The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-02-26

puutlcdu party III InlS state, he mas
been NJ of the foremost leaders.
IN his service as q member OF the
state senate, he was active in help
ing to enact such legislation as the
anti-rass law, the passenger fare re-
iduction law, the reduction OF express
rates, a%nti-lobby law, primary cleo
itlon law, corrupt practices act and
the ACT providing for the valuation
of physical property of railroads.
Since his inauguration as governor,
iByrne has paid especial attention to
revenue reform. The creation of a
state tax commission and the propos-
ed radical change In the taxation
laws of the state is a story in itself
and will be treated in a subsequent
article, Byrne is an unusually af-
fable a personally and yet digni-
fled. He has shown perhaps q more
sconciliatory attitude. toward thet'stal-
wart" wing than any other important
public official Of his crowd since
tho war began within the party.
This has borne some fruit. 1t no
doubt had something TO do with the
fact that the Lawrence county stall
warts endorsed Byrne for governor
and the fact that two daily papers
supporting Burke for Senator are
supporting Byrne for governor. These
are the Deadwood Pioneer-Times and
the Yanlston Press and Dakotan.
Everybody Knows nDick"
There is probably not a better
known nlan in South Dakota than r..
o. Richards. the third candidate.
Dick as everybody calls him, has
a speaking acquaintance with prob
ably every town and hamlet in the
state. He Is a wealthy Norwegian
whose avocation and joy is politics.
The science OF government is as
much his hoppy as the collection OF
antiques was j. Pierpont Morgan's.
"A slrewd business man always,
Richards added fortune TO his re-
sources by leading up on South pa
kota land Just before IL began to
advance In price by leaps and bounds.
Richards has made plenty OF money
and he has spent plenty of 1t in the
qualification of his passion for poll
tics. He first espoused the cause of
Coe T. Crawford when the ..eapous-
were not particularly numerous
and has always received the lions
share of the credit for putting Craw-
ford not only into the governors
chair but into the United States SEN
ate as we'll. Then came Gov. Vessey
as latest ward of the Huron political
godfather and Richards rather
thought thst lie should be allowed
to put through some pct legislation
in particular his primary election
law. Massey wolil1nI N. co,,ldnif
approve ana conservative Rieharas
left the ~.tsprogressiyep wing az Inc
parry. After flirting with ana heln-
ing the .sstaIwnrts, mare or less ha
this year came 10 the noinS where he
was willing to make a nnlitical II.
lance with them. burke. however
refused to run for X. s SENATE If
Richards. after his somewhat errot-
ID career were to he The faetional
candjdate for povnrnor rnnsan,ant
" tho alliance was dissolved An
derson was proposed for governor ana
Richards hecan,e an i~ndanendant oan
didate far aovernnr niatr,ryo K.
unidlie ~ maj Il ~cons,sts ~ MI ans
reform IN the tnyat,on sysfam
IN South rnkoia,
c,.
$3.50 ,nAisu
me OPPOSITION TO Goy. Byrne Is
maKlhgaone OF the two leading issue
tne Increase IN state expenditures;
tne otner IS inc tax commission,
Mntcn VIII pe considered later. The
purL ~ Ine stare audftor--now q
eandilate TOT goVernor-shows that
Its state.s expenaltures' from the
e1ier lu.a atone nave increased
is.stl ? no.ip IN l3V4 70 vi s70b,-
= 1890 iitS SSltSidi IildISe
ever, by any Bill Of parficnlars MS 10
any particular items al extrayagance.
is met by the general defense thar
the state has increased tremendous5
~ Iii population and resources in
this period and that the expenditures
must be Increased or the state would
take a position in the hack ground
among other states. 1t is further
defended that the appropriations are
warranted by the legislature and that
the factional line has never hee, an
parent in the voting of a]pnronria-
tions by the legislature. IL is furth-
err asserted by Gov. Byrne that the
records show that the e Capita cost
of maintaining the state government
has Increased from 1924 in 1904 10
only $2.86 in 1912. despite large
and frequent additions to the states
institutions. The charge of extrava-
gance is not a new one In South Da-
ikota, hut has been EMPLOYED In the
last three campaigns. In none of