Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-21


has been lying pretty low, and has
not been much in evidence. 1t would
be a relief to see an insurgent can.
didate with a spotless record. -
Brookings Press. IL the rest of the
insurgent candidates are anything
like the one who heads the ticket as
candidate for the senate, and some
of them are following closely in his
footsteps, they will not stand much
chance Of success at the June pri-
maries il their records count for
anything. Aberdeen News.
Had you noticed that Senator
Gamble is remarkably quiet while
his pal" Crawford is running the
gauntletY Must be that coat Of
whitewash administered to the hand :
some senator at the last session Of
the legislature does not set well -
Alexandria Herald. There is a we'll
founded suspicion that the reason
he doesn't get in the game for Craw.
ford is because that coat OF white
wash which was applied to him was
not mixed with the proper ingred-
tents and in consequence has hard
ened too quickly and cracked open,
leaving too much unsavory record
exposed to view Spirit of Dakota.
The Henry Independent indig-
nantly declares that it is besmirch-
ing the fair name of the state and
insulting the voters thereof to claim
that there is any sympathy between
the man whom they elected COVER
nor two years ago and the Mormon
church the first insurgent paper,
by the way, to admit there is any
thing very bad about Mormonism-
But if 1t is true, what are all the
other insurgent papers doing in
telling their readers that the Nor
mon church is as good as any other
and that, as the Webster World has
said, even with polygamy they are
good deal better than some of the
senator's at Washington encourag-
ing the Mormon missionaries who
are now at work in the state and
who have openly attacked Senator
kittredge and smoothing the way
before them. 1t is to save the state
from the disgrace of having two
senator's under Mormon control at
that the truth is being
told-and when the people realize
i they will act accordingly.-Ortley
Optic.
If you favor the election of Sen
ator A. B. Kittredge to a second
term in the United States senate you
are stalwart republican and it is
necessary that you vote for the stall
wart candidate for the legislature,
in order to bring about the re-elec-
ton of Mr.. Kittredge. The insurg.
ents will probably tell you that the
primary election law which they
passed at the last legislature brings
about the election of United States
senator's by direct vote of the people
and that it is immaterial who you
vote for for members of the state
This is a mistake for
the United States senators will be
elected by the legislature as has
been the custom in the past. In
order to effect an election by direct
vote of the people it viii be neces-
sary for the statute to be changed.
This has not besn done and the
members of the Legislature will elect
the senators from South Dakota. 1t
is highly important therefore that
the legislature be comprised Of men
who are thoroughly in sympathy
with, and who will support the stall.
wart candidate for senator A. B.
Kittredge.
The governor and other insurgent
leaders have made no attempt to
explain Why the Bratrud bill, pro-
viding for the payment into the
state treasury of interest on state
deposits, was killed in the last legis-
lature. The interest graft is an
Important issue in this campaign.
The present state treasurer refused
10 continue in Office unless he could
have the interest on state deposits
for his own use. The governor
strongly indorsed this stand
and promptly issued orders to his