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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
In r~e-electing Governor Vessey next
by an overwhelming ma
jority.
DIR. Herman F. Rate.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Frank NJ. Byrne

Frank M. Byrne Of Faulkton, who
Is the republican candidate for leu
tenant governor of South Dakota mas
made an excellent legislative RECORD
in this state. He is the author OF
many of the important bills which
have become laws to the benent OF
the people of South Dakota.
Mr.. Byrne was born in Volney.
Allamakee county, Iowa, in 1858. He
came to Sioux rails in 1879, and IN
the following year took up a nome
stead in McCook county E1 mas d
wife and five sons, and is engaged IN
farming and real estate. he was d
membe Of the first senate IN le9V.
and was county treasurer OF Fauik
county for four years; he mas rep
resented Faux and Potter countieS
in the last two state senates. Mr.
Byrne introduced into the senate the
following bills, which have become
laws:
Anti-pass law, the most stringent
and effective anti-pass law ever en-
acted in the United States.
The two cent fare law.
The reciprocal demurrage law, re-
curing railroads to pay damages Tor
delay in furnishing cars to
A law requiring railway companies
to pay taxes on terminal properly.
buildings, grounds, side and passing
tracks, etc, which formerly was not
taxed. Under this law railway taxes
have been very much increased IN the
past three years.
A law reducing express rates ~
per cent and giving the railroad COM
missioners power to further reduce
them. .
A law requiring standard forms or
life insurance policies and safeguard
ing the rights and interests OF poi
icy holders: one OF the most ao-
vance, and effective NE insurance
laws in the country.
A law ~reorganizing the insurance
department. requiring all fees ana
moneys collected by the department
to be converted into the state treas
ury and be paid out only on proper
vouchers.
An effective anti-lobby law.
He also took an active ana leadlne
part in the enactment OF
The primary election law.
A corrupt practice act, prescribing
severe penalties for corruptlng or at
tempting to corrupt voters.
A law prohibiting corporations from
contributing to campaign funus.
A law requiring railways to maxi
track connection at junction points.
A law requiring the railroad com
mission to ascertain the true casf
value of al railroad property in tn
state, to be used as a future basis TO
making freight and passenger rates
Law requiring railway companle
to pay double damag IS for stock XIII
ed, or property destroyed by pralrl'
fire. where the company refuses t
make settlement within sixty lays o
loss.
A law placing on railroad com
panies the burden of proof IN action
based on orders of the railroad com
mission.
An anti-discriminatlon law
An antitrust law.
A Jaw fequlrlns the state treaSuI
err to account for interest on stat
funds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
STATE TREASURER
George G. Johnson

George G. Johnson, republican can
didate for state treasurer. Is a native
of Lincoln county. South Dakota, OF
parentage, born July
20. 1878, and was educated In tht
common schools of Lincoln county
and Augustana college, Canton. In
1898 he was appointed deputy regis
ter OF deeds in Lincoln county. which
position he held for six years, when
he was elected register of deeds IN
1904 and reelected in 1906, recelV-
ing one of the largest majorities ever
given to a candidate in Lincoln coun-
ty. In 1908 he became a candidate
for state treasurer and was elected 10
that office in November followins,
During his canvass Mr.. Johnson
pledged the people Of the state, IL
elected, to TURF to the state treasury
all interest received upon pubiic
funds, and he kept his promise, Az
ing turned into the stat treasury dur
ing his term, over $4,000. He no"
seeks reelection at the hands of the
republicans, and asks the earnest
support of the members of his party
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Efforts to enforce legislation reducing

