Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-10-10
TURN THE RAsCALS OUT
A Few Reasons Why the State Can
Afford to Excuse Them.

are aware of it; Crooked G. e. Lam
ming, Chairman of the Board, whose
only qualification for the office he
holds is his slanderous attacks upon
George w. Egan in his dinky 4S2
sheet the Egen Express, caught in the
act of having blank vouchers. signed
at Depot Holel, Huron, during State
Fair so that his expenses could be
charged to the State. The State eX-
pepditures for the year ending June
3Oth were So POS, 1915, (Auditor's)
advance sheet, Aug. 14th.) or over
$3.50 per capita tax for every man,
woman and child in the State.
| sS5 900 in illegal or padded bills,
rejected by State Auditor, G. FL.
Anderson, in the past year.
S13.643.11, page 1853, vol. 2, (The
Little Black Book), yet due the State
from the w. w. Taylor, State Treas
urer defalcation.
''Will Swenson and family. son of
| Warden Swenson of the South Dakota
Penitentiary, living at the Peniten-
tiary with the full knowledge and
| consent of the Board of Charities and
Corrections, at our expense Sioux
Falls Journal, (Republican), Sept.
! 9th.
| w. III. King of Parker, member of
the Board of Corrections and Chari-
ties, purchased eight 1000 railway
mileage books at cost of $500. 008 to
the taxpayer in eight months out of
nine. Pages 81 to "a, Vol. 1, Auditor s
Report, 1911.
Warden Swenson consumes 30 ct,
bacon and purchases $500 shirts at
State expense. Pages 6S6 to 724, Vol.
1, State Auditors Report, 1911.
/ And while crooked Lanning and
King are engeged in the pleasant
pasttime of consuming these numer-
Gus mileage books with which the
State is charged, they are also living
on the fat of the land by eating $1.o0
and 500 meals on diners, at our
expense, Page 6S7 to 724, Vol. 1, State
Auditors Report, 1911.
/ Vessey of Philadelphia, the Boss
Bull Mooser, who is yet our govern
or, is responsible for this extrava-
gance and these appointments, and he
also sets the example and leads the
pace.
| Porter tips, laundry bills, two days
hotel bill, Cataract, Sioux Falls,
| $12 so, while the rates is but $S 90
Two days Hotel Ryan, st. Paul,
S24.00, while the rate is but $12 90
Pages 327 to 1856. Vol. 1, State Audi
tors Report, 1911.
Our Attorney General, Royal G
Johnson, who is asking us to retair
him at the public crib, is also out
with his spark plug of extravaganza
Pages 1854, Vol. 2, Auditors Report
1911, with such items as the follow
ing: Clerk hire, stenographer fees
ETC., Sc, 400 Fifteen days as specia
assistant to Attorney General, Wash
ington, d. c., $4,000, and expenses.
This little jaunt of fifteen days tt
Washington in the performance O
his regular duty and for which he il
drawing a regular salary from tht
State, cost us s24s 40. Page II, Vol
i, Auditors Report, 1911. This item
Of itself, of course, is not much, bu
it ghelps to swell his expenditure
to the grand total of $l4 400 in excess
of his regular salary. And why is th,
$143,6 ,643 yet due the tax payers o
South Dakota from w. W. Taylo
: not being collected by this industri
GUS Attorney General?
7 I With oats at % cents per bushe
: and hard winter staring the home
!. steader west of the river in the fac
t and his taxes on the increase eacl
year, it is indeed really rubbing it il
Y to ask US to lend our support to fur
: ther fasten the grip of these pett
e grating parasites upon US, for the
; propose to foster the adopted son o
the Vessey -Basford- Sutherland buncI
as Governor upon us, in the persol
a of one Frank M. Byrne (true name
f Francis Michael Burns the machin
r candidate, who will, if elected, con
e tinue in the footsteps of Vessey an
i tolerate this army of pie-eating sub
e stitutes to remain where they are.
Y The question is up to you, Nj
S Voter and Taxpayer. Are you goin
e to sit idly by and permit a continue
tion of this petty grating system
such as have pointed out to you, 0
: are you going to lay aside politica
a creed for once (for we the republica
s voters of this state were disfranchis
t ed anyway by these political crooks
e and put your shoulder to the whee
= and help free our state from th
: clutches of these political leeche
e who think they ownns, and are abov
n their creative power.
8 1t is time we had house .cleanin