The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-12

S8natnr Crawford gave a poiltl
cal speech in the opera house last
Monday evening His entire time
was spent in defending his own
record and criticising that of his
opponent, Chas. Burke. 1t seems
a listle odd to Lear a political
speech from candidate for the
senate in which the speaker doesn't
utter word in commendation Of
any other candidate on the ticket,
doesn't mention a single plank Of
the platform on which he is sup
posed to be running and doesn't
state his position on single issue
now pending before congress-, but
this was what we We're given Mon
day evening. When candidate
has to make his entire campaign
in defense OF his own record, dis
cussing dead issues, one naturally
thinks something is wrong. The
defense that he attempted to put
up was an insult to the intelligence
OF those who have been keeping in
touch with his record during the
past twenty five years. When he
stated that he never dissimulated
and Was always opsn and frank
with his constituents, visions of
the Hyde case, in which he declar-
ed that he had never asked for the
pardon of Hyde while a copy of
his letter was in the possession of
the people; visions of the little
band of six hand picked supporters,
gathered behind locked doors in
his Office where an entire state
ticket was selected to be endorsed
by the unsuspecting voters under
that primary law that he framed ;
visions of two letters of endorse
ment sent to two different people
endorsing two candidates for ap-
pointment to the same Office, a
comparison of the letters showing
them to be identically the same ex-
cept for the names of the endorsee,
and numerous other like incidents
that could be named, convinced
his hearers that he is the very en-
bodiment of duplicity He attemp-
ted to justify his votes on the tariff
bill and show that he had acted
consistently with the declarations
of his party, but his explanation
rather conficted with the declar-
alton of the Sioux City Tribune
which declared that he had "accp.
ted Mr.. Aldrich rs representing
the presidential attitude toward
the tariff and docilely followed AL.
drich," and also to the leaders ol
his party in the state who sent a
spanking committee to Washing.
ton to get him in line.
He assailed the Homestake Min.
ing Co., because they own the wa.
ter plant that supplies the city Of
Lead, and have polluted the little
mountain streams that trickle
down the hillsides, killing the fish
and making the water unwhole.
some for the settlers. Yet these
little mountain streams we're pol
luted while he was attorney gener.
| al and he took no action to purify
them They we're polluted while
he was governor and have been pol
luted during the past five years
while he has been in the United
States senate and he has done no
thing to purify them. If with al
OF these opportunities he has done
nothing for the suffering people o
Lead, what have they to hope from
him in the future if he is elected
He said the Homestake propert,
was worth $4,000, 900 but uni
the tax commission raised thei
assessment they had paid taxes Oh
an assessment of only $1,000, 900
Yet he was governor two years ane
was member of the board of equal
ization during that time. VIII,
was their assessment not raised al
that time? He didn't explain wh,