The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-10-26

horoughgoing fashion, without
rick or evasion. We shall have
oefore us laws of a similar char
acter enacted in Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Oregon and other states from
which to frame practical and
efficient statutes, and we shall
have no excuse to offer if we
fail next winter to make good
every one of these declarations.
1t shall be my purpose, if
elected, to do my utmost to as
sist in the work-so far as it is
a part Of my duty as an officer
and a citizen-of keeping faith
with the people in all these mat
ters.
In addition to the redemption
Of specific platform pledges, we
must also rememberother obi
cations that come With official
responsibility. In all admins
tration and all legislation, the
first consideration must be the
best interests Of the state. The
expenditure Of public money
should be guarded against every
temptation to extravaganza and
rigid and exacting economy
should be practiced with scrup-
ulous care and honesty. While
our public institutions should be
efficiently maintained and built
up, the local ambition Of COM
munities in which they are To-
Gated should not be permitted
to lead us into any needless OF
unnecessary appro rlatlons.
Neither should like ambitions OF
other communities induce us to
locate and establish still other
institutions neither necessary
nor needful.
Our revenue laws is conceded
to be both crude and inefficient
and should be thoroughly re-
vised. The secreted property
Of wealthy individuals, as we'll
as the property and franchises
Of public service corporations,
should be made to bear their
just and equitable share of the
burdens Of taxation, and some
method devised by which the
value Of such property can be
determined by proof beyond
the mere ex parte and unex-
planned affidavits Of the parties
interested.
The rule Of the common law
that an employer is not liable
for deathor injury to an en-
ploye caused by the negligence
Of a fellow servant should be
changed so far as it applies to
men engaged in the operating
department. Of the railway COM
panies Of this state, as it has
been changed in Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and other states, and by the
federal statutes-because the
duties performed by these men
are quasi public. The most eff
icient service they can render
is due to the public in the pro-
lection Of life and property, the
safety Of which depends upon
their fdality and courage.
Their dependent wives and
children should have the same
right to recover damages, in
case Of death, and they should
have the same right to recover
in case Of personal injury,
caused by the negligence of
others employed by the compa-
ny that is given Of other per
sons.
A new state capitol should be
commenced anda sufficient part
of it built without delay to
safety and comfortably house
the valuable records and llbrar-
les Of the state, and to accom-
modata the officers Of the state.
The highest and most non
partisan and unselfsh consider
ations should prevail in the
management Of the educational
and other public institutions
maintained by the state. If
elected, | shall strive to pro
mote these and other measures
for the public welfare.