Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16


week, extracts from which we copy
from the Sioux City Journal.
Governor CumminS is considered to
be one of the ablest republicans IN
that great republican state, and no
man has ever questioned his motives
in his grand battle for justice and a
square deal for the people.
He recognizes the grave danger of
corporation control by the political
bosses and party machinery in any
state, and said in his speech: $50
long as God shall give me breath
shall go before the people of this state
and every other state and protest
against the infamous combination
imposed upon the helpless people, If
South Dakota had such a governor
as Iowa, Mr.. Crawford would not now
be candidate for Mr.. Elrod's place,
but Governor Elrod can't be d free,
fearless champion of the people like
Governor Cummins, because the
Northwestern railroad through its
hired agent, Alex johnson, demand
ed the nomination of Sam Elrod and
the corporation bosses who have been
running the republican party bowed
in submission and placed him in NOM
inatiOn, because he represented the
Northwestern railroad instead Of the
people of our glorious young state.
Va I,o1 hn
that Sam H. Elrod is an honest man,
but he is so surrounded by corpora
tion influences and conditions that
he is simply a representative of the
corporations instead Of the people.
Governor Elrod dare not go before
the people and make such speech as
Gov. Cummins made, yet both are
republicans and both are governors OF
republican states. Governor Cum
Minis is a free, fearless champion OF
the people against the INFAMOUS
combination of corporations to rob
and plumber them, while Gov. Elrod
was nominated by Alex. Johnson, a
slick, smooth corporation tool who
bosses the politics of our state from
Minnesota. If Gov. Elrod had the
courage and independence of Cum
Minis he would be out over his own
state denouncing the Infamous cor
poration combination that is plumber
ing the tax payers.
Not word from the corporation
spoilsmen in behalf of the people; not
work from the machine bosses in
behalf of justice for the people: not a
word from Elrod, Burke, Martin or
Kittredge against the infamous COM
binatiOn' that Governor Cummins
speaks Of.
Senator Gamble, Attorney General
Hall, Coe 1. Crawford, Carl Sherwood
and an army of honest republicans all
over the state are getting into line
for justice and a square deal, and will
hurl the ''infamOus combination" in
the teeth of every corporation tool in
the state from Sisseton to Hot
Springs and from Deadwood to Elk
Point.
Governor Cummins is making a
glorious fight in Iowa and the pro-
gressive republicans of South Dakota
are in arms to wipe out corporate
tyranny and extortion, and will bury
the bosses in the infamy Of their be-
trayal of the tax payers.
The tightening grasp of corporation
control upon the commercial and
political throat of this state has
forced thousands of old time republi-
cans to open their eyes to the dangers
that were not visible two years ago.
Two years ago Gov. Cummins saw
nothing to indicate the lightning
coils of the Python: today he sees an
"infamous combination to rob and
plumber, and like a Roosevelt takes
his stand in defense of a "helpless
people,
Gov. Elrod is not defending the
"helpless people," ne smiles at the
lightning coils of the Anaconda and
tells us he is republican. Out upon
such cowardice. When the people
elect a man to represent them and he
is drawing his wages for that work,
and fails to perform his duty, what
should be his fate?
Ask the slumbering echoes of discon-
tent rolling over our beautiful state.
The people want servants in office;
they are sick and tired of political
bosses.
The people want governor who Is
not afraid to take the stump and de-
fend the people he has sworn to pro-
tect in his executive capacity, and we
believe Governor Elrod would be a
happy man today if the Northwestern
fetters were removed from about him.
Cowardice, cowardice, thy name is
betrayal! ~
The people of South Dakota want a
fearless champion of thei: rights for
governor. a man like Cummins, and
Coe. /. Crawford seems to be that
man.
The above remarks seem necessary
after reading the Cummins speech in
the Sioux City Journal. While the
Leader dislikes to censure any man.
there is no middle ground when we
compare the two governors of sister
states, We liked Governor El1od and