The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-11
HIS CANDIDACY
IS APPROVED
John F. Schrader is Receiving
Strong Endorsement
Throughout.
.pLEAsES THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE

PL[h0t0 lnt tA0ltkh halt Vi lht 0lAlt
Editor Linn of Canton Gives Strong
Believes he should
have Support of Pennington.
(From the Canton, S. D., Leader of
March 4, 1900
The announcement that John F.
Schrader of Rapid City is a candidate
for congress to succeed E. w. Martin
from that section meets with general
satisfaction on the east side of the
state because his platform represents
the demands Of the people.
In 1904 the people of the Black Hills
country were in sympathy with the
Roosevelt policies and expected that
Mr.. Martin and the delegates chosen
to the Sioux Falls convention would
support the policies represented in the
campaign by Coe l Crawford, who was
a candidate for: governor that year.
This expectation was based on the
pre-convention promises of Mr.. Martin
and his friends and general desire of
the Black Hills people to support men
who were supporting President Roose-
welt in his magnificent battle against
organized monopoly. The railroad in
terests learned that Martin was in
clined to support the Roosevelt. poll
cies and he was called to Chicago
after conference at Omaha with
progressives. What took place at
Chicago, we know not, but we do
know that Mr.. Martin returned and
stood by the railroad crowd at the
convention that nominated Elrod, and
the Black Hills delegates were SO dis
gusted that many protested and some
went fishing when the convention met.
In 1905 Mr.. Martins course was re-
pudiated and he was defeated for the
nomination. The campaign of 1908 is
an open record, and through the ma
nipulation of Mr.. Martin he was able
to regain his former position, but
failed to represent the people when
he went to Washington-he stood by
Joe Cannon and therefore forfeited all
claims upon the Roosevelt followers
in the state.
Mr.. Martin so far has been able to
fool the people of the central and
southern Hills, and while elected by
progressive votes, backed by corpora
tion interest, he has managed to carry
water on both shoulders until his re-
cent declaration at Huron when he
was forced to unmask and declare his
allegiance to Cannonism and all it
stands for. He has been posing as a
friend of the people at home, while
down at Washington he and Burke
have been supporting the interests.
The people of the west side now
have candidate for congress who, in
a forceful and manly declaration, de-
clares against Cannonism, Aldrichism
and discriminating tariff. This new
champion of the people was the stall
wart candidate for lieutenant governor
in 1908, but the exposure of Cannon
ism during the tariff battle convinced
John +. Schrader that it was his duty
to serve the people, and when the ex.
posture of Cannonism aroused the ma
tion he was one of the first to declare
against such an infamous system, and
away back in November he said to the
writer:
II am going to take of my coat and
&c into this fight and help destroy
system that is eating the very heart
of popular government, whether am
a candidate for congress or not. I can
not longer remain silent when the
people are being robbed, and am go
ing to do all l can to destroy system
repugnant to the people, a system
forced upon us by Wall street arro-
gance and corrupt power, asystem that
is robbing the producer and creating
millionaire class of worthless snobs,
q system that makes the speaker the
law making power in congress, and
finally, system that corrupts, robs,
and then destroys am ready to go
into this contest; it Is glorious
cause; the people demand justice and
square deal and they shall have 1t.
Why should half million people sub
nit longer to misrepresentation in
congress through which comes rob
berry Of the producer and consumerp"
Thus spoke the gallant Schrader
last November, and it affords the
Leader great pleasure to place his
name before the people as q candidate
for congress to succeed man WHO
loves Cannonism better than his own
state.
Mr.. Martin has renowned Roosevelt
and stands unmarked as friend of
the system and his congressional rec
ord proves that he is not fit to repre-
sent progressive people state that
we sincerely believe is IS per cent
progressive, yet in the face Of this
spirit he and Mr.. Burke ask the peo-
pie to re-elect them. We used to have
. few brass mounted politicians in
territorial days, but nothing short Of
/ Kfupp hardened steel cOuld ennal tho