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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
SENATOR NELSON'S ENponSia

Washington, D. q, April 3. 190S6ss
Hon. John Robertson, President ScSwssz
dinovtan Republican League. nav5
son County, Mitchell, SD. E
Dear Sir:--YOur favor OF Mare
18th. asking my views as to the stanasE
Ing, services, and qualifications I'll
senate kittredge as q senator ana sSs
to whether he has worked ia harTncrS
with the president, is at hand.
In reply l desire to say that 10 MI
as know he has supported ali tSas
prominent measures recommended nv
the administration. He was particS.
larly active in helping to secure naa.
sage OF the railway rate bill, and ons
ma SUBJECT was entirely In harmony
know he has the full conhdence &;
both the president and Secretary Tafts
| may say that on all great pubIirs
questions he has always been on fhs.
side of what / term reform and IN
n side Of the people. He sits OUTS
near me in the senate chamber and
usually confers With me about public
~slderation, and | hardly know Of an in.
stance where he has not assumed thaa
same attitude and taken the Sans
course on public matters that | have
In fact, | have always felt that /
could rely upon him for help to secure
eAS passage OIL any that III
deemed for the best welfare 81 the
people. Senator Kittredge is n Of
a most energetic and industrious
members Of the senate. I have serv.
ed with him for several years on the
judiciary committee, which deals With
Important legal and constitutional
questions, and l have always found
hn judgment clear and sound ana
have found him ever ready to take :
broad and liberal view of all question:
that appesrtain to the rights Of the
people. His standing in the sensfe
is excellent; in fact, none of the
younger senators are held in better
repute or have more friends In this
body. While Senator Kittredge does
not pretend to be a great orator. vet
IN All the hard work that goes to for.
get In shape fer final action. he is
any member of this body. | thinI
your young state is very fortunate
indeed, in having such an able repre.
sentative in the senate as Senstor
hl1tredge. Yours truly.
-Knute Nelson
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
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CAN'T SWITCH THE ISSUE.

George G.. Johnson, sta1wart candi-
date for state treasurer, has not at
tempted to dispute that be made a
deal with an Aberdeen banker where
by the banker agreed to finance John.
sons campaign If Johnson would de
post the state funds with the banker"
-Crawford's Sioux Falls subsidized
organ.
But the Crawford managers can't
switch the issue! Tt is everlastingly
too late!
While the statement concerning the
alleged deal between Johnson and an
Aberdeen banker" is based wholly
upon fabrication, deliberate and ma
licious, not being a word of truth in
it, what Of it eve il it were true?
ted to the policy Of turning over to the
state every cent received IL the way
OF interest on state funds. while Cas-
sillas intimate friends admit, openly
admit, that Cassill has been grating
this interest during his whole term
thus far.
the funds may be deposited, stands
pledged to give the people the benefit
OF all income from public moneys in
his possession, while Cassill still clings
to this income.
Johnson's candidacy is based upon
the square deal W~ithsregard to inter-
est on state funds. while Cassiils cam
didacy is based upon the cry that the
state treasurer is justified in grating
this interest SO long as he z keep
out OF the ~penitentiary in so doing.
Johnson stands unreservedly oppos-
ed to any attempt at evasion of law
or constitutional requirements through
omciA1 or other connection with banks
Whereby q salary may be drawn from
the bank in lieu of interest on state
moneys, while Cassill is known to be-
enjoying a big salary from a banking
Institution which carries large sums
OF state moneys.
for the insurgents to switch the is
sue. They have made their bed with
g~rafteTs, have been shielding grafters.
have been and are supporting grafters
for nomination. and they must go.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
SENATOR TELLER,s ENDORSE.
MENT.

