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It is strange, indeed, that, following
Mr.. Crawford's subserviency to the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad for
SO many years, the governor has the
nerve to stand before an intelligent
audience and pretend to be opposed
to railroad domination.
Mr.. Crawford was attorney general
of the state during 1896. and by vir-
tue of his Office he was also a nom
Der of the state board of assessment
and equalization.
It was the duty Of this board,
among other things. to fix the valua-
ton Of railroad property for the pur-
pose of taxation. This board met in
August. 1896.
A popularity of the record, so far
as Mr.. Crawford is concerned. is that
it discloses Mr.. Crawford's presence
only when the question of railroad as
sessment was under consideration.
The gentleman appears to have man
Tested no interest whatever in the
assessing Of other classes of property,
nor in the equalization Of the assess
ment returned by the various coun-
ties.
At this particular time Mr.. Craw-
ford was one of the nominees for con
gress (although defeated in the fall
under the wave Of Organism which
swept over the state.) Whether the
fact of his congressional candidacy
had any bearing upon MI. Crawford's
~fayoritism to the Northwestern the
record does moi disclose.
Now, let US zee what Nh. Crawford.
as . servant Of the people and 9 pros
pective congressman. did for the
peoples benefit at that August meet
ing Of the board. We speak from the
Official record Of the proceedings Of
the board. pages 46 and ~.
In 1896 the Northwestern road from
Huron east to the state line. through
the counties Of Beadle. Kingsbury and
Brookings. was assessed at $4,000 per
mile. In 1896. at the meeting Of the
board, Mr.. Crawford moved that this
identical stretch of road be assessed
at $500 per mile-a reduction Of $500
per mile.
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be had was not revoked. The foreign corporation laws provide that

be had was not revoked. The foreign corporation laws provide that
such an institution doing business in this state must name some person
upon such a person is legal. The Milwaukee named Mr.. Kittredge
years ago. Under our statutes his appointment necessarily stood upon
the records until revoked or superseded by some act of the company
Such ppointment is for the benefit Of the people and not the corpora
ton. 1t is for he purpose Of enabling residents of this state to sue
foreign corporation. in this jurisdiction. No benefit results to the or
poration. 1t would prefer being sued at its own home. Under such
circumstances it is the wise policy of the law that when once appointed
one must remain the appointee for the benefit of the public until the
corporation shall have named his successor. Senator Kttredge notified
the Milwaukee Company that after October ], 1906. he would transact
no more business of any nature for it. The matter of the revocation of
his appointment as resident agent by the naming of a new agent was
overlooked by the Company for which the Senator could in II wise be
blamed. Surprising the change had never been made? 1t
of the road. He was no more its representative on that account than are
the boards o r posts in some of the eastern states whereupon all township
notices ar required to be posted. Governor Crawford knows this and
he is guilty of chicanery when he attempts to make capital out of it.
Returning again to the system of the Milwaukee: the Northwestern
has a general attorney for the entire state; the Milwaukee has not.
Before the antipass law went into effect, the Milwaukee had, at almost
every county seat OF the counties where its line ran. a legal representa-
tative who was given an annual pass and was paid in addition for all
services required. In Lincoln county Judge Clifford was an old time
representative; in Union, Mr.. E. C. Erickson-an honored insurgent;
at Vermillion, Col. Joley; at Yankton-hod your breath! Gamble,
lrlpp and Holman. the senior member being that gifted statesman
chosen by Mr.. Crawford in 1907 as the one to work with him for five
years at Washington, if he can succeed in working his way through the
and q on.
II 1t s a crime to be a railroad attorney how long does it take to ex-
plate the crime after quitting the job? Crawfords conversion was like
that OF the penltent thief. But with kittredge it is different. Ac-
cord1ng to the Crawfordites he is incurable The days of the Pharisees
nave returned. The governor says that Kittredge made no speech on
who does work for his state and for the people. is the n who does not
make speeches. The senator did not make one-but he voted for the
bill. 1T is a pretty good fellow who votes right. The governor has not
always voted right a we have proven to you.
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In 1896 the Northwestern road be-
tween Pierre and Huron, through the
counties OF Hand. Hyde and Hughes,
was assessed at $4,000 per mile. Mr..
Crawford moved at the board meeting
OF 1896 that this same piece of road
be assessed at $4,000 per mile-a re
duction Of $4O0 per mile.
As a matter of fact, it was only
through the vigorous protests of GER
tain members of the board that Mr..
Crawford did lot fully succeed in Sc
curing these reductions. but never
theless. as the assessment was finally
fixed. it left the Northwestern's val
uation between Huron and the state
line $500 per mile less than that Of
1886.
In 1896 the Northwestern's assess
ment between Huron and Hawarden
was $4,000 per mile. The board in
1896 reduced it to $4,000 per mile.
The Elkhorn branch of the North
western road in the Black Hills was
lowered by the same board to the ex-
tell OF $SVO per mile.
Remember that these material re-
ductions-this favoritism to the North
western-were brought about through
the influence of Mr.. Crawford, pre-
sumably the servant Of the people, not
the tool of the corporations!
Need we wonder, then, that within
sixty days after Mr.. Crawford COM
pleted his term az attorney general
Of the state. he was called to the posi-
ton Of state counsel for the North
western system!
Need we manifest surprise. there
fore. that az the attorney tor the road
h3 WAS influential before tho state
board Of assessment Of which he was
formerly a member. In keeping down
railroad assessments for the ten years
following HE retirement fFom q state
office!
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II IS 4 FELONY

