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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
Dance oct. 23-

At w. of w. hail at corner STATE
and Liberty streets.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17

Mud Guards
And Steel Rims fitted to bicycles,
Hanser Bros.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
Dance Tonight

Auditorium rink. McElroy's OF
chestra. Welcome everybody.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
Dance Tonight

Auditorium rink, McElroy's or
chostra. Welcome everybody.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
FCity News

Weather Fosecast--
Fair tonight with light frost. sun
day fair and warmer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
Come Out

Next Friday evening and enjoy
yourself at the w. O w. dance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17

Dance Tonight
Auditorium rink. McElroy-A or
chestra. Welcome everybody.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
Runec Acquitted

Clarence Bunce. who was arrested
on complaint of 4. u. Tioe. charging
him with assault with Intent to KILL
was discharged by Justice of the
Peace Webster yesterday afternoon
w. II. Holmes plead the case for the
defense and Walter ,Winslow appear
ed for the state.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17

Three reasons Tor buying UIeVeIhhu' :
Baking Powder;
Superior Quality (Pure Cream OF
Tartarl.
Neatest Package (serew top eanl
Rest Price 6 lbs. 81; lbs, Si.65)'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17

Mud Guards
And Steel Rims fitted to bicycles
Hamser Bros,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17

GAS IN q ETA.
s..,.,A. 1Ths Kind You Have kwaE Bcugtt
pign~'u~N |F n
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-17
fNEW TO-DAY

For Sale-Several houses in Salem
ana farm 'ands at Ia bargain. Cap
ital National Bank 6-l-eod-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
A SIGNAL VICTORY

Groton lndependent:-On the as
sumption that the true patriot AWAY;
places principle above men, the stal.
warts have won a signal victory d
the first encounter Of the year, TO-
wit: The insIrgent majority of tive
years ago has been reduced almos'
to the vanishing point. Taft, the trui
policies, has been forced upon them
and they dare not turn down ths
war secretary. If they control the
Huron conventional they really wGtl
at the primary. The wanton extral
vangance in appropriating a half mil
lion or more in excess of the reVes
nues for the two years of CrawforS
has received such a scorching thay!
there will be q pairing of extrayal
money in the future. There may BE-
no regret by those who reelected I
CRATER to the senate, but it is quite
certain that South Dakota's pollutiolI
OF the lower house will not oon bs
repeated. The lumber trusts anaI
the Mormons may be able to over
come Kittredge, just as the beef trussy
was able to get in its deadly Wors
on Martin two years ago, but If thesI
things prove anything at all theA
prove that the true friends of thf
masses are the stalwarts, and thsI
indefinite corporation yell can nos
change the facts. Moreover, the mex
legislature will pass a two-cent pas
senger law; also freight reduction
law that will reduce freights-botI,
stalwart Suggestions. In the fina.
round up, when the hypnotic influence
passes, South Dakota will come Y
her own, recover from the disgrace
which has been heaped upon her D.
men whom she has honored, ana
there will need be no whitewashins
OF apologizing on the part of TINS
stalwarts.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02

In 1895 the Northwestern road be-
tween Pierre and Huron, through he
counties of Hand. Hyde and Hughes,
was assessed at $4,000 per mile. Mr..
Crawford moved at the board meeting
OF 1886 that this same piece OF road
be assessed at $4,000 per mile-a re-
duction of $500 per mile.
AS a matter of fact it was only
through the vigorous protests of GER
tain members of the board that Mr..
Crawford did o fully succeed in Sc
curing these reductions. but never
tneless, as the assessment was finally
fixed, it left the Northwestern'a val
uation between Huron and the state
line 5000 per mile less than that of
1895.
In 1895 the Northwestern's assess
ment between Huron and Hawarden
was $4,000 per mile. The board in
1896 reduced it to $4,000 per mile.
The Elkhorn branch of the North.
western road in the Black Hills was
lowered by the same board to the ex-
tert of 5000 per mile.
IteHeHDer tnat these material re.
ductions-this favoritism to the North.
western-were brought about through
the influence OF Mr.. Crawford, pre-
Isumably the servant of the people, not
the tool Of the corporations!
J Need we wonder, then, that within
sixty days after Mr.. Crawford com.
pleted his term as attorney general
Of the state. he vas called to the posi-.
ton OF state counsel for the North.
western system!
Need we manifest surprise. there
fore, that as the attorney for the road
he was influential before the stata
board Of assessment Sf which he was
formerly q member. in keeping down
railroad assessments for the ten years
following his retirement from a state
office!
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
ABOUT STATE TAXES

