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J/i?. D00LEYS LAST WORD %T0 V0TERS==By F P. Dunne. COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

«w ' ] L L , " sa id Mr . Heunessy , " i t ' s a lmos t

h e r e . ' ' " W h a t ' s t h a t ? " asked Mr . Dooley.

" I l i c t i o n d a y , " said Mr . Hennessy . " O h , so i t i s , " sa id Mr . Dooley. " T o be sure .

I ' d clane f g o t t e n . I t ' s aye the r here or i t ' s j u s t p a s t or something . Wel l , w h a t about i t ? D ' y e w a n t me a d v i c e ? "

" I do n o t , " said Mr . Hennessy . " I t h o u g h t n o t , " said Mr. Dooley. " A n ' ye

d o n ' t need anny . No wan does. A m a n m a k e s u p h i s mind how h e ' s g o i n ' to vote about t h ' t ime h i s f a t h e r was born a n ' n iver changes i t onless he is an indep indan t a n ' th in he spoils h i s ba l lo t or t i m e s to vote in t h ' wrong ward . Nevertheless , H inn i s sy , I ' m g o i n ' to give ye t h ' binifit iv me advice. I ' l l give it to ye. if I have to lock t h ' dure a n ' t h row ye down on t h ' flure. W h a t ' s pol lyt ical advice f ' r if i t ' s no t to be g iven? I have more iv i t th in I can use. I ' v e been a c c u m y l a t i n ' i t f ' r years .

" I n t h ' first p lace , ye c a n ' t m a k e a mis t ake . T h ' issues a r - re c lear ly m a r k e d . There a r e none . Al l t h ' c andyda te s a r e fear less , pa th r io t i c , conscien­t ious , wi l l in ' , good, poor fellows, f r ' m w h a t t h e y tel l me . T h ' coun th ry w u d be b e t t h e r off if a n n y w a n iv th im is i l l ic ted o r defea ted . T h ' coun th ry wud be b e t t h e r off no m a t t h e r w h a t happened . I t ' s a b e t t h e r off k ind iv a coun th ry annyhow. I know ye have i t in y e ' e r mind to save i t , b u t s p e a k i n ' f ' r t h ' coun th ry , I wish to say here a n ' now t h a t y e n e e d n ' t bo the r abou t t h r o w i n ' i t a n n y l ife p r e sa rv -ers . T h ' coun th ry , me boy, i s s w i m m i n ' on i t s back s m o k i n ' a seegar a n ' h a v i n ' t h ' t ime iv i t s l i fe . An-n y w a n who t h r i e s to save t h i s coun th ry is in f ' r a good l i c k i n ' . So, me fellow ci t izens, ye can go to t h ' l i v ' r y s table o r b a r b e r shop, which iver t emple t h ' Goddess iv L ibe r ty h a s choosed in ye ' e r prec inc t , a n ' vote wi th ce r t a in ty t h a t ye have no t s th ruok a f a t a l blow a t ye ' e r beloved coun thry . Go in to t h a t sacred a n ' smelly cupboord, seize t h ' penci l firmly in y e ' e r hand , m a k e a l i t t l e p r a y e r f ' r guidance , shu t y e ' e r eyes a n ' j a b a t t h ' bal lot . Y e ' e r in ­st inc t s wil l d e t a r m i n e where t h ' penci l will l and . Ye c a n ' t go w r o n g even if t h ' vote is counted. I n fac t , Hinn i s sy , ye w u d be d o i n ' n a w t h i n ' t h a t wud m a k e George W a s h ' n t o n or A b r a h a m Lincoln m a d if ye d i d n ' t vote a t all . F e a r n a w t h i n ' . I f t h ' coun th ry t hough t ye cud in ju re i t , do ye t h i n k w e ' d le t ye vo te?

" O n t h ' bal lot , ye will find t w i n t y c a n d y d a t e s f ' r t h ' h ighes t office in t h ' gi f t iv t h ' A m e r i c a n people except coun ty th reasu re r . I can r a y m i m b e r five niesilf.

S h u t y e ' e r eyes a n ' j a b a t t h ' bal lot .

