Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02

PIERRE, SOUTH DAKO7
The executive committee of the
South Dakota Press association has
been called to meet in Sioux Falls on
April 8, to take up the question of
dividing the state into two sections.
II. l.. Loucks has announced to his
friends that he would be an indepen-
deut candidate for United States sena-
tor at the fall election and would be
in the field from now until the polls
closed in November.
Congressman Dillon is out with q
declaration that he will remain with
the republican party. He will not
talk bull moose as much in 1914 as he
did in 1912. He is on the ticket and
wants TO De elected.
The returns gathered ia the Second
congressional district give Royal c..
Johnson 6.955 and Judge McNulty
6,261. Mr.. Johnson has clear ma
jority and he is the republican cam
didate for congressman for this dis
trict.
"The soldier who refuses to obey
orders deserves courtmartial and if
there were more of democracy and
less of aristocracy in England the
mutinous Obstetrics would get their
DESERTS" declares the Dubuque Tele-
graph Herald.
The real reason why Wall street is
willing to rebuild it's business struc-
ture upon the lines laid down by Mr..
Wilson is that it knows he is earnest
and that he means what he says. No
body ever accused Wall street of not
being able to tell hawk from a.
handsaw
Fulton Advocate: On the face of
the election returns it looks like a
big trade, when the whole ticket ex-
cept Burke was defeated. If it is as
it looks, Burke has rocky road to
travel before he gets the prize. One
cannot overthrow his friends and be
successful at it all the time.
The tremendous success, both finan-
cially and in public favor, of the par
eel post as conducted by Postmaster
General Burleson, has apparently re-
duced to complete silence those fear
some gentlemen who said that the
government was engaging in socialis-
tic enterprises.
1t ought not to be surprising that a
majority of the democratic represen-
tatives lined up in support of the
presidents demand for repeal of the
tolls exemption. A majority of the
democrats in the house voted against
the exemption when it was adopted
by a majority made up of republican
and democratic votes
The republican editors, noting the
distinctly reacuionary character of
Former President Tafts IS recent ut
terances, are asking whether he
means what he says now or did he
mean what he said when he was a
candidate in 1908, or has he changed?
Unfortunately for the republican
editors the witness who could give the
most positive testimony upon this
point is touring South America.
The annual report of the great
Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phila-
delphia, bust issued, shows that 1913
was the most prosperous year ever
experienced by the company, with a
greater increase of business than was
ever shown before. Thus we observe
how industry is Frustrated and the
country started on its way to the
demnition bow vows under Demo
cratic rule.
Real estate men all over the state
are expressing themselves as being
satisfied that there will be lively
real estate movement this year. This
report is universal and is undoubted-
ly based on correspondence with
eastern people. The report is not
confined to any particular section
but is quite general. One thing is
certain that when there is real es-
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