Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-26
CONCERNING VITUPERATION

Senator Crawford are decrying the use of bill
Ingsgate in this campaign. The WATERFOWL
daily is especially agitated over it, notwithstand-
ing it has some gift in that line itself.
But, while this paper deprecates mudslinging
and tries to refrain from indulgence therein, it
comes with very poor grace for Mr.. Crawford's
supporters to seek to make a point against his
opponents on that score, and it is particularly in
opportune for Crawford's friends to register a
protest.
Let us refresh their memories. Remember
the dense silence that pervaded the atmosphere
round about Mr.. Crawford during the legislative
contest that resulted in the election of Dean
Sterling to the senate? Does anybody recall a
syllable that escaped from Crawford's lips in
Sterling's behalf?
Well, let your mind run along a little further.
Maybe you recall that, despite Mr.. Crawford's
silence, Dean Sterling won his fight and laid his
political enemies low.
Then what? Why, nothing much, only that
Mr.. Crawford suddenly became as bold as a lion
and rushed an interview down to the Sioux CITY
Tribune as fast as electricity could travel over
the wires, and here are a few of the choice words
and phrases that blew out from Mr.. Crawford,s
mouth (see Sioux City Tribune of January %,
1879:
BRUTAL political boss"
"Bluffer."
"Bulldozer.''
'Political harlot."
o''Servile tool.'
"Unscrupulous tool" -
''Weakling."
"Gang of corporation tricksters."
"Mephitic odors.'
'Putrid smells"
Pirates"
''Not yet shed his milk teeth, - etc.
"Never had a political thought higher than,'
Oh! it was beautiful and awe-inspiring, the
way those words spun out, melting the Western
Union wires as they ran! And, too, from a gen.
the other day that the tax commissioners viii
States senator! And, this, too, excepting MI.
Crawford's n djamming, after the fighting was
all overt
Now, if either our political enemies or our
friends happen to peruse this column, let them
kindly remember that such bilingsgate as they
see herein comes not from the Aberdeen News,
nor the Sioux Falls ArggusLeader, nor yet from
the Daily Dakotan, but from Mr.. Crawford!
Selah!-Pierre Daily Dakotan.
MI. Preston averred in language that rever-
berated throughout the corridors of the capitol
the ither day that the tax commissioners will
fight if anybody assails them. Well, that's re-
grettable, it trne-but, let 'em fight! We be-
feve that, according to the last election returns,
there are something like one hundred Thousand
able-bodied electors in the state, Tie the people
should happen to get lined up on one side and
the commissioners on the other, it would be a
majority OF only ninety-fine thousand nine hund-
red and nlnety-six against the commissioners.
That might be some fght-while it was on!
The Sioux City Tribune, which strenuously
opposes Mr.. Burke for the senatorshiip, seems to
want to pass the information along ! that Burke
is an active member Of the Episcopal church of
his home city. The Tribune doesn't say so, but
we assume that it considers this one Of the rea-
sons why Burke should not succeed Crawford in
the United States senate.
-O-
HI Loucks is trying TO- get into a debate
with Crawford, but has not succeeded iii getting
much satisfaction out Of the senator. In the
menatime Coe 4. is running around the state is
suing challenges to Charlie Day and sundry other
editors. IT he would take. Loucks ON and get a
reputation perhaps some of the editors would
give him q chances--Brookings Register.
~--o- a
There Is 50 much talk about electric roads
n u. N a. 49, M&k &EAa& IEH@&H