Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-09-09


provisions for securing good and sane
constitutions of the states by requiring
their adoption in advance OF the election
OF state officers, and their submission to
congress Tor consideration. and possible
rejection at one OF it's sessions.
All this long list OF useful enactments
was promised in the republican platform
and has been put through by republican
Congress has also enacted into law. In
accordance with the promise which L made
as a candidate for the presidency, a bin
requiring the publication by the congress
sional committees of detailed statements
Of the money received by them and the
money expended by them in the political
canvass of each congressional candidate.
In addition, the presents congress has
appropriated $10O, COO to enable the execu.
tive to investigate and make recommends
ton as to the methods by which the cost
Of running the government may be re-
duced. / regard this last as one OF the
most important parts of the administra-
TONS policy. / am confident that if full
opportunity is given, and a republican con-
gress is elected to assist, the cutting down
OF the national expenditures by the adop-
ton of modern economic methods in do
ing the business of the government will
reach to a point of saving many millions.
How much the expenses can be curtailed
1t is impossible to approximate at this
time. The problem before the administra-
ton is TO get full value for every dollar
Is disburses.
The appropriations for the last year
were more than $50. 10000 less than the
appropriations of the year before, and in
were saved in the operation OF the post
office department, for which appropria-
ton had already been made.
Future Legislation.
A number OF other promises remain to
be kept. l have already alluded to the
provisions to regulate the issue Of stocks
and bonds by interstate commerce rail-
ways, to which the democratic minority
In the Senate. gave It's solid opposition on
the ground that the central government
has no constitutional power to make and
enforce such regulation. In addition. there
Is the promised procedure TO determine
how preliminary injunction shall issue
for this the democratic platform proposes
an amendment to the existing law which
would create a privileged class OF lawiess
power Of the courts OF equity to do iustice
Then there Is the measure to promote the
merchant marine engaged In foreign sery-
ice, to which in previous congresses the
democratic party has always opposed an
almost solid front. There Is the measure
forbidding the acquisition of stocks by one
railway company in a competing line, and
there are also those bills, already referred
to, to secure further safety appliance on
railways and to establish a basis for
workmen,s compensation: There is also
the promise Of the republican platform to
make better provision for securing the
health Of the nation. The most tangible
and useful form hat this can take would
be the establishment of a national bureau
of health TO include all the health agencies
OF the government now distributed in diff
ferent departments.
Finally there is the Appalachian forest
reserve bill. which passed the House by a
republican majority, is on the calendar OF
the Senate, and viii probably pass at the
coming session of the congress.
In view of what the present republican
congress has done in the fulhlment of its
promises, and in view OF the standard that
1t has set in respect to the sacredness Of
party pledges, l have no hesitation In urg-
Ing all who are in favor of the perform
ance OF tho remaining pledges, who are In
" of progress, In favor of practical
conservation, In favor Of economy In gov
eminent, In favor OF the just regulation of
railways and of interstate cor
poratfops, in favor of a bureau Of health,
In favor OF a proper Limitation Of the pow
er Of equitable Injunction. and who are in
favor OF measures to promote the mer-
chant marine engaged In foreign service,
to vote for the republican candidates for
congress in order that their wish for ell
this progressive legislation ma be graft
fed.
Conclusion.
In closing, 1t may not be inappropriate
for me to invite your attention, and that
of all those engaged In advocating the
republican cause In the coming election, to
the fact that 1t Is of the utmost import
ance TO make this a campaign Of educa-
ton as TO facts and to clear away the
ClOuOS Oh HlsIepIe SeilidllOH lHaI nave OBJ
scured the real issues and have made II
difficult to secure for the republican ma
~jorities in congress the real credit due
them from the country for the tremend-
Gus task they have accomplished. II this
is brought clearly home to all voters, and
especially TO the young men now voting
for the first time, and they become i'm
pressed, as they ought to be by this rec
ord, with the difference In the govern
mental efficiency and capacity Of the re-
publican and democratic parties, they WILL
enroll themselves with the party of con-
struction and progress rather thar with
the party of obstruction and negation,
and the resulting legislation of the Sixty
second congress will vindicate their
choice.