> " T " M A Y D 0 R E R O S E N F E L T , t h ' r epub l ican A candy da te f ' r t h ' d immycra t i c vote , w a s

born iv an o l ' Quaker f a m ' l y . A r l y in life he sowed his Quaker Oats b u t n a w t h i n ' come iv it. H e was id jaca ted a t H a r v a r d College, where t h ' kicks come f r ' m , a n ' a t t h ' age iv foor teen he en-thered pol ly t ics . T h ' l ist iv ki l t a n ' in jured was publ ished a t t h ' t ime. I n pol lyt ica l l ife, he endear ­ed himsi l f to all be his quie t m a n n e r a n ' c a ' m j u d g ­men t to such a n ex t in t t h a t t h ' l eaders iv h i s p a r t y were ondecided whe the r t hey ought to m a k e h im vice-pr is id int or mere ly dhrown him. They chose t h ' f o rmer because he cud swim. W i t h his recen t h i s th ry . ye a r - re fami lya i \ H inn i s sy . So am I . So is he . I will not speak f u r t h e r iv it . H e is iss in-tua l ly a m a n iv peace, devoted to his f a m ' l y a n ' ex th ramely fond iv his books . D u r i n ' the Span i sh war , he sarved h is coun th ry as a t h r a i n e d nurse , b a t i n ' C la ra B a r t o n to t h ' t o p iv San J o o n Hi l l . H e is t h ' a u t h o r iv t h ' c i l lybra ted s a y i n ' : ' P e r i c a r d ­i t is alive or Rasse ly d e a d , ' which was a f t h e r w a r d changed to ' P e r i c a r d i t i s al ive f ' r fifty t h o u s a n ' or Rasse ly dead b r o k e . ' H i s mo t to i s ' I mean no h a r m . ' H i s f a v ' r i t e spoor t is t w i n t y ques t ions . H i s f a v ' n t e pe t s a r e t h ' b i rd of peace a n ' t h ' r o u n d robin . I f ye vote f ' r T h a y d o r e Rosenfel t , ye need no t f ea r t h a t y e ' e r ac t will embroi l o r f r y th is coun th ry in a E u r o p e e n war . H e w o n ' t need i t .

Hs -̂ .̂ H e sa rved h i s c o u n t h r y a s a t h r a i n e d nurse ,

b a t i n ' C la ra B a r t o n t o t h ' t o p iv S a n J o o n Hi l l .

* H e ' s f ' r peace a t a n n y pr ice , o n ' y t h ' i l ict ion ex-pinses m a y be so heavy he m a y not have t h ' pr ice . I f y e ' e r Vote is f ' r al l t h a t an Amer i can holds dear , f ' r honor , f ' r manhood, f ' r t h ' h igh ideels iv ci ty-zenship, ye'11 vote f ' r Thaydore Rosenfe l t . B u t h e ' l l t a k e i t aven if i t i s n ' t . H e ' l l t ake a n n y k ind iv vote .

