The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-03-03
Doings Of the Legislature
Down at the Capit.aI

Editorial Correspondence.
Pierre, March 1.-The ninth sess,on
OF the South Dakota Legislature is
drawing to a close aud on Frinav
night 1T ] , o'clock will have nassed
into history. The present session
has been characterized by a desire on
the part OF its members, qs a whole.
To subscrve the best interests of the
state and a large amount OF work has
peen done, at the same time economy
has been the watchword, The nre-
sent legislature has expended 5000. 600
less than it's predecessor.
Just at this time l want to saw q
word regarding the presiding officer
OF the senate, Lieutenant Governor
McDougall, who has made mode,
presiding officer. To MIN belongs
the credit Of orsanizlng the senate.
HIS rulings have been character.
lied by fairness and Importantly, vet
ne mas always had the courage of k,s
convictions, and an undauoted will to
carry them out. H. has a faculty of
seeing his duty, good and clear, never
Sinking.
A resume Of the bills allowed will
he found on the inside of the STAN.
DARD.
Some OF the newspaper boys who
are finding fault with the senate for
It's action in disposing OF the primary
petition, and talking about machines.
should exercise little Judgment and
make haste slowly In this matter I'm.
til they know the facts. They are too
prone to accept the statement of
Dick Richards as gospcl.-aud by the
way who is Dick Richards, forsooth?
A rank populist, 4 sou please,-has
never been anything else, and he
calls his organization "republican
primary league" But this isn't the rea.
sou the measure did not pass. 1t was
full Of glarlng inaccuracies, showed
signs Of being tampered with and Jug.
g!ed, in The office OF the league at HUI
ron, and did NOT comply with the
law 10 any respect as shown by the re-
port Of the committee.
1t Is probably a hasty calculation
or one dictated by desire on the part
OF certain obstructlonists, that sees
in the carcas Of the primary petition
just killed, cause for u break In the
party in this state. Why should IT.
go that far? Why, indeed should it
80 beyond its present limit. An ef-
fort to make it serve further pur-
pose, should put the republicans and
especially the republican electors on
their guard. Even temper and sound
thinking should prevail over hasty
conclusions. Nothing could be plain
er than that this is necessary.
While there may have been warm
times in discussing certain measures,
this does not forshadow a rift IN the
party as certain pseudo-popullst-re-
publlcans would have 1T appear. |
take it that the men who compose
the legislature of the great common
wealth OF South Dakota are too
broad, AMI realize that the republi-
can party is party OF perfectly free
expression, and the member with an
opinion knows that he may give ex-
plession to that opinion and be beard
The tank about a "machlne" is cal
culated to deceive the people. What
is a machine? An organization with
out which no party ever existed or
conducted a campaign, 1t is the band
which cements the party together.
There never was Il better governed
state that South Dakota. II this he
machine rule. make the most Ut II.
The republicans will keep their or.
ganlzation IN shape aud move for
ward in solid column.
Ole Lee, Hans Krogstad and John
Nergaard, vi Sisseton, were visiting
at the state house last Friday aud
Saturday.
Lee ComsJock and daughter, o.
Erookings, spent Saturday aud Sun