The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01

against resurrecting the past as ap-
piled to Crawford!
Need we wonder that they want
no invidious comparison, even of
the present!
THAT "sEcRET COMPACT"
A friend who recently heard one of
Mr.. Crawford's speeches, writes as
follows:
MI. Crawford Is again talking
about the secret compact but he
has not produced the proof which he
says his friend, Gamble, has found at
Washington. He was challenged by
r. s. Person more than two months
ago to produce the evidence which
the tn pee People is i to e aase his o unsu ng ssea
statement notwithstanding Mr.. Per-
sons denial and challenge. 1t must
be apparent to all hat Mr.. Crawford
does not intend to tell the truth about
this matter"
Perhaps the particular proof"
which Mr.. GamDle has run across is
in the form of q letter from Mr..
Crawford, extracts from which were
printed in the Watertown Daily Pub
lie Opinion not SO very long ago..
In 1896, after serving in congress
~ "a NA0JO1 oAA "A.
Picker declined another nomination
in order to stand for the senate.
Crawford vas nominated to succeed
Picker, but both Picker and Craw-
ford were defeated. Picker then
sought, the Office, of commissioners Of
pensions, but, failing in this, he want
indian affairs. In this he was like.
he asked that his former private sec.
rotary, L III Bailey, be appointed to
Q land ONCE position at Huron, and
the question was referred to Mr..
Crawford, who protested in the fol-
lowing language:
"Major Picker has received numer-
and long continued honors from
the republican party. Before the ad-
mission Of South Dakota into the
s aRion' !. - spseial ag g Soo 81 t daaa lintar E1;
statehood in 1889, continuously to the
4ths OF March, 1897, he was n of the
congressman from this state. MI.
Bailey vas o four years the pccu
pant Of one Of the land offices at
Pierre. and he had q good clerkship
at Washington during the last con
gross and up to recently"
But Mr.. Crawford didn't stop with
this much OF q protest. He went .
step further, in which he disclosed.
disposition OF the federal patronage.
Here IL another paragraph from the
same letter:
Mr.. Kittredge, national committee
man; Mr.. Gamble. who was q candi-
date along with me last year for con-
Mr.. Elliott, chairman OF the
state central committee; Mr.. Rings
rud. republican candidate for govern
or last year. and myself, all Jointly
endorsed two gentlemen for the po-
Unite states tsess'i land aIu once aSse's at R a one
The gentlemen endorsed for these
places are G. "A. Blake. editor of the.
washington Times, at WeHsington,
and John Westdahl of Huron. They
were agreed upon by the above named
parties asa personal favor to me and
for the purpose Of harmonizing, as
far as possible, two factions in Beadle
county"
But Mr.. Crawford continued q little
further, showing other reasons for
carrying out the understanding:
made In the arrangement agreed up
on as to these land Offices. for the pur-
pose Of making a place for Mr.. Bailey.
: 80 As l reside in this county and
expect to remain here permanently,
and have been identified with the ar.
.rangement Of the land ONCE here, /
do not think II will be fair to me at
The two gentlemen named in Mr..
|CrAwf0rd's leller as having been
agreed upon were appointed. proving
that the compact between the persons
named (kittredge, Gamble. Elliott,
Ringsrud and himself) was carried
out In every particular.
Commenting on Mr.. Crawford's du-
hold Kittredge wholly responsible for
the disposition Of federal patronage,
when as q matter of fact, MI. CraW.
ford was q member Of the Quintette
which dispensed It, the Watertown
paper. In reproducing Mr.. Crawford's
letter. concluded its remarks 90 fol-
lows:
$50. Il appears from these signed
statements set forth by Mr.. Crawford.
that the things which he has recently
pyt through In . At lis u special f1ie rsae
sion. although Major Picker has a.
ways held Mr.. Kittredge responsible
Tor the defeat Of Mr.. Bailey, ana in
this contention he has been outWardly
supported by the present governor.
who has presumably been laboring
unQer the delu1lon that his written
protest asainst Dailey's promotion to
to Major Picker and his friends. It
10 simply. Q use Of duplicity on the
part OF Nj. Crawford, and will no
doubt be Q revelation TO Major Pick
ler."
a local insurgent organ tries TO Gre
ate prejudice against Mr.. Kittredge
because . lawyer, who happens to be
opposing Crawford. appeared in court
IN behalf Of q certain client. once upon
10 time. It 20 happens that one Of
the 1%nsurgent state officers also repre-
sented the same client at the same
lime, and the aforesaid officer is, of
course. supporting MI. Crawford.
Strange what Inconsistencies. some
people can manifest!