since t h i n f ' r s ix m o n t h s a t leas t , he h a s s teadi ly g rown ont i l now he i s b e g i n n i n ' t o t a l k a n ' h a s a l l h i s t ee th , b u t no t so m a n y a s h i s opponen t o r so few as h i s companyon on t h ' d i m m y c r a t t i cke t . J u d g e P a r k e r ' s c andydacy w a s first heerd i n a whispe r which soon swelled i n t o a r o a r f r ' m W i l l u m J e n ­n ings B r y a n . H e is a m a n l y , courageous m a n a s his goold t i l l yg ram w u d t e n d t o show. I t r - r ead a s fo l lows : ' B o y s , if y e ' v e n o m m y n a t e d me a n ' t h e r e ' s no b a c k i n ' out , I ' m i r revocably solid f ' r t h ' goold s t a n d a r d . ' J u d g e P a r k e r i s a f r ind iv t h ' w u r r u k i n ' m a n a n ' n u m b e r s such l abor l eade r s a s A u g u s t B i lmont a n ' George F o s t e r P e a b o d y among h is closest assocyates . H e rayce ives t h i m of ten a s they come u p in the i r overal ls f r ' m t h ' b a n k . M a n n y people a r - re oppos in ' h im because t h e y t h i n k he is a m a n iv too decided opinyons a n ' w a n who, if i l ict-ed, wud p lunge t h ' coun th ry i n t o a g r e a t a n ' d is­a s t rous sleep. I w o n ' t go t h a t f a r . W h i l e I th ink , H inn i s sy , he p r o b ' b l y exceeds t h ' bounds iv cau­t ion, ye m u s t r a y m i m b e r t h a t he is a young m a n a n ' t h a t h is jud icya l t h r a i n i n ' h a s m a d e h im a l i t t l e t eeny mi t e r ad ica l . I ' m s u r e i v ry d i m m y c r a t h e a r t w a s fired be h is u t t h r a n c e s l a s ' w e e k : ' I a m , ' says he , ' i r r evocab ly f ' r a goold s t a n d a r d b u t w u d s ind bes t r a g a r d s to W i l l u m J e n n i n g s B r y a n , ' he s a y s . ' I denounce t h ' tariff a s a crool a n ' un -Amer ican n ic i ss i ty , ' he s a y s . ' I abomyna te t h ' t h r u s t s . Oh, if I h a d w a n here now, I w u d d e n ' t do a t h i n g to i t . B u t the re a r - re good t h r u s t s a n ' b a d t h r u s t s . I wud no t des th roy th im. W h a t good w u d t h a t d o ? I wud coax t h i m , ' he says . ' I wud t ache t h i m t o a t e out iv t h ' hand . I f they e t t h ' h a n d t h a t w u d be the i r m i s t a k e , ' he says . ' A s f ' r m e views on t h ' P h ' l i p p e e n s , ' he says , ' t h e y a r - re ve ry decided. I wud ge t ou t iv t h a t o n h a p p y spot a t wans t , n e x ' year , some t ime . I w u d lave t h i m o n h a p p y people to bask in the i r own wre t chednes s , ' he says , ' a s soon as they a r - re in condi t ion to be free, which m a y be n i v e r , ' he says . ' A s f ' r t h ' r e s t iv me v iews , ' he says , ' w h a t d ' y e w a n t ? ' A n ' the re ye a r - r e . W u d d e n ' t t h a t fire t h ' h e a r t iv a n n y d i m m y c r a t ? W u d d e n ' t i t a lmost fire t h ' h e a r t o u t ? I te l l ye , Hinn i s sy , t h a t if ye wud no t see th i s coun th ry over-i n n wi th co rmoran t t h r u s t s a n ' d immycra t i c t h r u s t s wi thout a coat to the i r backs , if ye love y e ' e r coun­t h r y b e t t h e r th in y e ' e r p a r t y a n ' y e ' r e a d immy­cra t . ye'11 vote f ' r Al ton B . P a r k e r , t h ' peop le ' s choice, n e a r l y .

w u r r u l d wil l be divided among t h ' people a f t h e r W a l l S t h r e e t h a s been helped. I f ye vote f ' r D e b s ye vote f ' r a good man , a n ' I wi l l somet imes call on.<i ye w h i n y e a r e n o t v i ' l e n t . I wil l o n ' y r e f e r brief-3;

ly to R a n s o m K . Swallow, t h ' p rohyb i t ion i s t c a n d y - l

da te , hence t h ' n a m e . " $g * " Y e n e e d n ' t go o n , " said M r . Hennes sy . *f " W e l l , t h a t ' s al l I h a v e t o s a y , " sa id M r . Doo­

ley. " Y e h a v e al l t h ' f ac t s . A c t accordingly . O n ' y r a y m i m b e r i n m a r k i n ' y e ' e r ba l lo t t h a t if ye t h r y to vote f ' r Debs f ' r p r i s id in t a n ' t h ' prohyb& t ion i s t c a n d y d a t e f ' r vice p r i s id in t , whose n a m e e s ^ capes me f ' r t h ' moment , a n ' I hope longer , ye a ^ | | l i ' b l e t o b r e a k t h ' p e n c i l . "

