Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1906-08-02
SENATORIAL GOSSIP.

The following is clipped from the
last issue of the Sioux Falls Cataract,
published by Mr.. Kingsbury, who is
supposed to be one of the closest poiti-
cal friends Mr.. Pettigrew has In South
Dakota:
THE plans for the defeat of Robert
J. Gamble, who wants to be returned
to the United States senate, are
working admirably and will succeed" ,"
of this paper day since.
'Who will succeed hlm?" was
asked.
II am not prepared to say. Pos.
sibly Mr.. Crawford. | feel certain of
his defeat because the insurgents who
will be elected to the legislature will
mol vote for Gamble, the democrats in
the legislature will vote for a demo.
crat all the time aud the machine
republicans'aare putting up a job TO
prevent any members of the legislature
whom they NAV elect voting for the
man from YanktOn."
Are you a caudidateT'
mot for CANDLES place. But
shall be- for Kittredge's place two years
nence, was bn6 reply.
Mr.. Pettigrew said that leaven al
ready in the loaf was working admiral
ly and that Minnehaba county would
elect anti-Gamble men to the legisla-
ture. In the effort to bring tha about
the stalwarts aGd the Pettig rev faction
will be working together, for the same
| results, but from entirely different
motives.
MIR. Pettigrew left Sioux Falls
shortly after this interview was OBJ
tained, for Tacoma Park, near Aber-
deem, where he delivered a Fourth of
July address before Chautauqua
society.
The above fully bears out the i'm
preston that has been current since
the Sioux Falls convention that an at
tempt will be made to defeat Senator
Gamble, with the political forces
started by ex-senator Pettigrew, in
his interview as given.
The Free Press in an analysis OF the
senator's words, Is inclined to differ
With him materially. Ia the first
place, we do not believe that Mr..
Crawford, who is our nominee Tor
governor, would be capable OF showing
such bad faith as to try and succeed
Senator Gamble as a member OF the
United States senate next winter,
when it was through the help OF
Senator Gamble tnat 1t was made
possible for Mr.. Crawford to achieve
success ia becoming the nominee Tor
governor. Without the active partIci'
patton of Senator Gamble and his
friends, as is well known, Mr.. Crawford
would have failed completely in his
aspirations. He owes his present ele-
walton and prospects TO the co-opera-
/ tion of Senator Gamble and the In
II fueuce the latter exerted during the
late campaign. Under such circum'
stances Mr.. Crawford would be an In
crate to let his name be mentioned in
connection with the senatorship, and
the Free Press, with knowledge OF Mr..
Crawford, does not think ne is that
kind OF man.
La the second place we do not be-
lieve the stalwart republicans who
may be elected to the legislature will
90 back on the declared choice OF the
state convention in its endorsement OF
Senator Gamble for another term.
The stalwart republicans, no matter
what may be said about their insnr'
gent republican brethren, are always
ball players, politically speaking. The
Free Press is willing 10 bet that every
stall wart vote in the legislature will be
for Signature Gamble, and II the insur-
gents do not desert him and cry 70
start movement for Mr.. Crawford, he
will surely be elected,
The facts of the matter are, Senator
Pettigrew is pursuing his old tactics
in an effort to create dissension in the