Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-03
CURRENT EVENTS.
Stolen from the Exchanges that
Come to our Table.

attack on Editor Allen from ambush
u was a good deal like much of the
insurgent argument.
Il Consumers of kerosene are rather
Y glad Rockefeller did not give any
q more to San Francisco They know
4 who will have to pay it back.
Unfriendly criticisms of the big
corporations will probably be sus.
pended while the railroads, tele-
graph lines and express companies
are doing so much for the coast
sufferers.
Congressman Burke has accepted
the craftsmanship of the national
republican congressional committee,
and the entire state, as we'll as Mr..
Burke, may well feel honored
because of his selection.
dime from each of the inhabi-
tants of the United States for San
Francisco would produce SS,O00,000
and there are few who cannot afford
more. To give mite is infinitely
better than to offer nothing
The big armored cruiser, South
Dakota, is nearing completion
rapidly. According to the navy
4 department, it already is 80 per
cent finished and within the near
future it will slip down the stocks
into the sea.
Let it be clearly understood that
it was Mr.. Crawford himself who
luggCd the land fraud cases with
which he is charged into the cam
paign. No one knew anything
about it until Mr.. Crawford first
Il gave it publicity. If he wants to
1 advertise the fact that the govern
ment at Washington believe him
guilty of attempting to rob the gov
eminent of land while engaged in
reforming the people no one will
object. If he likes that kind of
advertising he if at liberty to make
the most of it.
So strongly intrenched in public
confidence had become the republi-
cans of South Dakota, taat the only
hope of breaking up the party by
anti-republicans was by fos ering a
split in the party. Anti republicans
did not need to be told that they
had no ether hope Of success. Hence
populists, democrats, socialists ETC.,
are rallying to the Crawford stand
ard almost to man And they all
want to use the party name, secure
control of the party organization, to
GUST the men who are doing most to
carry for"ard the policy or Roose-
welt at Washington. That is the
way the unbiased historian of the
future must size up the present cam
paign in South Dakota.
1t is always in order to hop on to
the railroads at campaign time, but
at all other times the people of the
state realize that the railroads are
doing much for the upbuilding of
the state. Nearly one thousand
miles of new railroad are to be con-
structed in South Dakota this year
at an expenditure of about seven
million dollars. This will add
very snug sum to the taxable prop
: erty of the state, and in addition
will bring thousands of acres of raw
land into the makret. Four great
bridges will be built with railroad
money. No other state in the union
will this year see SO much railroad
building. This may not please the
political agitators but it does sound
good to the business interests of the
state.
The United States senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections
by unanimous vote Friday author
lied Senator Foraker to report
fayorably the Tillman bill to pro-
hibit insurance and other corpor-
atioEs from contributing to campaign
funds. The bill was amended by a
subcommittee consisting of Senators