The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-29

SationS OF the contest now opening
in South Dakota with The election of
a United States Senator as the prize,
will be a statement which was issued
here by Dan E. Hanson, clerk of
courts of Turner county during a
business visit TO Sioux Falls. The
statement vigorously attacks the rec
ord made by Senator Crawford, who
is a candidate for reelection, and
much OF ii is made up from official
records and other documentary evid-
ence which Mr.. Hanson has assemb-
led.
A significant feature of the state
ment and its criticism of the public
purse of Senator Crawford is the
fact that Mr.. Hanson was one of the
original progressive republicans of
Turner county, and was one of the
first in that county to break away
and enlist under the banner of Mr..
Crawford when he some years ago
inaugurated his fight aaginst stand
patism in South Dakota.
His statement in part is as fol-
lows:
The Tariff.
Mr.. Crawford was sworn in as
United States Senator on March 4th,
1909. On the 18th of that month
congress took up the subject of re-
ducing the tariff. Surely we NAV eX-
poet to see Crawford. fresh from his
campaign as a progressive republican
vote for this progressive program.
On May 18th a vote was taken on an
amendment to put on the free list
all kinds of farming implements or
tools, and carpenters and blacksmiths
tools. Crawford voted. with Aldricl
against 1t.
con May 18th Senator Bacon of.
fered an amendment reducing the
tariff on knives and raXors to 40 per
cent ad %valorelh. and on scissors and
table cutlery to 80 per cen ad val
orenl. Crawford again voted with
Aldrich against this reduction.
".On May 10Th a vote was taken
on an amendment, placing on the
free list printing presses. sewing ma
chimes and typewriters. These We're
all trust controlled articles which the
progressive republicans of South Da-
kota in the platform of 1908, upon
which Crawford was nominated, stat
ed should be put on the free list.
Crawford, however, paid no attention
to this platform pledge but voted
with Aldrich against it.
"On the same day another amend
ment was offered reducing the duty
from so to 30 per cent, but Craw-
ford ven voted against that.
ION June 10Th a vote was taken
in the Senate to put on the free list
plows, harrows, reapers. ~harvesters,
mowers and other farm machinery.
Crawford again voted with Aldrich
against this amendment.
"On the 18th Senator N%ewlands Of
fered an amendment restricting the
corporate tax to corporations refining
oil and sugar, and manufacturing du-
table articles. and having gross re-
ceipts exceeding $250.oO0 per an
mum. This was to make the Standard
Oil Trust, the Sugar Trust, and the
rich manufacturers. who receive the
benefit of the high tariff. pay the tax
but Aldrich made "A motion to table
it, and again Crawford voted with
him.
"There were 1923 votes taken on
the different amendments to the
tariff bill. Crawford voted with AL
drich 10 times and against him but
% times. On seven amendments he
did not vote. He finally voted with
Aldrich and the other reactionaries
upon the report of the conference
committee for the Payne-Aldrich
bill.
Income Tax.
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cipal of the progressive republicans
which they inserted time and again
in their platforms, and that was for
a national income tax When the
tariff bill was before the Senate the
progressive republicans and progress
sive democrats agreed upon and Of
fered an income tax amendment. AL
drich fought it every way he could,
and IN May 2Tth, when it seemed
that if a vote was taken that day it
would pass, he made a motion post
poning further consideration until
June 10th. Crawford, whom everyone
supposed would carry out the plat
form pledge of the progressive re-
publicans of South Dakota, voted for
Aldrich. Again, on the 18th of June,
Aldrich prevented a vote by moving
to postpone consideration until June
18th. Crawford again voted with AL
drich. Finally, after Aldrich had thus
gained time to secure enough votes
to kill the income tax amendment, he
allowed it, on July 18th, to come to a
vote, and it was killed. To the bitter
disappointment of the progressives
Crawford voted with .Aldrich against
the bill. Aldrich had the corporation
tax amendment offered in order to
beat the income tax He was quite
open and frank about it.
French Spoliation Graft
Later on, when Crawford became
chairman of the committee of claims,
there was an effort made by certain
interested people to have congress
appropriate money for the paying of
some of the old French spoliation
claims. These were old claims grow
ing out of one of the wars. Crawford
become the sponsor of this bill and
tried to pass it over the protest of
the progressive republicans led by
Senator Bristow.
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