Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-07
NEWSY A NOTES.

- " u ASbNNA vi thuu solss
with a view TO terminating 1T this
end of the line the bitter contests over
offices in the state, the president will
undoubtedly o o oun that the
patronage in South Dakota, aside from
postmasters, will in the future be divi.
ded between Kitteridge and Gamble.
just what division will be made is a
matter to be decided after the president
has had a conference with the warring
senators. This is the outcome of the
bitter struggle between Senators Gam
BILE aud Kittredge over the nomination
Of James d Elliot TO be United States
attorney for the district of SouthDakota
Elliot's nomination will not be con-
tfrmed. 1t will be permitted to go over,
aud when the senate a~djourns Mr.. Elliot
will be out, thus creating a vacancy in
the office he now holds. Senator Kilt.
redge expects to name the new United
States attorney. His candidate for the
place is Judge A. 9. Biernitzki, of
Salem. Senator Kittredge's oppc sition
to the confirmation of Elliot was based
on the ground that the nominee was
personally obnoxious, and Mr. Kittredge
never would consent to his continuance
in office, in view of the fact that the
United States attorney made his head
quarters in Sioux Falls, the senator's
home town. Appeals were made to
senatorial courtesy and Mr. Kittridge
o out. Mr.. Kltteridge started the
fight by inducing the committee on
judiciary, of which he is a member, to
make an adverse report on the Elliot
nomination. II became apparent that
if Senator Gamble pressed for a vote,
Elliot would be rejected by the senate.
in this state of affairs, Senator Gamble
suggested hat Elliot be confirmed with
the understanding that he resign immed.
lately upon the adjournment of the sem
ate next week. To this Senator Kilt
redge refused to agreee. The alter
native of letting the nomination go over
without action, thus saving Elliot the
humiliation of being turned down by
the senate was then suggested. Sem
ator Kittredge agreed to this arrange.
ment, with the condition that the
vacancy should not be filed by Mr..
Elliot. The matter was finally patched
up in this way with the approval Of the
president. Assurances that Mr.. Elliot
will not succeed himself were to-day
given to Senator Kittredge by the pres
ident, who is now called upon to make
a selection. Whether Mr.. Gamble will
make a fight Oh Judge A. G. Biernitzki
remains to be seen. The indications are
that the president will notify the two
senators that owing to their inability to
get together on a candidate, the logic of
the situation requires a division of pat
ronage between them.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader Of
Saturday says: r. b.. Anderson, of
Madison, Wis. editor Of the "America,"
a Norwegian weekly of general circula-
ton, one of the strongest of its kind in
the country, visited Sioux Falls yester-
day and last night delivered a lecture
at the Norwegian college on Norway"
Mr.. Anderson, who was formerly min
lister to Denmark, has very little con-
fdence in the direct statewide primary
which is in force in Wisconsin, and has
just become a law in South Dakota.
at is a farce-a fraud" said Mr.. And.
erson. at gives an advantage to the
demagogue, and to the man who has
money to spend. Furthermore advant-
age comes to the man whose name
appears first on the ticket. In Wiscon.
sin the law requires the names of can
didates to appear in alphabetical order.
In the last primary every man who was
appeared first on the ballot was NOM
mated. | estimate that the man whose
name begins with "a" has an advant.
age of at least 10 per cent over the man
whose name whose nam begins with a
letter further down. In Minnesota the
names are mixed and this entirely acct
dental and unfavored advantage is dis.
tributed, but in Wisconsin the names
appear alphabetically and the fellows
below IN" and IN" have a hard time
of il for the minor offices. Mr.. Ander-
son, who is a Norwegian and who is
devoted to his native country and his
fellow Norwegian-American protests
further against the fact that Norweg-
ians get toe many of the offices. In his
county every county official is a Nor
wegian, the governor is a Norwegian,
the secretary of state is q Norwegian,
one of the railroad commissioners is q
Norwegian, n of the deputies Is a
Norwegian, land, added Mr.. Anderson,
~ have seriously considered making
application as official interpreter
between the people and their admins
tration at Madison Mr.. Anderson
points out that there are only $4,000
| Norwegian voters in Wisconsin, with
three or four times as many German
votes and still the Germans had no
representation on the last state ticket.
Mr.. Anderson predicts that the people
Of South Dakota will get very tired Of