Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-27

nor Crawford? Please name the cases.
9. The taxes levied and collected
in Clark county for all purposes, ex-
cept state taxes, for the year 1905 was
S72, ,256 55, and in the year 1909, S129,-
6lS.35, an increase of 1888 per cent,
and during all this TIM the county
was controlled by a stalwart admins
tration. If it is not extravaganza to
increase the taxation within the coun-
ty 1888 per cent in four years, under
stalwart rule, why is it extravaganza
for the state taxes to be increased
sixty per cent in the same time, under
progressive rule?
10. You are running on platform
declaring in favor of maintaining a
primary law. Did you not, as COVER
nor of the state, use your influence
with Representative B. O. Olson to
induce him TO vote against the submis-
sion of the law to the vote of the peo-
Pile of this state?
II. Did you directly or indirectly.
while the question of submitting the
primary law to vote of the people
was before the Legislature, request
William Diversion, chairman of the re-
publican county committee Of Clark
county, to telegraph Hon. B. O. Olson
"Vote for the committee report if pos
sible," or words to that effect, know
ing tha, such a vote for the commit
tee report was vote not to submit the
primary law TO vote Of the people?
II. Did not Senator Danforth and
Rep. johnson and Fryslie vote for
each of these appropriations which the
stalwarts now charge are extravagant? I?
And if our own stalwart members of
the Legislature voted for these APP
preparations, will you explain why
they voted for them if they were ex-
travagant, a. you now claim them to
be?
13. The Constitution of the state
of South Dakota, article q, paragraph
2, provides that it shall not be COM
petent for the legislature to increase
the salary of the governor, except as
in that article provided, and it was
provided in that article that the gov
ernors salary might be increased to
100000 per annum, which was done
by Chapter 10 of the laws of 1901.
Under the general appropriation law
of 1905, it is provided that contingent
fund for the executive office shall be
payable in equal monthly instalments
and on certified voucher, filed in the
office by the person or department en-
titled to the same under the law. Did
you not draw 81 ,400.00a year for each
of the years of 1905 and 1906, iu addi-
tion to your salary of 100000 per
year, and draw the same monthly in
the same manner in which you drew
your salary and by simply fling your
receipt in the office of the state treas
urer, and did not this increase your
salary to $4,000 a year?
IA. Was not the legal effect of this
law to increase your salary Sl66.66 a
month and did you not draw this
$l66 &c each month while you were
governor and apply it to your own
personal account at the same time and
in the same manner that you drew the
salary of $3.50 allowed by the consti-
tuition?
Is. Was not this extra salary of
S166.66 month stopped as soon as
| you ceased to be governor?
16. Your platform declares in favor
of the two cent passenger fare law.
Did you not know that such a law
was passed by progressive legisla
ture and approved by Governor Yes
sey, February 3rd, 1909, and in Chap
ter Six of the Session Laws of 1903
and is now in the federal courts to be
enforced?
II. Can you name plank in your
platform that has not been forced up,
on you by the progressive republicans
of this state, and which was not OPP
posed by every stalwart until after
you were defeated in 1906a
Is. Will you name law passed
by the progressives that you would
repeal if you are elected governor,
with stalwart Legislature to assist
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