Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-06-21
STERLING HAS 72 OF rs VOTES.
His Election Probable After First
Ballot

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Pierre.-Section 62 OF the primary
law porvides: THE endorsement by
popular vote Of a party candidate for
United States senator as provided by
his act and the issuance to such can
didate Of a certificate of nomination.
as herein provided, shall have the
force and effect of an instruction to
such members of the legislature Of
the same political party as such can
didate as were nominated at the same
primary election to vote for and sup
port such candidate in the legislature.
for the office OF United States sena-
tor"
1t was acting upon this section that
the people of South Dakota on June 4
cast their ballots in the senatorial
preferential primary, and while II
looks like they CAV Dean Sterling a
plurality of about 1000 for that office.
it will depend upon the legislature
who is the next senator from South
Dakota.
A federal statute provides that q.
majority of both houses Of a legisla-
ture. meeting in joint assembly, shall
be necessary to elect. Procedure as;
to method Of meeting is provided for.
There will be 14S members OF the,
next legislature. As in the senate and
and 1903 in the house. 1t is very prob
able that all but a very few will be-
Republicans. so for purposes of esti-
mating the strength Of each senate
rial candidate, the whole membership
of both houses will be used.
State Engineer, Active.
Pierre.-The state engineers depart
ment is still active in boosting i'm
proved highways. On the 21st and 22d
the engineer will accompany a path
finding party Eel that part Of the,
Parmley highway between Aberdeen
and Mobridge. They will 60 by a
route north Of the Milwaukee tracks
n return by a south road.
On the 14th he addressed a good
roads gathering at Yankton Of dele
gates from all the counties Interested
in the Sioux City-Chamberlain Dad
On the 25th.s Secretary Stokes an
%nounces. will occur Meridian Road day
in Codington county, at which time it
10 u otbooSu w pNS III Stdl"-p'
means of 1000 men and hundreds or
teams, the "a miles of the road
through that section. The committees
OF five for each mile, and other details
of preparation are moving forward in
most satisfactory manner. 1t prom
Uses to be an example for the entire
state s-a "~+ .r=7-ysy
vessev to Leave
Pierre.-Gov. R. II. Vessey vii.
leave South Dakota at the expiration
of his term of office this winter ia
IKE up the general managership of
the United Mercantile agency q Chi
cago at P%hiladelphia His family has
already left Pierre and will spend the
summer either at the Wisconsin lakes
?r On the New England coast, later
going to Philadelphia where the gov
crnor will join them.
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Urged to Attend Meetings,
Pierre.-State superintendent C. G.
Lawrence strongly urges upon a1r
South Dakota teachers who may be.
able to attend the meeting of the Ma.
tional Educational association at Chi
cago, July 6-12. State Secretary NJ.
M. Raner has resigned and Superin-
tendent Lawrence has been appointed
IN his place. A 2-cent fare for the.
"ound trip has beer secured.
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Grants Requisition.
Pierre-aov. vessey, on reqaest OF
tn. governor OF Iowa: has granted, ey-
tradition warrants for william
Wright, James Barnes and Frank
Cousins, wanted in sionx county, Ia.
n the charge Of breaking an entering
a store, The men wanted are being
held at Sioux Falls for the Iowa Of
ficials.
Approves School Plans.
Pierre.-State Superintendent Law
nee, in compliance with a state
statute. has approved the plans for q
two-story brick school house at Al
pena, and for a lesser structure at
Mobridge. The superintendent is
called upon to consider the plans from
the standpoint of sanitation and venti-
lation. ~
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Degrees Of Opinion.
Let us not say to ourselves that the
best truth always lies in moderation.
in the decent average. At
the time of the Spanish inquisition the
opinion of good sense and of the just
medium was certainly that people
ought not to burn too large a number
Of heretics: extreme and unreasonable
opinion demanded that they should
STnrn none at all.-Maeterlinck.