The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
CRAWFORD GROWS
BITTER N REPLY TO
HANs0A'S ATTACK
Says E. E. Wagner
Backed Recent
.t.tement.
QUOTES RECORD
says Document Will Uphold
His Progressive Alignment
Hyde Case Ancient.

Hyde Case Ancient.
Washington, d. C.--Challengint
The statements recently made by Dan
E. Hanson, clerk of courts OF Turner
county, South Dakota, Senator Coe ]
Crawford TO-DAY declared that the
Congressional record would bear ouI
his record as a progressive and align.
ment with the leaders of that faction
The senator stated that r.. Il. Wagner
of Sioux Falls, was probably behind
the attack made by Mr.. Hanson and
that nj attempt was being made to
cloud the issues In the case.
Mr.. Crawford's statement follows:
1T Is SO apparent that this state
ment was prepared as a POLITICAL doc
1infent to assist one of the sta1wart
candidates for the Senate and intend
ed for circulation as campaign liter
ature in behalf OF Mr.. Wagner, that
am led to assume IL WAS Inspired by
him or some one managing his cam
spaign. 1 shall not enter into any per-
aonal controversy with either Mr..
Hanson or Mr., Wagner hut Will call
the attention Of the public to the
facts In regard to my votes which are
discussed in this campaign doeu-
ment.
Sin the roll call upon the amend
ment OF May IA, Cong. Record 222S,
the mays contained the name of the
following progressive republicans:
Beveridge, Borah. Bristow, Brown.
Burkett, Crawford, Cummins, Dolliv-
ser, Ciapp, Dixon. La Toilette. Nelson.
and Senator Gamble, whom Mr.. Wag-
ner supported withagreat seal for re-
election last year. In fact, not a single
republican, progressive or stalwart,
voted for that amendment.
Voted with Gamble.
In the second vote named In this
article the following progressive re-
publicans voted against the Bacon
amendment: Beveridge, Borah, Bris-
tow, Burkett. Crawford, Cummins,
ana Deliver. So also did Senators
Nelson and Gamble, whom my friend
Wagner supported so zealously for
recollection to the Senate.
But while / voted with these
other ~prograssiyes against the Bacon
amendment because no facts were
presented to sustain 1t, 1t is only fair
to say that on The very anne day,
tG0ng. Record 2227), 1 did vote for
an amendment offered by Senator
Stone making a reduction of the du-
ties on the same articles. The follow
ing p~rogressives voted for the Stone
amendment: Beveridge. Bristow,
Brown, Clapr, Crawford, Cummins,
Doilfver and I4aTfollette.
IL, Cong. Record 2274), only one
progressive republican, viz, LaFol.
lette, voted yea with the democrats,
The following progressive republi-
cans voted against the amendment:
Beveridge. Rorah. Bristow, Brown
Burkett, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins
Dixon and Dolliver. Also Nelson and
Gamble. whom Mr.. Wagner SO Loyalty
supported for reelection. There was
absolutely no proof of any sort of
Tered to show that these were trust
controlled articles.
1.-THE next vote referred to was on
an amendment offered by a demo
cratic senator to cut the tariff or
these same articles down to 90 pei
cent advalorem. The average rate oil
wduty N the bill Sc %recently passed by
this democratic congress is ove &c
per cent ad valorem and at that time
we had NO figures to show the differ
Ance in cost of production at home
and abroad. So 1 voted against this
amendment. BOrah, Dixon and Burk-
,ett--progressiVe republicans voted
with me. So did Senator Gamble.
ProgressivcsgAgainst Measure.
statement to put cotton gins and
other indictments IN the free list,
Most OF the articles were already on
the free list, Except a cou~nteryailina
duty OF 25 per cent ad valorem which
had never been imposed because
there were no importations). Borah,
Dolliver. Brown, Burkett and Craw-
ford voted against the amendment,
(June 26, Cong. Record 39399. Al
that time Beveridge, Dixon, Cummins
and Nelson did not vote. But subse.
4uently tJuly 2. Cong. Record A11f)i
the same amendment was again of
fered and the following progressive
republican senators voted against it:
Beveridge, Borah, Crawford. Dolliv.
eT, Cummins, Dixon, Brownsand Bur
kett. Also Nelson and Gamble. whom
Mr.. Wagner was able In good consci-
1nee to supportslast year for re-elec-
tion.
The sixth and seventh specifica.
lions named in the statement relate
10 amendments which did not at
tempt t o increase in the slightest de-
gree the corporation tax upon Stand
ard Oil, the sugar trust, or any other
monopoly, but did attempt to exempt
from the corporation tax, Tin the first
amendp, emit, all mercantile corpora.
lions whose gross annual sales did
not exceed s250,0O0 per annum; and
(in@fhe second amendment), all cor
ppratiol 3 except those engaged in
Nrefinins OIL and sugar and other cor
&poratirns whose gross receipts were
more than $260s000 per annum.
maintained that all corpora.
.Sxrl%.s 60 prof;f q, 1.rl+3 a ~ n 100 or