The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-18
HARMONY
AT LAST
SOUTH DAKOTA DELEGATION is
AT PEACE.
DISTURBING FACTOR GONE
AND RESULT WILL BE OF BENE-
FIT TO WHOLE STATE.

Ne DOllllcdl lcuu Nllltll III lliOic
than three years has separated the
two South Dakota senators is at an
end. It ended as Senator Kttrcdge
had early lecrCed that it should end
IS in the retirement of one senator; but
fs the one to be retired was not the one
# Of Nj Kittredgc's selection. Senators
Gamble and Crawford will be busy
for sometime getting patronage mat
tcrs Strengthened out after the tangle
in which they have been involved. 1t
is assured that +. T. Wagner Of Alex
andria, will continue as United States
district attorney, despite that his nom
nation could not be confirmed the last
session He will either be nominated
by President Taft or designated by the
federal court for South Dakota to con
Time in service until he car be ap-
pointed. But that he will continue in
office without interruption and ultim-
ately be nominated and confirmed is
unquestioned
Likewise. the claim of James d.
Elliott against the government for
\ years service as district attorney,
! pending the rejection of his nomina-
& ton at Mr.. Kittredges instance, will
a be allowed early.
"a The fashion in which South Dakota
interests have suffered because OF
the feud Of the two senators, is indi-
4 Gated by a summary of the history OF
8 legislation of pressing interests to the
state. South Dakota is just now de-
veloping very rapidly. Its Indian and
Npublc lands are being opened to set
tlement. the railroads are building
and there is need Of special attention
to its affairs. The state has suffered
in many ways because of the impOssi-
bility of getting legislation passed.
Senator Kittredge has opposed every
thing which bore the name of his col
Sleaguc.
The two representatives. from the
state, Martin and Burke, are OF the op-
posite faction from the senator's; but it
is believed there will be no serious
friction between the representatives
and the senator's. now that the senator
al situation is smoothed out and it is
certain that for number of years
there will be no chance to start a new
senatorial fight.
During the last session Of congress,
although the bill for the creation Of
-, ,,,-l,,
petitioned for by settlers in that
region of the state, and was favored
BY the secretary of the interior, and
received unanimous report from the
committee on public lands OF the SEN
ate, Senator Kittredge objected to con-
sideration of the bill and sought to de-
feat its passage Senator Gamble,
however, moved consideration Of the
blll over the objections of his colleague
and it was passed and became law
Senator Gamble early in the last
session introduced bill for the open
ing of about 100000 acres of the
Cheyenne River and Sstanding Rock In
dian reservations. and although this
measure was agreed to by the Indians
upon both reservations and was favor
ably recommended by the secretary
of the interior Senator Kituedge filed
letter with the chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs of the
Senate on January -. 1903, the day he
left to take part in his campaign for
re election to the senate, He had no
Intention at the time of returning for
an indefinite period and Gid not re-
turn, only few days toward the latter
part of the session. In this letter he
asked that no action be taken upon the
measure until he could be heard before
the committee hoping thus to defeat
the legislation Notwithstanding this
protest The bill was favorably report
ed. passed the senate and became a
law.
During the session Senator Kittredge
pursued practically the same course
ON nearly all measures introduced by
Senator Gamble. The first day of the
session Senator Gamble introduced a
bill providing for the creation of a land
district at Belle Fourchc. 1t was ia
vorably recommended by the secretary
Isl OF the interior and received the
unanimous report of the committee on
.# puh!:c lands Of the senate on January
6, 1909. and was on the calendar for
passage. Objections were made to its
consideration by Senator Kittredge.
and under the rule. as a matter of
course, it went over On January 13.
1909, Congressman Martin introduced
in the house practically \ copy of