The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-04-21
STATE POLITICS.

lust how they get started in many case
is calculated e question whethei
they are from INSTRUMENTATION on th'
part OF the blind attempt to lead the
blind, or from just pure ~cussednes
on the part of some one, says a Pierre
dispatch. The discussion OF the ap
preparation OF the last session III re
gard to state house maintenance Is
one on the one side, and one the Other
is the assertion that State Treasurer
Johnson took for his use interest
on state funds up to the time the
depository law went into effect
I'D to that time there was no legal pro
vision for collection of interest on
deposits, and none was collected
Treasurer johnson Is asking for am
dayits on the part OF bankers who
were caring for state funds at that
time as to whether they paid him in
terest. and as nos OF the funds were
in the hands OF "insurgent" bankers,
having been placed there by Treasur-
er Cassill, 1t should not be hard to Sc
cure such an affidavit II they made
any such payments.
The congressional petition situation
appars to be drawing ahead rapid
ly. The time of filing petitions is
very short, only a month more re-
naming. The petitions OF Thomas
Thor3on and John f. Schrader, the
progressive candidates, have been re-
jected on advice of the attorney gen
eral. as they filed as district candi-
dates" Attorney General Clark holds
that since the district law of the last
session has gone TO the referendum
there is no such a thing as a con
gressional district in the state, and
such petitions could not be accepted.
The claim DOW is that the courts Will
be called upon 10 decide. Attorneys
appear 10 be at sea in regard to the
situation. some OF them claiming that
II would be a federal case, and others
that IL would come up in the state
supreme court. II brought In the
state court, a decision could pr badly
be reached within a very few days as
a preferred case" II brought In the
United States court, any decision OF
the circIit court could be appealed,
and to secure u decision in that court
within several months would be hurry
ing matters. AS q matter OF fact,
both these candidates are carrying
around petitions as candidates at
large, and they could settle the whole
controversy in FIVE minutes by filing
such petitions. But for some reason
they appear to prefer "fddling
around about il instead of getting
out into the open campaign under the
law Ms ii is considered by the state
law officers. These candidates are to
meet at Pierre this week. and may
-. ...4. - al. $500 hYas ~ tho
same time they will be in position to
settle the whole case in a few min
utes in case the eourt decision should
be against them.
II the present session of congress
continues to sit until after the June
primaries. Congressman Burke will
not be in the state during the cam
paign. He has announced that he
viii stay in Washington until the close
of the session. While naturally very
much interested in the outcome OF
the primary campaign he will not
have a personal part in 4. unless the
session closes before the middle of
June. Congressman Martin Is also in
Washington, and will probably be
there for most or all of the campaign,
but he has not yet announced that he
will remain until the close, and he
may get home for a short tour of the
state before June.
1t is reported that W. s. Glass Of
WATERFOWL, will get tout on the trail
of George w. Egan in his candidacy
for the ~governorship. II he starts
such a campaign, 1t will be n of
warm '~eulogies" on both sides, as
both Glass and Egan have regulations
of saying things which carry stings
for their opponents, and neither would
be at all likely to spare his opponent,
and by the way, either would have
plenty Of material to work on in such
a campaign.
With only one week left in which TO
file petitions, only one democrat has
as yet presented anything to the sec,
rotary In the shape of a petition, he
being Judge Levi MCGEE Of the
seventh circuit, who has been on the
bench of that circuit for about twelve
years. and would stay another term
While he may have opposition, no pc
tition from any other candidate from
that district has yet come in. The
other democratic candidates evidentl,
intend to allow the primary to 60 b,
default. and get their names on tn,
ballot by petition later in the game.
The minority parties, socialists
prOhibitionists. will make no effort I,
fle lists OF their nominees, but vii
depend upon the petition nomination
to place their candidates on tn,
November ballot.
Past campaigns IN. this state hav
generally shaped up In such . name
that 2 close general idee Of Who gc..
be successful in the campaign for tn
leading positions, could be formed, bu
the whole matter is 90 far ct sea u
to the present that no one can max
even a intelligent guess. Al tn
on account Of the independent vote,
who II more and more in evidence, an
who Doesn't care . "hnot" for IA
lions. but will vote Just to suit hi
own sweet win regardless Of wins
amount Of ghost dancing the leader
az the two factions may ccntort then
solves With.
FAe RjctARpS CRYSTALLINE.