Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-07-25

vest field, not the political field.
Much more than half the l5,00S, 900
voters have said nothing as yet. Their
busy month is November.
1t is sure thing that President Taft
is going to accept the nomination of the
Chicago convention. He is at work
upon his speec ch of acceptance
Woodrow Wilson says he will do
no mud singing during the cam
paign. Maybe L. r.. is right when he
says that Woodrow isn't progress
sive.
In the United States the stock of gold
amounts to 81, SD, 900, 900 and of silver
S732, 900, 600. Old Bullion saw a great
destiny for the country, but his imagin-
alton never amounted to these figures
Governor Deneen of Illinois has spok-
en- after long silence and the informa-
tion it conveys to the Roosevelt crowd
of his state is that he will stand by Taft
throughout the campaign. That was
what he told the Roosevelt committee.
Federal Judge Hanford, whose i'm
peachment was programmed, has reliev-
ed justice of an unpleasant task by send
ing his resignation to President TAFT.
He is the judge who refused citizenship
to an applicant because he was socialist.
The petition for vote on the pro-
posed division of Corson county has
been accepted by the county COM
missioners and the proposition will
go on the ballot for the consideration
of the electors in November.
The secretary of the interior is be-
coming very particular that his home
steaders plant a crop on all their
plowed land before trying to make
final proof. Two proofs have recent
ly been rejected because of failure to
do this.
The bill to create department of
labor has passed the house. The
labor questions that arise constantly
in the United States are important
enough to occupy the attention of
whole department of the govern
ment
The express rates throughout the
United States have received trimming
down by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, but there is that Court of Com
merce that has thus far overturned
every reform the commission has at
tempted.
While the dividends of the industries
have increased enormously, rising in
the wooien goods trust to 81 per cent,
the wages of the workmen have decreas-
ed to pauper allowance. Does the tar
iff protect any one but the man with
money?
| To pretend to run LaFollette- Roose-
welt delegates in the primaries and
Roosevelt-Taft electors at the general
election is adding serreptition to decep-
ton, lThis kind of half-breed politics
is worthy of condemnation by real pro-
gressives and stalwarts. Huron Daily
Huronite.
| On the eve of what appears to him
like democratic victory the editor
of the Yankton Herald manifests a
plaintive degree of encouragement.
He says it would be just his luck to
have all the postoffices of the country
covered under the protection of the
civil service shortly before the pies
are ripe.
With South Dakota soaked from
north to south, and east to west, the
people are not worried as much over
| DOhelSo do Vic HOllCtSldllo WOuIl nave
one believe. The paramount issue in
this commonwealth just now is the sur
plus produce which are soon to 90 to
feed and fatten the pampered east.
| Speaker Clark headed a delegation
of l16 democratic congressman last
Saturday and led the host to Gov.
Wilson's summer home, where they
greeted the candidate. Mr.. Clark
was felicitious in his remarks and if
he was suffering from crouch it was
not visible one
The story of the crops is the most in
!eresting serial that is now running in
the newspapers of South Dakota and
it is exultantly continued from week to
week. 1t is probable that no better all
around crop was ever visible upon the
fields of the state, and as the state de.