efforts to enforce legislation reducing
passenger rates., he called a CONFER
ence of the railroad officials OF all
the railroads doing business IN south
Dakota and at this conference the
commission secured an average re-
duction in the ten classes OF lrelsht
amounting to 11.2 per cent, n Il
reduction Of I cent per mile on all
local o.e-fare passenger rates in TIE
state( and also the reduction OF 1
cent per mile On all mileage DOCKS
for travel in the Black Hills. In l9Oo
he secured a further reduction TOR
he Black Hills country when re
duced the fares from 4 to 3 cents per
mile and mileage book fares from &;
cents to 2 IL cents per mile. Again
+. August, 1906, while the board was
under Injunction in the federal court
in the passenger rate case, DIR. Snt'tn
urged the board to order In a sch'i-
ule Of freight rates west OF the MIS-
souri, river, reducing the local trciSnt
rates an average Of Is per cent nl'
in fact reducing the short haul, Nh'ch
covers most of the freight handled,
between 20 and 80 per cent, and At
the same time reducing the freight
rates on immigrant goods about '0
per cent. This was followed bv a
further order in March, 1907, OF a
fat reduction of 10 per cent on A
dix, erpnt claSSiications or 1relsh cas-
Of the Missouri river, and at the
same time reducing the
rate TO the same as the Minnesota
! rate. which is now in effect. In tn@
| movement to secure lower express
rates for the people of the state, I''
Smith was in hearty accord. and as {
member of the board will use ever!
means to bring about this desired
, reform. His long experience on M
board. his extensive knowledge OF M
problem of freight and passenger
rates especially fit him for the posl
ton he now occupies, n the neoFi'
Of the state will act wisely il they re
elect him in November.
The work of the commission oei23
Increased by each succeeding sessto!
Of ,he legislature has compelled Nofh
missioner Smith to abandon his pro
frs. len. n he now resides on NJ
ranch near Sidney, Perkins county an
thereby is able to devote all 81 III
time to the states busiess. The pres
ent light by the commission asalnS
the advancement Of coarse gram an
class rates by the railroads Will oS IL
success in securing a suspension G
these rates until November i. say
the shippers and producers OF IN
state over SO. 000, 900, n annual.
nearly 5000, 600 as long as the pr,
pcsed advance al be defeated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
STATE AUDITOR
III. B. Anderson

Henry B. Anderson is a Scandlnav-
ian by birth. He was born in the
year 1859, and came to the United
States with his parents in 1871. When
but a boy of twelve years OF age
he was thrown upon rs own re-
sources. His mother died when he
was only six years old, and his faith
err a short time after he came to Am
erica. So he not only had to make
his own living when a mere lad. o.
was obliged to care for younger
brothers and sisters.
He arrived in South Dakota in
1SS. :tld filed on a government
homestead in Dawson county in the
spring Of that year. in 1888 he was
elected county commissioner and
served in that capacity for three
years. In 1898 he was elected audit
or of Dawson county. was reelected
in 1900, and after the expiration Of
his second term as auditor, he served
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
SECRETARY OF STATE
Samuel G.. Policy

Samuel c. Policy, secretary OF
state, Deadwood, was born on a farm
in Houston county, Minnesota. lie
obtained his education in the COM
mon schools of that state. at the Nor
mai school at st. Cloud, and the
University Of Minnesota, and gradu-
ated from the law department IN
1890. He located in Deadwood In
August of that year with the Hon.
William G. Rice, now judge of the
Eighth judicial circuit of this state
in whose employ he remained for
two years, when he entered into part
nership with judge Rice in the law
business. He was states attorney for
Lawrence county III 19U1-2, and has
been engaged in the general practice
of law until the present time. lie
was elected secretary of state in
1908, and renominated for h a office
by a large majority at the primary
| election in June Of this year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
GOVERNOR
Robert S. Wesley

Robert 8. Vessey was born in 1888.
On q farm in Winnebao county, Wis
consin. His only opportunity to Sc
cure an education was in the com
mon schools of the vicinity. and the
Daggett Commercial School at Osh-
kosh. Until he attained his major
ity, he worked on a farm n then
for FIVE winters he worked In INC pm
cries of Wisconsin. Moved to South
Dakota in 1888, where he located on
q farm in Jerauld county and n
1aged in the sheep business. In 1899
At washington Springs he opened d
reneral merchandise store. under no
name OF Vessey Bros. In this busl-
ness he has remained for the past
tw enty-four years. and still retains
his interest therein. In 1899 he be-
came president of the Washington
Springs State bank and has engaged
more or less in the real estate bust
mess.
In 1905 he was elected state senator
and in 1907 he was elected. IN
1909 he was elected governor or
South Dakota. He introduced. while
senator, a bill compelling campaign
committees to keep ccoun OF eX-
penses and make public report Of
them: a bill giving the state board Of
railway commissioners power to com
mel railroad companies to construcf
connecting tracks at intersectlna
points and establish joint through
rates.
Since his election as governor he
has been a supporter of progressive
principles. but did not recognize rae
tionalism in the administration OF
state affairs. He was instrumental
during the last session Of the leglsla'
ture, in having the banking, insur'
ance, and railroad rate laws revised.
He favored the amendment to tn
constitution of the United states pro
viding for an income tax.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC rs
STRUCTlON
Carl &. Lawrence

