Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-04-06
CANDLES GOOD WORK.
Interested in Development Of the State
Record Of Measures Favored BY
Him in the Senate.

Il
tics careful perusal of the public record
of Robert J. Gamble will reveal no lest
than score of excellent reasons why
he should succeed himself in the United
States senate.
Mr.. Gamble was nominated at the re.
publican state convention held in Sioux
Falls in June, 1906. This convention,
among other things, declared in favor oi
the protective policy and that II modif.
cations were to be made they should be
by the friends of protection and not by
its enemies. 1t also declared against
the use of the free pass by the railroads
In the state and also against telegraph,
telephone and express franks; favored
the enactment of law against lobbying
before the state legislature; the election
of senators by direct vote of the people
the enactment of legislation prohibiting
corporations making campaign contribu-
tons to political parties and the elimina-
ton of public service corporations from
politics. These resolutions received the
endorsement of the Senator at that time
and he has conscientiously stood by
them since.
The state legislature of 1890 passed
unanimously, without amendment, the
resolutions drafted by Senator Gamble
memorializing Congress to pass laws up
on the following subjects:
l. For the enactment of postal saw.
ings bank system.
2. Favoring amendments to the In
terstate Commerce act authorizing the
commission to fix reasonable and Just
rates for the transportation of passen-
gers and property upon all interstate
traffic and generally for the enlargement
and extension of the powers of COM
mission.
8. For the enactment of free home
stead law to all settlers upon the public
lands where they were acquired by
treaties or agreements with any Indian
tribes. (See S. J. R., 8 and IL, and Ii.
j. r. Session Laws of lS99).
A study of Resolutions IL, relative to
the amendment of the Interstate Com
merce acts, reveals that at that time the
Senator took an advanced position there
on and that Congress, only by the act of
1910 gave power to the Interstate Com
merce commission to fix rates. This was
not done under the act of 1905, except
upon complaint made. In 1905 while
agitation was being carried on by Presi-
dent Roosevelt looking to the increase
of the powers of the Interstate Com
merce commission which resulted in the
act Of 1906, he took a position early in
favor of it. He was also active in pro-
noting the free homesteads bill when
in the House and the bill was passed in
1900, resulting in releasing the settlers
of this state alone from the payment OF
practically six millions of dollars.
Among the distinctly republican meas
ures favored by Senator GaI,55is and
for Which lie stood in the Senate are the
following:
BILLS FAVORED BY GAMBLE.
The statute against railway rebates.
The amendment declaring for the
physical valuation of railways.
For full publicity of campaign contri-
buttons. During the last session of Con.
gress Mr.. Gamble was on the sub.com.
mittee that prepared the Senate amend
ments to the House bill on this subject,
providing for publication both before
and after election and also made it ap-
plicable to the primaries.
The joint resolution proposing an
amendment to tho Federal constitution
providing for an income tax.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of sena-
tors by direct vote of the people.
The tariff commission and the tariff
board.
The customs court.
The tax on and control over corpora.
tions.
Granting to the Interstate Commerce
commission complete authority ovel
rates and classifications in railway act o.
1910; the commerce court that contro.
versies might be speedily disposed Of
for bringing under the provisions of thu
act telegraph and telephone lines; an
thorising the commission to institut,
proceedings upon it's own initiative ant
giving to the commission jurisdiction
over the short and long haul.
The act creating the commission 4
Investigate the stocks and bonds O
railways and the suggestion of legisls
tion as to Federal supervision thereof.
For the creation of a system of posts
savings banks.
For bureau of mines.
AL bills appertaining to the conservi
!. ton of natural resources.
/. For admission of Arizona and Me-
Mexico to statehood.
Bills providing for irrigation of tt
arid lands of the west.
, Senator CANDLES activity in come
, ton with the opening of the India
: lands of South Dakota is well know
{ Millions of acres of fertile lands ha,
!. been turned over to the energy and Il
J white men and millions of dollars
: wealth added to the state by bis effor
Q along this line. Also he has been ev
t solicitious of the welfare of the hom
/ steader as his recent bills granting
d extension of a years time for payne
amply demonstrate.
d BILLS OPPOSED BY GAMBLE.
= Senator Gamble is firmly opposed
d the judicial recall, the guaranty of ba
deposits and opposed the amendment