Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-07

s3u PupIiC HidIteTb.
[ believe in the principles of the Re-
publican party, as laid down by that
fearless leader and statesman, Theo-
sdore Roosevelt. believe that a sue
essscr to him should be nominated
who will carry out the principles that
he has promulgated. believe that
Secretary of War, William II. 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.
believe that the interest of the re
publican party is greater than any fac
ton thereof, and greater than the inter
est of any Individual, who may aspire
to political positions. 1 favor a unity
of the Republican Party in preference
to the dividing and wreckingg 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. FL. Burke.
believe in square deal" l do
not believe that it is right to place both
Of the nominees for congress from
South Dakota in adjoining counties OH
the east line of the state and refusing
to allow the central and western part
of the state any voice in our National
Congress.
| 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 the creation of needless Of
fees by our Legislature, at the expense
of the tax payers of the 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
elected by the legislature. / believe in
carrying out the provisions of that pri-
mary law in spirit, and in fact and if |
am elected to the state senate, will
support the candidate who receives tie
majority of the republican votes at the
June primary.
/ will favor an amendment to the
primary election law, that will lessen
the expense of holding said primaries,
to the tax payers, if such an amend
ment is possible without interference
with the spirit of the law
I will favor the enactment of strin
gent depositoly'slaw, providing that the
banks that are selected as repositories
for state funds, will be required to fur
nish sufficient bond to guarantee the
salty Of state funds, and will also re
quire that the banks pay the usual rate
of interest paid on deposits, into the
state treasury.
will favor the enactment OF a law
that will fix railroad passenger rates at
two cents per mile, also favor reduc-
ton of freight rates, and a sweeping
in the charges of express
companies and a reasonable reduction
on long distance telephone rates.
I will also insist on the assessing Of
all corporate property on the same
basis that individual property is assess
ed at,
believe agriculture is sure to make
the counties comprising this senatorial
district as densely settled as any other
counties in the state, and in order to
hasten this, will favor liberal appro
priation for the Highmore experiment.
al station, now established, so that it
maybe enlarged and will stand as an
for the whole central
portion OF the state.
The foundation stone of our govern
ment, so far as progress and develop
ment is concerned comes from the
farmer and the laboring man, and,I
will favor all laws that will benefit the
farming and laboring classes, and that
will put them on an equal footing with
every other class. In the interest of
the farmers of this state, / will favor
proceeding with the erection of the
Irvine plant in Sioux Falls, and will op
pose any move that is made to transfer
the taxes already paid for that purpose,
into any other fund. believe in the
Of public officer being q
public servant and will consult the
people on all leading questions that
may come bsfore the legislature SO far
as possible. / will. promise that my
work in the legislature will be such,
that those that support me, may never
feel ashamed Of it. 1t will be my am
bition to serve the people faithfully.
Respectfully,
j T.. LoCKHART.
ssHeap Good" Talk.
From South Dakota State Review.
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