any one, Or all
the amendments, offered by him to
the Oil Inspection Bill WILL in
any way Or manner affect the
constitutionality OF effectiveness
of said bill"
We have gone over the records
carefully, examined the House
journal thoroughly and find that
Gross never offered any amend
ment Of any kind or nature to the
oil bill THAT WAS ADOPTED.
He did not affect the change of a
line, a word or a letter. The bill
passed the House as it came from
the Senate except for some slight
changes made by committee on
Public Health, Of which Gross was
not a member. He did not add to
or substract from the oil bill in
any particular whatever. What
claimed was that not only did
Gross have nothing to do with the
actual passage of the oil bill, but
that he tried to defeat it by amend
ments. We have published the
bill in full, line for line, and letter
for letter, and shown the exact
amendments offered by Gross. We
have proven, as far as speech can
prove, that his amendments struck
the life out of the bill, and left it
absolutely without force or effect.
His amendment was not adopted.
and SO, of course, he did not injure
the measure.
If a person points a loaded gun
at YOUR head and some one brushes
the weapon aside as he fires, the
assailant is not guilty of murder,
but his intention was shown by the
act. Gross aimed his deadly
amendment at the oil bill, but the
Republicans took charge of the
measure and passed it. The oil
bill fortunately shows none of the
lear marks" of Gross. The Re-
publicans of the House refused to
allow him to put any Standard Oil
brand or "ear mark upon the
measure.
Fortunately for our contention.
we are able to submit absolute
proof that Cross amendments
were made by the oil trust. and
submit without further comment
the following letters of the oil in
spectors of this state:
Warner, S. D., Nov. 1, 1904
Potter County Republican Cam.
gaign Committee, Gettysburg
Gentlemen:-In regard to Senate
Bill No. III, known as the "oil"
bill will say, that iu my opinion
the amendments offered by Mr..
Gross, if they had been adopted.
would have materially injured the
bill, as they took away from the
inspectors the power to reject any
oils, no matter how bad thew
might be, without chemical
analysis; whereas the bill without
these amendments gave us power
to reject such oils without further
test. Respectfully yours.
E.. G. MOULTON.
State Inspector of Oil for the
Northern District of S. d.
Office of State Oil Inspector.
Hurley, s. d. l1-2-'O4.
Mr.. J. F. Whitiock,
Gettysburg, S. D.;
Ny Dear Sir:-In reply to yours
OF October 29th with reference tn
amendments to Senate bill No. ~
offered by Mr.. E. F. Gross Of
your city, will say emphaticallv.
that, had all the amendments baen
adopted, our oil inspection law
would have been practically as bio
"burlesque' as our former law
which afforded 80 little relief to AT
consumers, for the reason that the
oil Inspectors would have been
compelled to have chemical test
made Of each inspection. which
would be utterly Impossible. for
the reason that the oil Companies.
IN most cases, could cell the oiI
sI.~~s-- H. VA