The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1912-03-28

the Indian can will other property
subject to the approval of the Sec
retary of the Interior, but under
the new law the secretary is given
one year after the death of the
testator to disapprove any will he
may have previously approved.
The purity of the ballot, the
source of pre- convention campaign
funds. the connection between
dangerous interests seeking Ie0ls,
lation, and the men who because
they can get the money" are
chosen to manage campaigns. viii
furnish the ground work which
some day. some one who escapes
the meshes of political short stops.
will write into Il story Wall
street has been a sort of bogey'
for many. many wears; yet all of
the political wire pulling evident
ly does not abide in that short
thoroughfare. and the underground
passages have been extended since
Uncle Mark Hanna was in the
saddle and shook down the
street. for six millions of dollars
to insure success. Four years ago
the amount spent on President
Taft, after the nomination was
made, was said to have been mil
lion dollars-buL then again there
were rumors of Outside expens-
es," not included in the work of
committees-that is regular party
committees in New York, and
other big ceGters by which ad-
dltional millions were covered up,
to say nothing of Brother Henry's
long purse. The country has been
scandalized by the alleged pur-
chase of seat in the Senate by
Uncle Ike Stephenson of Wiscon-
sin, but if comparison of the
prices of the votes per capita paid
by these millionaire senators
could be made with tho cost, di-
rectly and indirectly, of the presi-
dency, the contrast would make
Uncle lke's togas look like pur-
chases from five and ten cent
counter.
Just now Washington is the
headquarters of nominating mana
gers. The Taft organization
occupies sumptous quarters in one
of the big hotels, and is reported
to be paying in the neighborhood
of 50, 900 month rent mere
bagatelle as an item of Presiden-
tial campaign. The Roosevelt
people occupy equally spacious,
though less elegant quarters, but
getrent free. LaFollette's bureau
until recently, ran all over"
big Office building. These bu-
reaus aim to furnish literature,
that will aid their candidates, to
every person of political conse
quence in the country. There are
about 20, 900 newspaper offices in
the United States, and these edi-
tors must be told at least once a
week why Mr. Taft, or Colonel
Roosevelt, or Senator LaFollette
should be nominated. A small!
army of clerks are required to
handle all this work, and it takes
stationery by the ton, and postage
stamps by the yard, to say nothing
of the carloads of contributions
made at the expense of Uncle Sam
and sent to destination under the
franking privileges of Senators
and Representatives. Over on the
other side OF the fence, Mr.. Champ
Clark, Oscar Underwood. and 9th
er Presidential candidates are pIa, :
ing the same game.
Necessarily at least barrel of
money must be unloaded at each
headquarters every morning or
there would be bankruptcy before
night, and American people would
go short on education and the
country editors waste baskets
would look. hungry. Of course
none of these headquarters would
eco