Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-28
FOX
MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE
Pierre. S. d. MaY 6, 1903.

IS T.
men and lax payers in this Senatorial
4 district, nave finally consented to
j stand as a candidate for the nonina
ton OF State Senator from this district,
#|subject to the vote of the Republican
I5primaries to be held on the 9th day of
4 June j feel it my duty to make q
/ plain statement to the voters of this
district as to the stand that | viii take
Z on public matters.
4 l believe in the principles of the Re
4 publican party, as laid down by that
/ fearless leader and statesman, 1theo-
/ dore Roosevelt. | believe that a sue
lcassor to him should be nominated,
lwho 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.
! Galieve that the interest of the re
publican party is greater than any fac,
| tion thereof, and greater than the inter.
est of any Individual, who may aspire
to political positions. favor a unity
of the Republican Party in preference
to the dividing and wrecking of it in
the interest of any aspiring politician.
| 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.
i believe in square deal" do
not believe chat 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 state3any voice In our National
Congress.
1 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
! opposed To inc cfeaFlon OF needless or
4 noes py our legislature, at the expense
Oh ths TAX payers OIL che 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
fnI h,yt b1 Ioo I,f Y
elec0eu oy the legislature. | oeileVe IN
carrying OUT the provisions OF That prl-
mary raw IN spirit ana III fact ana II
am elected 10 Inc state senate | VIII
support the eahoiaate VINO receives TIE
- - ~ y 0'ie iep''S''0'n so.o' a' ''ie
9ane .pl,hafs'
! WV ,aNo' On ahie,'u,hel. 20 ohe
+, ei0os.oh iaW' 'isao WIN lessen
80 $3.50 - t'o'at.ts' s't,0 p'inisai'es'
y .,'e So paseis !, s''oii ali alilehd-
na,io, - poss.oie Without interference
"iDa sf'o. Z pi'iV u siis Jaw.
WI favor the enactment of a strin.
gent depository law, providing that the
banks that are selected as repositories
tor state funds, will be required to fur
nish 9 sufficient bond to guarantee the
salty OF state funds, and will also re
qulie tllae 1he banks pay the usnai rate
" interest," paac on deposits, into the
ssaIe treasury
| will favor the enactment of a law
that will fix railroad passenger rates at
XII = F Il
two cents per mile, also favor y redne-
tion Of freight rates, and sweeping
reduction in the charges of express
companies and q reasonable reduction
on long distance telephone rates.
/ will also insist on the ASSESSING If
all corporate propertv on the san,a
basis that individual propertv Is assess.
ed at.
i believe agriculture is snra tn M ali
the counties comprising this senatorial |
district as densely settled as any other
counties in the state. and in order ia
hasten this / win favor ! ,,hars, ammo