Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-03-19
April and June

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By a majority SO small as to MAKE
them gasp, the insurgents, by TIT
liberal use of money, end by putting
a horde of speakers into the field
have secured nominal control of the
April convention which is to senG
eight delegates to the national con
vedtion at Chicago. Governor Craw
ford went on record at Watertown al
declaring that the control of this
convention had no bearing ON the
fight in June. He gave up thi;
/ Interview when he thought the insur
gents were going to lose, but with hi:
accustomed cheapness, he will nc
dbubt claim now that the result oi
/ the primaries was fine endorsement
IF the whitewashing of Gamble, Of
lhe waste of public money, of the
betrayal of the people on the North
ern Pacific deal, of the Walworth
county land matter, of the Dad
appointments he has made, of the
charging of hotel bills to the state,
and of the prodigal use of other peo-
Piles money in order to make a
showing" as Dick Richards puts it.
The fact is, however, that the stall
warts showed strength in the state
which has astonished Mr.. Crawford
and his hackers. The result of the
primaries in March shows that the
popular vote of the state is back of
the stalwarts and that the stalwarts
will win the fight in June. Let there
be no doubt about this; Coe l. Craw-
ford is hopelessly defeated tor the
senate, and if he gets into that body
he will have to do so as the candi-
date of the democratic party.
Not a county which went stalwart
two years ago is lost to the stall
warts. Many counties which went
insurgent two years ago have been
redeemed to the stalwarts. If the
stalwarts had spent one fourth of
the money which Mr.. Richards put
into the fight, they would today be
in easy control of the convention.
Over the state it was shown by the
primaries on Tuesday that the pop
ular vote is with Senator Kittredge
and the stalwart cause, and this
mea ms victory in June because in
June delegates can not be secured
with money, but a referendum of
he republican voters of the whole
tate is to be taken.
From the Tuesday primaries
another lesson is to be learned. 1t is
his; that Senasor Kittredge can not
III Ike his fight alone. So far as he
s concerned he has his fight won
before the people of the state. Mr..
Crawford is defeated today. But if
he whole ticket is to be brought |
hrough,if the corresponding cam
,aign of the "reformers" is to be
net, if the voters of the state are to
,e posted on truth, it will be neces-
AIRY for the stalwarts of the state to |
ret into the fight, and see to it that
organization, is perfected, and that
he vote of the state is cast.
There can not be the slightest |
loubt about what the sentiment of |
he state is. Not county which was
arried by the stalwarts two years
go has been lost to them, except |
dcPherson,i in which the people were
lenied the right to say. County |
fter county which went insurgent
wo years ago has either gone stall
vart this time or has been so close
IS to be moral victory for the stall
warts. The returns show that the
popular vote was with the ,stalwarts
q this fight, and it is the popular
ote which counts. Let every stall |
gart in the state get into the fight
rom now until June, end there can
lot be the slightest doubt about the
esult. Senator Kittredge will be
eturned to the senate beyond
oubt and the remainder of the stall
Gart ticket will be nominated il the
talwarts get into the game.