Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-10
PRESS COMMENTS ON SENATOR
GAMBLE.

coed himself, on account OF the entan'
clements OF the senator's son with q
federal salary, Coe / Crawford should
not decline TO accept the place. The
chances are ten 10 one that IN the event
of CANDLES defeat Mr.. Crawford will
be offered the senatorial seat. II il
understood that he is pledged to Mr..
Gamble, as the state convention pledged
the whole party to the senator, but Mr.,
Crawford, because of any personal
promise to the senator, cannot afford %
countenance a species of graft, if the
charges against Senator Gamble prove
to be well founded, al a d~eclination 10
accept the senatorshIp because of prom
Uses to Gamble would imply. If Gam
bic is not TO be the man, Coe l. Craw-
ford is the logical successor One
thing may be accepted as a fact; ever
if the South Oak ota Legislature re.elects
senator Gamble, and it deyelopes at
Washington that the senator's sou was
on the pay role without having per
formed the service for which he VAS
paid, Senator Candles influences at
the national capitol will amount 10
nothing. The senate is thought by
many TO be a soulless body whose nam.
bers for the mo part got there
through a liberal use of dough-" but
nevertheless, the majority Of the
United States senators hav no use for
a man, even though he may be "A MEM
Der of that august body, to whose name
there attaches the stigma of graft
Senator Gamble must absolutely clear
his skirts if his influnces at Washing
ton is to be felt. Public Opinion,
Watertown.
We notice that some of our exchanges
are loud in hearlding the report thai
Senator Gamble kept a son on a o ern-
ment pay roll while he was attending
school. Should the senator prove the
falseity of the report, it seems as though
the papers that are talking about the
graft of the senator will be put III
rather m embarrassing position. II S
better to have the truth of the thing
sub~stanciated before making ACCUSE.
tons especially in print. II may be
true and it may not, but so far as this
paper is concerned we shall conside
the senator innocent until proven
guilty Roberts County Banner.
We note that some of our exchanges
are rushing to the defense of Senator
Gamble. Senator Gamble needs no
defense. II the charges preferred
against him are true, anybody who
would undertake to "defend" or excuse
the senator but makes himself ridicu
lous, and if the charges are false, the
senator himself need only to make the
proper explanation-and the controversy
should end. No newspaper of repute
can afford in this day and generation to
defend or excuse even the semblance OF
graft. We believe we are admonished
somewhere to avoid the very appear
anoe of evil.-Public Opinion, Water
town.
The only system for Gamble to prove
the lie is for him to produce those
abstracts, as the News says. Ignoring
the proposition will never do it. Now
that Crawford has declared himself out
Of the race for senator, the step taken
by Gamble in this matter will alone be
responsible for his election or defeat,
whichever may come to him. 1t looks
rather bad on the face Of il but Mr..
Gamble has the evidence in his posses
sion that would Thoroughly vindicate
him IL the rumor is false. Too bad
that through his dignity Mr.. Gamble
doesn't want the people to know that
someone has lied, il that is fletcher
Blade.
Regardless OF political afiliation,
everyone should very carefully read the
Argus Leader Of December 20. in which
l.. @. Campbell brings charges against
Senator Gamble. Who has been get
ting into bad company. Senator Gam.
BILE or those who in the light Of reform
workers have been associated with him
''Thr tidal wave of reform, which is In
the air." which we heard SO much
about during the spring and summer.
seems to have been only in political
cloak Of pretension aud misrepresenta-
ton. We do not like to believe this,
but why don't Gamble explain .--Hart-
ford Herald.
Let MS demand the very highest
standard of official morals. Let public
servant understand that no practice
will be toleroted in their official life
that would o be permissible in pri-
vate business; that even sharp business
practices canno be permitted 70 tie
representative Of the people. Let every
official understand TO the fullest that a
puQlic office is a public trast of the
very highest nature and that he who is
untrue TO the trust reposed in him is
indeed unit. --Sioux Valley News, Can
ton.
Senator Gamble is accused OF graft
and he does not hasten to refute the
charges. II 10 claimed his son has
already drawn some $500 or more as Z
government employee while was act
ually attending college many miles
from Washington.-Bristo Tribune.