Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-05-04
Parker viii Garry Black Hills.

III IOliOWfnB arDicle lfoHh oile
Daily Call published in Lead, the sec
ond largest city in the state, will con-
vince some machine gentlemen that
there is something going on over In
the Black Hills. The Call is a radi-
cal republican paper, but not Of the ma
chine boss order, and against Martin
since he deserted the people and be-
came q corporation candidate for the
senate. The Call tells how the anti
machine candidates won out in the
city elections In both Lead and Dead
wood and how the machine republic
cans In Deadwood supported the DEM
~ocratic candidate for mayor rather
than see a Roosevelt republican elect
ed. The Call article is worth reading.
1t is as follows:
AS flying straws indicate the d.
rection of the wind, SO have the city
| elections which have taken place In
South Dakota indicated the trend OF
political sentiment. In almost ev-
cry municipal convention across the
river the fight was between the Gam
| BILE Crawford organization and the
Kittredge-Martin crowd, and the
Gamble-C Crawford organization won,
with the exception Of Pierre, Con-
gresham Burke's home. In the City
Of Lead the ticket nominated by the
republican party was elected. 1t was
elected upon a Gamble-C Crawford plat
form, q platform demanding better
methods, and more just In the matter
Of assessment and taxation. The
meeting was presided over by Judge
II. E. Dewey, a strong Gamble
Crawford man, who appointed the
committee on resolutions and all
others at the convention; In fact, the
convention was dominated by the
Gamble-Crawford organization. In
Deadwood the same conditions pre-
vailed. The chairman Of the county
central committee insisted that the
name Republican be not used to
designate the ticket nominated by a
mass meeting of republicans, stating
openly that scores OF Martin men
would refuse to support it. He even
went further than thatfor he and the
Martin following in Deadwood, al
most &c @ man worked against the
election Of MI. Adams the republican
nominee and supported Mr.. Elder, a
democrat. That this is a fact is well
knonf q MaftiH Hea conducted the
campaign against Mr.. Adams and
made no bones of the matter, declar-
ing that it would hurt Mr.. Martins
interests In the city were they to sup
port the republican candidate. M.
Adams won out. The results of these
city elections show that the power
OF the machine is waning; that the
people OF the state have tired Of its
domination, It's support of unjust tax
alton, It's pandering to the monopo-
lies and railroad interests and its
generally incompetent management
or state affairs. The people are
weary OF having such men as Cover
nor Elrod direct their affairs, his
speech at the convention Of Cover
nors, held ~raccntiy In Chicago. to
consider better legislative control OF
insurance companies marking him as
the plant tool of corporations and his
logic OF the kind that does harm to
the interests Of the people. 1t is q
fact that there is not an Office holder
In the Hills, with but one or two
exceptions, who could, s.sTe he to
leave office tomorrow, support HIM
self for sixty days without going in
to debt. Men who are 10 incompe-
tent that even after being fed at the
public crib for years, drawing good
salaries, still have insufficient means
to insure them a living for v q three
months after they get out Of office,
are certainly not the men the people
want to conduct the affairs Of the
state. The incompetency has been
manifest In many ways, the miserable
state government which has resulted
in an increase of city and country
taxation a lowering OF that OF rail-
roads and other corporations and a
willingness to serve masters whose
only thoughts are those which work
and scheme for self-adyancement.