Carl G.. lawrence was corn at
Madison, Wis, in 1871. His parents
10Th natives of Norway, were ahlohS
the earliest settlers OF WISCONSIN,
Mr.. Lawrence, after completing q loui
years high school course ana deNot-
ing some time to teaching In the fuidI
schools. entered the University OF
WISCONSIN. from which institution he
graduated With the degree OF Bacn-
elor of Letters in 1894. Later he diu
post work at the same UNI
yersity during two summer molitHS-
In the fall of 1894 he accepted Il can
to the pro~iessorship OF Latin anu
history at Augustana college, Canton
$. ID. He remained there tour years
and then for a period OF eight years
he was principal of the Canton city
schools. lit is now serving as couh-
~ superinta ndent of schools OF LIN
coin county in his second term.
The following clipping from the
Canton Farmers Leader teslineS W
his ability as an ana 10
his successful work as county super
intendent of 49,
prof. Lawrence has few equals as
an educator. and as a promoter ol
advanced education in rural schools
he has blaZed a new path that every
county superintendent is 1OlloWlns.
AS county superintendent he soon
recognized til, necessity Tor osr
Give methods in rural schools, to pro-
vide something in addition to What
the books each. His aim mas peer
to make the rura life oil boys aau
eirls more interesting, and to this END
he has organized the boys into corn
growing clubs and the girls into DO
mestic science clubs. His efforts nave
been wonderfully successful Apou.
400 BOWS competed in a corr contes'
last year, and about the same numpel
of girls competed In sewing, uarh'
ing and patching, and in bread, bis
emit. ard cake making. The exhibit:
we're a revelation to the hundred o.
fathers and mothers who examined
the work of the girls. and GoVerIo'
Nessey. Professor Holden OF iowa
and Presid mt Slagle or
college, were surprised and dellshte'
with the new method of education
One boy raised the best corn ina
was raised in the county. 1t score
higher than any corn that was rais
ed for the mems contest, The exnlp
it's even surprised Professor l1awrehc.
and from the opinions expressed J
was clearly evident that this n2N
rural school education found instah
approval among the patrons oil IN
school. The boys and girls felt prou'
Of their work, because they rea!i%e
hat they could do things just d
well as their fathers and mother:
AS state superintendent Protesso
Lawrence hopes to enlarge this nc'
feature in rural school education un
til every school district in h stat
shall be helping to make the boy
scientific farmers and the girls cav
Gated housekeepers along advance
: lines
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
THE DEMOCR ATTIC CAMPAIGN IS
ONE or DECEPTION AND FRAUD

In the present campaign the ma
iority of the democratic nominees Tor
state and congressional posltlohs
have been lost sight of with the eN
ception of the democratic nominees
FOR governor and congress.
The three candidates for these
places have wholly : abandoned lhe
remainder of the nominees 10 ther
fate. and during the tney
have been looking out only Ior thelr
own personal interests u nave neg
lected to urge voters to support .ne
entire democratic ticket. 10 JUG
by the nature Of the addresses oeiiv-
cred throughout the state py rms
trio of democratic candidates theN
themselves constitute the entlre
democratic party in South Dakota.
Another interesting feature or the
democratic campaign is that even thf
| three nominees referred 70 are no.
pulling together but it appears 70 hf
each man for himself and the deN'
II take the hindmost.'
For instance. Chauncey L. WOOD
democratic nominee for governor, !
! waging his right purely for nimsei
1 and without \ thought OF the wv
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
NEW TARIFF NOT CAUSE VI
HIGH PRICES-A AlSl'
REVISION