" H o w ar - re ye g o i n ' to v o t e ? " asked Mr . H e n - \ n e s s y . * ~*g. ' i

" T h a t , " sa id Mr . Dooley, " i s be tween m e a n / | m e conscience, a n ' I ' m no t sure I ' l l aven te l l me conscience th i s y e a r . ' r

* * J L ~ \ be t h ' d imrdycra ts to c a p t u r e t h ' r a y p u b -l ican vote, which s th range ly enough, h a s

not been consis tent ly d immycra t i c in p a s t yea r s . A t t h ' a r l y age iv fifty, J u d g e P a r k e r , f ' r he i t is , suddenly appea red on t h ' pol ly t ica l horyzon a n '

T W I L L l ight ly sk ip over t h ' o the r candyda te s . • • J L Thomas M. W a t s o n , t h ' c a n d y d a t e iv t h '

popyl is t p a r t y , is in t h ' race to s t r e t ch h i s legs a n ' improve h is voice. I t i s d o i n ' h im good a n ' he will get t h ' popyl i s t vote as well as h is own. Eugene V. Debs, t h ' socylist candyda te , s t a n d s a good chance if somebody d o n ' t get out an in junc­t ion again him. I r a y m i m b e r h im k ind ly because i t was t h r u h im t h a t me f r ind , Grover Cleveland, w a s injooced to sind some Swede sojers to shoot a t me Avhin I Avint f ' r me m o r n i n ' s thro l l in t h ' S tock Y a r d s . I f Debs i s i l icted, a l l t h ' money i n t h '

H e h a s s teadi ly g rown ont i l now lie is beg inn in ' t o t a l k a n ' h a s a l l h is tee th .

MINNESOTA FRUITS "MAKE THEIR ~ - MARK" AT THE WORLD'S FAIR

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Horticulturists of the World Surprised by the Fine Showing—California Has the Substance, but Lacks the Flavors—Reputation of the

Minnetonka District Ls Well Sustained.

fpeota! to The Jtmrnal. Wor ld ' s Fai r , St. Louis, Nov. 5.—

The display of frui t made by Minne­sota a t the St. Louis exposition creates surprise border ing on amazement, among visitors from different par t s of the world, who know this grand s ta te only by i ts reputat ion for a " b e ­low zero 1 ' temperature , and who have heretofore been under the impression t h a t only crabapples could be grown there . They are quickly disabused of th is idea on viewing the double ex­hibi t which the s ta te presents as con­vincing evidence to the contrary .

Minnesota ' s first installation of fruit made early in the season is just across the aisle from New York ' s imperial display, to which the North Star s ta te yields only in the extent of i ts show­ing, not in effect, or in texture and flavor of i ts products .

This octagonal booth had on i ts ter­raced shelves, during the summer, fine specimens of the early fruits, includ­ing the premium strawberry, black­berry, and black, red and yellow rasp­berry, the last named being a novelty to people of other localities. Many va­riet ies of plums, some with a delicacy and flavor equal to the peach, replaced the berry display, and as the season changed, these were followed by the luscious grape and magnificent apple of t h e autumn.

Intermingled with the plates of fresh fruits are bot t led samples from the experimental station, preserved in formaldehyde, alcohol and water . The same arrangement is carried out on the revolving shelves which stand a t the corners of the booth.

This installation was arranged and supervised by A. W. Latham, secretary of the Minnesota Hort icul tural society, assisted by Thomas Eedpath of Way-zata, who has maintained i t in at t rac­t ive form throughout the changing seasons.

Most of the s ta tes represented here are content with one hort icultural ex­hibit . Minnesota has two.

Display No. 2.

The second installat ion was made immediately after the close of the sta te fair, when the apple tower and windmill, displayed there by the Jew­ell Nursery company of Lake City, was t ransferred to the wor ld ' s fair.

Erected near the center of t h e , g r e a t building, this exhibit is the crowning feature m hort icultural hall. With few exceptions the fruit shown by oth­er s ta tes is placed on tables or shelves. The fruit windmill towers above these flat displays, and a t t r ac t s the eye from all directions, exciting admirat ion both for i ts unique form and the beau­ty of the fruit displayed on its sides.

