The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-06-02
AN ANXIOUS INsURoENT.

Watertown Public Opinion, which
f. mostly insurgent, prints a commu'
nicatiOn from a reader who signs him
self "A Progressive" in which the
insurgcnt asks many, many questions
concerning the present state OF affairs
within the insurgent faction and an
xiously inquiries the way home The
letter probably furnishes a very clear
exemplihcation OF the state OF mind IN
which many insurgents find them
selves at this stage Of the political
game. and It Is therefore reprinted in
the News in full. The inquisitiye,
worried, "be-addled' inBurgent frankly
admits that, after reading the conflict
ing statements, claims, charges and
countercharRcs Of the various conflict
Ing elements within his faction, he
doesn't know where "he is at and he
beseeches Public Opinion for lish.
The letter follows:
/ have read with much interest the
boasted claim for harmony, unity and
"progressive solidarity proclaimed
through the columns Of the Public
Opinion from day to day. The gPpeT
atty Of el claims made by the pro
gressiye press In South Dakota Is the
best Evidence that the said press, in
GLIDING Public Opinion, does not wish
10 teal in specific facts, well knowing
that the progressive cause IN South
Dakota ia managed (or mlsmanaged)
and represented by the most incOn-
gruous conglOmeration Of Opposites
that Il has been the privilege Of any
voter ever 70 witness At any time or
place.
The progressive cause Ia South Da
kota today is all sail and no rudder
No policy was ever more clearly
right, more heartily supported NJ
more earnestly advocated b. The
press tsan the progressive cause and
principles "a they are advocated a-t
supported in al. parts o. me coG---T
today "Progressivism and stand
Patlsm" are As mike az iayllgh. and
blacklist midnight. and "a The one Is As
em0haucally right As the other is
wrong.
There is no question but what a
very large majority Of the honest vot-
ers Of South Dakota are progressive
and for progressive principles, and
still it Ia admitted on all hands that
the head Of the state ticket Is in grave
DANCE es defeat, and there is doubt
about all Of ii. We are represented
in congress by one fearless stand
patter. He seems to be the one man
the stalwarts are absolutely sure of
eiecting.
What Ia the matter?
Among The leaders In South Dakota
elected or appointed TO positions Of
prominence by the progressive wing
OF the party We have:
Hon. C0e T. Crawford, United States
senator.
Hon. Robert J.. Gamble, United
States senator.
Hon. Robert 8. Wesley, governor.
Hon. Wilbur 8. Glass, candidate
u9a8) for congress.
Hon. Richard o. Richards, candi-
date for state senate, manager OF the
present progressive campaign.
Now, let's see. Senator Crawford
openly re~ciprocates the animosity ex-
hibited by Mr.. Richards and these
two have the one thought paramount.
to-wit: the political elimination of the
other. Crawford and Gamble do not
fall upon the neck of each other and
weep, eve though the for
weeping seems to be strong, with few
takers. Mr.. Glass is out in open at
tack on both Gamble and Crawford.
accusing them Of disloyalty to- the
cause and calling loudly for their ELI
mination. Mr.. Richards, in addition
TO his hostility to Senator Crawford,
boasts, in an open printed letter over
his own signature, even while he Is
managing Governor Vessey's cam
paign, and while Wesley is the man
In the most danger of defeat, boasts
that he has had no word, verbal, oral,
written. or otherwise, with the COVER