The constitution Of the state of
South Dakota brands a. q felony the
taking Of interest on state funds for
private gain. Section IL Of article XII
reads AZ follows:-
The making Of profit, directly
indirectly, out of state, county, Cit,
Or school district money. shall be
deemed . felony and shall be punish
cd a. provided by law"
It is maintained by some lawyers
that this provision of the constitution
10 self-executing, but whether it is
or whether it is not, the fact remains
public officer. who derives profit, d.
rectly or indirectly, from state funds
is guilty of an offense which has
caused many a public official to wear
stripes behind prison bars for a term
Of years.
Again and again it has been openly
charged by the state press and by
public speakers that the present
treasurer of South Dakota is reap
ing personal profit from state funds;
that. under the subterfuge of a salary
for services as vice president" of a
prominent banking institution, he is
violating the section of the constitu-
ton above quoted.
1t has likewise been suggested that
. portion of the mammoth campaign
fund which the Crawford forces are
expanding may have been secured
through the same channel, through
the connivance of the insurgent lead
era with the state treasurer.
To these repeated charges the state
treasurer has remained absolutely
silent: nor have his friends or news
paper defenders yer denied the
charge. even by implication.
Although Governor Crawford has
been almost daily before the electors
Of the state for months past as a
champion Of his own political ambi-
lions, and Notwithstanding his atten-
ton must have been called to these
oft-stated charges, he has never ut
tered . word of denial. nor has he
sought to relieve the state treasurer
Of the odium which attaches to his
name through this public criticism.
How honest men, seeking to uplift
the body polite. q wholly ignore
such serious accusations, and at the
same time support the accused for a
position which will enable him to con
tinue to wax fat at public expense, is
beyond the comprehension Of human
intellect.
Il 10 but . logical deduction that
men Who are the ~beneficiaries of a
species of graft Of this sort should
have nothing to say. as though it
were . mater Of no concern whatever
to the people.
Perhaps, however, the haste with
which Governor Crawford SO vocifer-
eusly rushed to the defense Of Sena-
tor Gamble. when the latter was con
fro0ted with the charge of petty
grating, and the subsequent discov-
cry Of the need Of . large pot of
whitewash and . force Of henchmen
TO apply II In . conspicuous manner.
may have ~innoculated the governor
with the germ Of extreme caution.
lest such . confession OF guilt as re-
suited In the Gamble investigation
might lead to much more sericns con
sequences In the case under 1onsid-
eration. for It Is NO light matter to
confess to the commission of IN act.
not to mention . conviction thereof
before . court of competent jurisdic-
ton. which the constitution plainly
denominates = felony.
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l1euT STATE PRINTING

Another broken pledge must be
charged up to the Crawford admins
traitor. Mr.. Crawford charged in his
campaign that under the stalwart
regime the public printing was done
at . high price BY favored newspa-
pers and that II lie became governor,
IN end would be put to the placing Of
state printing except by . commits
sion.
The legislature passed such a law.
II = found in chapter 2O5 Of the SEES
sica laws Of 1907. Section % was
directed against the evil complained
Ct. and Says
"All printing to be done for the
various departments Of the state and
for appointive ofacers shall be done
under the provisioo OF the State
Printing Commission"
On April Is, 1907. the commission
adopted . resolution allowing all such
sAcsrs = get printing ordered in
their discretion In jobs which
ran under $2S. but declared that all
other ccntracts must be submitted to
competitive bidding. Evidently. some
u the stalwart publishing houses
have been getting some Of this work
~ unAsEhidding. because on March
II. 1901. ! resolution was adopted
reGc1nding the resolution Of April Is.
1871, aad declaring TINT AL printing
q 1aGaloguee, pamphlets, circulars.
FUNDAMENTALLY and other printing. except
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The Emery Enterprise asks this
pertinent question: Does not the
state treasurer know that the interest
ON state funds belongs to the peo-
ple?" Substantially the same query
has been propounded many q time
during the present campaign. but as
yet no n belonging to the Crawford
regime has undertaken to answer It.
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RAILROAD -ATToRNEYsH1Ps.

