Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-17

After quoting the constitution pro-
hibiting state officers from receiving
perquisites and the legislature from
granting any. Governor Crawford says:
Calls Them Transparent Subterfuaes.
Il consider it my duty to call your
attention to wat | am convinced has
been an unconstitutional attempt of
prior legislatures to circuilvent the
plain and emphatic inhibitions OF the
constitution He adds THAI il the .eg-
islature can give The governors this
money in Instruments rs has been
done without requiring itemized
vouchers i; can do the same Tor any
officer of the state, and these barriers
erected by the constitution are mere
sand.
He calls the appropriation acts
carrying this fund subterfuges of the
most transparent kind and absolutely
Void. and that officers who received this
money in the manne indicated can be
required To give an accounting for ii in
n civil action. 1 shall request the at
torney general 10 carefully examine
this feature OF the case
In proposing the application of Il rule
of civil service in the conduct of state
institutions. Governor Crawford hit at
"A system of political intrigue which
threatened the very life of the state
university at Vermillion. DESTROYED
much of the usefulness of the agricul-
fural college at Brookings and involved
several others of the big state institu-
lions In disastrous wire-pulling.
Governor Crawford spoke sharply of
the unfortunate conditions and de-
clared:
.'The time has come when it should
be made clear n emphatic that the
liked policy of the state is to place the
management of these institutions en-
tirely above all questions of political
expediency and favoritism.''
Besides the recommendations made
by Governor Crawford as grouped in Il
parallel column, other significant sub
jects were treated as follows:
You have much important work to do
and 1t is my earnest hope thar YOU may
enter upon that work In a spirit of fairness
toward each other, with II determination
to be open and frank In all your differ
enccs. and to make all personal and sell
fish interests subordinate to the highest
welfare of the state. Candor, courtesy.
conrage. ~frankncss. Kindness and open and
fair dealing will help II good cause pend
Ing before IA legislature just as efYcctual-
~ As these traits will help IA good cause
else. while intrigue. stealth. de-
ance will hurt a cause here just the same
as such traits will hurt a cause
May | not indulge tie hope that loyalty
to principle and duty may be the dominant
influence with every member of this legis-
lature. and that consideration of partisan
ship. personal ambition. hope of personal
go oiu lci Observation-Disclosures
will give way to tho of duty
received from the people" l shall be glad
10 co-operate with You upon such a basis.
and here and now cner 10 join heartily
with you in the faithful performance Of
the duties which hav. been placed before
Us.
Educational. Penal. and Charitable
Institutions.
The development of Intellectual power.
anu physical strength alone may produce
men without scruplc and without con-
science. The man who wins first place. in
= rowing club or football team and take,
theless. be as cold. heartless and selNsh
AZ Nero. We sometimes meet men of this
kind from universities who compel ad.
rniration for intellect and nerve, but Who
at the same time. shock us by low and
brutal standards Of morality: nv uttar
lack Of sympathy; by contempt for he
weak: by sneers at all that IS pure and
OF mankind: men who nave brains with
without sympathy: who believe thar the
emo 1usttfies the mcanE and that the only
ann worth considering In Ire is to achieve
whas ihn world calls success. 10 matter