Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-02-17

IRE. SOUTH DAKOTA I
Chas. H. Burke, as his friends haye
known from the beginning, is not
for delegate to the repubh-
can national convention in Chicago.
Several Texas democrats who aspir-
ed to the senatorship are understood
to have changed their minds since
Senator Culberson has announced
his candidacy for denomination.
The work of erecting mammoth
grain elevator at Watertown is now
under way. This is a farmers co
operative concern and will open the
way to farmers of the state in sscur-
ing better prices for their grain.
A boom of generous proportions
has been started for the nomination
OF State Senator Charles e. Stutenroth
of Sphinx county, TO the office of lieu
tenant governor ON the democratic
ticket.
Senator e. c. Miller of Brookings
county, before departing for his home
last week made the announcement
that he was a republican candidate
for the nomination for lieutenant
governor at the May primary cleo
ton.
Washington is said to have receiv-
ed tip that Senator James Hamilton
Lewis OF Illinois is the man most like
ly to be selected as temporary chair
man and keynote orator of the demo-
cratic national convention at St.
Louis.
A capital fight is now on in North
Dakota, New Rockford contesting
for the removal of the state capital
to that place from Bismarck. The
newspapers at Fargo and Grand
Forks have declared their stand as
neutral on the proposition.
The Chamberlain Touring mill,
which after being idle for some time.
was over hauled and put in first class
condition by a new company last
summer, has done S5l 900 worth of
business since October /, and is now
running day and night shift.
Wall street is considerably stirred
up over the naming of Louis d. Bran
deis as successor TO the late Justice
Lamar. a man Of the common peo-
pie would never be appreciated by
Wall street, especially one with the
record of ability as Brandeis has.
Justice Hughes has been elected to
the presidency of the Garfield hos.
pital at Washington, an office winch
| has heretofore been held by a justice
of the supreme court. In his accep
tance Of the Office Judge Hughes said;
"That is the only presidency ] would
accept"
If the special session of the legis la.
ture is worth nothing more, 1t surely
is worth the cent and half of eacl
taxpayers money just to watch ths
concocting of the campaign medicine
that is being mixed out at Pierre this
week for the spring primary j Red
field Journal Observer.
4 Considering the fact that there
isn't an earthly show of electing any
body but Woodrow Wilson to succeed
himself, the republican factions il
This state are wasting an awful lot o
nervous energy over the matter 0
selecting delegates to a republican
convention. Kimball Graphic.
The census bureau estimates thu
population of the United States at th
present time to be 1872 ,017, 1902. Won
der how much less it would have bee
had Theodore Roosevelt been electe
president in 1912, and had carried ou
the ideas he has expressed while 81
opposition relative to the duty @
the United States in relation to Be
gium?-Aberdeen News.
= Col. w. f. Cody, the famous oil
scout and frontiersman, is back j
the show business, having taken owe