The windmill is operated by an elec­tric motor, and, is with one exception, the only ' ' a c t i v e " exhibit in the great hal l . In addit ion to the apples cover­ing the tower 800 plates of the choic­est frui ts exhibited a t the exposition are seen in this display.

The royal Wealthy, originated a t Ex­celsior by the pioneer fruit grower, Pe ter M. Gideon; the Duchess, of su­perior flavor, the Wolf River wi th i ts unusual color, and the MacMahon, with a clear white skin (shown only by Minnesota and Wisconsin), are a few of the choice var ie t ies which are help­ing to make Minnesota ' s reputa t ion as a fruit-growing s ta te .

The tempt ing display of table grapes includes the Delaware—several kinds of blue grapes and the t ranspar­ent Duchess, which recently received an award. The largest displays of grapes in the octagonal booth come from ohe nurseries about Lake Min­netonka,, nearly all the Duchess being from tLe vineyard of A. Bracke t t of Excelsior. Mrs. Isabelle Bar ton and Howard L. Crane of the same place, show beautiful blue grapes, and Wy-

man Elliot, a veteran vegetable and fruit grower of Minneapolis, presents the results of long experience in rare specimens.

The different variet ies of apples comes from different fruit growers thru out the state , some of remarkable quah tv coining from the Northwestern Greenery of Harmony and the orchard of F rank Yanke of Winona.

Prize-Winning Fru i t s .

The winning of the first premium on strawberries and the second on grapes did much to a t t r ac t a t tent ion to Min­nesota ' s display and proved a good ad­vertisement for the s ta te . I t is expect­ed tha t when the final awards in fruit are announced the bread and but te r s ta te will receive a large share.

The success achieved in the last few years by Minnesota frui t growers, as shown in the s t a t e ' s exhibit here, is due in a large measure to the stimulat­ing influence exerted by the Minneso­ta Hort icul tural society, the largest, most progressive and harmonious or­ganization of i ts kind in the country. The society offered a prize of $1,000 for an apple t h a t would a t t a in a stipu­lated s tandard of excellence. This of­fer aroused fruit growers thruout the s ta te to unusual efforts and experi­ments, which resulted in placing sever­al new and excellent variet ies of ap­ples on the market .

Minnesota is now producing annually more than half a million dollars wor th of apples alone and the small fruit in­dustry is growing in proport ion.

California makes a wonderful show­ing in frui ts and in var ie ty and mag­nitude her exhibit surpasses those of all the other s tates, ye t a golden s ta te exhibitor remarked:

" W e have been tas t ing Minnesota frui t and when i t comes to rela t ive flavor California is not in i t wi th Min­nesota . " .

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TLTANIC STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO SOUTH DAKOTA TOWNS

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COST OF A CAPITAL FIGHT.

P i e r r e ' s contribution $25,000 North-Western ra i l road ' s contribution for Pier re 125,000 Mitchel l ' s contr ibution 100,000 Milwaukee & St. Pau l ra i l road ' s contribution for Mitchell 25,000 Value of Transportat ion given away by the railroads in 90 d a y s . . 2,200,000 Value of passes issued the past eighteen months 30,000

Total $2,495,000

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ANOJHER VIEW OF THE MINNESOTA FRUIT EXHIBIT.

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ody, mind and soul; to citizens wnom. malodorous administrat ions seek t o

PEOPLE'S PULPIT Q. L. MORRILL.

" S t a n d P a t . "

' ' S tand p a t , ' ' I said to my boy after he had spelled a difficult word. He was hes i ta t ing and about to change i t be­cause some one had laughingly ques­tioned i t .

" I ' m no I r i s h m a n , " he replied. " N o , " I said, " b u t you should s tand

whether you are or are n o t . " Then I explained the meaning of the

phrase which«was principal ly used by polit icians and gamblers, bu t in a real sense applied to us all.

