Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

are fools and despise square dea
methods.
He must assume that our people
want corporation agent in the sen,
ate instead of a man who represents
them.
lie must assume that the people
are ignorant of the power that placed
him in the senate and of his efforts tC
pay the debt.
He must assume that the people OF
this state are not progressive and
care nothing for their rights as citi
zens and taxpayers, and in this as
sumption he may feel justi fed by
reading the machine papers who are
ready to wear the corporation yoke
and sell their constituents like sheep.
Take the men who are supporting
Kittredge and you will find some of
them are disappointed Office seekers
who were feeders at the corporation
crib, whose overturning by the re-
form forces made them bitter and in
revenge they are willing to betray
the people. All states are cursed
with such ingrates, and South Dakota
is no exception.
Every man who is supporting Kilt
redge knows his record and they
know that he is not now and never
has been a representative Of the peo-
pie or the best interests of the state
They know his record as corpora.
tion boss and political dictator who
made the machine followers submit
to his commands.
Kittredge used to sit in his office at
Sioux Falls and issue orders to his
henchmen, now he is compelled to &c
out and seek endorsement from a peo.
pie he has treated with contempt,
and for this he denounces the pri-
mary.
The primary is the voice of the
people and the boss is afraid of the
primary,
Free passes and corporation orders
have heretofore made it possible fol
the big boss to boss the little bosses
and compel their obedience to orders,
but the primary and anti-pass laws
destroyed this Infamous condition,
and the spirit of reform will sweep
the last vestige of the degrading and
humiliating disgrace from the state.
The people of South Dakota know
Boss Kittredge and his record and
what he represents, and they would
be nworthy of the trust imposed up
on them by statehood did they return
such man to the senate. His oppo-
Sition to President Roosevelt's desire
to prosecute the timber >thieves of
Oregon is enough to drive him from
the senate when honest people have
the power to do so. To continue
such a man in office would be a men
ace to honest government, and the
writer, who has an intimate know
ledge of the honest, law abiding man
hood Of the state, cannot believe they
want such a man to misrepresent
them any longer.
He has opposed the reform move
ment at home from the day he was
repudiated at Sioux Falls in 1906, and
he is now secretly at work to restore
himself and the corporations to power
that the people may be plundered
some more.
Does he think the great reform
wave that is sweeping all the states is
only foolish whim of the people?
Does he think reform is only an lac-
cident and will pass away?
Does he think our people are less
intelligent and patriotic than the peo
pie of Wisconsin who wiped out boss
and corporation rule under the lead
ership Of Gov. LaFollette?
Governor Crawford began the re-
form battle in 1904 in order to place
the state government in the hands OF
the people. He was defeated through
treachery and corporation bribery.
He continued the battle and the
people recognizing the justice of his
cause, rallied to his support and
helped him drive from power men
who were using the state as a private
graft. The people had been demand
ing reform in state affairs for years;
they had been demanding that cor
poration property be taxed like Other
property but the corporations owned
the bosses and nothing was done tc
bring relief until Gov Crawford and
reform legislature was elected, and
case in point will explain what has
been done in this direction.
Here in Canton the Milwaukee paid
taxes to the amount of 1918. 46 in 1906:
in l907-under the Crawford system O.
fair taxation the Milwaukee will pay
So, 1926, and the good people of Can.
ton have been making up this under
valuation out of their own pockets
because Boss Kittredge and his little
bosses were serving the railroads
Governor Crawford has we'll and
faithfully served the people in state
affairs and he will champion theil
cause in the United States senate.