Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-23

J S"A SOAdCo Od "A pm A4. DuG III is
not contrary to law for the planting
of trees and plenty of them before
that late date.
South Dakota's share in the capital
of the regional reserve bank at Mime
apolis will come to $34O, 900. 1t is ex-
pected that all of the los national banks
will take out stock.
The pastures will be greener and
better for the South Dakota moose in
June than they were on April 18th,
anyway remarked the Sioux Falls
Argus-L Leader.
Wilson has demonstrated that while
watchfully waiting, he was prepared to
overlook nothing. 1t was good job
of watching. and the indications are it
will be good job of acting Water
town Public Opinion.
The efforts to identify the tolls ques-
tion with the Qenezulean incident is en-
barrassed somewhat by the fact that
ex-Secretary Olney, who wrote the Ven
ezuela message, stands with President
Wilson on the tolls question.
White Lake Wave: There is no
use of either faction OF the republi-
can party being fooled by thinking
its candidates are going to get the,
votes of the other faction. It's out
of the question.
Dakota Republican: We regret to
report that Editor Dingman of the
Centerville Journal is so dissatisfied
over election results that there is
danger Of his espousing Democratic
doctrines-which is better than be-
coming bull mooser, but a bad
break at best.
The Aberdeen Daily News points
out how $4,000 can easily be saved
for the State, by abolishing the tax
commission and let the governor,
auditor and treasurer perform it's
duties, same as they formerly did.
Certainly $4,000 is sum worth saw
ing.
An urgent call to garden work
comes from the department. of agri-
culture. The call timed to the sea-
son. All nature is pulsing with re-
newed life and eager to reward dig
ger and seeder. In all the tones of
medical science there is no rival of
gardening as specific for spring
fever.
Premier Asquith of the British gov
ernment displays commendable bravery
in declining to wait until the next gen
eral election to find out if his course as
liberal party leader meets with the
approval of his particular constituency.
He resigned at once and thus forced a
special election. This occurred in far
off England.
The new compulsory education bill
passed by the lower house of the South
Carolina legislature provides that dis
trict school trustees shall furnish cloth
ing and text books for poor children.
Trustees are required to investigate all
cases of alleged inability to attend the
school for reasons of poverty, and are
authorized to furnish necessities, pay
ing for them from the school fund.
The railroads of the country declare
that they are being underpaid $29, 0O0,-
600 year for carrying the mails. This,
of course, is the difference between what
they get and what they think they ought
to have. AS most of the rates were
fixed in the days when each of the big
railroads boasted of senator or two,
the public may be excused for it's lack
of enthusiastic support of the campaign
to raise them.
The Marion Record, a weekly news.
paper published Marion, which
heretofore has been supporter of
stalwart republican principles, has
abandoned the republican party and
announces that in the coming cam
paign it will support Judge j. w.
McCarter of Ipswich, the democratic
nominee for governor of South Da-
kota.
All of the progressive or third party
members of the house but two voted
against the request Of President Will
son for repeal of the free tolls provis-
ion in the Pannma canal act. Various
reasons We're assigned, but the real one
was that the progressives thought they
saw chance to help discredit the ad-
ministration. A third party politician
plays the same sort of stupid political
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