The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-10-15
PARLEY P. CHRISTENSEN
DESICNATES SOME EVILS
CONFRONTING OUR LAND
w. w. Howes
Takes Rap at
Rep. Machine

On Tuesday at the Unique thea
tire. w. w. Howes. candidate on the
democratic ticket for governor. all
dressed an audience Due to- the
unsettled condition of the weather
the crowd that was in attendance
was not overly large. but the theatre
was fairly we'll filled.
To begin with, Mr.. Howes, like
anyone who is not blind, gave part
of his time to the Norbeck machine.
''The affairs of the state have been
rum for clique said Mr.. Howes.
MIR. Howes cited Norbeck. McMas-
ters and King as the main screws in
the political device of the Republi-
can party of South Dakota He laid
particular stress upon the numer-
ated during the Norbeck regime.
and the useless duti.s they perform.
Mr.. Howes said that Norbeck him
self belonged to ~ of these COM
missions, and that besides being en-.
gagged in the we'll digging business
he also spent considerable time dig
ging for oil in Wyoming, and that
his deputy. regularly paid, was ne
cessitated by this arrangement.
Mr.. Howes proposed forming
these commissions into nine depart
ments, and contended that this ar
rangement would be more suitable
to the state in the way of expense
and efficiency.
Mr. Howes also repeated the
charges that have been made against
Norbeck-that during his admins
tration, the peoples taxes were rails
ed and the corporation taxes lower
ed. He also criticized the opel alton
of the Rural Credits law under Nor
beck and stated that the state had
made loans to a telephone manager
and to newspaper man in Water
town for the limit when farmers
were refused loans on the excuse
that the bonds were saleable at too
low a figure. And at the same time,
according to Mr.. Howes. we have
all been contributing to the Wood
campaign whether we wanted to or
not. Numerous officials throughout
the state have been spending their
time campaigning at the expense of
the state when they should have
been attending to their duties as OF
ficials.
Mr.. Howes scored the machine
for continuing to introduce an
amendment to defeat the Richards
primary law after the people have
endorsed it three times. He SAID
that the machine was apparently
taking the stand that the people dc
not know what they want and are
out to give them something they do
not want.
Mr.. Howes cited the particular
instance in which the salary Of the
Attorney General was raised not as
the Attorney General but as mem
ber of one of the commissions to the
extent of $1,000 year by passing y
bill that raises the salary of any
member of this commission who's
salary was below $4,000. This would
only affect the Attorney General. and
this was done after the people have
repeatedly voted against raising the
salaries of the state officials. This
matter of raising the salaries is con-
tinually brought up at the elections
altho the people have repeatedly
disapproved of it.
Mr.. Howes said that our present
hail-insurance law was better than
none, but was not what it should be.
He spoke for the League of Nations
and the democratic candidates in
concluding. in general way.
-voTEER STRAIGHT
New Ellington had the honor OF
entertaining several Sissetonitcs
Saturday night. the occasion being
q dance given there.
Don't forget the dance at the new
post office tonight.