Groton Independent:-Our insui
gent friends have gone to much eS
nense in having fac simlle plate
made of county auditor reports ts
show that state taxes In 1907 wen
less than in the other legislatiVS
years-1903 and 1906.
They give only part of the facts.
Why leave out the Irvine plant tai,
of 1907 and leave the stalwarts char
ed with the bond and bond interes
tax which was twenty per cent q
the state levy of 1903? If the twins
| plant levy is not cnargeable to til
insurgents, then why have the bonn
interest included against the sta
warts in 1908, to which Brown couf
ty contributed the sum of $4,418.h
that year?
upon falsehood and misrepresentation
must continue to juggIe the facts AM
presume upon the ignorance of TIL
voters.
Governor Crawford's defense on th
ground that former years showed al
equal or greater tax in mills is trul5
mendacious. He knows that the val
nation of the property in the stat
mas more than doubled, and that q
three mill tax in 1907 brought more.
money into the treasury than would.
a SIX mill levy ten years ago.. Graz
ford knows this, but in his speech hA;
doesn't doe ten It al. presuming thus 70
sOrS.
The fact that a four mill tax will be
necessary in 1908 is another proof o.
insurgent ~insincerity in showing the
legislative years only. Despite the
fact that the Irvine plant levy will b
out OF the way, this years tax will b
only on%e-fourth mill less than that O
1907, and still be insufficient to take
care Of the outstanding obligations.
Really, we don't see how anyeHt
can be fooled by their fake argurnen
bit it is the best they can do.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
TIE THEFT OF COUNIIE.

Commenting on the statementhsyg&
Mitchell Republican to the effect n
.the insurgents committees ins +
Stanley and Mcpherson counties RI
| ply robbed the stalwarts of d Nj;
! sibility of securing a place on
delegation by appointing insulpl
| delegations in direct conflict with HI
primary law" the Mitchell CllanE
in utter disregard for the truth, a,s
that these delegations rel "as ffaR ID
! elected by the committees as EsSSa
any stalwart delegations in the state
1t is perhaps useless to argue ME-
a contemporary that is either SO 81
norant of the facts as is our Clad#
friend. or else so ~purposeiy mace
ate, but it is well known by thu
who have personal knowledge OF nc
| situation that there is no warrant 3
Flaw or in moral ethics for the ma
ner in which the delegations frcss
both Stanley and Mcpherson weas
chosen. The provisions of the ma
mary law We're not complied with &
either case, and no one knows taa
better than do the managers vii
manipulated these two counties ri
facticnal advantage.
1t is equally well known that it WI
the original intention of the insurgs
leaders to secure control of the Sta
convention through the provision
the law which enables the cous
committees to select the delegatim
| but following the coarse work whi
characterized the operation in NJ;
Pherson county there was such i
cutlery against the outrages of d
sort that the i~nsurgent manages
were constrained to halt for the tim
being.
But as the time drew near for hoA
ing the state convention it was en-
dent that under the square deal
principle the stalwarts would assurel
ly have a clear majority of the deli
gates, and hence it was hastily deter
mined to steal Stanley county sine
the insurgents had a majority of th
local committee that could be gottel
together, and SO through this boil
theft the insurgents get the benef
of Stanley county's nine votes in TIL
temporary organization of the stat,
convention.
Such contemporaries as our Mitch
ell friend may pirate about fairness
all they please, and they may con
tinue to impugn the motives of thes
with whom they differ, but I'll
fact is patent to all who have an III
derstanding OF the "details of th
case, that the insurgents are NO moi
entitled to the votes of Stanley an
Mcpherson counties, to which may !
added Sully and Aurora, than if SUE
delegations had been elected by Il
city council of Huron or the board
trade of Pierre.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
CRAWFORD and THE RAILROADS

