The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
PATRONAGE CANNOT SAVE.

TSE8fEWr ssrES &ANSE
PATRONAGE CANNOT SAVE.
Ths kansas City Star Gays truly:
III Il should prove true. q report
- from wisconsin. that the federal
patronage 10 to be taken away from
Senator LaFollette and handed over
- Senator Stephenson, the least con-
earned man In the state will be the
senator who Is supposedly punished
Last August Senator LaFollette
Jailed to get q hearing on the Tariff
BIN on the day OF which the final
vote was taken. After the bill had,
passed the senator got this floor and,
expressed regret at not having had
the opportunity to speak. He added:
~ ! shall have occasion many times
t. state my views with respect to
this tarin legislation between now
and the convening of the Congress
q December next, ] forego the oppor-
tUnity to speak here with less dis
appointment.
His statement might apply as we'll
To the patronage. A public man who
GETS his commission directly from the
people. without regard to any politi-
cal organization, need not concern
himself particularly about the patron
age or the other details Of the ma
chine. So long as he retains the con-
ddence Of the people back home
he has q political asset OF incompar-
able value"
No better evidence that Senator
LaFollette does not need the federal
patronage in order to hold his seat,
can be found than the tact that he
defeated q compact and united OPP
position in Wisconsin that had both
state and federal patronage at its dis
posal. He vas repeatedly elected
governor and then United States
8enator and all the while his oppon-
ents nsed against him all the In
auence of all the appointed office
holders. Il the patronage did not
ayailsto keep him, outsof office. why
hould it saesnecessary to keep him
dtaes7 &
here ihSsouth Dakota IT least one
unitsd states Senator was elected
aftsr ! c.1npaign which protested 70
8 based 81 principle. Opponents Of
19snaatorgCrawford still refuse to ;sd-
ut Inst there was involved anything
lnlots.tthan desire for public ONCE.
INT Wss believe Il 70 IN within the
1actsstosaythat Il It had not been
s1orsths platform he outlined and for
oGstain reforms no fathered while
0otvsr1naor. Crawford would not have
slecssdsd SENATOR Kittredge. IN that
scampaigiInn. Senator Kittredge had the.
advantage 81 federal patronage g
MISREPRESENTATION Il did not cave him.
~ tn succeeding campaign. the two
prosresive republican congressman
we're retired, Notwithstanding they
had tbs naming Of postmasters.
The Senator's and Representatives
from South Dakota ought to be In
better business than quarreling over
the appointment OF postmasters or
any other oficials.
s WeAtake II to be undeniable that
the South Dakota delegation In coa-
Sress will keep or lose its. seats ac-
cording as II expresses o. fails TO ex-
press. the will Of the South Dakota
people. II the Senators subscribe
% the policies Of Senator Aldrich
q it the Representatives applaud
ofsupport the reign Of Cannon. they
Will hayesa great deal more to o
stsnd with IN seeking reelection than
10 they fail In appointing this man
sorSths other to some federal office.
Jan. Al will be "Beadle day. in
Sonth Dakota. On that date the peo-
ple#of South Dakota are exlscted to
subscribe 5000 to pay for the cree
ton 81 = statue to Gen. Beadle to be
placed a the new state capitol. This
~ an insignificant memento of Gen.
Beadle's farsightedness in inducing
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