Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-16
NAMES PASSED
WILSON SENDS IN SOME DAKOTA
POSTMASTERS = SENATE
WILL PASS ON THEM.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Srom' the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

the Sunshine State.
Washington, D. C.-The persistent
efforts of Democratic State Chairman
James Coffey to jar loose some of the
p%ostoffice appointments which his or
ganizatico had recommended were re-
warded by five nominations which the
president sem to the senate. They
ere as follows:
Beresford, William Brady.
Eureka, George G. Knickerbocker.
Groton, w. r. Veitch.
Memo. Dennis Foley.
Aside from the long list of postoffice
nominations only a few other names
were sent in. and these were from the
treasury, state and interior depart
ments. There was none from the de-
partment Of justice, and this was dis
appointing to Mr.. Coffey and National
Chairman Tom Taubman, who have
been trying to get action on their rec
ommendation of Robert P. SteVa~ af
Deadwood for United States attorney.
Liquor Statute Interpreted.
Pierre.-Attorney General Johnson
holds that under the present state
laws a saloon nan can legally sell liq-
uor after the hour of closing the polls
on election day. This announcement
was made in response to an inquiry
from States Attorney Sergeant of Pot
ter county, who Gales attention t. the
conflicting provisions of chapter 222
of the laws Of 1911, and of section
2847, of the political code. The law
of 1911 allows saloons to be opened
after the hour of 6 o'clock on cleo
ton day. but does not say anything
about selling, while the provisions of
the code prohibit the sale of liquor on
election day, without regard to hours.
1t is held, in effect, that the right to
keep open carries the right to sell,
portion of the code covering the open
hours and selling in such hours.
On inquiry from Roberts county the
attorney general holds that there is
no legal authority for division of inter
est and penalty on delinquent taxes be-
tween the state and county general
fund, which appears to have been the
rule in that county, but that such pay
ments are due to the different taxing
districts as a part of the tax collected.
Fine Train for Veterans.
Selby.-South Dakota will have one
of the finest trains in the union for
the transportation of veterans to the
fiftieth anniversary of the battle of
Gettysburg the latter part of June.
This statement vas given out by A. J.
Kingman, secretary of the South Da-
kota Gettysburg commission, after a
conference with railroad officials of
the east regarding the transportation
problem. The train will consist of
twelve sleepers, W diners, an obser-
walton and a baggage car. The train
will be made up at Mitchell on the
morning Of June 20 and will run over
the Milwaukee lines to Chicago, the
Pennsylvania lines to Harrisburg, and
the Western Maryland to Gettysburg.
The train will remain in the east until
the close of the celebration when it
will bring the veterans home.
In addition to the governor and his
staff, the commission and the 1926 vet.
Grams from this state, there will be
o $50 Civil War veterans and their
friends on the train.
The commission will hold a session
during the state G.. A. R. and w. R. C.
encampments held in June in Aber-
deem.
Will Appoint Three Commissioners.
Pierre.-Under the new highway
commission act of the last session the
governor will be called upon to ap-
point three highway commissioners
for the state between now and the
first of July, who are officers without
salaries. The Democrats Of the state
are pushing Ben H. Wood, as the man
of their party whom they want upon
that list. While no applications or in
dorsements other than that of Wood
have been made the probabilities are
that when the, list is announced such
highway boosters as E. G.. Issenhuth
or j. w. Parmley will be selected, but
there is nothing more thar guess in
regard to these men.
To Precede the Towns.
Pierre.-Instead of going to estab-
lished towns, a number of banks in
the northeastern mart of the state will