Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-26
A REPLY TO WILBUR S. GLASS; LETTER
COMPARISON OF HIS TWO ATTITUDES

measure and law which Mr.. Glass had
secured the passage of and claiming
in his speeches that it was one of
those progressive measures that was
simply placed upon the statute books
for political purposes and without any
merit or efficiency whatever.
Mr.. Egan had been proclaiming over
the state that the measure was use.
less and yalueless and that it had cost
the state $115,000.O0, to make the ex-
pertinent which had proved an abso-
lutte failure He conde emned the meas
ure in the strongest terms, which
Mr.. Glass says he secured and upon
which he ought to be sent to congress.
Mr.. Egan had been advocating the
repeal of the law and promised that if
| he became governor hes2;Would bring
about its repeal thus saving the peo-
pie of the state great deal of money
| If Mr.. Glass was the wise man that
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POLITICAL situation he certainly knew
the position which Mr.. Egan had been
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| the platform.
BEFORE closing MS ADDRESS MI
1lass produced from ms pocket
printed list OF the progressive candi- d
oates theh before the people Among
thls llst was FRANK ~ 5f'yflaeS fla} Wha was
hereafter nominated and Erected gov
ernof ana VINO is now Jhe present gov
error OF TINS state, RoyaI Johnson,
present attorney general who noNl
| seeks 70 pc congressman from this
/ dlistrlct, a. w. E,Weft, OF Flerfe, pres
ent treasurer OF enc state VINO now
/ seeks reeiectlon, 3fsldesssifs afge num-
Der OF candlaates Ell Who at Inc present
tii1ie alp are SERVING l tlis as pltosTessiVes. z
MI Glass then called the attention
of the audience to the fact that a
man by the name of Frank M. Byrne
was to address the audience after he
concluded. He stated that he noticed
the name of Frank M. Byrne upon
the paper which he produced and held
up to the audience, which he said was
a list of criminal conspirators. He
said they We're posing as the peoples
friends when in fact they We're enc
mics OF the people and seeking cleo
ton that they might perpetrate fraud
1 upon ana secure spolis from the peo
PIE : money ne Went on az grea'
iehglh "a ana jumped lll onto tnese same
caiiaidates with potn Ieee' condemn mn
ing them as criminal consplrators. raj He
j Openly eaiiea upon FRANK N. Byfne
i Wiieil As sSilouia iliahe MS auufeSs; Hts
ene people tlen asseiilpiea' 20 state
j ! Whether8 OF not ms name appeared
Win the crlmlnai consplrators q, py ms MS
own request ofss py ms PERMISSION
hat ne sllonlo explain 70 the people
y th's staee Whae ehe cliiiilhal con
plratoEs ''' PROPOSED 3eo ao' .iul'nef thar
sney haa4 cone 20 rop .ehe peopie Q
lhe state. ne aiso oaiieu upon NJ
i Dsihe " puuia'e .lie piosiesslss
tichee i ms name was noe piacee
ehe1s:i py ms consent = other Worus
IS cilaliehsed M = 7siiie - = pan pan
WAL excuse pa reason ile nau ioi ps'
my z canalaaee aions WIN oeher'
wnom ne haa mentlonea'
j Mr. Glass absolutely rspudlated tht .1st
] whole progressive repubilcanr 1EeiSt' ticke
and stated openly with all the forcs
y that ne had that It was composed g
criminal conspirators, ana shouids %
4 defeated.
], These are the same men Whlch n hs