Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03

most desired for a particular post Is the
last To agree TO accept 1t.
Various Types of Patriots.
on remember me. governor said tho
the little. short fat man who pushed his
way through the crowd to my desk In the
early part of the last campaign. 81 am
the man that held the umbrella over you
WTen you spoke two years ago at Glen
Falls This is generally the type OF can
didate first to demand your hand and your
ear when you get into the executive cham
Der and there is no counting the number,
nor can any guess be made as to the num-
Der OF credentials he will present to you.
lnere is another type of citizen. how
ever. seldom referred to in the newspapers
and never in the front rank when the
parade goes by. He is a civic patriot-the
man who wants to serve the state and
give IL the best that is II. him for humans
tartan and patriotic purposes only. This
type of man is found on all of the boards
OF management of the various institutions
OF the state. Perhaps there are zoo OF
these managers. and not one of them re-
ceives a cent for the service he renders
the state. In most instances these men
decline to put In vouchers for their le-
ultimate travelling expenses which the
state allows them. 1 know also of In
stances where men serve as managers OF
institutions to the detriment Of their own
private business. But they do 1t and will
continue TO do it. because of their unseltish
interest and genuine pride in the states
Institutions.
Work During Legislative Session.
1T Is almost an impossibility for the gov
e.Ilor to get through his duties with less
than 16 to IS hours work y day In the
executive department.. No private bust
ness whose owrer devoted half as much
time to it as tho governor devotes TO the
affairs of the state could possibly fail.
When the Legislature is in session he must
stay ut the capitol the best part of the
day and night, and IN between discussions
and conferences on legislation must lind
time 10 look after the daily routine of his
office.
Perhaps the most difficult OF all the
problems confronting me was the ompeil
sation act. I had The manufacturers, the
insurance men, the representatives. of the
labor bodies and every other interest con-
cerned i'm this important legislation in con-
ferences covering Il period of over two
months.
Night and day we We're at 1t. ] will not
worry you with the details OF the diff
~culties attending my efforts to bring about
a satisfactory compromise which meant
the enactment of the compensation law.
IL is worth while to recall, however, that
the final conference lasted all of one Sat
u:day at the capitol. to be resumed Satur-
day night at the executive mansion, where
we iouSHt III OUT uIltil the bTet'k OF Gay.
only to resume again after a few hours
sleep on Sunday and continued discussion
all of Sunday and Sunday night and into
Monday. when we went back to the capt
;ol for the last round. Long into that day
we struggled, and once or twice it looked
as though the whole proposition were GO
ing TO blow up again. Almost in despera-
ton. and determined TO have that COM
pensation law, I ordered all the doors OF
the big room closed tight. and declared to
the conference that not one of them would
ne allowed out until we had come to a
mutually satisfactory understanding. And
we did, The law WAS the result.