The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-01-01

nossr; second District John Erickson; Third
Distr ict. Julius Fenner
Locating the Capital
The Minnehaha, Baltic, Min.
nehaha County: Inside of a year
it is going to be up to the
people of South Dakota to decide
whether they r going to bring
the capital to q point where they
can get to and from it without
any Unnecessary loss of time
and physical exertion and at
small expense or leave it where
it is in q vain hope of benefiting
generations unborn. The last
legislature very properly and
by an overwhelming vote gave
the people of the commonwealth
another opportunity to pass
upon the question, and it is the
expectation of a great many
public men we'll situated to know
that the voters will promptly
take advantage of it and place
the capital at the hustling corn
palace city Ga the jim. In so
doing the people of the state who
have business at che capital will
not only be greatly convenienced,
but there will be a large saving
in annual expenditures. In the
thirteen years the capital has
been located on the edge of the
range country and Indian res
ervatiOns the state has been
placed TO many thousands of
dollars extra expense for mileage
for the legislative bodies and
state officers tribute to the
geographical center sentiment
the wealth could i'll
afford. This sickly sentiment
would never have triumphed,
however, had it not been for an
outrageous use of money-the
evil effects Of which are felt all
through our body polite to this
day.
Few people will agree with the
Sioux Falls Forum that Pierre
ought to keep the capital because
she bought and paid for it. The
people are sovereign in matters
Of this kind-not a little coterie
Of real estate spectators. 1t is
costing the state upwards of a
thousand dOllars-we don know
but double that-every year for
mileage over and above what it
would cost with the capital at
Mitchell. Nine-tenths of the
people of the state have to go to
Wolsey to get to Pierre, and
when they get to Wolsey they
ire fifty miles nearer to Mitchell
than to Pierre.
1t should be kept in mind,
also, that it will not cost the
state q dollar to move the capital
TO Mitchell. That busy little
city is now building a beautiful
city hall from our own Mime
haha county granite, especially /,
designed for q temporary capital
building. It is large and ample
for all the requirements of the
state for a capital building and
use of it is to be donated to the
state until it sees fit to erect a
building of it's own. The build
ing will have large assembly
rooms for both branches of the
legislature, rooms for the SUI
preme court, committee rooms, !
governors rooms, and fire proof
vaults for the state records and
supreme court library, the last
named valuable document now
being stored in the fire trap now
serving as a capital building at
Pierre.
II the capital doesn't 60 to
Mitchell you may look out for a
$500 900 OF more appropriation
next time the legislature meets
Tor 3 permanent capital building
at PierreEwhich means that the
state will have to borrow money
until the land granted by the
general government for that
purpose can be sold at q fair
price.
II is money in the pockets Of
the taxpayers in more ways
than one to place the capital at
Mitchell, to say nothing Of the
many benefits and conveniences
~ hundreds Of people IN I'll parts
= the state.