The governor looks upon Senator Kittredge as a dangerous man
because he has been a railroad attorney. Since when was it a crime to
represent a railway corporation in the legal Department. Crawford
will say, since April LIST, 1904. Why? Because on that day he parted
company with the Northwestern; on that day he transformed the brass
collar into a halo and he has been wearing it just back of his regenerat-
dulum of the corporation and has since wagged on the revival Of poiti-
cal purity. Like the Maid of Orleans he heard voices and he sallies
forth on . platform largely made up Of measures he had opposed when
he had q vote that counted; he is willing to stand on the shaky thing
and trust to the forgetfulness Of his fellow citizens.
That the voters may know the truth we will admit that in some
cases Senator Kttredge represented the Milwaukee road. When he
formed q co-partnership with Mr.. {. n. Winsor that gentleman was
the local representative Of the company at Sioux Falls When Mr..
Winsor went to New York to live Mr.. Kinredge naturally succeeded
salary; no exclusive territory. He ws paid 70, his services in the sam same
manner y any ordinary client would pay his lawyer. He WAS NOT
A LOBBYIST. HE WAS NOT A TAXFIXER. HE GAVE OUT
NJ PASSES. THE MOMENT HE BECAME A SENATOR HE
RESIGNED EVEN THE POSITION AS LOCAL ATTORNEY FOR
SIOUX FALLS.
It has been charged that he did not resign because Of the fact that
his appointment AZ resident agent upon whom service of process might
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-03
CRAWFORD AGAINST ANTI TRUST BILL, K1TTREDGE FOR
. IT, IN 1890

As to the second count, referring to the ANTITRUST LAW THAT
HE AIDED IN KILLING IN 1889: THAT SAME LAW CAME UP
IN 1890 House Bill 52). 1T WAS PASSED AND BECAME A
FOR 1T. CRAWFORD VOTED AGAINST 1T. (Senate Journal p
|s14). READ THIS LAW AND DECIDE WHO IS THE PEOPLES
FRIEND. WHICH ONE OF THESE MEN. WHEN BOTH WERE,
ABLE TO VOTE ON VITAL MEASURES. VOTED RIGHT? IG-
MORE GENERAL HARGES-LOOK TO THE RECORD. THE
CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOOD INTENTIONS DISDAINS AMBIGUII
|TY. STAND OUT FEARLESSLY AND FACE YOUR FOE. GIVE
HIM A FAIR TRIAL. by their fruits We shall know them" In 1893
and 1897 the legislatures made this law, supported by Senator Kittredge
still more stringent. REMEMBER THAT CRAWFORD KILLED
IT AT BISMARCK AND TRIED HIS BEST TO DO SO AT PIERRE
We produce the first section of the law that the voters may know
what Kittredge stood for and what Crawford fought. Here it is:
"Sec. ]. DEFINING WHICH TRUSTS ARE UNLAWFUL) That any
sons, co partnerships or corporations, in this state, or by OF between any per
sons, co patnerships or corporations within this State with ny person. %
partnership or corporation without this State, with intent and which shall in
any name. tend to prevent a free, fara M full competition in he production
manufacture or that tends 10 advance the price o the user o. consumer of any
article or commodity of domestic growth, ue production or manufacture beyond
the reasonable cost of production or anufactur thereof, or that tends to ad
vance the price to the user, purchaser or consume of farm machinery, nipple
mens, tools, supplies and lumber WOOD ad coalim imported into this State from
any other State Territory or country beyond the reasonable cost of production
and sale or manufacture am saleo of the same, or whnht tends to IN does induce
other farm or agricultural products for less than such farm or agricultural
products are really worth at the time of sale or for less price than suh farm
or agricultural products would sell for n open market if such combination
agreement or trust did not exist, or tends % or shall increase, enhance or main
tain rates Of interest on loans o. money, for the fTbearance of the payment
of any UNI Of money, OF debt or to prevent a fair competition for a low rate
of interest o. loans, or for the forbearanee of the payment Of any debt or
obligation, is hereby declared to be against public policy and unlawful and
void, and any person or persons b shall be a party to any such unlawful CON
|binaton, agreement or trust, or who shall in In wy assist, aid or abet any
such combination, agreement or trust, either as principal agent, attorney, m
|pbyee or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a inc not exceeding m thousand dollars or]
in the States Prison. ot exceeding three years, OF both sudh fine
nd imprisonment at (the) discretion of the court
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CRAWFORD AGAINST IT IN 1889.