onite 9 States nsa .s Senate. Washington.
MI. =. j. Cory, Sioux Falls. S. d.
Dear Sir:-I have felt considerable
concern over the report in the news.
papers that Senator Kittredge Is
meeting with serious opposition to
his reelection.
hope these reports are without
foundation, and that if there is a
basis for them. the senator will be
able to overcome all obstacles and
that he will be ~triumphantly return.
ed.
My interest in the subject is based
upon direct observation of Mr.. Kit
tredge's career as a senator and up
on my desire that the western states
should keep their strong men in
Washington. A western man myself,
take especial pride in seeing the
states of the west properly repre-
have common interests in the promo
ton of which they often meet with
much antagOniSm. l. have always
found Senator Kittredge not only
loyal to every western interest, but,
on account of his Intelligent compre
capable OF promoting those interests
to q degree quite beyond a less loyal
or less influential man.
That he has done faithful and eff
cient work for his state, and, in a
broader sense, for the nation, l also
know to be true.
III a word, / have found in Senator
Kittredge a faithful n directive
representative of all interests which
it has been his duty to conserve.
whether state. sectional Or national.
Very few men have attained to a
position of such influence in the high
councils of the senate in SO short a
time. and / can hardly believe that
SO young a state as South Dakota,
which must necessarily ask much
from congress, would voluntarily put
him aside for a less experienced man
who might not as few do, possess
the qualities which would give him
influence and who, at any rate, must
require some time to attain to the
point OF vantage already occupied by
Mr.. Kittredge.
| have always found him loyal to
his convictions, firm in the advocacy
of what he believed to be right, new.
er easily sweryed by passing agita'
tion and ever intelligent and patriot.
lie in his treatment Of public CUES.
tons, and such I believe to be the
best type of public man.
II South Dakota must keep a re-
publican senator here l do not be.
lieve she can do better than return
Mr.. Kittredge and hope that will
be done. Very Truly Yours,
H M Teller.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
TWO WHO DIDN'T ESCAPE.

Deadwood ~Pioneer-Times re-
lates the details of a case which the
leaeTal government had against Mr..
Belle Fourche, in the Black Hills re-
gion.
MI. Giles was accused of doing pre-
c1sely what Mr. Crawford did in Wal
worth county, except that his ofense
was not as great as that charged
agalnst MI. Crawford. He merely
and used it for his private
II was not ever intimated that he ever
sought to become the owner, in fee
simple, or otherwise, of lands adjacent
70 his stock range through the use
OF personal friends-he merely EN-.
closed a part OF the government lands
within a fence and turned his stock
loose to Craze thereon. 4
q government inspector came along
and reported Mr.. Giles act. Notwith-
Standing, according to reports, Mr..
Giles promised to remove the fence
promptly, he was prosecuted and
was recently convicted in federal
court.
In passing sentence, the court took
INTO consideration the advanced age
OF the man. stating that owing to
MS III health and age the defendant
would not be imprisoned, but that
ne must pay a heavy fine.
W.. lSuCGu d UdTL o IL the
public domain in WalWorth county.
The enclosure was about three and a
half miles long by one mile wide, and
included the lands filed on by Mr..
CraWford's boy friends-Blount, Val
entlne, thompson and Lampe. 1t also
included the Crawford ranch and the
state lands held under lease. It like
wise included portions Of the public
domain, just as Mr.. Giles fence en-
closed a part OF such lands. Mr.. Craw-
ford closed III section lines, Just as
Mr.. Giles closed them up.
But Crawford went scot free
through. as the special agent said and
as the attorney general of the United
states stated in an official report, the
peculiar political complication exist
ing in this state.
Mr.. Giles doesn't appear to have
had a federal attorney Interested IN
himself in the defendants behalf.
fherffap5 thai may have made some
idlnerencei
Deen exploited in the press dispatches.
IT is that OF Rev. Mr.. Ware, convicted
OF conspiring with certain young men
for the purpose of defrauding the gov
eminent. Ware, a resident of South
Dakota, 1t appears, owned q ranch in
Nebraska, just as Crawford owned
me In Walworth county. Ware had
in his employ. according to the evi.
dence, certain young men who actually
lived on the ranch. Mr.. Ware looked
longingly on certain adjacent lands.
Hefinally suggested tothese young
men that 1t they would Ale on these
tracts, as t b retain them for his
and maintain such improvements as
would be- essential to hold the lands,
Crawford, our readers will reraeTn-
her. didn't have the same advantage
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
cRAwFoRD's BLUFF CALLED.