Changes nj the items of the OLD
tariff by the new tariff: Duty decreas-
es on 654 items, duty increases on
22O items, unchanged 1,13o items.
Consumption value OF artlcles on
which duties were decreased $4,9ol.-
S13,175: of luxuri S on Whltl uu'ne7
were increased $637,9o3,549 OF ar
tic,es not ~iuXuries, on which duties
were increases $637, 903,o+9; OIL afti-
Giles. not luNuries, on when dute9
were increased $240,S52.522.
Ad valorem according TO '.e
valued rate on dutiable imports ia
1903 Cold ,arilf) 45.l5 per cent ~
1910 COT the fiscal year l3lo an pul
one month and five days come uluer
the new tariff 4l.f9 per cent ~
crease 1.66 per cent.
Among the articles of common eN-
erv day use, on which the duly was
reduced by the new tarllt. are tae
following: Hides, ground wood pup,
cotton SEED and croton OIL, pelloieuh'
and products thereof, paced on ny
free list. fresh meat, pork, ana lafd'
Ok nor conf bacon and ham 20 per
cent. cabbage 33 1-3 per cent sdll
Ia ner cent. soft coal 33 per cent
savrd boards from 81 IL TO % per
| cent: dressed lumber so per cent,
boots and shoes 60 per cent, hafhes$
and saddles SIS per cent, asrlcoitala
implements % per cent, Niia'N
g,ass (common) 4 TO 20 per eent,
iron ore SO per cent: pig IRON 81
per cent; bar iron % to 80 per ceh'
plate iron or steel 16 23 per cent |.
| 40 per cent, steel rails 80 per cent
beams and Orders 20 to 40 per cent;
barbed wire 81 per cent; tin plates ~
per cent: boilers rs per cent, khlNeS
and forks Commonly used) - TO :.
per cent; sewing machines 80 Id Pc
cent: cotton thread 16 to 20 per cent
nails. spikes and tacks 20 to az PEI
cent. saws 16 to rs per cent; grove
Commonly used) 25 per cent soaa!
II to SO per cent; gun powder 80 =
per cent to SO per cent, manuiae.ure
of leather Is to rs per cent. larll
unchanged on -four, potatoes, Deans
eggs, dairy products, tobacco an
~nufactur thereof, cotton soou
(common). stockings common
woolens Except in u~nimportant oe
tails). The Payne tariff law repre-
SCENTS the greatest reduction that ma
been made in the tariff at any sing
time since our first revenue law wa
Fl. s,.ued Dv George Washington.
Mccall, Massachusetts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
TWO IMPORTANT FEATURES OF
THE NEW TARIFF

Maximum and minimum rates: Inc
new tariff provides for an increase OF
25 per cent ad valorem on all ilnpol.
tations from countries which unouly
discriminate against US In theif Jar
iqs.
The tariff board: 1t means. quotinS
Colonel Roosevelt. tn
If the policy of providing for a dis
interested revision of tariff
through a high class commission OF
experts, which will treat each scnea-
ule purely on it's own merits win a
view both to protecting the consum-
err from excessive prices and to secur,
ing the American producer, anu
esnecially the American wage worker
what will represent the difference Oh
cost in production here as compared
with the cost of production In coun
tries where labor is less hberaily re-
warded."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04

nominees of his party for congress.
The nominees for congress also are
conducting a purely One-man CAIN
paign.
W. w. Soule, one Of the democratic
nominees for congress-. apparently IS
not aware that an Individual nalheu
John E.. Kelley also is a nominee Oh
his party for congress-. Candidate
Soule speaks only for himself, early
in the campaign having
Mr., Kelley to his fate. With sell
preservation motives, Mr.. Kelley also
is looking out strictly for No. /.
So far as the three candidates are
concerned, they are moi cooperating
with each other in the slightest de-
gree, and to all intents and purposes
might as we'll have been the noml-
nees of three separate and distinct
party organizations.
The course followed by the three
candidates is decidedly Illuminating to
the better and more consistent ele-
ment of democratic voters IN the
state, who are thoroughly dlsSusteu
with their standard bearers in tins
! campaign.
The three candidates appear to be
ashamed of their party, and the pet
ter class of democratic voters are
ashamed of them for the poor gener-
alship displayed and for the lack o.
effort on their art TO strengthen tnt
democratic party in the state.
Why has the democratic party o.
South Dakota sunk to such deplor
able depths?
The answer is furnished by the ma
ture of the campaign waged by Can
didates Wood, Soule and Kelley. IN
stead of seeking to advance demo
cratic principles they have peel
running back and forth in the stat
humbly pleading for republican vot'
on the ground that they are as goo
republicans as the most ardent re
,ublican in South Dakota. sue
hypocrisy has Disguised all right
m nded democrats.
Their campaign Is one OF decepuo'
and fraud for the reason that whll
publicly they proclaim that they ar
ashamed of their own party, an
plead for republican votes on the a
legation that they are in sympath
with republicans on the great issue
Of the day, yet they are dyed-ln-the
wool democrats and have absolutel
: nothing in mi with republican
They simply are striving to decelV
? republicans and ecu the votes I
: those whom they think they can roo
= wink into voting the democrat
ticket. Thus far and no further e>
tends their interest IN the dear r.
publican voter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
COMMISSIONERS OF SCHOOL AND
PUBLIC LANDS
T.. T.. Brinkcr

