The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-27
Il BIG DENT
IN THE OUIETNESS
OF TIE CANPA/GN

on coal, oil, etc, while the corpora
tons ere given a less rate securin.
railroad legislation, appointment o
meat inspection, passage of pure foo,
law. startled the building of tn
Panama canal, and other acts of vas
benefit to the country.
The speaker referred with stron,
emphasis to the administration O
President Taft, which, he said, woul,
show to the people Of this countr,
that 1t contained many things whicl
have r%edounded to the eneit of tn,
people. From a personal acquain
lance with the president" said Mr.
Burke, ! can say freely and consci
%entiously that his heart and his sou
are in his work to do the very hes
for the people. and I believe he is de
serving of great credit, which vii b,
accorded him fully along with tn,
other great men who have made thu
country's history. 1t has been thu
aim and intention of the president tt
fulfill the pledges that were made ii
the national convention in 1908, anc
this record that has been made b,
congress shows that there was little
if any deviation from the line"
LAW lnaC were Adopted.
Mr.. Burke referred briefly to many
acts which have been adopted by con.
gress in support of thu national plat.
form. He mentioned the railroad
legislation, also that telegraph and
telephone coming under the interstate
commerce act and under federal su-
pervision, postal saving banks, con-
servation of lands and forests, pub.
licity Of campaign funds, provision
for reclamation of arid lands by ir-
rigation, and in this latter Mr.. Burke
said that South Dakota has profited
a large extent by having the gov
eminent take holt of & project which
will mean the reclamation of 100, 900
acres of land in the Belle Fourche
district and throw open to settlement
which our people ian acquire on
which to construct a home. Expen-
ses have been reduced many millions
by the lowering of the appropriations,
changed the tariff laws of the coun-
try without disturbing the business
interests, and providing for an in
come tax amendment to the constitu-
ton, which if carried will bring into
subsection much taxable material
which has no physical value, but
which will aid in the avenues of the
country quite largely.
Mr.. Burke said that he outlined
these acts of the repul iican party in
connection with the h story of the
party merely to indicatA to the repub-
lican voters what is 'ttiGer duty in the
coming election in supporting repub-
lican candidates, and not take the
least chance in voting for a democrat
on personal grounds nor for any 9TH
er.
Governor Vessey's Address.
Governor Vessey devoted much of
his time to the criticisms which are
being made by the democratic candi-
dates against the state administra-
ton, and said:
Referred to Amendments.
Our opponents are discussing mat
tiers which are not issues in this cam
paign. and in fact there is no para
mount issue in this campaign. We
are criticised by the democratic
speakers who are promising much for
the future but they have no past rec
ord on which the people can rely that
they VIII be able to accomplish all
they set forth. They declare that the
business is mismanaged. and
the appointees are incompetent
to attend to their departments. These
r no specific. but cover a
general statement, in which they feel
safe from attack.
"In referring to the amendments
are to he voted upon. the demo-
cratic candidate for governor assails
them all as dangerous to the welfare
Of the people and declared they should
he voted down. Statements are
mace concerning these amendments
which are absolutely false. 1t is
that the amendment relat-
ing to taxation that the amendment
will take off the limit and that the
board a run wild in assessing
The governor stated with
plain directness that the amendment
does no such thing and does not con-
template any such action. The
amendment does not in the least dis
turb the constitutional provision of
[evying the 2 mill state tax and the 2
mill deficiency tax. 1T does provide,
however, for a more liberal assess
ment of property which has hereto
'ore escaped paying its fair share of
he expenses of the state. The amend
nent will bring the corporations with
closer range for assessment. Take
example the Wells Fargo Express
Co.. which bought the interests of
he United States Express Co. When
IN May I it began business in the
it made a statement to the state
BOARD of equalization that it had SIG
700 worth of taxable property in the
state, scattered cver the entire sys-
.em of the Milwaukee road. This
be assessed at one third OF its
yalue, and thus the company would
,e paving a tax on property valued at
5000, while at the same time this
company was getting an income of a
title less than 5000 900 on its bust
less in the state. 1t is this income
which We feel should be assessed, and
his amendment, if passed, will make
possible.
a Period Of Prosperity.
""The state of South Dakota is en-
Dying its greatest period of prosper
ty, and under this the democrats
lain that we are extravagant, and
hat we should retrench. Concern
ng this statement, 1 want to say that
do not ella. I am looking into the
aces of men in this audience who
will say hat we are doing our full
hare toward educating the boys and
of this state. TO returnech we
would have to cut down the levy. and
do not believe that you want to do
t. l can assure you that I will not
onsent to do 1t.
"1f my election Of governor of this