This sounds well. It is catchy. But let Us see what he thought
of such a measure in 1889 when he voted for the Northern Pacific.
HOUSE BILL "a, INTRODUCED BY AIKENS OF LINCOLN,
PROVIDED FOR THE RECOVERY OF DOUBLE DAMAGES FOR
LOSS BY FIRE OCCASIONED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF RAIL
WAY COMPANIES IF NOT SETTLED FOR WITHIN SIXTY
DAYS FROM DATE OF DEMAND. As we have said this same bill
was passed in 1907, &C. 215, Laws Of 1907 1T PASSED THE
HOUSE, WENT TO THE COUNCIL AND WAS THERE MER-
CILESSLY KILLED UPON THE MOTION OF COE l. CRAWFORD.
This would surprise honest people unacquainted with his conduct
respecting the grossearnings law. VIII DOES HE SCOLD THE
LEGISLATURES OF 1899, 1901, 1908, AND 1905 FOR DOING
WHAT HE DID IN 1892 THEY WERE ENDORSING HIS CON
|rICT. Why does he try to make capital Of it? Why does he charge
it all to Senator Kittredge? Is he honest but forgetful, or is he a
demagoguei
KITTREDGE FOR IT IN 1890
FORTUNATELY FOR TRUTH - FORTUNATELY FOR THE
SENATOR KITTREDGE ON THIS SAME BILL introduced in the
1t was Senate Bill AZ, introduced by Mr.. Erickson of Union, a loyal
gentleman. 1t is the same as Chapter 215 above referred to, now
fathered, and peued and nursed by its assassin of 1889. MIR. KIT
.TREDGE VOTED FOR 1T (Senate Journal p. 52S). Compare the
conduct of these two men on this measure. 1t is to be noted that
CRAWFORD ALSO VOTED FOR 1T IN1S9O. WHY? IF 1T WAS
so BAD A PROPOSITION IN 1889 THAT HE WOULD MOVE IT'S
INDEFINITE DISAPPOINTMENT AND KILL IT, WHY WAS TT
GOOD ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR IN 1890? Was it because he was
then at home and under the watchful scrutiny of his constituents
WOULD HE DARE DO AT BISMARCK WHAT HE FEARED TO
DO AT PIERRE? If so, what would he not dare to do at Washing
ton, so much farther away? Senate Bill AZ was lost in the House.
Its enemy of 1889 might be able to explain why and how. Has the
governor been sagacious in calling attention to this valuable legisla-
ton? To the murderer the ghost of his victim will rise to haunt him
The slayer Of House Bill "a ought to have let his dead sleep undisturb-
ed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-03
WHY DID CRAWFORD OPPOSE IT

Why did Crawford fight this bill both in 1889 and 1890? He was
an active champion then of the very forces he now condemns; he was
then striving to sustain the infant that has grown to such enormous
proportions that it's destruction is made the rallying cry Of the friends
of Roosevelt, of Taft, of Bryan and of all the great reformers. Among
those clean men today comes forth the tattooed man whom the trusts
relied upon at Bismarck and at Pierre and asks for higher civic honors.
Is he entitled to them' Should he be trusted9 In deciding this, we
again ask you to resort to that best oracle of neutrality-suspicious.. If
your farm hand of thirty put poison into the well from which your
live stock drank, would you hire him again when he was fifty years
of age? Would you ever reemploy him? Could he convince you that
he was your friendf Would you not consider his application an in
suit to your intelligence! Would you not think that he was sizing
you up as a simpletoni
Today, Crawford will, before the people, praise the Standard Oil
fine of 500, 600 900 while at Pierre and at Bismarck he was keeping just
such trusts and combines from being fined 100000. HERE IS FOOD
FOR THOUGHT AND REMEMBER SENATOR KITTREDGE VOT-
ED WITH THE PEOPLE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-28
Mnn;cinal Theatsrs.

