The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-31
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DELL.
Republican Candidate Cites Record
tO Democrats Charges-Accuses
Artesian Man of Political
Trickery.

Citing the legislative records as
best proof of untruthfulness OF Dow
dells charges, c. A. ChristophersOn,
republican candidate for congress
from this district yesterday called
the democratic candidates bluff
challenge for a joint debate and de-
clared in his letter to Dowdell that
the latter was either a political trick
ster or grossly ignorant OF the facts
he tried to deal with. Mr.. Chris
topherson's letter is as follows:
Robert E. Dowdell, Non-Partisan-
Democratic Nominee for Congress-
Dear Sir: My attention has been
called to your challenge to me, pub
lished in the newspapers, but which
you did not convey to me in other
manner, and in Acknowledgement,
how perfectly accommodating it was
on your part to seek to lay at my
door the many charges and u
lions made against you, and chal-
lenge for a debate, when you well
knew that no public meetings are
permitted, not even Sunday school.
is it possible, Dowdell, that you were
in this manner seeking to mislead
the voters of this district.
You say l know the purport of
your resolution number twelve. Yes,
l have read it and | fully agree with
others THAI there is only n inter
probation to give to il, and that is,
when stripped of it's surplusage, you
were seeking to take away from the
president and congress the right to
declare war. In other words delay
through a vote and the d~issension in
Iour land that must necessarily fol-
low such a course. That is the plain
English of your resolution and all
your explanation and challenges will
not change it. You expressed your
views at that time. Now be a man
and defend your position rather than
seek TO get out from under by a play
upon words and an effort at misrep-
resentation.
Remember also that / am not the
one who has charged you with a pur-
pose to aid the enemy through this
resolution. | have been reasonably
busy with my own campaign and ii
is men who have known you for a
longer time than | and who have had
a more intimate acquaintance with
you and who have formerly affiliated
with you politically, who r bring
ing your record to light and are do
ing this for the purpose. as Ex-Gov
Lee said, For "a clean democracy
which you do not represent"
Why not challenge those gentle
men, or perhaps you realize that by
reason of their thorough acquaint-
ance of you and your methods a con
flict with them would be disastrous
to YOU
|, Your allusion to the Brandon
meeting and to the name of Wipf
shows your readiness for unfair
methods. You well know that Wipf'.
name was not mentioned at Brandon
by the governor or any one else.
Your open letter is sufficient proc
that Ex-Gov. Lee was right when he
said you did not stand for a clear
democracy and INDUCED i'm sharp pc
!. litical practice.
AS to your many claims for great
mess, they border so closely on sol
praise that no further comment j.
necessary.
Your reference to House Bill No
81, and in which my old friend. So
lem, Joins in the form of a solemn
) certificate, is amusing to say th'
least. 1t again illustrates your meth
Cd and proves one of two thing.
either that you are unfair and guilt,
of political trickery, as has Deer
charged, or hat you are grossly ig
norant as to the school laws of oul
! state.
TheNbill in question is one brough
| out by the Educational association o
| this state. as will clearly appear b.
1.-THE year books of the association TO