F. r. Brinker, republican candidate
for the office OF commissioner Oh
school and public lands was born OF
German ~parentage IN Minnesota III
1866. He moved with his parents to
South Dakota in the spring of 1880,
settling on a farm in Lake county. Ills
father died in the spring of 1888, anu
the support of his widowed mother
and work of the farm davolved upon
fine son. Received his education at
the Madison State Normal. Continued
farming until 1904, when he was
elected county auditor, which othce ne
held two terms. Mr.. BrlE ker mas al
WAYS been a republican, advocating
advanced principles, and possesses
neculiar qualifications for h DIS
charge of the duties Of this most IN.
portant office.
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or van :. a. deputy auditor. In 1905

q as deputy auditor. In 1905
he was again elected county auditor.
and was reelected In 1908, and is
now serving a fourth term as auditor
of Dawson county. This long public
service In a county where political
lines are drawn as closely as they are
in Dawson county, speaks well for
Mr.. Anderson and shows how highly
those who know him best esteem him
Politically, he has always been a re-
publican, never varying IN his alleg-
lance to the true principles or the
party. AS state auditor he will close
iv sc%rutinize every account and sup
press any and all Illegal claims.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04

Hot Sprigs Times Herald: Soule,
the democratic candidate for con-
gress. says he is a progressive.
What a misnomer. Who eve heard
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04

of a progressive democrat!
That republicans. and lots OF a.
Gratis, prefer workers who get res
like Martin and Burke, rather
uncertain ambitious democratic
ticianS.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04
Tho NorriStowu World uayS III

The MorriStown World pays this
concise tribute to Governor Robert
s. Nessev, blican nominee for re-
e%lection: He is the same honest,
plain. big-hearted man year after
year. He loves the people and their
welfare above honors or office. tie
stands squareIy on the l;ooSeNeft
platform and has the unlimited con
fidence of the man the nation loves
1t is indeed fortunate that the pc"
Pile have such a clear-headed mar Ak
the head of state affairs: a man whom
All Trust and whose chief aim is tho
welfare of the people. Tie will be re-
elected by the biggest majority aver
given a public official IN the state,
and every candidate on the ticket with
him has the confidence of the voters.
second ermers n first termers
ALIKE"
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KNOWS WHEREOF HE SPEAKS

Kansas City Star: Alton rarN-
er is warnig the public To beware -
Roosevelt and the third term. Jnu.o
Parker will be remembered as the
man who failed to beware OF RoFseV''
and the second term.
Prince Maha Vaiiravudh has snc
ceeded his father the late King On ]
alongkorn, as ruler of Siam II name
count for anything the few king WI
not be any great improvement o7e
his father.
Roosevelt was ffty-tw1 yea o.
yesterday. 1t must make the o.
| guard sigh to conside! how young
is after all.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04

Beresford Republic: III Chaui
L. Wood had only known that ne
going to run for governor, anu
have induced the democratic Ineii1
of the last Legislature to vote Ia W
sition to the amendments ana hIe
uras which he is now having a
about. his argument might have
reared more sincere.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04

Gettysburg News-Courier: Vote the
whole ticket straight is the advice or
the NeNs-Courier. The men who are
Sc king office on the republican ticker
are all worthy of the support OF their
party. stock to the party ana vote
the ticket straight.
Although in their efforts to hood
wink republican voters into Young
for them on the ground that they are
as good republicans as the most ar
lent republican in the state, II the
backs of Candidates Wood, Soule anI
Kelley were scratched, dyed-ln-the-
wool democrats would be u UNI
derneath.
Congressmen Martin and Burke
have more than made good at Wash
ington, and at the election on Nov
s will be returned to serve two years
more in the national house of repre-
sentatiVes. Whtre they have reflected
great honor on themselves and their
state.
The republican state and judicias
ticket, composed Of Robert s. Wesley,
Frank NJ. Byrne, Samuel &. Policy
ROYAL G. Johnson. Henry Il. Ander-
son. George G. Johnson, +. f.
Brinker, c. G.. Lawrence, w G..
Smith. Ellison G. Smith and James
II Mccoy, is composed of men of the
highest standing in the state-men
who have been identified with the
TERRITORY and state since its infancy.
and who are tried M true cham
pions of the great body of common
people. All are entitled to the vote
of every man who has the best inter
ests of the staff at heart, n who
wishes to see South Dakota continue
to advance and prosper.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-04

Chief: A man VINO
ashamed of his party and lacks [
nerve to stand squarely on ms PAL
platform is not entitled to the Vot
Of anybody. Mr.. Soule should sn
off his supply Of soft soap ana 30
under his true colors or "lthora
from the race.