Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-11-03
WOODS VAGARIEs
A Local Writer Touehe. Up Smooth MIR
Chruncey L. Woods.

ShaunCHy IL. WOOD, democratic
nominee for Gasernor, ashas haen NOV
ing about the state for the past six or
eight weeks, chanting song in which |
there is neither rhyme or reason. 1t
is slowly dawning on the people that,
1t is not with any hope of election.
There are several laws and amend.
ments to the constitution submitted
TO a.vote by the people at the coming
election. In reference to one of them
d large and we'll financed interest"
have much at stake and intensely de-
sire negative vote. Any means to
secure sufficient "Nos" to defeat the
law is grist to their mill.
What should be made clear is that
the purpose of Mr.. Wood is to Guilt
vate disposition to vote NO on all
the propositions and the purpose OF
his client will be conserved, and
should there be any fee for his SER
vices he will be entitled thereto. In
our form of government, more espec-
tally so with our referendum method,
the people at Nhe polls are sovereign
He insults tbs intelligence of every
member of the legislature by saying,
"The legislature, of this state is not
responsible for the laws that are en-
acted. !" He then Iroceeds to belittle
every members from, the AZ counties
that have no state institutions by putt
ing them all i'll the sane category as.
tools" of the members from the Ii
counties which have institutions. He.
then insults the members from the IA
counties by charging then! with a lln-
iversal "littleness, SO intense as to
rob them of all individuality and hon
OF and make them mere tools of the
state institutions in their respective
counties. They, according to this
Moses, have no sense of obligation to
the public. They do nothing, think
nothing, study nothing, but how to
get money for their institutions. IN
so much as the democrats, likewise
voted for the appropriations, Wood
must be the only simon of.his clan.
Here is the language in which Wood
voices his insult. eff a VICIOUS
measure is proposed by any member,
if he is a niambef, Of this combine,
his word is taken for it without ex-
animation or discussion. -
We care not to argue this pro or
con. Wood s statement that such an
outrageous law was never before pro
posed is on q par With his historic
illustration in his argument. We
quote the following: 81 tell you that
in that war (WisI OF the Ret beiiiiiion1i
fought by volunteers from start to
finish. Young people get historic
ideas from the remarks of great men,
governors, congressman, etc. How is
the above for an historic impression?
Has Mr.. Wood forgotten the New
York Draft Roits, instigated by an
element of his party. Does he not
know that drafts were made and
thousands of dollars paid for substi-
buttons by the stay t-homes
Wood is off in facts, logic and his
tory.
Mr.. Wood is alleged to be lawyer
ii TO pettitog constitutes {; lawyer; law
then Mr.. Wood is a sure-enough one.
If Mr.. Wood considers that the
three fourth value" clause permit
ed 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 learn that such questions are
threshed over both pro and con in
committees. made up of good men
and true and some Of them as good
lawyers as he presumes to be and be-
fore the three-fourths value feature
OF the law is repealed or amended it
will be thoroughly discussed as it
was when the law was passed. AS
illustrative of his method of argu-
ment we make two quotations, one
from the Wisconsin standard policy.
| MIR. Wood said:
"The worst feature in that law.
and one that cannot be yindicated,
is the one which gives the Insurance
company the absolute right and OPP
ton to replace it in case of absolute
loss"
The second quotation will be from
the New York farm of policy as
adopted by the legislature of Wiscon-
sin. 1t is in the same identical Ian
guage as adopted in South Dakota
AID can be fouEd in the form as
scopted as standard in twenty seven
otter states. From the WISCONSIN
standard form quote as follows:
| ut shall be optional with the COM