Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-05
Sem Impeached

OOAOuCIAHk O0AupSikI u SAllo spring IL
t he interests OF the Progressive
Graftsrs, and publishing . number Of
insurance statements. Recently, thS
Review laid the charge Of perjury a1
Senn's door in regard to the publica
tion Of insurance statements In one
Of his papers, the News at Psnning
ton, which was established In Nov.
ember OF last year. In q personal
letter Sem wrote us as follows: "In
speaking Of the publication OF In.
surance statements you stated that
had to perjure myself to make the
required affidavit OF publication fol
some run In ono Of my papers lese
than year old. This Is not true.
The insurance department has held
for seTsral years that under the
statute relative to publication Of
these notices they need not be pub
lished In papers less than = year old,
nor did make such aff1davit for the
paper In question"
We took Senn's word for 1t, and
published an apology. But since the
last issue OF this paper we have come
into possession Of some facts that
show the multi-publisher IL actually
q perjursr and furthermore q fabri-
Gator OF the first water. This is part
of an affidavit Of publication which
Sem signed April 2, 1908:
"E. L. Sem, of said county ana
state, being nrst duly sworn, on oath
says: That the Pennington News is
8 weekly newspaper Of general ctrcu-
latiOn, and legal newspaper as re-
qHired by session laws Of 1898, print
ed and published In Pennington In
said county and state By Z. l.. Sem,
and has been such newspaper during
the time hereinafter mentioned; that
l, u. L. Sem, the undersigned, am
publisher OF said newspaper In charge
of the advertising department there
OF, and have personal knowledge OF all
the facts stated in this affidavit, and
that the advertisement headed An
nuAl Statement for the year ending
Dec. 3lst, 1907, Of the conditions and
affairs OF the Queen City Fire In
surance Company, q printed copy OF
which is hereto attached, was printed
and published In the said newspaper
for three successive issues, to-wit. !"
Than follows the dates Of said
publication March II, 10 and 20,
l908l, together with . statement of
the fees for publishing the statement,
namely, s26.72. The affidavit was
made before G. A. Sem, notary
public April 2, 1908.
The session laws referred to {l893)
specifically described . legal news
paper. 1t must have been published
for at least ffty-two consecutive
weeks and must have at least two
hundred bona fide subscribers.
Senn knew, or hs ought to have
known, that he WAS swearing to
falsehood VIXEN he lifted his hand be-
fore the notary public. Bssford, the
insurance commissioner, Who accept
ed money from Pierre to support 1t
In the last capital fight and then
sold out to Mitchell and got Mitch
ellis money, too, should have known
--he has for years been . publisher
himsslf--that the above affidavit was
false and illegal.
The Queen City Insurance Com
pany, 1t occurs to us, II placed In the
position OF doubt - to It's legal stand
ing In this state through publica-
tion OF it, statement In an illegal
newspaper, under the law.
Senn, Ne believe, 10 one Of the men
chosen BY the Crawford forces TO re-
present this state In tho national re-
publican convention, and the publi-
cation OF insurance statements Is said
to be the price Of his alliance with
Crawford. 1t h . species Of graft
that harmonizss with the interest
graft and the senatorial graft both
of which have the approval OF Mr..
Crawford.
Are the people Of Stanley county
and OF the state OF South Dakota go
ing to vote to keep In power this
bunch OF grafters whose given words
are not worth the breath expanded
In uttering them, or whose af1davits
will not stand? We don't believe
they will.