The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-08
AID FOR THE
CLA|MH0LDERS
IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE
STATE is OBJECT OF S. D..
DELEGATION
ASK DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE TO HELP
BY Distributing Seed Grain Among the
misunderstanding Boy APP
pointed to Annapolis

CFrom Our Washington CORRESPONDENCE
Two young men of South Dakota,
Oliver b. Peterson of Lead and James
b. Perry of Brookings, have been
made happy through their appoint
ment by Congressman Martin to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
There has been a strong and sys-
tematic effort made here on the part
of the representatives from South
Dakota, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and
eastern Colorado to relieve the condi-
tons existing among the homestead
ers, principally by reason of the
droughts during the past two years,
and Mr.. Burke and Mr.. Martin have
been using their strongest influence
to induce the department of agricul-
ture to furnish see grain to the
settlers, who have been having a des-
perate struggle to keep their places
going, However. the department Is
not kindly disposed toward sugges-
tiOns of this kind and the only case
OF record wherein seed grain has
been furnished was at the time Of the
grasshopper ravage several years ago.
AS the time Is growing short, Mr..
Martin has been advising the county
commissioners to take advantage Of
the state law passed last March,
authorizing them to assist the settlers
in regard to seed, and while he has
been obliged to resort to this e%xigency
in order to properly protect the set
tiers, still at the same time he and
all the other members are not ceas-
ing their struggle to interest the GOV.
eminent in their settlers.
Those who believe that the Indian
is a hopeless proposition will gain in
formation from a statement made by
Senator Hepburn of Idaho on the floor
Of the senate, who, In discussing the
Indian a few days ago, remarked that
he realized that there Is a spirit OF
doubt and skepticism as to what can
be done with them, but he declares,
Il can name Indians in the Nez Perez
reservation who are as well equipped
today, because Of having had school
and educational facilities, as any man.
| can name lawyers who practice at
the bar and hold their own with the
best; engineers who follow their pro-
fession and serve the government
when it needs service; I can name
some Of all the classes that are en-
gagged in all the industries that other
men pursue, but they are the excep-
tions. l am talking about a general
educational uplife that shall give all
the Indians an opportunity to receive
what all of our race ~receive-the bene-
fit of the public schools. 1 want to
emphasize that; / want it to find a
resting place in the minds not only
Of those who hear me. but Of those
who may read my remarks"
The bill Of Senator Borah OF Idaho,
for the establishment of a children's
bureau in the department of com
merce and labor, has finally won out
in the senate after a stiff fight, the
final vote being 81 to 20. Mr.. Borah's
measure was amended somewhat, but
1t still gives to the bureau the right
to look after children whose educa.
ton. etc, Is not properly taken care
of by their parents. On the final pas
sage OF the bill, Senators Hepburn of
Idaho, Clark Of Wyoming, and Nixon
of Nevada, were among those who
voted against 1t.
1t Is not all unlikely that the demo
Gratis will investigate the so-called
money trust, but II they do, the per-
sistent Mr.. Linbergh Of Minnesota,
and the equally energetic Mr.. Loubeck
Of Nebraska are not going to share in
the glory, because Henry Of Texas
has been given the poll, and will run
the inquiry for 1t has been SO dis
cussed by the democratic caucus,
which, as has been stated heretofore
in this correspondence, is the real
legislative institution OF the United
States. That IL where harmony Is
manufactured and in speaking of the
progress, the illustrious William
Jennings Bryan remarked that char
mony Is not the most DESTROYS thing
In public life. The organization pro.
ceeding on that principle can pro
ceed only as fast as the slowest Of
J tts elements.H