Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-12

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Sunday law.
1t is easy to explain the result in
Nebraska. Did not the Omaha Bee
let in the light on the republican
tariff plank?
President Roosevelt in a letter to a
Virginia man expressed the opinion
that no effort will be made to reduce
southern representation in congress.
i Word was received from Oacoma
that in the county seat fight to re-
move the seat of government that
Presho lost and Oacoma will retain
the county seat.
Phil Short, one of the best known
newspaper men in South Dakota, was
shot and killed by Clayton Yeakins,
while they were hunting deer in Nc
Kenzie county, North Dakota.
Gov. Sheldon offers the brewers a
gentle reminder that he has two
months to serve yet, and it is within
the range of possibility to pass pro-
hibitory law within two months.
The governors of the several states
are invited to meet in Washington on
the sth of December, but it is expect
ed some diminution of interest in our
natural resources has occurred since
the last meeting.
About the busiest men in town these
days are the coalmen. The long warm
fall has not been an incentive to fill
up the coal bins but now that the
weather is growing colder every one
wants their bins filled at the same
time.
More fall plowing has been done
this season than ever before. The
fall weather has been very propitious
for this kind Of work and the farmers
realize that the farmers realize that
the early sown grain gives the best
results.
There is genuine Thanksgiving in
the northwest. The goods have been
delivered. Expectations have been
fulfilled and there is reason to hope
for greater blessings and even richer
abundance to gladden. the Thanks
giving days of the future.
Uncle Joe Cannon's reelection, to-
getner with republican majority in
the house, was fine vindication for
the republican party. Now that cleo
tion is out of the way perhaps some of
the republican candidates will be
more ready to admit this.
A number of sections in the north
central state in the early days raised
considerable wheat and later oats and
corn are now having measure of
success in the raising of winter wheat.
In spite Of this fact, not much can be
expected from it, as a continuance in
it without the observance of a proper
system of corn rotation can in the
end mean only soil depletion and i'm
poverishment.
Just before the civil war, this coun-
try was fourth in rank of wealth. Eng
land, France and Germany then out
ranked tho United States Now our
wealth exceeds that Of any two of them
and our manufactures ali three of them.
Rev. r. S. Macarthur of New York
City advocates carrying politics into
every pulpit in America until the pull
pit becomes the recognized eNpounder
of national and political policies. It
is pretty certain that the pulpit has
been too far removed from practical
politics in the past, and still it is a
difficult matter to draw the line. The
preachers might experiment with the
thing for while.
The state conference of the Metho-
dist Church recently convened at
Sioux Falls, resolved in favor of an
amendment to the Australian ballot
law permitting the name of candi-
date to appear more than once upon
ticket; that is, Mr.. Vessey might be
nominated by the republicans and be
endorsed by the prohibitionists and
name printed in both the republican
and the prohibitionist columns and
then by voting the circle at tile head
of either ticket, the vote would count
fer him.