Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
FOR
MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE

i s33a ~ loIIo, .. ~ may VI l0oo.
Ito The Vt.:s1ss Of Hughes, Hyde and
Sully G lunties:
At Tie request of many prominent
men and tax payers in this Senatorial
district, / have finally consented to
stand as candidate for the nomina-
4 ton of State Senator from this district,
]subject to the vote Of the Republican
primaries to be held on the 9th day of
June. / feel it my duty to make a
plain statement to the voters of this
district as to the stand that will take
on public matters.
believe in the principles of the Re-
publican party, as laid down by that
] fearless leader and statesman, Theo-
! dore Roosevelt. / believe that sue
cesscr to him should be nominated
who will carry out the principles that
he has promulgated. believe that
Secretary of War, William H. Taft is
better able to carry out these principles
than any other of our great Ameri
can statesman, on account of his
education and experience, both at home
and abroad, and favor his nomination
for President of the United States.
/ believe that the interest Of the re
publican party is greater than any fac
ton thereof, and greater than the inter.
est of any individual, who may aspire
to political positions. / favor unity
of the Republican Party in preference
to the dividing and wrecking of it in
the interest Of any aspiring politician.
I pledge myself to do everything in
my power to secure the nomination for
Congress of our esteemed fellow citi-
zen the, Hon. Chas. II. Burke.
believe in square DEAL" l do
not believe that it is right to place both
Of the nominees for congress from
South Dakota in adjoining counties on
the east line Of the state and refusing
to allow the central and western part
of the state any voice in our National
Congress.
| am opposed to the use Of money in
political campaigns, whether such
money is furnished and used by corpo-
rations or by private individuals. am
jopposed to the creation Of needless Of
fees by our legislature, at'the expense
of the tax payers of the state.
The primary election law that we
now have on our statute books pro.
vides for the selection of candidate
for the United States senate, to be
elected by the legislature. l. believe in
carrying out the provisions of that pri-
mary law in spirit, and in fact and if 1
am elected to the state senate, I will
support the candidate who receives tie
majority of the republican votes at the
June primary,
| will favor an amendment to the
primary election law, that will lessen
the expense Of holding said primaries,
to the tax payers, if such an amend
ment is possible without interference
with the spirit of the law.
| will favor the enactment of a strin
gent depository law, providing that the
banks that are selected as repositories
for state funds, will be required to fur
5nish sufficient bond to guarantee the
salty Of state funds, and will also re
quire that the banks pay the usual rate
of interest paid on deposits, into the
state treasury.
q | will favor the enactment Of a law
that will fix railroad passenger rates at
two cents per mile, also favor a redu c.
ton of freight rates, and sweeping
reduction in the charges of express
companies and reasonable reduction
on long distance telephone rates.
/ will also insist on the assessing of
all corporate property on the same
basis that individual property is assess
ed ut,
! believe agriculture is sure to make
the counties comprising this senatorial
district as densely settled as any other
counties in the state, and in order to-
hasten this, / will favor a liberal appro.
priation for the Highmore experiment.
al station, now established, 40 that it
maybe enlarged AID will stand as an
advertisement for the whole central
portion Of the state.
The foundation stone Of our govern
snent, SO far as progress and develop.
ment is concerned comes from the
farmer and the lahoring man. and I
will favor allSiaws that will benefit the
farming and laboring classes, and that
will put them on an equal footing with
every other class. In the interest Of
Jne farmors OF TINS state, will
proceeding with the erection of the
Irvine plant in Sioux Falls, and will op.
pose any move that ID nade to transfer
the taxes already paid fer that purpose,
Into any other fund. Ibelieve in the
principle Of public officer being q