The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-08
ON TRIAL
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

will grow stronger in the state from
day TO day, III that he will win, -
he should. In the contest Of the Stb
a June.
cra~sord's Broken premises
Coz /. Crawford Is . different man.
He began his political career BY
constituents. He promised to vote
for the repeal OF the infamous gross
earnings tax law. and he violated the
promise and voted Tor IT, The rail.
roads -got" him. He voted against
m antitrust resolution. He voted
against the double damage liability
law. for which Mr.. Kitredge voted.
pOrations. Mr.. Crawford was for four
years the friend of the railroads BE-
fore the board of assessment He
made the motions for the reduction
OF railroad assessments. He became
the lobbyist for a railroads, He
distributed its passes and lobbied fos
its bills Then he became the paid
attorney OF the Northwestern. and
he held that position until in 1894.
he became q canuidate for governor
on the reform ticket. Ever since then
Mr.. Crawford has been = pledge
breaker and . betrayer Of the people.
He promised lower passenger rates
and helped to kill the bill introduced
TO that end. He mel railroad men II
midnight a the Owl restaurant q
Pierre and hold them that every.
thing was coming o U way" He
helped to kill the bill whoch would
have put = stop TO the interest graft.
He promised equality Of taxation, and
gave the railroads much the best Of
Il. He promised 10 build the capitol
out Of South Dakota stone. and IL Is
Anf~n h,tlt ont af slndfrlrA efnnn III
promised good appointments. and he
named men like Basford, and
Wheaton. He has broken faith withthe
people in every public relation. n
has played the whole matter for his
n personal advancement and
agrandfxement. He was twice con.
sidered by q federal grand jury Tor
ment. He made large talk about purs
ity In politics. and helped to elect
Robert J.. Gamble, the self-confessed
CRATER. to the senate, and has caused
the chief whitewasner to be made q
candidate for congress. lie has
smifked about decent rOlis,cs and
invited Attorney Egan to speak
With him at Huron. and Lad
Mr.. Egan on the platform AZ the state
convention, where the c%onceited Mr..
Egan stroked his long hair ard was
cheaDly liOnixed by those who q
know him. He has talked about the
purity OF the home, and the first man
to be congratulated on Mr.. Crawford's
so-called success In March was Sen
ator Reed Smoot, q Of the twelve
apostles Of the lecherous Morrlcn
church, which is an attack on the
worthiness Of womanhood. and the
~sacredness of the American home.
Mr.. Crawford will lose IL the per-
sonal question is raised. He has gone
back on his old friends, and has a new
set OF friends each year. he makes
promises and breaks them. lie Is .
glib talker and that Is all. He wants
to win and he doesn't care about the
methods used. He Is the kind Of man
who will make q deal with anybody,
II he can gain votes by II. lie Is
neither true to 4 friend nor fair TO a
foa," said one who had known him
for over twenty years Elected 10 the
senate he would be ~conceited. un.
faithful and cheap. The state would
lose in character, in dignity and IN 81.
f~ectiveness. The South Dakota eli:
izen who wanted to Q Craw-
lord would have to send in an
OF his lordship. 1t would be quite ,
different situation from what now ex-
lists when any citizen Of the state, no
matter how humble, can run in and
see Kit" and without introduction
can tell him what he thinks ought To
be done. Such citizen will not find in
Kittredge q swell pompous chap. In
stead he will find q worker with his
coat on, without any airs. with
q modesty which he will not over.
come, with q clear eye, a high pur-
pose. an h%onoraDie view Of public life.
with an astonishing amount OF de-
tailed information about public mat
tiers. always hard at work. always
clean and lair and right. never com-
PEELED to "explain'-a big-brainad,
hard-wornlng. modest, right-ininGed
man, who has oeen an honor to the
state and Of whom his friends are
proud.
Voters 10 chocee
There are the two men who seek
your votes. Turn down Mr.. kittrcage
and you defeat the best man you have
aver had In public life. Elect Mr..
Crawford and you put . premium on
the yellow, the cheap n the unfaith-
full. The Argus-Leader has known
both men intimatei- for more fhan
twenty years. IL knows whereof 1t
speaks. II the voters oil the state
knew both men personally AZ this
newspaper knows them, the result of
the primaries would be such an ovpr.
whelming endorsement for the square
deal, for real mannood, for actual
worthiness, for high-minded devotion
to- public affairs as would hereafter
discourage the candidacy of men hike
Crawford. who talk thing and do
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.