The first municipal, uncOmmercial
theater in America-an endowed insti
tution-is in successful operation in
Red Wing, MINI. Red Wing is towr
of only 10000 persons, forty miles
down the Mississippi river from St
Paul, and to it several years ago a citi-
zen left $4,000 to found a municipal
theater. A citizens committee under
the terms of the bequest manages the
playhouse, and so well has it done it's
work that for the last three years a
dividend on the capital invested has
been paid to the town. Professor Rich
ard Burton in lecture on the drama,
using the Red Wing experiment as a
criterion, predicts that lin ten years
probably and in twenty-five years Ger
tainly ever" considerable city in the
United States will have its municipal
theater."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-28

FOR rem t. Cottage of five
rooms, near business section. In
quire at this office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-28
Umbrella as a Weapon.

In one of the womens fencing schools
of Paris instruction in the art of at
tack and defense with foils has beer
discontinued and umbrellas instituted
says Popular Mechanics.
The first lesson the pupils learn in
this up to date means Of defense from
attack on the streets is to battle the
watchfulness of the aggressor by skill
full blows. The most simple and at the
same time most effective consists in
applying a fat stroke of the umbrella
upon his headgear. Surprised by this
stroke and perhaps blinded by the rim
of the hat, he has not the time nor the
presence of mind TO seize the UNI
brella. The lunges which follow such
a blow are not only effective, but dan
gerous. The first is known as the hors
de combat blow. Selling her umbrella
near the handle with one hand and
near the point with the other and ad.
vancing a step well forward, the point
if well directed against the center Of
the aggressors neck viii drop him t.
the ground senseless and probably
badly hurt. The same blow aimed a
the pit of the stomach will probably
send the recipient to the hospital and
perhaps cripple him for life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-28
Selections
suNKEN REEFS.
Sweeping tho Ocean Floor instead Of
Sounding.

Sweeping tho Ocean Floor Instead o.
Sounding.
The mlshap OF the cruiser Yankee
brings forth the comment that it is
Che more remarkable as occurring on
the coast perfectly charted., Pre-
missing that the Yankee got off her
course in dense fog, 1t may be said
that, while our coast is as well charted
ms that Of any nation, perfect" is not
khe Characterization vet to be employ
cd. The methods of surveying the
ocean floor to locate reefs and shoals
are now undergoing revolution which,
when fully accomplished, will reveal
20 the mariner many danger points
switch have heretofore escaped record.
The old way Of finding out reefs and
rocks not evident to the eye was by
sounding. Now the coast survey pro-
reeds by sweeping" is, by sink
eng to the depth pipe bar, which is
trailed along by two boats, one at each
end of the cable passing through 1t.
Any obstruction encountered is imme-
diately perceptible and is at once
noted, located and observed. Coastal
waters are carefully plated" and
each plat is thoroughly gone over.
The superiority of sweeping over
sounding" is made evident by the
fact that in a comparatively limited
area of the Maine coast, covering
rather more than forty linear miles,
aifteen reefs have been discovered
heretofore uncharted 1t often hap
pens in sounding that the lead line
avoids some narrow spindle of rock
whose point is just below the surface
of the water and which gees unchart-
ed. When the cruiser Brooklyn was
gashed by one of these unsupported
pinnacles on our coast a few years
ago it was found to be Isolated and
surrounded with deep water up to
within few feet Of its sides. Sweep
ing will minimize the probability Of
repetitions Of such accidents.-Bostor
TRANSCRIPT.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-28
HUMOR IN A WILL.
Son-in-Law Urged to Buy
Rope and Hang Himself.

Philadelphia. Pa, Nov. 2l.-The
feeling entertained by the late
George D. Wolff, Of Somerdale, to-
ward Chas. w. Wenzell, his son-in
law, is shown in the following para
graph in his will. which was admit
ted to probate today:
Fifty cents be paid to nv son-in-
law, Charles w. Wenzell, native of
Huntingdon, Pa, to enable him to
duy good stout rope with which to
hang himself"
The deceased left an estate valued
at $10,500.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-28
The American Magazine For
December.

In the December American Maya
zine Ray Stannard Baker begins his
new series of articles on THE Spir-
itual Unrest" which is to be COM
plete report of various movements
in America, to regain for the church
its diminished influence and useful
ness. The first article in the new
series is entitled Healing the Sick
in the Churches, A" and it includes the
story of the Emmanuel movement in
Boston. The article contains mass
Of new facts and ideas.
Stewart Edward White begins a
new series of stories of boy life. "Mr.