Did any one eve hear Senator Kit
redge advocate any of the reforms
enacted into law last winter?"-Coe
]. Crawford.
Why, bless your pulchritudinous
soul, he beat you to it" by seventeen
years on the double damage liability
law! He also beat you to it" on each
OF these subjects:
Employers liability legislation.
Railroad rate regulation.
Pure food laws.
Anti-pass legislation.
Limitation of hours of service of
railway employees.
Investigation of the lumber trust
Prohibiting interest on state funds
for private gain.
TWo-cent passenger fare.
Reduction of freight rates.
Revision of tariff.
Removing the duty on lumber.
Protection of bank depositors.
Taft for president.
Despite Mr.. Crawfordss bombastic
assertions to the contrary, the records
show that in each of the foregoing
Senator Kittredge has been ID adj
vance OF Crawford. Senator Kilt
redeges course with respect to each
Of these, in SO far as affected by ma
tiOnal legislation, is to be found in
the Congressional Record. Each was
uAnAy ppolL Y ny Liz SGudLOT.
The senator's ACTIVITY in behalf or
such legislation and his vote to enact
1t show that he stood thoroughly COM
mitted to remedial legislation OF the
character named before Mr.. Crawford
SO v~ociferously espoused the cause OF
reform.
II Mr.. Crawford had not been blind
ed by pride. envy and ambition, he
never would have asked the question
quoted above. o. invited q comparison
OF his record with that of Senator
Kittredge. The truth rs that Craw-
ford lis Offering apologies and prom
ises In lieu Of his record and trying
to steal Kittredge's thunder and make
the race for senatorship on Kittredge's
record rather than his own.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

If the Northwestern had been assessed in Elkton at the same rate
per mile as the Rock Island it would have to pay $3s416 more tax
in Elkton that it does.
IF the Northwestern in Brookings City had been assessed at the
sam rate per mile as the Rock Island at Ekton, its total tax il the
City of Bookings would be $3,1355o greater than it is.
If the Northwestern at Bruce had been assessed at the same rate
per mile as the Rock Island at Bushnell, its total tax in Bruce would
be $644so greater than it is. This would all help some.
If the Northwestern at Aberdeen had been assessed at the same
rate per mile a the Great Northern it would pay $2O1324 more tax
in the City of Aberdeen than it does.
If the Northwestern at Sioux Falls had been assessed at the same
rate per mile as the Rock Island its total tax in the CITY # sionx
Falls would be $237359 greater than it is.
1t the Northwestern at Valley Springs had been assessed at the
same rate per mile IS va the Great Northern at Garretson, it's total
tax in Valley Springs would be $395O5 more.
If the Northwestern at WATERFOWL had been assessed at the same
rate per mile rs either the Rock Island OF the Minneapolis g. st. Ious
the tai OF the Northwestern would be $1,6351s more at Watertown than
II IS. Take 1T all through the state, the Northwestern will save IA
thousands of dollars by this favoitsn. The Milwaukee fares much
better than any other road except the Northwestern.
u look az though there was in force a "secret compact'' between
zoe l. crawford, fr many years attorney for the Northwestern Che
may be YETI, the political representative of the Northwestern. and
=. D.. Elliott, attorney for the Milwaukee. Other members of the state
board of assessment, who are all bankers, were paci6ed with q 20 nr
cent reduction o the assessment Of bank stock.-Brookings Press rt
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

1t looks as though Kingsbury, adj
Joining Bead1e on the east, would
certainly swing into line for Senator
Kittredge. The senator had three big
meetings In Kingsbury this week, and
Il is reported that ne ~assnredly made
Preston meeting is reported to have
been somewhat frosty for the manifest
poser. The fact is that Crawford's
failure to explain his legislative re-
cord, to explain his record as attorney
general, to explain his la~nd-graftfng
deal, to explain his favoritism to the
based upon inability TO make. q salts
factory defenSeEhas the Ground
out from under the Huron man. His
strength IS waning, while Kittredge's
Is fast gaining.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

