Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07

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it came to be understood was treated
with seriousness by the house and
failed of passage by only a few
votes. Senator Carpenter, of Day
county has prepared ID bill upon the
same subject which is in better form
than was the Brown bill, and he will
urge its passage. 1t makes both
giver and receiver of treats liable to
fines, and the licensed dealer, who
permits treating in his place of bus
iness,is liable to fines and ultimately
to lose his license. Moreover. he is
required to post conspicuously above
his bar a notice that publid treating
is forbidden by law.
BROWN SCORES INVESTIGATION.
In a scathing speech Representa-
tive Browne, of Brown county,
arraigned the Investigating commit
tee that considered the charges
against Senator Gamble. He cen
sured the lieutenant governor and
speaker by implication for failing to
place a democrat or stalwart on the
committee, and referred to the
results accomplished as a foregone
conclusion, farcical and a waste of
time. The matter came up in a
discussion over a bill providing for
an appropriation, to pay expenses
of the Investigation, and Browne
attacked it in no uncertain language.
As a result, further discussion was
indefinitely postponed.
WASHINGTON DIsPLEAsED.
The statement of Senator Gamble
and the conclusion of the white
wash committee" that Senator Gam.
ble's graft is a common custom in
the United States senate, and there
fore docs not reflect upon his per-
sonal and official integrity" is
received with amazement here in
Washington where the facts are
known. Such a custom is indig-
n%antly denied by senators who have
een the report of the Investigation.
AS was stated in these dispatches
before, no such custom" prevails
here. 1t is considered entirely
beneath the dignity and honor of a
senatorial position to appropriate
petty profit at the public expense.
It is observed also that Senator
Gamble himself has not followed the
custom" except in the instance of
his own son. All of his employees
eleven in number in his ten years
in congress) except Ralph Gamble
have been here regularly during the
session of congress working dill,
gently at their tasks, and some of
them have been required to spend
a good portion of the congressional
recess in work here and elsewhere.
Mcdowell, Underwood and Allen,
the present incumbents in these
positions, are in Washington at the
present time. The work of their
positions is arduous and they earn
every dollar that is paid them. The
senator's son alone was allowed to
draw the pay without performance
of service. Another significant fact
which throws some light upon the
question of whether or not the SEN
ator was conscious of wrong-doing
appears from the record. On May
10. 1905, Windsor Doherty was
messenger at $120 per month, a
position which he had held since the
preceding December. He was at
his post performing the duties of his
position. Upon that date he was
reduced to the less profitable posi-
ton of folder at $40 per month.
Upon the same date the name of
Mr.. CANDLES son, who was at the
Port Deposit school, was placed on
the messenger roll at $120, and
drew the salary without interruption
for eight months. This could only
have been accomplished through the
active participation of the senator
himself. 1t is positively asserted
here that no "a like this, either in
fact or principle, can be found
among the members of either house
OF congress. - Washington dispatch
in Argus Leader, Jan. 90.
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