I told him of the dauntless spiri t of Luther a t Worms; Livingstone in dark­est Africa, and Lincoln on the slavery question. They stood pat , and their las t ing monument is the wor ld ' s loving regard.

The world has r.o use for t he coward who lies down, the loafer who sits down, or the obstructionist who merely s tands in the way. Conviction which quietly s tands alone, or courageously resists i t s enemies is always admired by God and men.

The danger of today is drif t ing. Men trifle and play fast and loose wi th God, man and devil. Higher and holier than churchly creed or civil inst i tut ion is one ' s honest abiding conviction.

" S t a n d p a t " is good advice to the boy in business whose associates would tempt him to dishonesty; t o the girl whose companions would swerve her from the pure ideals of a mother ; *to the minister whose heaviest contributor seeks to shut his mouth from islHng needed t r u t h ; to the edi tor urged ^o ad­vocate public methods which i i t h e pr ivacy of his hear t he knows s t-> be wrong"; to the voter who cannot inAirse

force into conditions of blindness, deaf­ness and dumbness; to jur ies whose fear of loss of populari ty or gain leads to verdicts which are a t r avs ty on justice, human and divine.

' ' S tand p a t ' ' — y o u may lose , your job, but will save your soul, which is to outlast th is world and outweighs all the br ibes i t offers.

" S t a n d p a t " — h a v e convictions, look to the fixed stars , and not to the floating clouds, is the crying need of Minneapolis today.

" H a v i n g done all, s t a n d . "

Y. M. C. A. PROGRESS

Good Reports Made on Special Work of t h e Association.

Grat ifying reports were read a t the monthly meeting of the Y. M. C. A. board of directors a t the Commercial club yesterday.

The night school regis t ra t ion is about four hundred men and boys Classes in the physical depar tment a re larger t han ever before a t th is season of the year . The to ta l class a t tendance was 3,006 for the month.

The employed b o y s ' n ight school reg­ister shows a membership of sixty-six. I n the b o y s ' depar tment there a re 285 boys. All other depar tments a re in heal thy condition.

Mrs. Charles Smith of Jimes, Ohio, wr i tes : " I have used every remedy for sick headache I could hear of for the past fifteen years, bu t Ca r t e r ' s Li t t le Liver Pi l ls did me more good than all the rest .

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Leaky roofs cause t rouble and ex-pens . . Use CaTey's. No trouble. No a candidate , and is commanded to p l a c e . , - - « , . <,na a -nr

p a r t y above principle; to paren ts whose expense. Both phones, 876. oee W. i, false modesty permits their children to IB. Not t Company. <%[**&,>?

Special to The Journal. Elk Point , S. D

on? A f a i r ? " " W h y , n o ; h a v e n ' t you heard? W e ' r e

all going to Mitchell. Free rides for everybody in South Dakota. And when we get back w e ' r e going to Pierre . We can go there for nothing, t o o . "

" A n d will all you people who are

f oing to Mitchell free of charge vote or M i t c h e l l ? "

" O h , I don ' t know. You c a n ' t tell , you know. But I th ink Mitchell will get i t . Don ' t y o u ? "

And the speaker exposed a streamer bearing the inscription, " H u d s o n is for M i t c h e l l . "

This conversation was heard on a Milwaukee railroad t ra in bound for Mitchell. The wearer of the badge sat in the middle of a seat, with a man on either side of him. On the arm of the seat sat another. The aisles were packed as well. Outside, the space be­tween the coaches was jammed and men sat down on the steps, the lowest dan­gling their feet a few inches from the ground. From the outside, long rows of men could be seen lying flat on their backs or thei r stomachs, on top of the coaches. The tender held half a coach full. And the load was nicely rounded out by two men who sat on the cow­catcher.

Regular Daily Program.

And this is not a one-dav's occur­rence, bu t most of the days since Oct. 6 tra ins have gone into Mitchell in this wise; and the specials and regulars rolling as regularly into Pier re have had no more room.

