The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-18
GAMBLE SPLITS
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Washington over the federal patronage.
The outcome is being watched with the |
keenest interest. at home Gamble s
friends are rejoicing over the appoint
ment, Of Seth Bullock as United States
marshal. The understanding is that
Gamble learned of the president g desire
to name his old friend Bullock, and by
tory, while the other three were try
ing to. land Ed Kennedy Of Sioux Falls
for another term The Kittridge and
Martin men refuse to admit it as a
Gamble victory, and. say Bullock is a
Martin man, having been named forest
commissioner on Martin g recommenda-
constituency of tie Hills, which is with
him solidly.
At any rate, CANDLES Endorsement
won, and his friends are now banking
on another victory in the selection of
q district attorney. They say that
CANDLES Endorsement of the presi-
dents railroad-rate policy has given
h s t5s nsds track cdne hs Pmba h
friend, while the others are under sus
picion of railroad leanings, and it is
claimed that Gamble has received as
surances that Elliott will be named.
If he is, the insurgents will be in high
glee. The machine leaders will be much
surprised, they say. if Elliott is reap
pointed, They do not believe the presi-
delegation, and because Elliott has had
it two terms, or eight years, they feel
confident that he will not land again
He has made good district attorney,
however, is generally liked, and has a
strong Endorsement from the bench and
bar Of this city and other parts of the
state as we'll.
Martin. as a machine candidate. has
rather a. funny sound to South Dakota
politicians Martin got his first nomi-
nation to congress because the Hills
demanded a place, and was not counted
machine man till the state convention
last year, when he blasted the hopes
vote to the machine program. Martin
| is an aggressive sort of man, Of a
school not liked by railroad interests,
| and that the machine should take him
up in preference to Gamble, who has
always been conservative, causes men
| not on the inside Of things to marvel.
! Why Was Martin Taken Up?
The geographical argument is the one
generally advanced by the friends of
Kittridge as the reason why they and
the Junior senator favor Martin rather
than Gamble. Kittridge, who lives at
Sioux Falls, and Gamble, who lives at
Yankton, both hail from the southeast
ern part of the state. The Hills are
back of Martin, and while their vote is
now only about one-eighth of the state
Martin wants to go to the senate, and
if Kittridge did not help him down,
Gamble, he would be after the scalp. of
"Kitt' in 1909. While Senator Kit
fridge at Washington protests diplO
matically that he is taking no hand in
the fight, and that both are "good
men, his ieutenants at home make nc
bones of it, and say it is exit s fight.
If he wins now and Martin is elected
that result insures the. reelection OF
Kittridge. If he loses it will be hard
Shedding two years hence. This view
! Of the case is pressed on such FESTIVE
followers Of the machine as have some
liking for Gamble, and are saying that
Kittridge should keep his hands off
! Some are saying that they will stand
for Kittridge in anything that is reason
able, but they can't go with him in g
| fight on Gamble. To these the leaders
are insisting that it's exit s fight"
A.. One or two Of Senator. Kittridge ,!
friends put the case differently, ant
gave Gamble black eye as man wht
prefers to let others do things, and doe
not bear his share of the burden in poll
4 tics or in the work at Washington. Mar
: tin, they say, on the other hand, is !;
4 Young and vigorous man, growing II
lpower and usefulness. They scout a
= the geographical argument because O.
j the small vote commanded by the Hills
too small to claim a senatorship as
question of spoils. x.
Some Interesting Rumors. "
So even the machine leaders disagree
as to the reason for attempting to shelly
> Gamble, and as the king Of them al
Kittridge, is not the man who will tel
: the real reasons that have moved hir
l. must be left to conjecture. Few j
! South Dakota believe that the railroad
4 dictated the choice Of Martin. 1
:, fact, there is one story to the effec
that certain railroad officials were niue
displeased at the course of the machin
and said SO plainly, but it was then to
!, will have railroad backing in the can
: paign for Martin as it has always, ha
: There is another story which tells 0
an agreement between Kittridge an
Martin at the state convention las
!. year. Martin had until then bee
q counted by the insurgents as one
: them, and they had their eye on hlI
as coming leader of the movement
: They figured on the Hill delegations t
. help give Crawford control, OF. the COZ
$ vention. A committee of six insul
5 gents waited on Martin and asked hl Il
8 to ioin their combination. He tol
e them that he could not give an al
e swer then, but would do SO later. ]
e is claimed that in this first interyle'
: he told them his heart was with then
: and that on their next visit he SAID b
was sorry, but politics was polite
and he could not join them. The infe
ence is that he was promised the sci
g atorship by. Kittridge 1t then as , a r
: the machine slate.
IS Machine "Confab" Favored Gambl
le The fact of the conference at Abe
y deem last June seems to throw doul