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Show The success of Taf t and the certa In ty of the continuance of the Roosevelt policies are not the only benefits of the recent election. South Dakota contributed her share toward the onward on-ward progress of nalional morality by voting important changes In her divorce di-vorce laws. Divorce seekers must now live a year In the state and present pre-sent their cases only at regular terms of the court. This differs somewhat from the uniform statute drafted by the national divorce congress, but It is an Immense gain on the former lax divorce statutes that have mado Dakota Da-kota a byword among tho states. The stage and tho humorous periodicals will lose some Important Joking material, ma-terial, but the reputation of tho nation na-tion as an upholder of the sacrcdness of the marriage tte will be heightened materially. |