Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-21

he must be kept from going lion hunt
ing in Africa. One Africanus is
enough in American politics.
Russia does not intend to go to war
over the question of Servia's obtain
tanning port on the Adriatic sea, ac-
cording to Sozonoff, Russian foreign
minister.
Vermillion Republican,: 1t is oc.
curing to many people that it will
make precious little difference now
who the South Dakota presidential
electors vote for.
The real test of the demo cratic adj
ministration will be whether there is
a three billion bushell corn crop
again next year. President Taft goes
out in blaze of corn cribs.
The democratic party is indebted to
both Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt-7to
the former for preventing the latter s
nomination. and to the latter for pre-
venting the formers election.
Fremont Tribune: Ten days sine
Wilson was elected and still no Ne
braska farmers burning their own
corn for fuel. Democratic papers are
overlooking something,
1t is tough on the republicans to
have Iowa and South Dakota cIassed
as doubtful states, but it will make
business pick up during campaigns.
The doubtful state always gets the
best that is going.
Chicago Record Herald: Itwas al
ways safe bet that the old timers at
Washington would hail Mr.. Wilson s
"open door policy" as a joke. What
ever their feelings, the old timers are
never inconsistent.
The voluntary retirement of Am
bassador Byrce of Great Britain, it is
believed will mark the abandonment
of any purpose on the part of the
| United States to secure the consum-
nation of the pending gel eral arbitra
ton treaty with Great Britain.
|
The vote to reduce school age in
Missouri to five years is in line with
thought of all thinkers whose consen-
sus OF opinion is that the education
of a child's mind might begin at a
still earlier age. Indifference, more
than opposition, is the danger to
which this amendment is exposed.
1t is expected that the democrats in
| the house of representatives Mill at
4 tach due weight to the fact that
| Champ Clark carried most of the
! presidential primary states and was
the first candidate to win a majority
of all the delegates at the Baltimore
4 convention. In other words it is ex-
pected that Champ Clark will be re-
elected speaker of the house without
opposition.
The commission Of FIVE allenists
1 who examined into the mental con-
dition of Schrank, who shot Colonel
A Roosevelt, reported to Judge Backus,
4 finding Shrank insane. The decision
of the doctors was unanimous and
means that he cannot be tried for
assault with intent to kill Colonel
Roosevelt, but will be committed to
the hospital for the insane at Osk-
] kosh.
| The democrats won many governors
at the 1912 election. Here they are:
1 William Sulzer, New York; James
Cox, Ohio; Samuel NJ. Ralston, Indi-
! ana; John FL. Moorehead, Nebraska,
Elias M. Ammons, Colorado; Ed
ward F. Dunn, Illinois; Earnest List
| er, Washington; s. v. Stewart, Mon
tana; Eugene Foss, Massachusetts;
Q, B. Colquitt. Texas; George Il.
Hodges, Kansas.
| The Richards primary bill has be-
come law in South Dakota by vote
of 81, 154 to % 1892. The large affirm
alive majority is a fire compliment
Ito r. Q Richards. Not one voter III
a hundred had more than vague idea
what the new law provided, but all
knew that Dick" Richards stood
sponsor for it. and mast of them evil
IDENTITY thought that he could be trust
led 70 improve the primary law.