Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16

dered the producers out of millions OF
money and destroyed legitimate COM
petition and thus ruined thousands
of honest men.
Perhaps Senator A. b. K~ittredge's
friends will claim he is not a corpor-
alton man and that ne stands for a
square deal, but the man or paper
who would make such a claim needs
more brass than is at present visible
in this state, Senator K~ittredge's re-
cord Is an open book. The MilWau-
ee-Northwestern combination made
Herreid governor, and the same iniu-
ence appointed Mr.. X ittredge to the
senate when he was attorney for the
Milwaukee, and most Of US a re-
member Senator Kittredge's record
on the rate bill and sea level canal
program, and 1T Is not hard to find
his record on other matters, and all
his public efforts have been In the
interest of the corporations who
made him a senator, and In the face
Of this record the News wants Kit
tredge returned to the senate In the
interest Of harmony. In other words.
the News wants the people of this
state to send a man to the senate
who has never represented their In
~terests, and as a matter OF necessity
the machine is willing that Gov.
Crawford should serve another term.
The cowardice Of such a truce Is
amazing, and contemplates with
startling boldness the sordid and era
ven condition of a people who are
thus invited tosell their manhood for
the price Of an Office.
Governor Crawford and Senator
Kittredge are citizens OF this state,
one represents Roosevelt's policy OF a
square deal, the other does not, and
neither OF them WI the state or the
conscience OF the people, yet In the
very nature OF things the people want
a true representative in the senate, a
man who will help to curb the corpor-
ations and sustain the President In
his great effort to destroy the robber
policy OF the standard oil and other
trusts.
Governor Crawford fills every re-
quirement demanded by the people
Of this state; Senator Kittredge seems
to fill every requirement demanded
by the special interests, and between
them the republicans must make
choice at the primary, and of the re.
suit no sane nan can doubt for a
moment, although the News would
have us believe that the people are
just as liable to send an enemy to
the senate as a friend.
Nearly every man in the State, re-
publican and democrat alike, are
ready and anxious to back the Presi-
dent In his fight against the Standard
Oil pirates, and the United States
Senate may be called upon to help
the President collect that twenty
nine million fine, yet none Of us are
willing to believe that any senator
who owes allegiance to the Standard
Oil crowd would lift a finger to aid
the President. The Standard Oil
gang own the Milwaukee railroad and
the Milwaukee railroad Is in shape to
compel obedience from any of its at
torneys or debtors, and thus we can
easily determine why the News and
other machine papers want Kittredge
returned to the Senate and Crawford
retained at Pierre.
Party harmony is a beautiful con-
dition when viewed from a corpor-
alton standpoint, but wouldn't it just
kill 81! 6 TO see Kit hugging Crawford,
and Thorson. and Shober, and Cam
BILE, and Elliott, and Branson, and
" Wagner, and Cassill, and Wipf. and
Ustrud, and Cook, and Wesley, and
Ringsrud, and Byrne, and Glass, over
the consumation of such a sweet
scented harmony, but the News will
never she'd tears OF joy over such a
scene.
III the republicans Of South Dakota
want to send a nan to the senate
who has stood with and for the cor
pOrations at home and in the senate
they must do 1T by their votes, be-
aus the progressive square deal
republicans will never consent to any
dishonorable deal that would rob the
people Of true representation or the
President of prompt and manly sup
port when needed.
The News insults every progressive
republican in the State with its
cowardly proposition. The progress
sive republicans stand for principle
and the rights of the people who de-
mand ednal rights and equal oppor-
tunity before the law, and to surren-
der all this and proclaim truth a lie
would be a burning disgrace to every
republican who believes that President
is right.
The LEADER loves peace and har-
mony that will bring good results to
the people and the country. but ithas
use for and will never be . party to
q socalled harmony that would rob the
Of q true representative In
the senate.
II the machine-corporation Stand
ard Oil crowd thought they had a liv-
ing show to, re-elect Kittredge we
would never hear of harmony or
for Governor.