Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-23
/. n1,av1LE EXPLANATION.

Attorney General Crawford is doing
more real good hard work than amy
other attorney in the state, and about all
he gets is n few slurS in some few papers
aud pa!try salary OF "a thousand y
year" MIR. Crawford is tirclcss and
conscientious, and the PARTIES who would
Try to make people believe anything else
:llc in cahoo,s with the friends OF MIR.
Taylor who have some of his ill-gotlrn
gains, or else they fear him politically
and wan; To sow seeds of distrust among
the people Mr.. Crawford is one OF the
peoples men, and they are the ones who
are going to be in it soon. Parkston
Advance.
L, is refreshing, indeed, TO see Auditor
Nipples paper par, company with the
Argus Leader long enough to give Tom
lin>on that kind OF Il shot, although j, is
hardly necessary. The people know
Crawford and he is such man rs the
Argus Leader and lis stripe of papers
canno, discre,lit with any degree of sue
cess Howard Press.
SO far as Auditor Nipple is concerned
any insinuation that he should he classcd
with those who are in any way mixed
up with the Taylor dedication is wrong
and should not be made, us 10 state of
icer has been more emphatic in lending
his assistance III bringing the laScais 10
time and amtagonizing the clique than
lie. There is no question, on this point.
Tie FREE PEEss is frank and manly
enough to state that it once misiudgcd
Auditor Nipple, and iii view of the most
excellent record lie has made while he
has been in office is all the more inclined!
to give him the credit which is his due
With Mr.. TomlnSon, editor of the
Argus Leader, il is different. While he
has no connection or sympathy with the
plots of the Tayloriles he is, constantly
cndcavoring 10 dash water Oh all efforts
of Mn Crawford in bringing the raScal>
to account. This attitude OF his par, is
easy of explanation. Mr.. TomlinSon is
!, gentleman somewhat sensitive us re-
CARDS his personal II, almcnt; in other
words, he doesn't like to be ''callcd
down." Last winter during the prclim
mary hearing of c. I. Mccoy he APP
preached MIR Crawford in rather an of
Hcious manner with remark that strong
ly S;.vored of mper,incncc. Perhaps
this is one OF the pcrogativcs of news
paper men in the search for news, but
the FREE Pass doubts it. Anyhow hc
was informed that the attorney genera
would try 10 look after the duties of his
Office TO the best of his ability and il
mistakes occurred he would be respon
Sibc. Hence MIR. Tomlinson' umbragc
or offended dignity. Ii WAS Il tilt which
should have been passed by without fur
Their thought, but MIR. Tomlinson seem:
to have dwcllcd on ii to the length THAI
he has pcrSistcntly been nagging ever,
effort of Mir. Crawford i'll the prcsecu
ton Of the Taylor cases Political mo
lives may also be i'll part responsible foi
MIR. Tomlnson'S attitude toward Mr.
Crawford
So far rs the latter j, concerned Til,
gang whom he is hunting down is inter
ested i'll seeirg his every act miscon
/! strued or misreprescnlcd, but il will b'
| Il hard task to convince the people lha
the McCoys, and the SullNans, ct III
are to be considered i'll preference 4,
Attorney General Crawford, whose rec
ord unlike thcirstor whole lifetim
has been the admiration of the people