Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-09-18

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PIERRE. SOUTH DAKO1
Almost within speaking distance of
Jack Frost.
Political intrigue occupied much of
the time at the state fair at Huron,
according to reports.
The corn crop is under the wire and
able to approach these cool nights in
most complacent demeanor.
The Mexican situation is so quiet
that Secretary Bryan is getting on
swimmingly with his engagements.
| A funny old bird is the pelican, his
bill can hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak enough for
week, but we don't understand how
the helican.
The campaign in South Dakota will:
not prove dull if platforms that are
original, novel, and revolutionary are
able to inject life and action into poll
tics.
An exchange suggests that it may
be that circuses take lot of money
out of town, but look at the mail or.
der houses-they don't even give q
parade.
II Although the ballots at the New
York primaries may be as much as
IS feet long, the politicians are wor-
rying lest some of the people under
stand how to vote.
elf Mark Scott. of the Sioux Falls
Journal, says the Kimball Graphic,
could not have libel suit pending
he would not enjoy life little bit.
He hires his attorneys by the year.
| Chicago Record Herald: LaFol-
lette says he voted for the Wilson
| Underwood tariff bill at political
sacrifice. He may find later that it
was one of the most profitable sacri-
fees he ever made.
/ A judge of the supreme court of
New York having decided THAT Gov
ernor Sulzer has not the power OF an
executive pending an impeachment
trial. takes the governor out of the
governing class until after his trial
Governor Eberhart of Minnesota is
about to call special session of the
legislature, And this in face of the
trouble Governor Sulzer's special ses-
sion caused the New York governor.
1t should be encouraging to those
who are striving to bring about clos
er trade relations between the United
States and South America to learn
that the largest percentage in gain in
American exports of machinery has
bas been in the movement to tho
southern republics.
H With view of knocking out the
2 1-2 cent fare law in South Dakota
in favor of the 2-cent rate of the law
of 1909, Attorney General Johnson
will argue before Judge C. A. Will
lard, of the federal court at Pierre on
Sept. % to dissolve an injunction ee.
cured by the railways of the state.
IT the plans of the Anti-Saloon
League 60 through there will be sew
eral hundred ministers in this state
in addition to large numbers of lay
men who will go to the big national
convention of the Anti-Saloon
League which meets in C0lum bus
Ohio. November 10 to l3 next.
There are no better schools in the
United States today for the training
of diplomatists than the war and ma
Wy departments. When the secre-
tarien of these departments return
from Washington after visiting the
army posts and navy yards whereof
discontinuance has been proposed.
they are equipped for the non COM
initial handling of any question.
| Yankton Press and Dakotan: The
Deadwood Telegram says: WORD
now comes from the east part of the
/ state that George w. Egan has come
to the conclusion that he can be of
more service to the people OF this