When Governor Herried went into
Office, the state owed a bonded debt
Of $61a,000. When Elrod retired from
office all of this debt had been paid
on, under allow rate of taxation. The
was a mortgage on the state and
the mortgage was paid. Since Mr..
Crawford became governor the state
debt has been increased by $4,000
and II will be Increased by still more
before his term expires. Do the &
Pile Of the state want Il Issue anoth-
er set ut bonds 10 pay for the privilege
of reform administration? 1t is
Tor the taxpayers TO say.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

The New Era, published at Pierre.
and an o~ut-and-out insurgent Journal,
commenting on an article in the Can
ton Leader, which seeks to justify
CassilPs interest graft, sorrowfuliy ex-
plains: No n regrets this confess
sion 3 than the New Era, because
sIt holds the opinion that this state adj
ministration has about all the odium
1t q shoulder 1t has been desper-
ately trying to shoulder its iniquities
Upon others, but it won't be able to
succeed. It will be routed out of pow
or for harm on the ninth day Of June.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

Remember that the legislature of
1907 increased the appropriations for
the maintenance of state officers,
aside from their salaries, by many
thousands Of dollars more than the
total increased amount of taxes paid
into the state treasury by the rail
roads of the state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

A pair Of petty grafters-Gamble,
the senatorial CRATER, and Crawford,
the land CRATER. Nice pair to repre-
sent South Dakota at the national cap
itolt AS Hon. III. l.. Loucks suggest
ed some weeks ago, it hardly eems
probable that this state will send .sen-
other Gamble to Washington.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

am in favor Of a fiat two-cent
passenger uniform rate, making such
a law effective at one upon its pass
age,1s declared Senator Kittredge in
his Mitchell speech in January. The
areformers" in the last legislature, un-
der the leadership Of Mr.. Crawford
and Mr.. Glass, killed such a bill.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

was sentenced to two years in the
p~en1tentlary and is o serving that
Crawford escaped indictment, de-
work of his political enemies and
he is now a candidate for the United
States s~enatorship!
Ware n Giles made the mistake of
not becoming great "reformers" he.
lore the United States
got after themt
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

The Kittredge bill is n Of the
best eve introduced into congress for
the benefit of labor and the many
trades who are interested are DESTROYS
Of seeing Senator Kittredge returned
to the senate. The union men of South
Dakota should rally to his support
as we cannot have too many men OF
the Senator Kittredge stripe in the
upper branch Of congress.-Trades
Unionist, Washington, ID. G., May 8,
1908.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

The debt of the state has been in
creased by 1912, 900 during the first
year of Crawford, but we have mean
while ha:1ga lot of talk about reform"
and perhaps that is worth all it costs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

If the net debt of the state has in
creased 1912, 00O-as it has-under one
year of Crawford's administration,
how long would ii take for the state
to get out of debt at that rate?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

Progressive Grafters'' would be a
better name for the bunch that is try
Ing to sail into power under the self
styled appellation Of Progressive Re
publicans.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

The records show that for every
dollar of extra tax paid by the rail-
roads in 1907, farm lands paid an ex-
ira tax Of three dollars and thirty
eight cents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
SUPPLEMENT TO
lTIzEN-REPUBLICAN
SSUILAND, SOUTH DAKOTA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908.

AOINSlytA1 JUNE a, l903.
RoosEvELT.TAFT TICKET.
For United States Senator
ALFRED B, KITTREDGE
Fer Representatives in Congress
CHAS. III. BURKE
EBEN w. MARTIN
For Governor
=. Z. BROWNE
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN r. SCHRADER
For Secretary of State
JOSEPH j. WALTNER, JR.
For Attorney General
IRA +. BLEWITT
For State Auditor
G.. e. WARNER
For State Treasurer
GEORGE G. JOHNSON
For Com. School and Pub. Lands
MATTHIAS d. EIDE
For Supt. Public Instruction
MILTON M. RAINIER
For Railroad Commissioner
HANS O. WICKRE
For National Committeeman
HANS M. FINNERUD
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

