Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-14
CURRENT EVENTS.
Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.

those of bankers. We do not fine
any farmers in the list. In the stall
wart state ticket we do not find any
bankers, but there are several far.
mers.
j. Fl. Carroll, of DeSmet, has un
doubtedly been killed off by the
insurgent machine. His name does
not appear among the candidates for
lieutenant governor. The primary
election law seems a difficult one for
candidates who are not machine
made. 1t is beautiful thing in
theory, but in practice it is disap-
pointing and the day is not far dis.
tant when the people of this state
will demand better system than
that of the primary for nominating
officers. The individual is lost in
the primary. Hnronite.
In spite of lowering clouds and
weeping skies, Senator Kittredge
was greeted with mag
nificent audience at Letcher Tues
day. The large opera house was
filled to its utmost capacity, farmers
driving from long distances to hear
him, there also being delegations
from WoOnsocket and Artesian. His
speech made many friends for him
there. He has the power as a
speaker to convince his audience.
He impresses his audience with his
honesty and sincerity. In that
locality, as elsewhere in the county,
the tide is setting in towards the
stalwarts, and at the June primaries
Sanborn county will give the machine
a severe bump.
The record shows that Crawford
has broken practically every promise
he made. He fooled the people once
with his bogus reform" slogan and
now he is attempting to repeat the
performance under the progressive"
guise. Interesting portions of his
record have been made public and
they contain many serious charges.
He makes no attempt to answer them,
no doubt because he cannot disprove
them yet he goes before the people
and asks them to send him to the
senate to replace man in whom
the entire nation has confidence.
The governor is going too far in
playing the credulity of the people.
1t is comforting, however, to know
that this will not last many more
weeks. The June primaries, when
Crawfordism will receive it's death
blow, are only five weeks distant.
When the Crawford machine was
making bid for Scandinavian votes
it was most voluble in its praise of
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota
and his great work in behalf of the
Roosevelt policies. Some weeks ago
Senator Nelson wrote to a fellow
in this state and the
letter contained the warmest praise
for Senator Kittredge and his splen-
did record. Now the Crawford
machine is attempting to discredit
Senator Nelson because he, man
who is absolutely fearless in the
of his convictions, spoke of
Senator Kittredge as his colleague,
as a great worker and a strong advo-
cate of the administration policies.
What will the Scandinavian voters
Of this state think of this attack by
the machine?
In his announcement of his candi-
dacy for denomination as state SEN
ator from the 36th senatorial district,
Frank M. Byrne makes positive
and manifest statement. He says
that the last legislature passed a
law making the maximum railroad
fare p cents mile"
The legislature did not pass any law
of this kind. 1t killed 2-cent fare
bill and then turned over to the stall
wart railroad commission the ques-
tion of fixing rates. After the legis.
lature adjourned, MIR. Crawford said
that a reduced rate bill could have
been passed. While it was pending
Mr.. Crawford fought it, and was
at midnight to the rail
road magnates assembled at the Owl
restaurant at Pierre. He told those
that everything is coming
OUR way" Under the circum-
stances Senator Byrne certainly has