Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22


board; in other words. the net earnings OF
one mile OF road for one year Is ABOUT q
third more than the value OF that mile or
road as liked by the state board.
Will Not Account for Funds.
1t does not recognize any right In a menu
Der OF the legitimate party organization;
unless he is also a member of the per-
sonal machine. Mr.. r. O.. Richards OF
member of the republican state central
committee from Beadle county. He is a
part of the legitimate party organization
and entitled to recognition as such. But
he Is not a part Of the personal machine.
Last winter he made a reasonable and
courteous request of the chairman of the
state committee, asking for an account of
the campaign funds collected and dis
bursed last year. His request was denied.
His inquiries as to the total amount of
funds collected last year and as to how
were not answered. He was told that the
books containing such accounts had been
burned up.
One Of the Many pulls"
The insurance commissioner Is appointed
by the governor. He Is the complete and
servile tool of the machine He d~esignates
the newspapers In which the statements
or insurance companies doing business In
the state must be published. In this way
he has 1t within his power to distribute
thousands Of dollars each year among the
newspapers
He uses the patronage for the machine
Win a NCllStailCCs IL you AIS iOldI " TIC
machine, you get statements. III you dare
criticise 1t, you get none. This accounts
for the total lack of independence and the
abject seryility found among so many
papers IL the editor must nave something
more than insurance statements TO hold
him In line. he is made a postmaster.
Along with this is the free pass, the tele-
graph and express frank and campaign
funds. These have all worked together in
the establishing OF the regime In control
The man who dares protest is called an
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of promoting strife. The only peace the
machine recognizes Is that which follows
meek obedience. Now this state OF things
will bring defeat to any set of men in a
free country. 1t Is only a question or time.
Time to Call a Halt.
We nave had enough of 1t In South
Dakota. The republican party is bigger
and greater than the machine. Its mis-
sion is higher than graft. 1t is just awak-
ening to the true situation and the rank
and file are going to take possession next
year. Attend the caucuses. Speak out
without fear. Instruct your delegates.
Men cannot play fast and loose with this
question. You cannot consistently de-
nounce the beef trust and other unlawful
organizations outside the state If you are
cooperating with the corporate-machine
in the state, because both are yoked to-
gether. Congressman Martin has deliv-
cred a fine address about the trusts and
has voted for the Esch-Townsend bill. but
he has made a profound mistake by enter
ing into a bargain with the representatives
Of the railroads by which he has apparent
iy bound himself to stand with them and
with the machine in consideration for their
support OF his candidacy for the United
States senate.
The making of this unfortunate bargain
has thrown a deep shadow across the poll
teal pathway of a man whom the people
have been wont to regard with great
favor.
For what do fine speeches amount to IL
we are to make such alliances as this by
which out power 70 act indenpndpntly is
completely destroyed?
The temptation Of office and desire for
power arise to check a noble impulse to
fight for the liberties of the people.
When men yield TO such temptations,
and go over to the other side, they must
not expect to keep the old place in the
popular heart. The line Of cleavage Is
clear. Take we one side or the other
Railroads Soft Snap.
The assessed valuation per mile Of rail-
roads in South Dakota Is the lowest In the
United States; a smaller valuation per
mile than the average net earnings per
mile, for one year, of all the railroads,
good, bad and Indifferent, In the United
States. What else can you expect of an
assessment board nominated by the eau
Gus and convention system, each member
receiving free transportation from the
companies of substantial value?
Not long ago l referred in a public way
to a newspaper correspondent residing at
Sioux Falls, as the agent of the republican
machine and the railroad press bureau.
The gentleman to whom l referred pub
lished a statement In his cuckoo news
paper charging me with wilful misrepre-
sentation.
/ hold in my hand a copy of the Elan
dreau Herald. published May II, 1905, in
gentleman referred to; this article appears
under the headlines:
What the Railroads Have Done for
South Dakota" The article, among other
things, says, there Is mo pronounced de-
mand or sentiment in South Dakota In
favor of any Juggling or 'tampering'
being done with railroad passenger and
freight rates" and is signed by the gen.
tleman who says 1 falsely accused him of
being the agent of the railroad press
bureau, In the same issue Of this paper is
the followin paragraph OF the editor:
I'm last weeks Issue of the Herald and
also IN this week we publish long articles
regarding immigration and railroads.
Will say that this matter is furnished us
by the Milwaukee railway and does not
necessarily carry ary editorial opinion.
Read 1t for what 1t is worth"
Gets Back at Mr.. ~Burkholder.
You can draw your own conclusions
as to whether or not the nan who wrote
that article, and who has published many
others OF like character Is, or Is not an
agent Of the railroad press bureau. / have
expressed mine, and see no reason to
This machine-railroad alliance is drunk
with power and believes that money and
passes are more potent In this state than
SoboGACllSS oiAo bONA Is blloN
true? / call upon the people of South
Dakota to answer 1t right, and to be
henceforth vigilant in behalf Of public
honor and political integrity.
How to Correct the Evil.
How shall we proceed?
AS good citizens IL is our duty to do
something more than talk. We cannot ac-
complish anything by ~denouncing trusts
at long distance, II we continue TO CO.
operate and aid It's representatives In our
own midst. We must begin at home. The
political machine and the public service
corporations nave combined as the repre-
sentatives OF the trust owe in the nation
to carry out their plan to deliver over to IT
this state. If you wish to prevent this,
you must begin to work at once in your
own precinct and county. Make the issue
one OF principle.
/. Have your annual town meeting, next
spring, pass q resolution endorsing the
recommendation of the president and de-
manding that ongress give the interstate
commerce commission power to fix a max
imum rate in specific cases when 1t has
been proven that the rate charged is I'M
reasonably high.
2. Have your town meeting denounce
the act of the last legislature In refusing
to submit to the people Of his state the
proposed primary.
3. Have your town meeting pass a reso-
luton fayoring the enactment of a state
primary election law and an anti-pass law.
4. Pass resolutions In your caucuses
favoring all three OF the above PROPOSE
lions and instruct your delegates elected
in your caucuses TO favor them: make the
delegates. openly declare themselves.
Remember hat under the new caucus
law, the caucus to elect delegates to the
county convention to elect delegates to the
state convention must be held In every
after the second Monday in May, while the
~aucuses held to elect delegates to the
county convention to nominate county
officers, including members OF the legisla-