The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-22
PLEA Of GUILTY BY
ATTORNEY ERICSSON
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80 INV
IN this mornings Press. Mr.. Er.
lcson pleads guilty to the charges
IsontAined In the Indictment against
Governor Crawford. He assumes the
toie Of pleading for mercy for kis
fitent when asked BY the court THE
t:ttrs) Have you any legal cause 70
sn0w Why the Judgment 81 the court
sGl Ing. that others did in- sane.
The eehero Nho did the sarae see
not en trial. The euht.e Wsli take
casc ~ their eaoes Wheu they GENE
6efere u. Ne dess 0ee cite . sinase
snstanee where = 81 80 others had
pledged himoef - did ME s.ifeen-
leeeeo client.
Mr.. Ericsson In . good man. He
IN . regent under the present admin
isi.ation. Nevertheless he In liable
70 mistakes the same ~ other men.
He says, Frank A. Morris, late .,us
seyor general" changed his OFT and
cites page s3i Of the House Joui nal
~ authority This IN the record: Alb
nett. LilIibridge. Norris. While I
do not think this m~iss:atement wa
Intentional Il IL strange that Mr.. Err
tCs0n should have said Just before
hts charge against General Norris:
.Of b iva members from Craw-
ford's district I1llibridge Of 6ully did
/ DOt vVtCs OCtu& GACU46O.
Morsss' ahoeNcs 10 noted In the
same printed line. i wa . seatmate
Of General Morris during both SEES
siOnH Of 1887 and 1889 and | know
him and know that he would have
hal his right hand cut on before he
would have voted to exempt the land
OF the Northern Pacific from taxa
fion.
Mr.. Crawford's explanation for
changing his vote for . Jaw unconsti-
tntiOnal. unfair. nefaricus, because
the board Of trade Of Pierre asked IL
IL nc excuse. because, first. II was
against bis express instructions cOn
tanned In the Harold platform on
=. lest but the expression Of 4 very
few OF his district men, and third;
because he ave Z false reason when
he said that It wal the only express
SION ! have from ny district On the
The board Of trade Of Pierre, A
ciaIly when that vote conferred up
on the most gigantic of corporations
Z privilege that Z eunlawfgul.
Mr.. Ericsson complains Of mud
singing" Who i~naugurated II? Who
started tn to build upon possible ru-
ins caused by indiscrim!nate and in
CI9uI Sn0A8C0s Vv00 ~ Su0 0N0l~
wart wing or was It the man who has
never had recorded (save to change
it, but one vote on the side Of the
people and against corporations!
who has said that one man land he
his Opponent) has controlled for the
corporations all the state legislatures
CT. Word! Who Ia. entered : p he.
Of guilty and asked for reward upon
his hare statement Of sanctiAcation
bur Crawford! Who has said that
when others did what he has done
for years II was against the massee
hut that his doing II was blameless?
No one but Crawford. 10 this by
! challenge IN instance where Sen
TO. kittredge has used mud to ce-
n.ent his case. His addresass havs
been uniformly cowrteous I'D dienE~
If mackl Is esi ta eHs:0 Il the a' ssa e
one. His friends have simply IN.
masked the slanderer who . posed
as 4 perfect man. He 10 proven when
naked to be tato0ed from head to
foo. and the voters realize this.
The stalwarts have . to thank
silence has been 80 Coz
stIued but now 1t Is an open and pub
lie confession. VIII the public re-
tire 4 good man to make oom Tor
one whose extenuatiOn for guilt ~
tnat Others we're likewise guilty.!
The same plea wa doubtless antlci-
pated in the land grah" case: Blu
! clergyman without . political pull
is now serving time for . like Of
tense. The issue ID hypocrisy against
truetwcrehiness. The verdict will
rendered June 8. 1905.
A Legislator d -.