It Is strange, indeed, that, following
Mr.. Crawford's subserviency to the
TChicago & Northwestern railroad for
so many years, the governor has the
nerve to stand before an intelligent
audience Inc pretend to be opposed
to railroad domination.
Mr.. Crawford was attorney general
of the state during 1896. and by vir-
tue OF his office he was also a mem
Der Of the state board of assessment
and equalization.
II was the duty of this board,
among other things. to fix the valua-
ton of railroad property for the pur-
pose OF taxation. This board met in
August, 1896.
A popularity of the record, SO far
as Mr.. Crawford is concerned. is that
1t discloses Mr.. Crawford's resence
only when the question of railroad as
sessment was under consideration.
The gentleman appears to have man
ifested no interest whatever in the
assessing Of other classes of property,
nor in the equalization of the assess.
ment returned by the various coun-
ties.
AT this particular time Mr.. Craw-
ford was one of the nominees for CON
gress (although defeated in the fall
under the wav of Organism which
swept. over the stated Whether the
fact of his congressional candidacy
had any bearing upon Mr.. C-awford's
favoritism to the Northwestern the
record does not disclose.
Now. let us see what Mr.. Crawford,
as a servant of the people and a pros
pective congressman. did for the
peoples benefit at that August meet
Ing Of the board. We speak from the
official record of the proceedings of
the board, pages 46 and AZ.
! In 1895 the Northwestern road from
Huron east to the state line. through
the counties of Beadle. Kingsbury and
Brookings, was assessed at $4, 200. per
mile. In 1896. at the meeting of the
board, Mr.. Crawford moved that this
identical stretch Of road be assessed
sat $500 per mile-a reduction OF $410
per mile.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
ABOUT STATE PRINTING

Another broken pledge must be
charged up to the Crawford admins
tration. MI. Crawford charged In his
campaign that under the stalwart
regime the public printing was done
q . high price by favored ewspa-
pers and that II he became governor.
n end would be put to the placing OF
state printing except by q commits
sion.
The legislature passed such a law,
II il found In chapter 206 or the sesl
sion laws Of 1907. Section IS was
directed against the evil complained
q, y
4 u printing to be done for the
yartousAdepartments OF the state and
o Rppointive officers shall be done
Mnder the.sprovision Of the State
Printing Commission.
Oh April 26, 1907, the commission
adopted aIesolntion allowing ill such,
oflcess " get printing ordered Id
their discretion Id Jobs which,
rs1lm under $25, but declared that ali
0ther contracts IN submitted to
competitive biddings Evidently, some
sanf atalMart publishing houses
been getting some of this work
y ~ undeTbtddins because on March
1908sa resolution wa adopted
resembling tthesresolntioh of April rs,
S5199f md dsclarin9 that all printing
sofs@eatAllolgDes pamphlets circulars,
etati0nsryand other printing, except
the PRINTING 81 oficiM reports, viii
sheEsaaterb ieft 70 YOUR OWN
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
1T is A FELONY

The constitution OF the state OF
South Dakota brands as a felony the
taking of interest on state funds for
private gain. Section IL of article XII
reads as follows:-
The making of profit, directly or
indirectly, out of state, county. city
or school district money. shall be
deemed a felony and shall be punish
ed as provided by law"
1t is maintained by some lawyers
that this provision OF the constitution
is s~elf-executing, but whether it is
or whether 1t is not, the fact remains
that any state treasurer, or other
public officer, who derives profit, di-
rectly or indirectly, from state funds
is guilty of an offense which has
caused many a public official to wear
stripes behind prison bars for a term
of years.
Again n again it has been openly
charged by the state press and by
public speakers that the present
treasurer of South Dakota Is reap
ing personal profit from state funds;
that, under the subterfuge of a salary
for services as vice president" of a
prominent banking institution, he is
violating the section of the constitu-
ton above quoted.
1t has likewise been suggested that
q portion Of the mammoth campaign
fund which the Crawford forces are
expanding may nave been secured
through the same channel, through
the connivance of the insurgent lead
ers with the state
To these repeated charges the state
treasurer a remained absolutely
!. silent; nor nave his friends or news
paper defenders ever denied the
charge, eve by implication.
Although Governor Crawford has
been almost daily before the electors
of the state for months past as a
champion of his own political ambi-
tions, and Notwithstanding his atten-
ton must have been called to these
oft-stated charges, he has never ut
tered a word of denial, nor has he
sought to relieve the state treasurer
of the odiun which attaches to his
name through this public criticism.
How honest men, seeking to uplift
the body polite, can wholly ignore
such serious accusations, and at the
same time support the accused for a
position which will enable him to con-
tinue to wax fat at public expense, is
beyond the comprehension of human
intellect.
It is but a logical deduction that
men who are the beneficiaries of a
species of graft of this sort should
have nothing to say, as though it
were q mater of no onc whatever
to the people.
Perhaps, however, the haste with
which Governor Crawford SO vocifer-
ously rushed to the defense OF Sena-
tor Gamble, when the latter was con-
fronted with the charge of petty
grating, and the subsequent discov-
cry Of the need of a large pot OF
whitewash and a force Of henchmen
to apply It in q conspicuous manner.
may have innoculated the governor
with the germ OF extreme caution,
lest such q confession of guilt as re-
suited in the Gamble investigation
might lead; to much more serious con !
sequences III the case under consid-
Grafton, for It is no light matter to
confess to the commission of an act, !
not to mention q conviction thereof
before q court of competent 3urisdic- !
ton, which the constitution plainly !
. felony.
%N&@EANT@
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
CRAWFORD AGAINST TT IN 1889.

