Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-06
UsTRUD E WITH
A WHOLE BATTERY

|UsTRUD E WITH
A WHOLE BATTERY
A representative Of the Sioux Falls
Press found State superintendent
Ustrud in Sioux Falls last Saturday
and asked him II he intended to COM
ply with the expressed wishes OF his
thousands Of friends to become a can
didate for governor at the primaries
next June. The distinguished young
Dakotan said:
While 1t is highly gratifying to the
recipient Of all this sincere expression
OF loyal friendship, confidence and
esteem from those who know me best,
I can only repeat what l said In an
interview In your paper last spring
that / am not a candidate for COVER
nor, but'shall be pleased to serve the
people of the state another term in
any present position. / admit, OF
course, that 1t would be a high honor
to be governor OF my native state, but
to know that my conduct as a public
servant meets with the approval of the
people Of my own county, In which /
was born and raised is to me a source
OF pleasure and inspiration, and / can
assure you that l appreciate it deep
ly.
To the question: Do you care to go
on record as being In favor OF a GER
tain candidate for governor? Mr..
Ustrud answered very promptly:
Why not? AS a candidate for COVER
nor to success Mr.. Crawford l don't
hesitate to say that 1 favor and rec
ommenl to all of my friends Senator
R. s. Wesley, Of Washington Springs,
for this honor.
or the different gentlemen whose
names have been mentioned In con
nection with the governorship, | feel
positive that Mr.. Wesley will be the
most acceptable to the overwhelming
majority Of the people Of this state.
II he shall announce himself. as l
sincerely hope he will, his nomination
and election will be a foregone con-
clusion. He is a clean, even-tempered,
broad-minded, Christian gentleman.
q successful business man, and a pub
|lic-spirited citizen with intimate
knowledge OF state affairs and consid-
cradle legislative experience.
At the very beginning Of the move
ment for self-government In this state
Mr.. Wesley stepped forward and vol
unteered his services to the people in
their fight against cooperation ma
chine rule and bossism. And he new
er wayered, whined, whimpered or
pouted; he never fought the peoples
battle with a job OF q dictatorship in
view. To know him is to love and be-
ilieve In him. He Is every inch a man,
and inspires everybody with faith in
the ultimate victory Of sound princi-
pies Of government and a better as
ISOLATED human life.
IL Mr.. Vessey should become a can
.idate for governor at the primaries
next June, he will carry Minnehaha
county Sioux Falls included) with
nothing less than two Thousand ma
jorfty.
Asked to his view as to which mi
would be most likely to receive the
republican nomination for president
and United States senator from South
Dakota next year, Mi. Ustrud was
very emphatic In his laconic answer:
Roosevelt for president and Craw-
ford for senator.
When told that the public would
read with aIgreat deal OF interest his
for such a sweeping state
ment, he hesitated q little before he
made the following statement:
1 don't think chat my Views on this
subject can be OF any particular inter-
est, but In order to comply with your
wishes In the matter, | I'm only too
glad to oblige you.
As to the presidential situation, I
feel certain that things will rapidly
shape themselves in such a way that
President Roosevelt will be compelled
TO take the nomination for a second
elective term.
He Is the master OF the situation.
When Secretary Taft returns from
his trip abroad, he will at once dis
cover this to be the fact and will be
the first one to urge the president to
Ibis duty and e ste I'd seerr another
term.
You have noticed that Senator
Spooner OF Wisconsin, who led the re-
lentless fight against Senator LaFol-
lette and the people of that state, has
been hired BY the financial pirates Of
the east to fight Roosevelt and his
policies.
Spooner Is today the higb-priest Of
the stalwart tribe.
He has finally dropped the mask
md Is out In the open. He is already
busy abusing the president who, I'M
I'll recently, treated him as his friend.
The reason for the abuse these
hired men Of the corporation mag
mates are heaping upon President
Is not far to seek. He has
caught these rascals Ia a compro-
situation after another, until
the scandal leaked out and became