The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-08-30
HERALD,S POOR REASONING

nENALD = FOON NEASONlNO
1t was generally supposed that the
question 90 TO which wing OF the re-
publican party should control the
legislature was settled by the state
convention, and that the stalwarts,
being beaten by the insurgents, were
perfectly willing 10 see a legislature
elected that would be in sympathy
with Mr.. Crawford. The Brookings
Register, however, seems to think that
there is a move on foot to send stall
wart representatives to the legislature
from this county, but the Register is
unnecessarily frightened. In this
section, all the stalwarts that we have
talked with are perfectly willing, and
IN TACT desire, that the candidates for
the Legislature shall be only those
who supported the insurgent wing OF
the party, and we believe the Register
need have no fear OF any other coming
forward as a candidate for that posi-
tion. AS for the county Offices, we
can't see why that question should be
taken into consideration. The real
question should be, is the candidate
Tor county office q republican, well
qualified for the Office he seeks and an
honest, reliable man?-Bruce Herald.
This world is made up OF atoms,
Bro. Walker, and to say that the least
Of those atoms have no significance is
foolish reasoning. In other words,
when you say that in the selection OF
county officers the only requirement
necessary is that the candidate shall
be republican and is honest and
capable you omit one other essential
element. Were the contests for su-
premaey, which are now going on in
this and other states, between different
parties, your reasoning would perhaps
hold good, but this is a conflict be-
tween the rank and file OF the republic
can party, and set OF men who have
prostituted the party and brought dis
grace upon many worthy men by their
desire for personal gain regardless OF
the wishes OF their constituents.
Last spring the rank and file OF the
republican party OF this state started
out to have a general housekeeping,
fully determined to free the party from
DDS which had been engendered into
the organization by the Kittredge-
Crane outfit. What was the first thing
the people found that confronted
them! Almost every federal officer,
state official, county official and even
the postmasters, with few exceptions,
were lined up with the machine" and
many OF these men were assessed |
to contribute funds to carry on
fight. Against whom? Against the
rank and file OF the republican party.
Is not this true?
We have no desire to cast any re-
Elections upon anyone in particular,
but to illustrate, take the situation in
Bookings county. Here we found only |
once two county officials who declared
themselves against the machine" and |
they were subjected to all sorts OF abuse
because they did not stand with the
rest OF the bunch which call themselves
the court shouse gang" The re-
mainder OF the county officers openly |
lined up with the machine and |
against the people. Whyp Because
they thought the machine" was
stronger than the people, and they
wanted to be in line to retain the
office, rather than to stand up and be
counted with those who were advocat-
ing reform in party politics. They
did not hesitate to spend time and
money in opposing the peoples wishes
during the spring campaign. This be-
ing the case we do not believe that it is
prudent to continue men in office or
to select others without first knowing
that they are in line with what the
large majority OF the voters OF this
county are striving for. II there we're
none so capable none so trust
worthy-none just as loyal to the
party as those that are being groomed
by the "machine'' element for the
different offices. then the Herald's
statement might have some weight,