Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
STALWARTS DOWN AND OUT.
Position of Men Who Opposed
Senator Gamble Leaves Them
Out in the Cold.

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of the old machine remnant and how
the Kittredge followers are getting
deeper and deeper into the gumbo of
despair through obedience to orders
from the dying boss. Ex-Upited
States Marshal Kennedy, considered a
smooth manipulation, worked day and
night at Pierre to keep republicans
out of the caucus whom he thought
were willing to still worship Kit
tredge, but all he could find was tad
pole Parmley. After this failure
| Kennedy told Elliot that he knew
when he was licked. Kennedy's fail
ure made Kittredge more desperate
and he ordered his cohorts to battle
again and the machine dupes obeyed
the orders of a man who has blunder
ed and blundered until the people be-
came disgusted with the rotten outfit
and threw it overheard. The coward
ly and sneaking duplicity of the ma
chine crowd was never more apparent
than when exposed at the final vote
on Senator The Pierre correspond
ent reviews the conditions fairly and
states facts, and we quote his letter
in full:
AS a result of the lineup of the
Stalwarts in the senatorial election,
those who sought to favor Senator
Kittredge and pull some chestnuts
out of the fire of the recent conten-
tion for him, are now becoming con-
scious of the fact that they have not
acted in accordance with the original
program, but have followed off the
wagon track that leads to the back
woods.
1t was the original program of the
stalwarts to elect as many members
to the legislature as possible even by
pledging to all the principles and in
dorsements of the Sioux Falls conven-
tion, then to act in the legislature
with the insurgents in fulfllment of
the program so that two years later
they might go to their constituents
with the claim that they had stood
for ali that reform demanded and con-
|sequently were entitled to reelection
to the legislature. If successful the
second time, they would be able to
come as the personal representatives
of A. B. Kittredge and thus be in
position, because of their record to
do splendid work in his interests.
Less wise heads. than those which
conceived this plan later sought to
overturn the whole order Of things by
bringing senseless charges against
Senator Gamble and as usual. the Bit
terness of the contention carried
them beyond the pale where
they could get back into form in time
to relieve them of the odium which
attaches to boilers. Today they find
themselves defeated and ostracised,
and their whole program for the fu-
ture overturned and no man in their
number wise enough to even propose
a way by which they recoup their
worse than wasted political fortunes.
Even the stalwarts went SO far,
previous to the senatorial election, as
to say that the success of the reform
program after the campaign which
had been waged against Senator Kit
tredge had suffered, not even except
ing the campaign of last spring when
he was routed in the state and lost
control of the party machinery alb
solutely.
The stalwart members went so far
in their work of opposition previous
to the assembling of the legislature,
and were SO violent in their denuncia-
tion of the leader of the reform
movement that they virtually made
It impossible that they should receive
any favor at the hands of the two
bodies, and for this reason, probably,
they were left without chairmanships
Of committees, nor were they assigned
to other important places consequent
ly they are not in position to advance
legislation or help their friends, and
while this is "a hardship to the men
who are found III such a position it
cannot be said that there is anything
pGISOlldl Ill UulS dl dlldIlScluCllU. 4Ilcy
are simply paying for the mistakes
which their leaders have made. Hav-
ing lost the chance of favor with the
dominant faction they have now chos-
en- to pursue policy of opposition
which on strictly party measures,
places them on record as voting with
the democrats in many cases, and it
can easily be seen how this will event
ually lead to still further mbaraSs-
ment if at any time an effort is made
by the stalwartS to get control of the
party machine not now, but, perhaps,
two years later.
While Senator Gam BILE has received
messages of congratulation from many
public men, including the chief execu-
tive Of the nation, over his triumph
ant Endorsement, it is fact that will
appeal with some significance to the
people of the state, that he has receiv-
ed no such message from Senator Kit
tredge, Congressman Burke or Con-
gresham Martin, representing the
balance of the South Dakota delega-
tion at Washington. Such messages
were not expected by those conversant
with the feeling which they harbor
for the man who has so recently been
vindicated by the people of the charg-
es which they inspired, but it will not
be forgotten that the work of the
joint Investigating committee is not
yet complete, and their cases are to
be passed upon before the record is
closed