Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Quits Charities Board to Take
Up Politics-Defense Coun-
Gil to Be the Cam
paign Feature.
BY DENNIS o,LEARY.

reelection.
During the past two years MI. King
has been recognized among state poll
ticians as Governor Norbeck's field rep
resentative. AS such he has been com
PEELED to act as buffer for some dis
ya~tisfaction in regard to appointments.
This was particularly r In connec-
ton with the appointment Of Charles
M. Day as a of the board OF
charities and corrections.
At The time the Day appointment was
made one member of the board was G..
y. Dotson, the immediate competitor OF
Mr.. Day in the newspaper business at
Sioux Falls. Messr.s Dotson and King
relations in their board work when the
appointment of Day to the same board
suddenly was announced from Pierre.
Presumably in line with expectations.
MI. Dotson resigned. During the spec
lal session Mr.. King has been active in
tion's program. He will be succeeded
on the board by G. 3. Powers, late re-
publican chairman.
Candidate For Speaker.
Representative Benson, of Moody
county, today announced his intention
to become q candidate for speaker of
the house at the 1919 session, If reflect
entry into the speakership contest at
the 1917 session. but refrained from
pressing his campaign in order to pre-
vent a division OF the progressive
strength. AS the situation appears now,
Mr.. Benson will have an outstanding
lead for the speakership and 1t is even
possible that he may be chosen with
out opposition.
Mr.. Benson Is a lawyer and acted as
chairman of the judiciary committee
IN the 1917 n 1918 sessions.
Campaign Material.
Democratic members of the legisla-
lure and democratic candidates for
congressional positions who have been
attending the special session, declare
that the democratic state campaign
this year will be based Very largely
upon the defense counci measure.
They declare that the chief purpose OF
that particular law is to create a huge
political machine. financed out OF the
state treasury, and with h individual
members of the political machine. vest
ed with more au%tocratic authority than
ever before bestowed upon individuals
in the United States.
No measure under consideration dur
ing the session has aroused as much
bitter feeling as the defense council bill.
While h administration had its
support for the bill firmly in hand in
both houses, the minority groups did
not mince words in expressing their
suspicion of the bill as drawn and as
llllaliy Inc opposltloH OK
pressed a willingness to accept the
state board as outlined, but argued
strenuously for the use Of local peace
officers in composing the county boards
Senator Howes, Of Beadle county,
presented one amendment which he
said was offered principally to test the
good faith of the defense council pro-
moters He proposed that h states
attorney in each county be an ex-officio
member of the county council. He said
his desire was to have at least one
elected representative of the people on
each county council. The Howes
amendment was defeated by q vote of
% to 81.
Previous to that vote only nine SEN
ators had voted favorably upon the
amendment to use local peace officers
in organizing the county councils. The
nine were Brooks, DALEY. Dowdell,
Frost, Howes, Kuhns, Lindland, odland,
Sharp.
Powers Increased.
In connection with the broad powers
given to the state and county defense
councils, some of the members con
tend that the special measures to allow
the state defense council to conscript
to do that, and many other things, is
included in the general authority vest
ed by the defense counc bill.
However that may be. the bill to
ronscript labor went through with a
rush and there are no limitations or
conscripted. The defense council can
make any individual in the state take
up any kind Of work and can fix the
compensation.
Orville R%hinehart, democratic can
didate for United States senator, said
If the labor consumption bill: IT this
measure works out to its logical Be-
quence, I expect to see the democratic
candidates compelled to make garden
while the latter are doing their cam
paigning."
Salary Increase Lost.
Senator S. q. Sharp. of Gregory coun-
ty. INDUCED in a scathing .denunciation
last night when the bill to increase the
salary Of adtutant General Morris was
brought up on reconsideration, follow
ing It's defeat Thursday evening. Mr.
Sharp won his point and the second at
tempt to push the bill through was de-
feated by a close vote.
$1516.847.6 80. OF this amount $s.717.3l
is chargeable to the session expenses
and 1926. 900 is listed in revolving funds
supposed to revert to hes state at SOM
future time.
The highway commission, which
landed q revolving fund OF $225.000 a
the 1917 session. secured a additions
ent special session. The balance of tn
revolving fund appropriation at thi
session was IN allowance OF $225.0
for the Irvine plant at the: state prison
In the house this m0tning Il wa
exactly q tie vote on the question o
separating alien voting ana woma,
suffrage In the constitutional amend
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