The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

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patton of a whole lot of men that you
as well as l couid name, would be gone.
and their support as we'll. No they
do not support this proposition, al
though it is row one of the most i'm
portant that is being considered here
or elsewhere.
In the nature of things the South
Dakota corporate political machine is
not in favor of a law prohibiting free
railway and other corporate passes;
because if such passes were cut off,
the machine would die a natural death
and not be long about it either; one
might as well try to run an engine
without steam, or a mill without mo-
tive power, as a corporate political ma
chine without free passes from corpo-
rations issuing them, and money from
those that don't, because such consider
atoms constitute the entire stock in
trade of corporate political machines.
The Roosevelt republicans denounce
unqualifiedly the corporate political
machine, and all connected with the
turning down by the last legislature
of the petition of over 5000 citizens of
the state, asking as their constitutional
right for the submission to the people
for their action or rejection of the
primary election law proposed by said
petition, and demand in the name of
the republican party, that the party
shall when in convention assembled at
Sioux Falls. in June next, condemn the
action of the last legislature, and all
connected with turning down that pc
tition, and pledge the party that all
f,ttipo nntitinnc Of thn nnnn1n urhnthnr
in pursuance of the initiative or the
referendum, provisions of the state
constitution, Shall be fairly considered
and if substantially in corformance
with the state constitution, they shall
be submitted to the people as desired
by the petitioners.
| do not believe the corporate polit-
ical machine covetS a castigation of
that kind, yet it deserves it, and
should have it. | might extend eX-
amples of differences in sentiments
and views existing between the corpo-
rate machine republicans of this state
and the Roosevelt republicans, or tax
alton questions and much else, but |
think the foregoir- are sufficient If
anything were required to justify the
Roosevelt alignment made by the re-
publicans in South Dakota.
"CAHOoTING" WITH PoPS y DEMO
Gratis.
Over 1900 years ago the great NaZa
rene said to mis- disciples: "lIe that is
not for me is against me-" That prop
osition is as true today as when it was
spoken, and every word Of it is golden.
Apply it to the two republican camps
of opinion in South Dakota and what
10 you find? 7 he Roosevelt republicans
endorse and enthusiastically advocate
each of the u opositions named, but
You must haze observed that neither
the machine nor its followers have
anything to ~ in favor of either of
them; they either oppose them or are
silent, cOntenting themselves with
throwing mud at their opponents and
Ealing them ~soreheads and disappoint-
ed office seekers and declaring that
PettigTew is behind them, etc, etc.
Working upon the ignorance and blind
partisan prejuGIce they believe the peO-
pie to possess. There was a time in
my recollection when the opportuni-
lies for information by the people was
so limited that they depended very
much upon leading public men for ad-
vice in political matters; and were
liable sometimes to be imposed upon;
but that time and condition of things
has passed away, and today men are
reading and thinking men, who are
more and more being governed by prin-
ciple, instead of passion and prejudice.
President Roosevelt is no tenderfoot
in such matters; he is not frightened
from his purposes by democratic en-
dorsement; it is results he is seeking
and ne welcomes help from any and
every honorable source. He finds a
majority OF republican senators aligned
against him, and accepts without fear
of being read out of his party by South
Dakota corporate machine republicans,
of the support of democratic senators
with Tillman as leader. Tillman is the
populistic, democratic Frank Pettigrew
of southern democratic politics; but
the stock in trade argument of the cor
porate machine republicans of this
state consists of pointing to this OF
that prominent man, who has been or
is, a democrat Dr. populist and endorses
Roosevelt and South Dakota Roosevelt
republicans and assuming to be horri-
fed shout in chorus Holy Moses!
see! the democrats are cahooting
with the Roosevelt republicans. Do
you want to be caught in such political
company? Half or more of the dem
ocrats and popullsts too, in this state
voted for Roosevelt, and would again
f they had opportunity They are
Of our own brethren and kindred,
sprung from the same tribes and fam
lilies" Honest and intelligent men
and GOOD nelghbors-why should any
one be ashamed to stand in line with
such men when they are honestly
shouting for Roosevelt and Roosevelt
reforms, and South Dakota Roosevelt
republicans, and hoping that Roos.
evelt may succeed in his efforts
for a square deal. Worse and worse
and more OF it, even Bryan approves
of Roosevelt's administration so far;
but the corset-laced, silk-stockened Pc,
li,lcal Pharisees in the machine ranks,
presuming upon the Ignorance and pre-.
judice of the common people, raise
the cry that democrats and populists
are in sympathy with the Roosevelt re,
publicans- | should think they would