The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-03-09

worked men i'll the state house,
where his advice has been asked
for practically continuously 10y the
various members of the legislature.
and he has spent from fourteen to
sixteen hours every day in his Of
flee at the state house.
Not little speculation has been
inoulged i'll the last week or two
over the probable appointments
of Governor Norbeck. The ice
was broken Thursday night when
four appointments were sent to the
Senate, which Immediately con-
firmed same. 'l'he appointments
were:
L. ID. Potwin, Lennon, for
member of the State Board of Re-
gents. MIR. Potwin is a business
man of Lennon, and is one OF the
we'll known progressive leaders
from the West of the Missouri
River country. He is graduate
OF Yale College and is a warm po
litical and personal friend OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Hugh Smith OF Howard. .iu ex.
tensive farmer and stock raiser
was appointed as the Democratic
member of the State Tax Commls-
sion.
G. Nj. Day OF Sioux Fails for
the Board of Charities and Correc-
tions. For the past thirty.two
years, MIR. Day has been engaged
i'll business at Sioux Falls aud is a
we'll known stalwsrt Republican.
He is former president of the
South Dakota Press Association
and is at present president of the
Sioux Falls Rotary Club.
Floyd w. Brown of Lead for
State Board of Charities and Cor
rections, MIR. Brown conducts a
large drug store at Lead and is a
former president of the State Drug
lgists' Association. In politics MIR.
Brown for the past ten years has
been actively aligned with the Pro.
gressive Republican element. His
appointment meets the special APP
proval of the people of the Black
Hills section.
In selecting representatives from
each of the four factions for ap-
pointments OH the Boards in con.
troll of the state institutions, the
Governor is making good his pre-
primary election pledge which he
gave to the effect that he would
work for united Republican Party
and would keep the state imstitu-
tions entirely free from either
factional cr partisan interference.
Comments on the appointments
among the Legislators and visitors
at the Capitol today express graft
fcation at the Governors selection.
One of the visitors in the Capit-
al City during the closing days of
the legislature is Honorable +. T..
Wagner, one of the pioneers of the
progressive Republican movement
of this state. Mr. Wagner was a
State Senator in 1905, and he, with
a small cnterie of others assisted in
fathering the progressive move
memt. AT the State Convention
of 1906 MIR. Wagner was chairman
of the Committee ON Resolutions
and was largely responsible for the
platform upon which the later snc-
cessful progressive fight was made.
+ In 1907 MIR. Wagner was APP
pointed by President Roosevelt to
the Office of United States District
Attorney. His appointment was
not confirmed by a reactionary
United States Senate and Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt on two succeeding
occasions gave Mr.. Wagner recess
appointments. Mr.. Wagner re.
signed his position as United States
District Attorney, owing to diff
ference of opinion which existed
between President Taft and him-
self as to the propriety of pardon
ing Charles Hyde OF Pierre, Mr..