Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-04-27

contribute to the maintenance of the
government Why are passes fur
nished to candidates and delegates
to state conventions that are fright"
according to the Machine code of
morals, (based on expediency), and
refused to others7 Why in every in
stance is ii that the bosses and the
railway companies cooperate in the
preparation of states and platforms9
Why is it when the Legislature is in
session that an unlimited number of
passes is distributed to the members
making the laws2 There can be but
one answer. 1t is not to preserve the
rights of these corporations, but to
secure privileges to which they are
not lawfully entitled, to influence the
conduct of candidates and delegates
to the conventions and members of
the Legislature and administrative
officers. At whose expense are these
special privileges to corporations OBJ
tanned! The peoples.
So long as the great right of self
government is preserved in accord
ance with the intention of the found
ers of the Republic, each citizen free
ly and voluntarily taking his part,
actuated by patriotic motives-so long
as officers owe their first allegiance TO
the people and their state just so
long the Republic is in no serious dan
ger, and the various problems, indus
trial and political, will be fairly and
properly solved and adjusted; but
once let the tribunal of public opinion
become corrupted by that Dellah of
modern times, the Boss-C Corporate in
huence, this Samson amoung nations
will be shorn of its strength. Let
the right of suffrage be lightly regard
ed or a purchasable commodity,
American citizenship instead of being
an honorable distinction will be a fit
subject of jibes and jeers. Instead of
being a government of the peopleit
will be a country of warning factions
1.-The uncurbed arrogancean and tyranny
of wealth on the one hand, its victim
on the other, the latter struggling to
resume hat heritage parted with
through neglect or for a mess of pot
tage.
Disruption of the party is far from
our purpose. On the contrary, we de-
sire to preserve its health and strength
by eliminating the cancer gnawing at
its yitals. The machine" says it
should receive the support of the party
because the Republican party had a
majority offfty thousand in this state
last election. This majority, however,
is not due to the existence of this para
site, the Machine" but notwithstand-
ing it. That part of the party now
opposing the Machine, did its share
in securing this The prin-
ciples of the Republican party and
the magnificent leadership of its pres
ldent were the sources of the party's
ucces and majority.
What methods do the advocates and
press of the Machine" pursue in the
present campaigni Will they frankly
discuss the real issues or do they con-
tinue in their attempts to divert pub
lie attention from them and deceive
the people into a false sense of sccur
ityi Do they deny the existence of
"Machines" No. They evade by
IF the Insurgents are sue
they will establish another
machine equally as vicious as the
present one" They ignore the fact
hat the 9~insurgents" not only seek
abolish the present Machine" but
20 render future ones impossible by
passing a law abolishing the iniquit-
Jus convention system and enabling
he electors to make their nominations
iirect by a primary system; that they
propose also to adopt as a principle
N the Republican platform a pledge
or the enactment of a law abolishing
he pass system similar to the one
low in existence in Wisconsin; that
hey propose in the coming conyen
ion that no restrictions shall be
upon the delegates, that they
nay have the full right of discussion
If candidates and principles without
being gagged and bound by any Ma
Does the Machine deny
that it has manipulated conventions
and made states and platforms In
concert with the agents OF the rail
No, because common knowl
edge of these practices is too firmly