Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-11-04

clan. Here is the language in which
Wood voices his insults. "If a NlCI-
Gus measure is proposed by any mem
Der, If he is a member Of this great
combine, his word is taken without
examination or discussion"
WOODS REMEDY.
Wood, like the patent medicine
vendors has a cure for all" Here it
is: Elect me governor and l will APP
point a non partizan commission to
appropriate all this money" Is there
anything green iii your eyes? VIII
Mr.. Woods commission be made up
with a majority Of democrats? Mr..
Wood damns the so.called Gear law''
by which it is proposed to give the
governor power to remove an I'M
worthy or unfafthful public officer.
How would Woods plan size up as a
Scar law?" The governor appoint a
commission, the commission distribute
two million dollars a year. There
may be some suckers in South Dakota
but not enough to permit that scheme
to work. TO work it will be necessary
to amend the constitution which now
allows of no expenditure Of funds IN
less first appropriated by the legisla-
ture. Woods plan would be govern
ment by commission" gone to seed.
MILITARY LAW
We care not to argue this pro or cor
Woods statement that such an out
rageous law was never before proposed
is on a par with his historic illustra-
tion in his argument. We quote the
following. 81 tell you that in that
wal WAR of Rebellion) fought by vol
unteers from start to finish" Young
people get historic ideas from the re-
marks of great men, governors, con
gressmen, etc. How is the above for
an historic impression? Has Mr.. Wood
| forgotten the New York Draft Riots,
instigated by the copperhead element
| of his party. Does he not know that
| drafts we're made and thousands OF
I dollars paid for substitutions by the
| "stay-at-homes?" Wood Is off in facts,
| logic and history. He has a bad case
| of might mare"
INSURANCE Avs.
Mr.. Wood is alleged to be a lawyer
1T 20 "pcttifog'' constitutes q law
yer then MI. Wood is a sure enough
one. If Mr.. Wood considers that the
"three fourth value clause permitted
on fire policies is not fair, he should
| show why? He plays 'bull in a china
| shop" and thereby weakens his cause.
for, Notwithstanding all he says about
the methods of legislation in this
| state, he, if reliably informed, would
J learn that such questions are thresh'
| ed over both pro and con in commit.
tees, made up of good men and true
and some of them as good lawyers as
he presumes to be, and before tn G
! three-fourth value feature Of the law
is repealed or amended it will be
most thoroughly discussed as it was
when the law vas passed.
AS illustrative Of his method 81
argument we make two quotations
one from his speech and one from the
Wisconsin standard policy.
Mr.. Wood said: 1.-THE worst feature
in that law, and one that cannot be
indicated, is the n which gives the
insurance company the absolute
right and option to replace it in CASE
Of absolute loss"
The second quotation will be made
from the New York form Of policy
as adoped by the legislature of Wis
consin. 1t is in the same indentica
language as adopted in South Dakota
and can be found in the form as stan
dard in twenty-seven other states
From the Wisconsin standard form ]
quote as follows:
"It shall be optional with the com
pany to repair, rebuild or replace the
property loss or damage with other o.
like kind or quality.
Now Wisconsin has a valued polio.
law she same as has South Dakot;
and the legislature of Wisconsin a
we'll as the legislatures Of other states
which have the valued policy law, tt
gether with the New York standard
preserve the integrity of the valued
policy law by saying: Except whel
otherwise provided by statute" TIL
South Dakota legislators, so much be
Titled by Mr.. Wood. went futher ant
cited the statute which they would
preserve intact by making the first
sentence of the standard policy read
Except il cas- Of buildings, wher
the amount insures upon the propert,
shall be taken c~onclusively to be tn
true value thereof, as provided b.
Chapter 1872 of the laws of 1903"
All Woods talk about new towns anc
building in the wrong locality j
merely shot air" to fool the voters o
the new towns.
THE CIR IA COMBINE
Mr.. Wood tries to throw a big scar
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