The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-10-10
CRAWFORD CALLS
FOR DEFEAT OF
ANT|-STERL|NG MEN
Says They Should Not
Go to the Leg
islature.
PLAN
Includes Not Only Reciproc.
ity But Free Trade, Says
the Senator.
DEMOCRATIC PLAN

liISNtSu iHto the state campaign
when Senator Coe /. Crawford, in a
speech delivered here Saturday night,
called upon the voters to defeat all
candidates for tho legislature who
would refuse to support Dean Ster-
ling, the primary nominee for Unit
ed States Senate. Senator Crawford
put forward as Justification of this
position the statement that the
primary system is at the bottom of
popular government and that no can
didate who refused 10 recognize in
structions given in a primary is en-
titled to support at the polls.
Senator Crawford's speech con-
sisted largely of an attack upon the
Chicago convention, going into the
details of the various contests decided
by the national committee for the
purpose of showing that they were
not fairly disposed of. He maintain
cd that Roosevelt is standing for the
very principles believed in by the
progressive republicans of this state
portant as issues.
Senator Crawford said in part:
progressive republicans stand for
III VSsiNC BoIiNitS IN government
They believe in a protective tariff
based upon the difference in labor
cost of protection at home and
abroad. and based upon facts Sc
cured by a tariff commission COM
posed OF nonpartisan experts; that
this difference in labor cost shall
laborers who toll in the Industries
thus protected.
The democratic party does not be-
lieve in a protective tariff. Ii aGvo-
Gates a policy OF tariff for revenue
only with reductions which are TIC
finally end in free trade. This, We
fear. means a return to the disasters
We experienced in 1893, 1894, 1896
and 1896. The purpose of ,ae demo
cratic party is very clear. \ demo.
cratic House of Representatives il
the session of congress just closed re
fused to make any appropriation t.
continue the tariff board and refused
to support the measures passed. b.
the Senate through the united vote
of progressive republicans and pro
gressive democrats, materially re
ducing the present tariff duties u
wooden and cotton manufacturers ant
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the difference in labor cost at HON
and abroad. Had the House passe,
all these measures, and had the presi
dent approved them, the America
people would have been relieved from
the burden of millions OF dollars o
excessive duties. but democrats pre-
lfcrred to continue these burdens an
to indirectly help standpat republi
Lon niS,t U',o,- ,,-p,,JI JnTra r,s. t.oT
program which Ignores the difforenC
in labor cost, or they would hay
nothing; so they defeated all of thes
reduction bills.
What PiO2rcssives Believe.
progressive republicans believ
in popular government. which rcpr
sents the deliberate judgment OF
majority OF the people, not dominate
or controlled by special Interests
They advocate the regulation an
strict control by the federal gCVorl
ment of the industrial and CONNIE
lcial oncerns which carry on bushes
through the of %interstat
, commerce. AS the Interstate Con
. merce Commission now controls an
regulates the business of the raj
roads engaged in interstate con
iilEi Y GNtl w IIG 1AltIlt vi ~
: venting the increase of rates charge
where the commission deems sue
)" increase unjustifiable, progressive II
publicans would create and clothe a
industrial or administrative commi
y sion with similar authority over il
n dustrial and commercial concerns 81
gagged in interstate commerce, tn,
. providing an effective means to pr,
= Vent n~,nnnnn1y and ny-nrtinn- tn
democratic party opposes this al
adheres TO the ancient doctrine
states-rights, individualism and II
= restrained competition, which lea'
a inevitably to the crushing of the wes
n and to the unchecked despotism
the strong in the world of indust,
and
Progressive republicans believe
,e the rule of the people as against Il
II rule of the bosses representing ia
70 reads and other corporate interest
IThey refuse TO fcondone or rati
re- frauds resorted TO by bosses to d
al feat the will of the people. They d
q cline to recognize William II. Taft
the nominee of the republican par
is for the presidency of these Unit
ii States. because they do not believe
TT was nominated y a majority of t
III delegates legally and morally e
9. titled to seats in the national repu
v lican convention at Chicago.
he Wouldn't Ratify Fraud.
Taft was not nominated by a m
IN jority OF the delegates legally al
II. morally entitled to sit as delegates
ne the Chicago convention last June.
ah fraud was perpetrated by his mana
III ers in order to make it appear on t
I'd face of the proceedings that he h
to a majority. The progressive repub
I'd cans of South Dakota and all ov
py the country refuse to ratify tn
he fraud, and believing that Taft W
he not nominated by the majority. tn
A recognized in Colonel Roosevelt
candidate who stands for the pr
ell ciples in which they believe and W
in not withhold their support becau
or he calls himself a progressive witho
a fl xiua- the word ;hlicap hefG