The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-17
HELP D E STATE.
Auditor of Treasury Department. Under
Roosevelt Comes to Help Kittredge.

Roosevelt Comes to Help K~ittredge.
Hon. R. S. Person, auditor of the
treasury department at Washington,
who has come to South Dakota ON leave
of absence to assist the Kittredge cam
paign, was interviewed at Huron by the
Hnronlte or Monday, April 6, on the
eve of the state convention. After
speaking of matters relating to national
affairs, and particularly the practical
assurance that Secretary VIM. H. Taft
will be the republican nominee, Mr..
Person is quoted as saying, in part:
81 look for the easy nomination Of
Secretary Taft at Chicago and of course
L favor the reelection of Senator Kit
redge. He was the first senator and
practically the first public man Of ma.
tional prominence to declare openly for
Taft for president. He made this decla-
ration just about a year ago Immediate
ly after a visit to the White House
whittier he went to urge upon Mr..
Roosevelt another term as president.
There is no doubt now about where the
real friends of the administration stand
on the matter Of the presidential sue
c%ession, is therei Well, it must be ap-
parent that Senator Kittredge enjoyed
the confidence of some people high in
authority, long in advance Of any of
those distinguished gentlemen who are
trying to make it appear that the SEN
ator is not in harmony with the presi.
dent. The facts wholly discredit the
the representation Of the opposition
who will be accorded the empty honor
of casting the vote Of South Dakota for
Mr.. Taft at Chicago in June. The real
victory belongs to Senator Kittredge.
"For several years I have been so sit.
uated that there has been forced upon
me a knowledge of the record, attitude
and relations of many public men. ]
have observed all sorts and conditions
Of politics-for the variety in Washing
ton is grcat-and I declare without hest
tation or equivocation, that as public
servants Senator Kittredge and Repre-
s~entatives Burke and Martin, have made
records for efficiency and conscientious
devotion to duty that reflect the high
est credit to themselves, their party and
the state. Few states have had the good
fortune to be so ably represented in
Washington and the smell Of graft or
anything p%artaking of shady transac-
tions was never on their garments.
They were always industrious, always
attentive to business and always sober.
Any South Dakotan having business at
Washington always knew where to find
them and could rely on their keeping
their appointments and performing new
er less and usually more than they
promised. They are supporters Of the
Roosevelt administration without being
mere cuckoos. They have initiated
legislation as well ase being boosters
of every meritorious proposition before
congress in their several terms of ser
vice. They not only did things but
they did them right. As President
Roosevelt has so aptly said of Senator
Kittredge, so it might be said with
equal thuth about Burke and Martin.
These are men we depend on to do
things and they know how to do them.
1 don't believe the good people of this
state are going to listen with patience
much longer to the TRADES of abuse
against faithful public servants simply
to create prejudice in the popular mind
to serve a wholly personal and selfish
end.
Gone of the most amazing misrepre-
sensations made concerning these three
men while they were attending faithful
ly to duty in Washington was that they
were not supporters Of the Roosevelt
administration. Their records are an
open book and show how utterly without
foundation such statement was.
l shall spend some time in Sioux
Falls and hope to be able to get out
into the state occasionally. In SO far as
my advice in political matters shall be
followed, I propose that the truth re-
garding our candidates and their re-
cords shall be told and under no cir.
cumstances to condone intentional mis-.
representation Of our opponents. The
truth is good enough for us. Our meth
DDS of campaigning are not predicted
on the belief that the decaloque is
absolete of that the golden rule has no
place in politics. The square deal not
only is a good motto, but it is a good
standard for a rule of conduct as we'll.
Neither campaign managers nor public
speakers have any moral right to make
Misrepresentation, either by falsehood
or active c%oncealment Of the whole
truth, to mislead veters. Success gained
by such practice surely must be short
lived and when the people recover from
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