For a spectacular $2,500,000 capi tal fight is near ing a climax in South Da­kota , and two great railroad systems, s t ra ining every effort to find greater fa­vor in the eyes of the voter, have t rans­formed the last few weeks into one long gala day for every South Dakotan. When the morning of election day dawns, 100,000 persons will have been given free rides to Mitchell and 120,-000 to Pierre . By tha t t ime 400 news­papers, which have been paid money to publish advert is ing for one or the other of the aspirants , will have com­pleted their labors. By t h a t t ime 2,000 paid workers and about 8,000 volun­teers will have finished a personal can­vass of the 110,000 voters of the s ta te .

And $2,495,000 of cash and transpor­ta t ion privileges will have been ex­pended and two years of ceaseless, fran­t ic effort by the citizens of the two towns will have come to a welcome end.

South Dakota has been racked by this campaign, more b i t t e r and deter­mined than any political fight upon s ta te or nat ional issues, because the result of th is election is expected to designate the metropolis of South Da­kota . If the s ta te had been developed, i t would be different; bu t i t is in the formative period, and i t is the general opinion t h a t t he permanent location of the s ta te capi tal jus t a t th is moment will have much to do wi th determining th© destinies of t h e two towns which aspire to become the largest in South Dakota . Citizens of the two towns

Joint to the building of Des Moines, ndianapolis and Lincoln as samples of

the results which may be ascribed purely to the capital location. So when th i s fight is over, t h e victorious place

will repose in confidence of aproaclv ing greatness.

" P a y i n g t he F r e i g h t . " The amount of money spent by Pierre

in her effort to keep the capital, and by Mitchell in her effort to secure i t , <4 is easily ascertained. Mitchell, being larger, has put up most of the cash spent in her interest . The Mitchell people subscribed a total of $100,000; t he Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad has contr ibuted about $25,000 in money, much of which ha3 been devoted to tfi« Black Hills country, where the North* Western railroad is strong.

At Pierre , conditions are different. The town is not large and the $25,000 given by citizens there is as much a s could be expected. The North-Westera rai lroad has val iant ly entered the l i s t i in P ie r re ' s behalf, however. Ful ly $125> 000 in money was given by this road, to be spent in advert is ing and meeting the numerous expenses of a campaign. The North-Western is the only h n » reaching Pierre , and, Mitchell being outside i t s te r r i tory and well wi th in the grasp of the Milwaukee & St. Paul , t h e North-Western is determined not to lose the capital .

I t was the North-Western t h a i s tar ted giving free rides to voters. Since Aug. 1 par t ies have been t aken free of charge to see the country about Pierre . Late ly the people have been l i teral ly begged to ride free of charge and extra t ra ins from Hawarden and Huron have been hauling hundreds and often thousands daily. Beaching Pier re , the people have been driven about t he place, enter tained and t rea ted to a steamboat r ide to " S c o t t y " Phillip** buffalo ranch.

Mitchell Crowded Eve ry Day. , The Milwaukee & St. Pau l railroa'd

did not begin dis t r ibut ing t ickets t i l t Oct. 6, bu t th is r oad ' s te r r i tory is mora populous and the scenes a t Mitchell have been remarkable. As many as 5.000 have been brought in daily on the six t ra ins running there . Once in the place, the visi tors have been enter­tained a t the Commercial club. They have been escorted to the corn palace, where a forty-piece band has given two concerts daily. Sandwich men have been reaping a harvest , as much as $56 daily, for the one th ing t h a t has not been given away is board.

Both a t P ier re and Mitchell commit­tees have been meeting every t ra in and men have been working night and day. P res s bureaus have been scarcely less | busy, scat ter ing hundreds of thousands -* of copies of circulars and keeping a " line on every newspaper of the state , however small.

By th is t ime the people of South Da­kota have almost forgotten there #is a nat ional campaign. This was illus­t r a t ed by a conversation overheard a t Mitch e l l , wi th a voter who came from near Parker , S. D. One of his demo­crat ic friends approached him and asked if he were going to vote to r Parker .

" O h , n o , " he quickly replied, " t h a t ' s too far from the center of the s t a t e . ' '

For the two railroads the leaders have been A. C. Johnson, general agent of t h e North-Western, and H. L. Hun­ter, general agent of the Milwaukee

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