The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-17
INAUGURAL.
Legislature to Redeem Platform
Pledges.

I we COlIO not 20 nome dnO lace our SoH-
stituents as honest men after all that has
occurred in this state during the last
three years, and be ~chargeable with hav-
received from the people
In urging particularly the enactment OF
a primary law the governor dwelis upon
the subject at much length. All the rea-
sons for the enactment Of such a measure
are most thoroughly
Primarv Law. covered. He says:
''The demand for
legislation Of this
character arises from the abuses winch
have become intolerable under the OLD
caucus and convention system. The aim
Of this legislation 10 to overthrow the
party boss and dictator and TO shake on
the hold of the corporation upon the
great political organizations OF the state.
The great enterprises OF to-day are car
ried on by artificial creations or law
known as corporations, and combinations
Of corporations. Frequently they become
control the prices Of the necesssries of
life. the prices Of what the masses have
to sell, as well as the prices Of what the
masses must buy in order TO live.
w have come TO the point where they
have destroyed heslthfui and legitimate
competition. and where they stubbornly
Iaw-msking power TO check abuses of
which they are guilty. or TO place them
under regulation and control. They enter
controlling the declaration OF political
platforms and the selection of candidates
for public office and by many and divers
ways use their vast power TO corrupt the
action OF public officials.
The political machine and the public
service corporations are in partnership
everywhere. The purpose Of the primary
election In nominating. a ticket Is to get
q strict expression Of choice Of candi-
dates from the people.
The duty is upon YOU, gentlemen, with
to formulate and enact q practical and
comprehensive primary. election law. 1t
snouio pc maze enective by an er9er-
been demanded from .gthorit.tivs
sources "Ithout CONDITIONS. Neariy nine
thousand or your constituents petltloned
Tor lts enactment ana submission Two
years ago. Its enemies were opposed to
SUBMISSION then. This year every polt-
mat tsahIzaIon IN the sta'e Dy over
wheilnlng maJ9rities in party conventions
mas emphatlcaily declared in favor not OF
me enactment and submission Of the law,
put IN iavor or the enactment or the law:
its submission now attempt to defeat its
enactment with an emergency clause on
tne plausible claim that the right TO IN
voke the referendum should not be
pared by such a clause.
Enemies or the referendum two years
$40 may ho~-.lt theN receive encourage
ment pose as It's most Jealous defenders.
unutr the cloak or pretense, however.
VIII be round enmity on their part TO the
IIoposed Jaw ana a desire TO defeat the
demands made In party platforms by de-
lay ana covert opposition. You were
coHlmlssioned not to enact a primary and
aIIow lts enemies TO suspend us erect
Tor TWO years, but to enact a primary and
make IL at once a i've and effectiVe stat
ut.
me passage or a fellow servant law IS
strongly recommended. as is also a law
regulating the hours OF labor of railway
ellnioScS;
Inc SUBJECT or frelsht and passenger
he says: -.
Under the law OF 1897 the hoard Of
railway commissioners has fun and COM
r.. ~ plete power to make
senoer Rates. n.sptrtHr ana IN
feS.IeatIon OF ek-
rro,,,uo lstlns rates ahu 70
Of cbarSes ror bothh Sreiobt ny ssu.ngae
" ~, ~ / y polm iIelsht anu PASSENGER
trmH[i IL Is untGrtunate that the board
~ ns."Seu ACTON IN .he matter untl
~ II, tG.ne 10 give me results 10 the pub
nc 'ttoIe LmlS iesisiature Sohvennn. SO
th"' m'smt suppiehleht the acton OF
~ uo"Lu VIII any luItIer ieSlsia'ioh
'haL inlsht appear necessary -,
10y io DC noped that the ooaro VII
taRe actIn suthclentIy early to enable
Sou 70 thorouEhlN examine the resuits
sno 70 take such turtner steps as the sit
usrun NAV REQUIRE
~. ! ne nernand ior a revised rate sched-
une is Eto"ins stronger ana q very NOR
ousu ,h'es.saton OF the whoie Sunlect
nmm,.s;one y a~S ~ almaS
TIe romriootod Ley .nnh oannon "a
freiobt op6 pa~sepoar charge, a :. nrasant
conditions ran,,ira otharr;s. ~ S',tn
~ t.L;ng ~. orno ~ ~ uuts
nil, 80 49, 'eP" '" ehe
-rba up,n LII, ~ u.
.hat ~ ia -, 81 A. ne ~
, :. To-" ie,lui.k .a.loaus ~ puilu
tinn q. 80 a. p9in.s .. iu'e,sec.
eya,tira TIn nm 10 .lfhe !,
~, tho s,nron,o oo,,rt O." prSn "eIu n
49, - 'ou ~ us Inn"Lu LOT
900 ~ ~ sonelho, recpui-
Mn. IS ~. .mIIont ~ MInneSo.a
ta;no5 Nv a dec}sion nf ~. "nt,sa s,ots.
s,nrorpn ",rt " NV '"'eu "'"tes
upi'" y"
our revenue laws are crude and IN
adeQuate ana the governor believes that
the tline Tor action mas come. He says:
Ihe Irancnlse OF puDilc service corpor-
atlonS organized IN TINS state and the
privileges 70 DO bust
assessment Laws. ness ana hold prom
erty In this state
sfanted oN its laws 10 nonresident pub
NC service Corporations are or Ferv great
value, ano the law prescribing a rule for
assessing the property or these corpora
tlons whose property Is a Kind possessed
Or marNeious earning power onlts all
reference 10 the value or the franchises,
and in liking ralaes: no reference is made
10 increased Vaiue OF that part or the prop
erty OF Ihcse companies lying within
towns ana cities, where they have depots,
machlne SHOPS, enlarged grounds, side
| tracks, general OHtceS and personal nCOD-