This sounds well. 1t is catchy. But let us see what he thought
OF such a measure in 1889 when he voted for the Northern Pacific.
HOUSE BILL a, INTRODUCED BY AIKENs OF LINCOLN,
PROVIDED FOR THE RECOVERY OF DOUBLE DAMAGES FOR
LOSS BY FRI OCCAsIONED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES IF NOT SETTLED FOR WITHIN SIXTY
DAYS FROM DATE OF DEMAND. AS we have said this same bill
was passed in 1907, &c 2l5, Laws of 1909 1T PASSED THE
HOUSE, WENT TO THE COUNCIL AND WAS THERE MER-
KILLED UPON THE MOTION OF COE T. CRAWFORD.
This would surprise honest people unacquaintef with his conduct
respecting the gross-earnings law. WHY DOES HE SCOLD THE
LEGISLATURES OF 1899, 1901, 1903, AND 1905 FOR DOING
WHAT HE DID IN 1889? THEY WE'RE ENDORSING HIS CON
DUCT. Why does he try to make capital of it? Why does he charge
1T all to Senator kittredge? Is he honest but forgetful, or is he a
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02

Ibe had W a not revoked. The foreign corporation laws PROVIDE th
such an institution doing business in this state must name some persm
upon whom civil process such a. a summos may be efveo SeiSle
upon such a person is legal. The Milwaukee named W.T.. hItfedse
years ago. Under our statutes his appointment necessarily stooo poh
the records until revoked or superseded by some act OF the compah!
Such appointment is for the benefit of the people and not the corpora
ton. 1t is for he purpose of enabling residents OF this state TO sue
foreign corporations in this jurisdiction. No benefit results TIC tn cor
iporation. 1t would prefer being sued at its own home. Under such
circumstances it is the wise policy of the law that when once appointed
one must remaia the appomtee for the benefit of the public unit. the
corporation shall have named his successor. Senator klttredge notlRed
the Milwaukee Company that after October 1, 1906. he would transact
no more business of any nature for it. The matter OF the revocation OF
his appointment as resident agent by the naming OF a new agent was
overlooked by the Company for which the Senator could in no wise be
blamed. Surprising the change had never been made? 1t
would not make him even remotely connected with the legal business
of the road. He was no more its representative on that account than are
notices are required to be posted. Governor Crawford knows this and
he is guilty of chicanery when he attempts to make capital out of it.
Returning again to the system OF the Milwaukee; the Northwestern
has a general attorney for the entire state; the Milwaukee has not.
Before the antlpass law went into effect. the Milwaukee had, at almost
every county seat of the counties where its line ran. a legal representa-
services required. In Lincoln county Judge Clifford was an old time
representative; in Union, Mr.. E. c. Erickson-an honored insurgent;
at Wermilion, Col Joley; at Yankton-hod your breath !-Gamble,
Trpp and Holman, the senior member being that gifted statesman
chosen by Mr.. Crawford in 1907 as the one to work with him for five
years at Washington, ii he can succeed in working his way through the
June primaries; at TyndaH, the governors greatest hone jim Elliott
and so on.
Ii 1t s a crime to be a railroad attorney how long does It take to ex-
pate the crime after quitting the job? Crawfords conversion was like
that OF the pen1tent thief. But with Kittredge it is different. Ac-
cordng to the Crawfordites he is incurable. The days of the Pharsees
ave returned. The governor says that Kittredge made no speech IN
the rate-bh, consequently he is a tool of the railways. The senator
who does work for his state and for the people, is the n who does not
bill. 1t is a pretty good fellow who votes right. The governor has not
always voted right as we have proven to YOU.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02

