Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-03-19
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= voting strength of the cou mites car
ried by the stalwarts, and the popu
: lation and voting strength of tn,
" counties carried by the insurgents
and then make up your own mind a
to who is in control of the situation
in South Dakota. The investigation
will be profitable.
Brown and Hughes counties CAV,
the insurgents hard blow and i
may perhaps take some of the vanit,
out OF the governor. He thought b,
was stronger in Hughes county thar
Charlie Burke and he found out how
really indifferent to his ambition,
the people of his home for nearl,
twenty years are.
Conservative estimates place the
sum of money so far expended by
the insurgents in the present cam.
paign at $4,000, and what return
have they hadY An apparent vic
tory by small majority in the com.
ing state convention which, in view
of the sweeping victory of two years
ago, is severe blow to the "cause;"
the assembling OF enough democra tic
voters to aid them in barely secur-
ing many OF the counties, and pop
ular demonstration against the brand
of reform" as administered by the
Crawford administration. On this
basis, vast sum will have to be
expended before the June primaries
but not even the wealth of Croesus
will keep them from defeat.
When Sherwood was pure food
commissioner, he ran the business
alone, and he ran it effectively and
right. Under Mr.. Wheaton, the sit
uation is different. He has chem
ist," "chief clerk" a "stenog-
rapher" and all the frills and furbe.
loes which 60 with reform. Mean
while it costs $S,400 more to admin
lister that Office than it cost under
Sherwood and the work is not done
half as we'll. As a matter of fact,
the pure food commissioner has
exhausted his appropriation in poll
tics and he has no funds left for the
enforcement Of the pure food laws.
The peopls are paying for it, but
they are not getting the results they
pay for.
1t is reported that the insurgents
are somewhat discouraged in not |
being able to arouse the interest of
the farmers in Mr.. Crawford's cam
paign. Despite all the expenditure
OF money, all the oratory, SO called,
of Crawford, the farmers remain
passive. To remedy this it is now
said that Mr.. Crawford will have a
bright red auto and as soon as the
roads will permit he will tour the
state, carrying Negro quartet and
that every corn field in the state will
be visited; and while the farmers
plant their corn the colored gentle
men will sing and as they do the
Crawford will talk. Good
results are expected from this style
Of campaign. -Huronite.
The Washington Springs True
takes this shot at the
insurgent cause in this state: I'm
hines of unrest like the present when
people are looking up and out, when
they are so sensitive on the question
Of popular rights, there is grave dan
ger from the demagog. The pres
snt agitation in this state for better
political methods and wrestling the
state from corporate control origina.
ted in the ranks of the people. Ger
tain ambitious men seeing in this an
opportunity for self advancement
lined up on the popular side and
look stand as leaders in the move
nent. Some of these were sincere
md capable and have rendered the
state excellent service. Others were
actuated solely by selfish motives
md among the leaders of the
'o-called insurgent or progressive
action in this state we find as ras-
ally q lot Of political pirates as ever
attempted % loot the ship Of state.
Most Of the old methods Of influence
ng public sentiment are still in
'ogue; such as proper distribution
4 insurance statements, threats Of
business reverses 70 newspaper men
a case OF q failure TO obey orders