The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-04-26
Unfair to Mr.. Dahl.
Editor Sisseton Standard -

In the last issue OF the Rob-
erts CountyRecord there appear
ed an article derogatory to the
candidacy of A. II. Dahl, of Ver-
non, for reelection to the office
Of state senator from Roberts
county. This ar.icle is most un-
fair to Mr.. Dahl 1t does not
explain the merits of this bill in
troduced nor does it imply in any
manner that there We're other
parties interes ed in the. passage
Of. this bill besides Mr.. Dahl.
| wish to put Mr.. Dahl in a
right light as far as possible in
this matter. During the hast leg
islature | was present at Pierre
! in the interests Of this particu-
lar bill and it, was. through.my eff
forts, not Mr.. Dahl's, that this
bill became a law. 1t is true .hat
Mr.. Dahl consented to introduce
this bill as his own, but the real
work OF getting the measure
through was done by MYSELF
Hon. |. O. Curtiss, of Aberdeen,
my personal friend, would have
been glad to introduce this bill as
would also other senator's, but as
i Hon. A. III. Dahl was the sena or
from Roberts county, it was nat
ural that this bill should be intro
duced by him. Hon. /. 0. Cur
tiss, of Aberdeen, worked just as
consistently for this measure as
did our own senator.
Mr.. Prestwicll was personally
present at the Capital during the
time that %his bill was pending,
AMI he knew that he did not do
Hon. A. II. Dahl justice when he
wrote the anicle in question, and
he knows also that this bill re-
ceived the unanimous support. of
! the senate.
Mr.. Prestwick also deliberate
ly misrepresents ',he merits of the
bill. He s ates that ''This pro-
vldeGl for the increase in the
sheriff S mileage from ten cents
to twenty cents per mile. p" This
is a case where a part of the
truth is worse than direct false
hood. The facts in this case are,
quoting The law as it appears in
the Session Laws OF the state
Of South Dakota for the year
1871, on page 39l, section 1880.
"Travcling expenses. for each
mile actually amid necessarily tra-
veled, for the first fifteen miles
and return, twenty cents: for ad
ditlonal Gravel on same trip eN-
cept by train, ten cents; for tra-
vel by train in excess of fifteen
miles and return seven cents. 1.-THE
reader will understand that pre-
viously the fee for travelling by
train was ten cents per mile.
whereas it is now seven cents per
mile, saving of three cen S
per mile to the party footing the
bill. The reason that he fee for
the first fifteen miles was raised
is this: Usually the trips from
/ this office are, short and ahey are
made when possible by autcm
bile. Automobile owners charge
for their services a fee of
from Is to 25 cens per mile.
This being the situation it
can readily be seen that where
the sheriff is allowed only ten
cents per mile for travelling ex-
penses and has to pay out for tn
same service from Is to 25 cents
that the old law was not a fair
compensation. This is someth'I
that Mr.. Prestwick is i'm a BITTER
position to verify than the aver
age man for the reason that ha
Was personally present at the
time said bi1) was pending. but
i would seeln that his interests
do not lie in bringing the truth
before the public, but in m;sre-
presenting the truth for poll
cal reasons. And | for one will
never lend my aid or silence to
that kind of politics.
| will also state that during the
time | was at Pierre in the in
terests of ihe Sheriff's. Associa-
tion Of South Dakota. which I
had the honor to represent as its
secretary and treasurer, I formed
a very high regard for the abil;-
ty and contentious work per-
formed by Mr.. Dahl. Hisl va e