The Emery Enterprise asks this
pertinent question: Does not the
state treasurer know that the interest
on state funds belongs to the peo-
ple2" Substantially the same query
has been propoanded many a time
during the present campaign, but as
yet no one belonging to the Crawford
regime has undertaken to answer it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
WHOM WOULD YOU TRUST

We ask you to decide whether it is safer to trust a man who has never
the credit for everything the last legislature did that was good. Whvg
supposlng a good man were governor and the majority in either
mouse We're bad, where would he be? The good things that come from a
legislative body come from the body itself and not from a detachment
That hunts up old bills and gets them introduced so IS to make a record
upon what he has killed.
The starving man may steal and reform; the man who slavs his fell
o mar IN the heat OF passion may become a good citizen; the drunk
arc may De redeemed but the man you trust with an important mission
n II betrays you to your enemy is past redemption this side the
Peafiy gates: he should never be tempted by being again entrusted
IL is better o HIM, better for you, that he be denied an opportunity
daughters learn that it is to those whose past life is consistent with good
moral ana good citizenship that the rewards of confidence and trust
II due; that when one once barriers away his claim to trustworthiness
he must forever pear the cross it entails; that it is unsafe to rehabili-
tate e, with the implements of power, any, who, in times which tried men s
SOULS proved themselves lacking in patriotism, virtue and wisdom. These
lessons that r drawn from the brief history of our Young common
Weaitn should 1mpel us to act wisely and not be moved by nomentary
passions " immediate interests either of our own " Of others To the
cItNen u what moment is it that Crawford desires to dHplace another
througn al impulse OF rage because he was not consulted as to who
should e postmaster, or marshal or what not? What moment is it to the
clnzen wants to know is what sort of a man this is who is CRYING ssstop
hel Wnen N mas upon his record many times MANY telLtale sears
M Remember mni that sahmtz the mayor of San Francisco, was a reformer.
Luz, le people we're not to blame for trusting him once. Would they be
thans daa Il they Vt, trusted him again? schmHz had no record to start with;
ony simply rehed upon his word-his promises. Crawford had no re-
cord at Harold. The people then took him at his word. sclmrtz
.Iooledt e people. What did Crawford do? Don't be misled. caioled
Or hoodwinked. Answer from his record
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-02
WHY DID CRAWFORD OPPOSE IT

Why did Crawford fight this bill both in 1889 and 1890? He was
an active champion then of the very forces he now condemns: he was
then STRIVING to sustain the infant that has grown to such enormous
proportions that its destruction is made the rallying cry of the friends
OF Roosevelt, Of Taft, OF Bryan and of all the great reformers. Among
those clean men TODAY comes forth the tattooed man whom the trusts
relied upon at Bismarck and at Pierre and asks for higher civic honors.
IS ne entitedsto theme Should he be trustedg In deciding this, we
again ask you to resort to that best oracle of MISUNDERSTANDING. If
your farm hand of thirty put poison into the well from which your
1--we stock drank, would you hire him again when he was fifty years
OF ageY Would you ever re-employ him? Could he convince you that
he was Your friend? Would you not consider his application an in
suit to your intelligence? Would you not think that he was sizing
you up as a simpletong
To-Day 4 Crawford amn d will, before the people, praise the Standard Oil
hne OF $29.OUOO0O while at Pierre and at Bismarck he was keeping lust
such trusts and combines from being fined 100000. HERE is FOOD
FOR THOUGHT AND REMEMBER SENATOR KITTREDGE yOT-
ED WITH THE PEOPLE.