The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-15

lntrO0 uc0d ~ the last session
providing for state depositorics.
This bill remained ia the com-
mittee for more than thr ee
weeks without anything being
.one. ] appeared before the
cOmmittee: % did Mr.. CAssill
doing everything he could 20
defeat the bill l offered TO
compromise with the com mittee,
and suggested that they report
the bill, making il take effect
January lst 1903. giving Casaill
one year . interest on the state
funds, which was refused. Then
IL finally suggested that the
com miteee report the bill, max
ing it take effect January /, 1909
SO - to take effect IT the end OF
Cassill's term, giving him y
chance 70 get his interest on
state funds for two years. But
Of course Cassill was figuring
on reelection, and IL he could
get the interest on the state
funds for four years at the rate
Of three per cent on an average
Of 500. 600. II would mean about
~. 600 year or, @S0, 900 for
four years. The committee
could not see to the interest OF
the state. for which they we're
elected, but were more interest
ed in Mr.. Cassill.
II finally made q demand on
the committee for . report ON
the bill, either one way or the
other. they finally yielded and
reported the bill, recon mending
that it DO NOT pass.
when this report came up
for action on it the following day,
| at once got the door and made
q motion that the bill DO PASS,
and also further asked for roll
call. Nearly every insurgent
VOTED AGAINST The MO-
TION AND TIE STALWARTS
VOTED FOR IT, which the
record shows.
IL do not think there is any
question but every state officer
was opposed to this bill. l
know that some worked and did
all they could 10 kill IL
''rhe only argument used
against this bill was that the
treasurer's salary was too small.
i admit that; but we offered 10
introduce q measure allowing
the people to vote on giving the
treasurer q reasonable and just
salary. The people would not
hesitate to pay %, 600 or a, 900
salary provided they are salts
fed that the state will get the
interest which would be several
times the salary. Hoping this
will give you the desired infor.
nation, / am very truly yours,
G. g. Bratrud."
Mr.. Bratrud also inclosed to
Mr.. Hotter the advertising card
OF the Sioux Falls Saving bank
of Sioux Falls which prluts the
name Of c. H. CassiIl as vice
president Of the bank posi-
ton TO which he was elected as
soon as he became state treasur.
er and which is currently re.
ported to pay him 50, 500 . year.
Mr.. CAssill does nothing to earn
this salary, discharges no duties
t, the bank, aud 10 the only vice
president OF Sioux Falls bank
who gets . salary. Mr.. Cassill
does not live in Sioux Falls, and
has no duties to perform in con.
nection with his omce. This
bank is the only one in the city
which has = state deposit. The
inference OF course naturally
follows that Mr.. Cassill 10 get.
ting this salary as interest on
the deposit Of state funds, and
his activity against the Bratrud
hill is further proof the charge.
which has often been made, and
never denied.
George G. Johnson, who is the
stalwart candidate for state
treasurer. declares that il elect
ed, he will not take the interest
on stale funds, whsther the u ~
is changed or not Mr.. Brat-
rud puts the amount OF the graft
1t 90. .0000 : year, or go 600 Tor
: four year term. II that
amount is worth ssving, ths
people will vote Mr.. Csssill
down and out and install Mr..
johnson in his stead. II, on the
other hand, it II thought 20 be