Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-27

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| by Mrs. Kaufman last June will stand
until that time, and in the meantime
| the defendant will be at liberty. The
conviction of Mrs Kaufman was ter.
rible shock 10 the defendant, her hus-
band, son and her counsel. When the
| fatal words fell from the lips of the
foreman of the jury, Mrs. Kauffman's
head sank on her hand and throughout
the brief proceedings she sat in an atti-
tude of extreme detection. Charles
Kaufman, her son, burst into tears,
and Mr.. Kaufman, who has stood by
his wife during her trouble, was utterly
crushed The crime of which Mrs.
Kaufman was convicted is causing the
death of her servant girl, Agnes Poleris,
at Sioux Falls about year ago.
/ The WATERFOWL Herald sees in the
fact that the Aberdeen News aud the
Huron Huronite got the hons share of
the state printing contracts, a DISPOSE
,tion on the part of Crawford to harmo
nize the contending factions in the
republican rarity. The Herald seems 10
be mile away from the facts State
printing contracts are let on comDeti-
tive bids--just as they always have
been-and there are only half dozen
or SO of plants in the state which can
handle the work. Although ut the head
| ff ha mia for ha
contracts for state printing, the COVER
nor, under the law, has no option save
to take the lowest bid if made by
responsible party. When il comes to
patronage wherein there is discriminat.
ing power, the Crawford administra.
tion prefers dyed in the wool demo-
Graf to a stalwart republican. No, no.
According to the Crawford Greco, the
stalwart republicans who dare 10 think
for themselves are toads and vampires
which need crushing
The Crawford machine recently got
three bad jolts In the first place the
new machine INDICATED Sandstone
Sam" Elrod by letting the contract for
the new capitol building to be construc
ted of Indiana lime stone, thus "acquies-
cling in the demands of the railroads for
the long haul" In the next place, the
old soldiers of the state gathered rig hit
in the governors home town and elected
as their commander 'homas DeJean, of
Plankinton, whom Mr.. Crawford fired
without cause and for political reasons
from the soldiers home board. Thirdly,
the new insurgent printing commission,
orga nized by the new machine to keep
Charley Mcleod and John Longstaff
from getting the state printing, met and
renewed the states printing contracts
with those gentlemen. They had the
best bids for the work, just as they did
in the past when they secured the con-
tracts. We heard great deal about
this matter during the campaign, and it
was one of the texts in Crawford's
inaugural, but on the showdown, the
Crawford machine acknowledged that
the talk had been all hot air.
The case OF the Sioux Falls jobbers
VS. the Chicago, Milwaukee aud st.
Paul railway company came before
Judge Can land in federal court last Fri
day at Sioux Falls. The action was
originally brought in the state court,
when an application was made for a
temporary injunction restraining the
Milwaukee railroad company from max.
ing the freight rate between Chicago
and Sioux Falls l04 per cent of the
Sioux City rate. Shortly after this
suit was instituted on application of the
attorneys for the railroad company ii
was Transferred to the federal court,
and came up Friday on motion of the
railroad company to dismiss on the
ground of lack Of jurisdiction. The
attorneys for the railroad company
made the point that the state court,
where the case was started, had no ]ur.
isdicnon. and by transferring it to the
federal court 1t simply transferred a
case that had no standing. Judge Car
land held with the attorneys for. the
railroad company, and the case was
dismissed. BY an agreement between
the attorneys another action was com.
menced in the United States court that
day. This was similar TO the original
action, except that it was started in the
federal court As soon as the petition
for the temporary injunction was filed,
the attorneys for the railway company
fled demurrer, setting up the ground
that the federal court had no jurisdic.
ton to grant restraining order pre-
venting the putting in of freight rates
before the interstate commerce commits
sion has established such rate. Judge
Garland after listening to the argu.
ments took the matter under advise
ment and will render his decision upon
that point in few days.
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