Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-09-08
TARRRD wlTm THRlR OWN STICK.

Editor Bruce of the Elk Point CoU-
RIER seems TO be adopting rather ques-
tlonable measures in support or Mitch.
ell, as would be shown by an editorial
which appeared In last weeks paper
He says:
Hon. c. G. Bennett, president Of
the First National Bank OF Pierre,
paid up capital 500, 900, enjoying nj
fine cerquisite asdepository OF state
funds, WAS In the city and vicinity
last week doing missionary work
for Pierre. Mr.. Bennett repre-
senGed the counties OF Hughes,
Hyde and Sully in the state senate
Of the last legislature While here
he was met by the argument that s
it is no worse for ths socalled vest
ed interests of Pierre that the lo
cation Of the capital be moved
than 1t was for the representatives
OF Pierre TO vote for the removal of
the Stale Fair from Yankton to
Huron. This was a clincher, the
force OF which Mr.. Bennett tried
to avoid, we understand, by DENY
ing thai Pierre Representatives
voted for the removal. If MIR. BEN
nett will consult the Journal OF the
Senate for January %, 1903, h will
discover on page l9 that he voted
for this removal, as did Represents
tives Goddard and Gerhart Ia the
House (see House Journal, Feb 3,
page 34} Pierre certainly should
have no kick coming II the state
as a whole shall follow the prece
dent established by all of her rep
resentatives in voting for the re-
moval OF the State Fair In the last
legislature.
mot one person In a thousand would
have the facilities TO look up the jour
mails and ascertain whether the aoove
w IS true or false, and hence would take
it for granted that the utterances we're
true. There is very little argument la
the matter further than to show how
the Mitchell people jump at conclusions
and do not always give their readers
properly seasoned food. Bro. Bruce
refers you to page l9 where he says Ii
will be recorded that Mr.. Bennett vOt-
ed to have the state fair removed. AS
matter of fact page 10 is found to be
in the midst of the temporary rules of
the senate and no work had been done.
BY referring to the date, however, IL
will be found that senate bill No. 81
was introduced by Senator Wilcox of
Huron and opposed By Senator Dillon
OF YanktDn The report OF the COM
mittee was favorable to removal and
was adopted by viva vOce vote which
Is not shown on the records. A motion
to recommit the bill was made by Dill
lon in hopes that it would die in the
committees hands was then voted up-
On and the records show Mr.. Benefits
name at the head of the list of affirma-
tive voters. Later, when the bill came
up for final action. Mr.. Bennett stood
withonly five more In opposition to the
bill. Mr.. Bruce also says that on page
81 OF the house journal It will be found
that others voted for the bill. AS this
page is in the midst OF the governors
message we do not know what he il
aiming at. In case Mr.. Bennett saw
the bill was going TO pass anyway, and
had made a trade-in favor OF some 9TH
err measure 1t would have been perfect
ly according 10 the custom OF legisla
tors. but he did not. and it's somewhat
rank Tor The Mitchell supporters to
thus accuse him. n Beresford Republic.
In our references we used the daily
journals Of the senate and house, whose
pages are numbered from up each
day, hence Bre. Sturges' difficulty III
following our references, since be evi.
IDENTIFY used the indexed edition whose
pages are numbered consecutively from
y up to several hundred But Bro.
Ssurges had no difficulty in finding an
der the proper date the records tc
which We referred and knows ver5
well that those records show anything
but ''how the Mitchell people Jump Al
conclusions and do not always give
their readers properly seasoned food
10 this case at least II Is very easy i,