The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-02-13

was before the law making power
The people Of Brookings donated 81
acres of land to the state. They do
mated 81 900. They had a hand in
erecting one small buildmg-which
stands as a monument to the integrity
and ability of those concerned. Far
Their than this the state has had full
sway. She has built the kind and
number and quality of edifces that
pleased her. No member OF the leg
islature from Brookings has ever Vot-
ed to curtail any effort of the state in
appropriation or management. The
city of Brookings has police power
over $3.50 acres of land, giving ample
protection to the state property. she
goes farther, she makes a member OF
the college faculty the mayor, and he
has the appointing power. And more
than this the voters force a dry
town." even "tipers' vote her dry
for the sake of the college.
If there are any logical conclusions
from the remarks of his distinguished
DR. CD it must be that he would favor
bargain sale of the educational
| institutions of this state. Stripped of
| it's verbiage this is the trend OF his
remarks. Were it not impertinent We
would like to inquire where the genial
gentleman who conducts these insti'
tutes was that the time that the tax
payers are paying for institute work
was not put to better use than this?
Come now, if it's bargain and sale
transaction, if the people of the state
do not want this institution TO reamin
at Brookings and are ready for enter
tanning propositions, won't you please
give us a chance to make one bid?
| This is nauseous, we have been handi-
capepd all of these years, threatened
that if we supported this, that or the
other measure, that it would endanger
the appropriations. 1t is disgusting
that the state and United States pap
suckers" before the eastern mud be-
comes dry upon their shoes undertake
to lash the voters in this county.
From an observation OF more than
thirty years in this locality, the writer
hesitates not, to state that come veal
or come woe the majority of the vot-
ers will vote independent. There can
be no doubt but what the people of
the state can remove her institutions
from one point to another. But once
put them upon wheels and where are
we in this state. If those editors that
we have every reason to suppose were
our friends are all ready to support
these new "hirelings" these would ap-
ity of the voters in the state could
not be induced to vote to remove the
agricultural college. The churches,
the places of entertainment, the bust
ness people and the citizens all try to
treat the students properly. OF course
there have been some of the hirelings
that sailed SO high that great many
of the people could not reach them,
but the prairie is broad and the people
did not have to go and try to tread
upon their toes. How the people of
Bookings should be held responsible
for the acts of the legislature or for
the acts of the state board of regents
is past our comprehension. How we
are biamable for character and quality
of the buildings is an enigma Re-
move the college from Brookings and
how long would it require to heal the
sore, the men sent to future legisla-
lures might not all prove to be saints
from this upper part of the valley.
We recognize the legal right to the
people of Sioux Falls to so prostitute
the sessions of the farmers Institutes
as to turn them into a political fea-
ture and the right of the editors to
be mum, but is it not bad taste, to
say the least. Outside influence has
caused great waste of time and cash
in trying to remove the state capitol.
Now if these pap suckers" agents Of
outside chicanery and secret cabals
are determined to. make an attempt
to remove the farmers college, let
the fight start at once, we are as
ready as we ever will be. Why this
learned DR.. persists in denominating
the state institution for the farmers
the "Brookings college" is behind the
scene. This learned DR.. knows better
surely-aye there must be method in
his moves. The people of this locality
are justly proud of this state institu-
tion-but for that reason are not oblig-
ed to be proud of all of that goes with
it, neither to proclaim the shortcom-
ings of it's management from the
house top. The state is young and
will outgrow the habit of sending
adrift any good timber it happens to
come across and securing light and
rotten stuff instead, and the farmers