The Washington times., 1905-09-01
SOUTH DAKOTA HAS !.
BITTER POLITICS
The Gamble-Kittredge Feud
Grows Hotter.
MEANS DEATH FOR ONE
GamSSiis Declares Kittredge in Alliance
With Railroads to Help Them
Control Senate

The split in the Republican party of
South Dakota promises. soon to develop
into another feud as bitter in its way
as some of the others in recent years
in which State leadership has been con-
tested from Senate seats. South Caro-
lina's war between McLaurin and Till
man, or Wisconsin's struggle between
Spooner and La Toilette. were never
more determined than the South Dakota
fight betweez Gamble and Kittredge
has become in it's opening weeks.
1t is recognized now that the only
possible outcome OF the contest between
the two Senatorial colleagues from
South Dakota Is the annihilation of one
or the other of them. II Kittredge wins.
he will be the czar OF the State: II he
! loses. he will be driven ont OF politics,
out of the Senate. and back to his prac-
tice as the chief railroad lawyer of the
State.
Senator Gamble has issued a formal
interview. according to dispatches from
the Wess- In which he declares that
7, kittTrtige is In alliance with the railroad
interests. his purpose being TO help
them secure control of the Senate IN
order 10 prevent railroad legislation
/ The real animus OF the opposition to
himself is. declares Senator Gamble
! that he stands squarely with the Presi-
dent in support OF such legislation.
Candles Frank Bid
In TINS authorized statement. Senator
Gamble frankly bids for the support
of the anti-machine Republicans of the
State. Coe |. Crawford. leader OF fhi:
latter element, recently declared thai
Gamble could have this support II h
would declare himself squarely and
unequivocally with them.
Gamble had been playing polite.
down to that time: he had been keepinl
In the good graces OF the ktttredge ma
chine as we'll as possible. and at tin
same time avoiding the suspicion o
opposing the Presidents railroad pro
gram The result was that he was no
very strong with either side.
Such n policy could not long continue
Gamble was forced by the announce
ment OF Representative Martins can
didacy for the Senate to line himSel
up, and. as. kittredge was plainly bacl
the other side. 1t was not a new DO
sition for the Yankton Senator TO oc
| cupy, for he defeated the machine. Kit
tredge. and the railroads the first tim.
he was chosen Senator. At that tim
| he was elected over Petilgrew. siiVe
! Republican. Populist and Fusionist
now he has Pettisrew as one OF hi
| chief supporters
PettigTew's Return.
The return OF Pettigrew to activit.
and prominence in Republican polite
In the West Is an event of more thai
casual significance. He is far an,
away the most striking personality I,
South Dakota He was one OF IN
fathers OF the State, and is today
though out of office. AS he has been 70
twenty years. its first citizen.
Ee has made and lost two or thre'
fortunes. and is in possession of yer,
| comfortable one at this time. He Wa
n State boss before he became Senator
was elected Senator as n Republican
and afterward, having fiopped on IN
silver question, was elected as a Flu
slonist. He was one of the boilers from
the convention at ST. Louis in 1856.
The day ne walked out OF that gather
ing at the head of the South Dakot
delegation. the star OF Pettigrew bega
70 wane- His fortune vanished unde
the stress OF hard times, and. whe
Mark Hanna. In 1900. got his chance I
revenge himself for the bitter thing
Pettigrew had said from the Senat
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