Don't forget that the Crawford ad-
ministration defeated the two-cenr
passenger rate bill. The records show
1t.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

The Progressive Grafters have not
yet explained Mr.. Crawford's Wal
worth county land transactions.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

Just another stalwart shove from
each county will convert the thing
into an avalanche that will deeply
bury the CRATER ticket.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

Secretary Of State Wipf, after a
continued and profound silence, has
undertaken to explain why he held
up the Wolf Greek colony in Hutchin-
son county for $685. for Incorporation
fees. He explains that $50 of it went
to the state for fees and that the
ed in preparing the papers. The mem
bers OF the colony know that any law
yer would have gladly performed this
service for SIS, and they believe that
Secretary Wipf has grated them for
an easy $500. The fact that Mr..
Wipf is a "reformer' and is trying
to carry Hutchinson county in behalf
Of reform, does not bring their money
back or solace their feelings. In the
Wolf Greek district, Mr.. Crawford
can count on the fingers OF one hand
all the votes he will get, and he ought
to be able to count them or n finger.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
CRAWFORD AND The NORTHWESTERN ROAD
Comparative Figures Showing crawford's favoritism
to the Northwestern Railroad Company

Here arr some comparative figures in relation to the assessment
of railroads as fixed for the year 1907 by the State Board of Assess
ment, of which Gov. Crawford is Chairman
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04
A TICKET OF CLEAN MEN.

The stalwart ticket presents a set
OF candidates to the people against
whom no word of reproach a be
uttered. There is not a drunkard on
me lsJ; there IS not a land grabber
IN the bunch; there is not a CRATER
among them; there is not one Of them
VINO ever wrecked a home; not one
Tor Whom the stalwarts have to apollo
g1ze, not one for whom the people
have to blush"
The Huronite could not have stated
the facts more concisely. The men
composing the stalwart ticket are
clean men, have led clean lives, have
rendered faithful service to the peo.
pie IN so far as they have ever been
called to places of trust and ~responsi-
bility.
The public and private lives of these
men--their public and private records
will bear the most searching inves-
ugation. Any effort on the part of.
lnsurgent managers OF Mr.. Craw-
fords personal or political friends to
heap calumnies upon any member of
the stalwart ticket must fall fiat when
subjected to the light of an Impartial
scrutiny. as some of these attempts
already have proven. to act as boom
erangs.
Not content with endeavoring to
shoulder upon others the short.com-
ings traceable directly to MI. Craw-
ford,s door in an official capacity.
there has also been an apparently
concerted movement among i%nsllrgent.
leaders to besmirch the private char.
acterS OF some of the stalwart candi-
dates, but high-minded men, to whose
ears these fabricated tales have been
told, have insisted upon an investiga-
ton, and they have found in every
instance that such rumors were hit
the work of lying tongues. The re-
suit ha been that the cause OF the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-04

The Progressive Grafters are in full
retreat-keep them a-going, boys!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-04

and devour it's substance in riotou3
living. But such is not the case; that
is merely all incident Of the occasion.
Nothing occurs in the state which so
widely advertises its resources as
these meetings. They are held at va.
rious localities and each locality has
its own peculiar attractions which are
exhibited with pleasure and the edit
ors render value received in the many
words of praise they write for their
entertainers. Rexburg has her acad-
envy, her beet fields and her other
magnificent resources; Blackfoot her
sugar factory and her state institu-
ton; Pocatello has her academy, her
water works, her brewery and Trux-
ton Talbot; Bear Lake has them all
beaten a mile with her beautiful lake
stretching seven miles wide and q
miles long set as a beautiful blue gen
in the grey and purple Of the Idaho
mountains.
Mackay Miner: The editor and
Mrs. Leslie +. Dillingham; attended
the meeting Of the Eastern Idaho
Press club at Montpelier on the IL K
and 18th and as aresult we have no
had to cook much at our house since
that time, but we have been gcttin-
in about sixteen hours slecn every
day since then, for the way those
Montpelier and Paris people fed and