Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-11
A DIRECT CHALLENGE.
Candidate Taylor Submits a Straight
forward Proposition to Candi-
date Slovenian.
1t Is Up TO Slovenian.

Tie Hon. Ill. ii. SnOWerman III lis
paper, the Webster World, having ad-
dressed a question to me personally,
take the liberty to answer his question as
publicly as it was asked.
The question asked was this, Show
can any may talk for this the Repub-
lican) party, Mr., Taylor, and feel that
there is a particle of truth in what he
utters. Broth erly love is a part of the
truth, but there is no brotherly love in a
party which is continually in a wild
scramble to see which trust will steal
most of the peoples earnings"
Now, Brotherly Love Slovenian, l
want to tell you that the Democratic
party, of which you are an honored mem
Der, is the truest and best friend the
trusts of this country ever had.
Ia the last session of Congress, the
Republican party, tried to pass an anti
trust amendment to the Federal Consti-
tuition, so as to give Congress power to
legislate in matters pertaining to trusts.
The amendment is as follows: "Section
/. All power conferred by this article
shall extend to the several States the
Territories, the District of Columbia, and
all territory under the sovereignty and
subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States.
"Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to
define, regulate, prohibit or dissolve
trusts, monopolies.. or combinations,
whether existing In the form of a corpor-
alton or otherwise.
"The several states may continue to
exercise such power in any manner not
to conflict with the laws of the United
States.
"Sec. 3. Congress shall have power to
enforce the provisions Of this article by
appropriate legislation"
The decisions of the Supreme Court Of
the United States makes such an amend
ment necessary, because under these de-
~cisions, neither the several States nor the
Federal Government has power to con-
troll trusts engaged in manufacture and
production, when such trusts are also en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
Your party, Brotherly Love Shower
man, killed that amendment, and in con-
sequence the trusts of this country are
perfectly safe for another three years, as
it will take that period OF time to pass,
submit, have ratified and reported
another antitrust amendment.
You are not ignorant of the foregoing
facts; you know this statement to be true,
yet you do not as an honorable, truthful,
truth-loving man, which you claim to be,
come out and say so because IL you did
if you told simple, straight forward
truth you would loose votes, not only for
yourself, but for your party.
When you tell the people of Day coun-
ty that the democratic party is antagon-
istic to trusts, you know you are MOI tell
ing the truth. You know that there are
as many trust magnates in the democratic
as there are in the Republican party
you further know that the antitrust
plank in the democratic platform was
written by the holder of stock in a trust.
Some of the people of Day county, be-
lieve your untruthful statements but
more and more they are coming to realize
your unreliableness; hence your defeat
two years ~ago-hence your coming
defeat.
Now, Brotherly Love Slovenian. |
am going to make you a simple PROPOSE
ton, which | dare you to except.
If what | have said In this letter, In
regard to the vote of the democratic PARTY
on the antitrust amendment, at the last
session of congress and in regard to the
holdings OF the supreme court of the
United States relating to the power of
congress and the power of the several
states to control trusts is no true, l will
withdraw from the race for States At.
torney; If what l have said In those re.
spects is true, you to withdraw from the
race for state senator.
To decide the question / now name
three persons, not residing In Day u
ty, s. d., and with whom / am not ac-
quainted and | think you are mott
namethe county judges of Roberts, Grant
and Brown counties and stipulate that
the one against whom their decision is
rendered, not only withdraw his nomi.
nation, but also pay all the costs and ex-
penses of the investigation.
Now, Brotherly Love Slovenian. in
another part OF your paper, you state
that the expenses of prosecuting criminal
cases in this county had increased since
l was elected states attorney and the
number OF cases won has decreased. |
have taken the trouble to examine the
criminal calendar for eight years
back and | find that you have
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