Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-25

and sent him back to the senate.
/ Honest, we'll meaning men can not
! prevent another from turning traitor
! unless they XIII him in advance, and
that is the excuse for Candles pres
ent position. Gamble has betrayed
every one Of those men who support
ed him as a progressive and who
believed then That Gamble was honest
so far as political principle went. The
legislature whitewaShed him to help
him out, another sin the prrgreSSlVeS
must answer for. and in doing ali
these Things for Gamble it was cN-
pected, and the people had reason 10
expect, that Gamble would stand up
for the rights Of the people, but no,
not Robert. The people represented
nothing to Robert after he got his
seat in the senate Wall street was
the attraction, and Taft the motive
power.
There can be little doubt Of the
Cull-Gamble combine because political
signs tell il quite plainly, but the
LEADER can never believe that Charlie
Burke would enter into a combine TO
reelect Gamble when Mr.. Burke
wants Candles seat himself, and
then it is quite reasonable to suppose
that COe |. Crawford would sit up and
take notice Of such neatly arranged
program to throw him into the pO-
litical discard. If the near future
should prove that Burke is willing to
bail water to keep Candles ScOw
atlUat, Crawford could defeat the un-
holy alliance by raising Tom Thor
sons banner for the senate, and
ThOrSOn Is a man whom The people
love and trust. Crawford could not
afford TO let the enemy put him in a
hole without a ladder, and then there
are some 10000 republican voters who
may desire to express an opinion In
the matter of who shall represent
them at Washington.
If the Gam Bile Burke program should
really show signs Of life the people
would turn to Egan and NanOsdel for
lCllCl. IIlCSC lCplCStIl
the people, but it will be impossible
to elect both, hence there is a chance
for these men to get together and DO
business on the square.
Egan is by far the ablest campaign
er in the state and man who could
represent the state in any national
event with honor and credit, in fact
man who would measure up with
any Gc"ernc: in the nation IS &c ap-
pearance, ability, and as an orator.
Mr.. Egan Is not perfect, none are, he
has pecuIiarities, and all have some.
EHan is sometimes criticised as being
vain. This is a mistake. All big
men with powerful and active brain
machinery seem vain as viewed from
an every day standpoint. Roosevelt
is impulSive, brave, fearless and
strikes at wrong with battleax force.
Egan's great mental and physical
powers are in evidence wherever you
meet him, in private, on the street,
In the court room or on the stump.
There is nothing made up about him.
His mental and physical powers are
gifts Of nature, possessed by few and
priceless. Political sycophants fear
such man, and to such man the
people turn when seeking power to
destroy those who are false to their
oaths and the rights of the producers.
In the present lineup George w. Egan
stands to win the nomination and the
LEADER is firm in belief that as
governor he could not make as many
mistakes as any of his predecessors
since statehood.
The LEADER, for many reasons,
would like to see Honest A be Van
Osdel governor. He is a pioneer, an
able man, an honest man and man
the people could trust, but he and
Egan may split the progressive vote
and allow CANDLES man to slip in.
Abe and George should get together.
These suggestions and opinions are
the result of the reported com bine
between Gamble and Burke, and how
ever we may take them, it is good
policy to watch events closely, for if
such a seeming impossible alliance
should take place it means a tremen-
dous battle to win the state back to
corporation control, but it will take
actual proof 20 convince any shrewd
politician that Burke would make
the sacrifice to win for the corpora