Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-04-15
THAT RICHARDS LETTER.

brains and financed the Crawford
campaign and like LaFollette, o
Wisconsin, Crawford, after satisfy
ing his political ambition at th,
expense of his friend, turns an6
mites the hand that feeds him
Since the primaries last June wher
Crawford (by democratic votes
carried the state (by small margin,
be has scarcely acknowledged even
IN acquaintanceship with Mr.. Rich
ards. While governor, he com
pletely ignored Richards and the
primary league in his appointments,
But, as Mr.. Richards says in his
open letter to the senator, he lived
in the hope that the great political
reform" would eventually reform
himself. But instead of self-reform-
ation, the governor, after becoming
United States senator, appointed
himself supreme dictator over the
political destinies of all his CO. work
ers and party leaders, and as Mr..
Richards says in his paper, "build-
ing political maching of four men,
Ibers." We doubt, however, if Craw.
ford takes into his machine even
three other men, with him unless
they are men to whom he can die
tate. Crawfordism means all for
Crawford. It means friendship to
the winds, after he has used it to
his advantage. 1t means principles
principally to boost Crawford. Mr..
Richards, after spending six years
of time and many thousands of dol
lars on Crawford; has had enough
and he knows it. After "close asso
citation in the past six years." dur
ing which time Richards says he
was award, of Crawford's shortcom-
ings, but "hoped" that he would
reform-a forlorn hope-he now
denounces him. Richards has had
enough. There are others. Faulk-
ton Advocate.
r. 0. Richards is now coming in
for his share of abuse. The insur-
gents are throwing it into Dick proper,
From what we know of Mr.. Richards
he can stand it. = y One year ago
today Mr.. Crawford did not turn
around without first consulting Dick
Richards. Now he insultingly says,
mo one will take Mr.. Richards seri-
ously" y While the insur
gents are digesting the Richards
letter the interest on the state debt
is accommodating. One of these days
there will be an awakening among
the people that will be heard at
Washington. You can trust the
people for that. = y n With that
egotism which has always character
lied him Mr.. Crawford in a Wash
ington interview says that he does
not wish to reply to Mr.. Richards,
that he does not think the people of
the state will take Mr.. Richards
seriously. This il like Crawford
and shows the narrow selfishness of
the man. For the past four years
he has knelt at Mr.. Richards feet,
followed his advice, used his time,
borrowed of his money and he now
turns aside with the remark that no
one takes Richards seriously. = =
The appointment of Frank Nc
Nulty as Judge of the Aberdeen cir,
emit has caused CONSERVATION, to
reign among the insurgents of
Brown county. So far the insurgent
wing of the party in Brown county
has not been recognized in any man.
ner, and tc say that they are sore is
Eating it very mildly. The leaders
even go SO far as to charge Crawford
With deserving them for an alliance
With Charley Mcleod, of the Aberdeen
News. This opinion gains belief
from the fact that McLeod's man
vas appointed postmaster Of Aber-
deem over the insurgents candidate
md that neither Crawford or Gam
ble or Hall lifted their hands to pre-
rent it. An expression made by a
Brown county insurgent to the
writer, 4the insurgents Of Brown
county are all shot to pieces" states
We situation fully in that county
huron Huronitr
The case Of political sorehead
vhich had been fostering for some
time has finally broken and the poll
ticans of the state are all be6ustered