Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-11-03
MARTIN AND BURKE
Occupy Commanding Commute Posi-
tions5and Will be Able to Continue
to do Effective Work For
the State

Republicans who may be tempted
to vote against Congressman Burke
and Martin-if any such exist-and
support their democratic opponents
should look carefully before they leap.
congressman Martin and Burke arc
we'll aware of the sentiment of the
state with respect to reform measures,
and during the next two years will
without doubt carry out the wishes
of the constituents to the best of their
ability and as far as lies within their
power.
They occupy commanding positions
on some of the most important com
mlttees OF the lower branch of the
lower branch of the national congress,
and being familiar as the result of
their many years experience with
the routine, will during the next two
years be in better position than ever
to do effective work in behalf of
South Dakota and it's people.
What they have accomplished in
the past is we'll known to South Da-
kota voters. Among important bene
fits secured by them for the state was
the securing of a six months extern
sion of time to homesteadars in the
western half of the state in which to
establish residence on their lands, and
the securing of an extension of time
time for homesteaders to pay the pur-
chase price of lands which had been
coded by the Indians.
This legislation alone benefited
thousands of homesteaders in South
Dakota proved to them that the two
South Dakota congressman are men
do things, and who at all times stand
ready to exert themselves IN behalf OF
their state and its people.
During the coming two years, with
a continuance of the great develop
ment of western South Dakota,
and the building up of the eastern
part of the state, there will be mum
erous opportunities when live con-
gressmen, such as Messrs. Burke and
Martin, will be able to secure ad.
ditio1al benefits of value and import.
ance for South Dakota.
10 dlsplace men occupying theil
commanding position on committees
and who are in close touch with the
national administration with the
democratic nominees for congress
would be little less than crime
against South Dakota and its people
S"rpcsing fer sake of argument that
the democratic nominees for congress
were elected in November, what
would result? They would 60 to
Washington on the basis of new men
They would, being democrats, be as.
signed among the minority members
on unimportant committees, where
they would be effectually sidetracked
and placed in position where they
could do absolutely nothing for their
state.
Then, too, President Taft's term
will extend over the next two years.
and democratic congressman could
not expect any favnrs at the hands of
a republican president
Numerous other arguments could
be advanced to prove that it would be
little less than political suicide for
Congressman Martin and Burke to be
displaced by new untired men, and
men who politically would be opposed
| to the republican president.
The democratic candidates for con-
gress, if elected, would be able to do
little less than draw their salaries
and to all intents and purposes the
grand and growing young state of
South Dakota would be unrepresent-
ed in congress during the coming two
years.
The best interests of the state and
its people require the reelection of
Congressman Burke and Martin, and
all republicans should make it point
to go to the polls on Nov. and vote
for them and the remainder Of the re-
publican nominees for state, judicial,
legislative and county positions.
Because nails or other pieces of
metal in grain have caused explosions
or fires in flour mills and breweries
machine has been depised to clean
the grain by passing it over magnets
to attract the metal.
TOWN LOT SALE
Despite bad weather the first, day
of the government sale of town lots
at Ne *eH. the new town near Belle
Fourche, netted nearly 100000, 81 out
of 1872 being sold. E. S. johnson, of