Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-04
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editor of Canton, recently spent a
day in Sioux Falls and while there
expressed himself upon the changed
sentiment as follows: "What has
caused the changer" Mr.. Olson
was asked. In reply he said that
there were a number of cohtribut-
ing causes. One was the election
OF Senator Gamble in spite of the
graft charges proven against him.
Another is the unsatisfactory answer
which Governor Crawford has made
in reply to the charge of land fraud
against him. Another he said was
the hurt to state pride which comes
from the use of cheap outside
material for the new capitol
Another is the feeling that the So
called 'reformers' are not reformers
at all, but merely an assembly Of
Office grabbers. Another is the
highhanded and conceited conduct
Of the governor in turning down so
many Of his old friends who spent
their trme and money in his behalf
but who now have TO secure an
engraved card to get into the royal
presence. There are SAID to be
hundreds of men who worked hard
for Crawford year ago, and whom
the governor does not now recognize
as he passes them by on the street.
Senator Kittredge' said Mr.. Olson
will carry Lincoln county when the
next fight is pulled off, and the
whole stalwart ticket will win there,
Mr.. Olson also spoke of the becom-
ing modesty of South Dakota's big
senator who has not been spoiled by
the honors heaped upon him, and
who is the same modest and unas-
Stunning man that he was twenty
years ago, 1t is different with
Crawford said the speaker and
people are not slow to notice it,"
A fellow by the name of Cook,
whom that illustrious reformer
Charley Mccoy, made chief engineer
OF the insurgent machine, is out.
ragged! He and Crawford and Gam
BILE and Shober were actually CON-
PEELED to mingle with hoi polli in
the public dining room at the Gaia.
ract hotel at the time of Secretary
Taft's Sunday morning visit at Sioux
Falls. Think of it, fellow citizens!
A chairman, governor, and SEN
ator were compelled to eat breakfast
in the dining room-or 60 hungry.
If that isn't an issue for the next
election, we miss our guess. We,
the people, don't propose to have
our political beauties thus humil-
lated. To be convicted of graft and
land grabbing and broken pledges is
not exactly pleasant, to be sure, but
such things can be endured; but to
have to suffer the indignity of eat
ing in a public dining room is
intolerable. That is worse than to
be spit in the face and have ones
nose wrung. A sure enough issue
has been found, and we now under
stand why Crawford is pitted against
Kittredge for senator and why Gam
BILE and Cook are so cocksure that
the governor is three to one shot
10 the toga race. Talk about pea
nut politics! Gamble, Crawford
and Cook don't believe in that kind.
They want to grid their loins for a
battle royal, for contest in which
great issues are involved; some
thing that will make the wei kin
ring and the blood course swiftly.
Governor took his coffee in soup
house! Senator took his soup in a
coffee house! Great men eating in
public dining room! These are
battle cries that will stir tae wrath
of aristocracy from lie Beau to
Violin and from veblen to Buffalo
Gap. Kittredge must be punished!
Crawford shall be vindicated!
Gamble and Cook and Elliott are
going to see that the job is done.
Hurrah for reform! We are it!