The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

'divido nd.
COUNT WlTTE says that conditions
in Russia are different from every
other country Every other country
Is doubtless glad of It,
& Il z
HAVING tossed the rllWay fatc
issue over into the Senate, the House
waits with sone anxiety for the m
cvita bile cXpIosiOn,
Il Il 4
AN exchange tells o! a Pitt>hurg
boy who cannot stop running when
once he starts and lis parents do not
know what to do with nun Send
him up here. He was cut out Tor ii
boxer officer holder.
4 4 4
PHfLO HALL seems to have per
formed the wonderful acrobatic feat
of getting under himself whcu he
rendered that opinion on the uncon-
the newspapers and u good many OF
the best legal talent in the state have
taken a whlrl at him on the propo-
sition. The following from the
Watertown Public Opinion Isl sample
of these expressions; MIR Hall does
not seem to be getting the test of i
in his contention that the caucus law
is unconstitutional. The hrm OF
Windsor & NaughLon OF Sioux Falls
(Mr. Windsor is a staunch democrat
we are lold), IN a published opinion,
given In response tua request by Mr.
q. NJ. Day, takes dmcct ISSUE with
Mr. Hall The Sioux Fails lawyers
hold that il, Il PRIMARY Involving the
nomination of party tickets ihcrc
must be some test OF party leally;
otherwise the primary would partaKe
of the nature of Il general election
and not IA primary election. a nom-
mating convention. or primary, is
dlstinctlvely party affair aud with
out the test of party tealty the Sioux
Fails gentlemen contend that the
South Dakota caucus law would not
be constitutional. Their views are so
directly a0Lagonlstlc 10 those vi the
attorney general as To Justify an APP
peal al once TO the state supreme
court. 1t may be recalled that soon
after the members of the state luard
of charities and corrections Nctc APP
pointed. Mr. Hall, in a writtcu upin-
Ion, held that certain members OF
the board could not draw the annual
salary provided by the legislature,
owing to certain constitutional aud
other legal points involved, hut the
supreme court held to the contrary.
Mr. Hall might be mistakeu again. "
WE clip the following from the
Sisseton News, published Thursday
OF this week,
EX-Judge "A. W. Campbell was among The
attorneys who arrived in tins city at the
opening OF court Tuesday The Judge is one
Of the attorneys in the big l5,0OOcaso against
the First National bank ct al which grew gu,
of the John Ness hardware stock transfer
1t Will be remembered that the bank. or its
land company, purchased the Ness stock it
exchange for Canadian lana. By the deaf TIN.
wholesale houses, from whom Ness purchased
the stock, We're to be defrauded out OF abou,
$4,000 The action has now been brought b,
the houses to recover the said amount. This
is as we understand the case.-Sisseton News
The above article from the SIsSe-
ton News Is reprinted as an example
of the low and contemplate method
employed Dy certain of the boxer
bunch in their efforts TO injule the
high standing of the First National
Bank and its officers. This article is
merly the elimination of She Islander
Gus talk INDUCED in by them. How
low and contemplate is the attack
can be Judged by the fact that the
case above referred TO was dismissed
in open court on the first day OF the
term by the plaintiff himself. This
Mosher must have known when he
wrote and printed his scu,ilou,
article. Slsseton has reason to b,
proud Of the high character and
standing OF her two natlonal banks
holding, as they do, combined de.
posits Of more than half mill,or
dollars. 1t is, however, currently re
ported and understood that th,
stockholders and officers of the Citi
zens National bank are largely the
stockholders and proprietors of the
News. II this be true, then the,
are open to the most severe critt