The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-03-25
CALL EGAN
CLAIMS FALSE
TRIES TO BLAME McMASTER FOR
HIGH TAXES.
(By Alfred Burkholder.)

tnt CduipdiSn are SuppOTliHS HON.
w. HI. McMaster for denomination at
the primary election on Tuesday,
March 2S, charge that his independ-
ent republican opponent, George w.
Egan, is not honest in his attempt
to place upon the shoulders of Gov
McMaster the responsibility for the
present comparatively high taxes in
South Dakota. The keynote of the
campaign of Mr.. Egan is the matter
of the taxes assessed throughout the
state. In his campaign speeches he
seeks to create the impression that
the high taxes are wholly due to
Gov. McMaster and the so called
machine" which he charges is back
ing the governor. Mr.. Egan prom
ises that IL nominated and elected to
the office of governor he will re-
duce taxation one-haif throughout
South Dakota.
His republican opponents charge
that he would be wholly without
power to do this, inasmuch as they
have produced taxation figures which
the various counties, less than 10
cents on each dollar goes to the
state of South Dakota, and in some
instances the proportion of the tax
es which goes to the state is as low
as cents on each dollar collected.
These republicans point out that
the high taxes are due to improve
ments made in the cities and towns.
i'm the way of new public school
buildings and other improvements
of a public nature, and in the &C =
ties largely to the building of { 4
roads and bridges and other inn
provements necessary in the work of
developing the counties. They state
that il is significant that Mr.. Egait
in none of his speeches has promis-
ed that if nominated and elected to
the governorship he will use such in
fluence as he possesses in urging a
curtailment of school building and
other expenses attendant upon the
work of developing the cities, towns
and counties of South Dakota.
Supporters in Sioux Falls of Mr..
Egan's candidacy assert that he will
sweep Sioux Falls and Minnehaha
county, and also carry majority or
all the counties in South Dakota.
Some have offered to bet that Mr..
Egan will defeat Gov. McMaster in
the primary election, but thus far
there has been no pronounced bet
ting on their part that their favorite
will sweep the primaries.
The writer knows of one Sioux
Falls bank in which about $4,000
has been deposited and offered in
bets on McMaster defeating Egan at
the primary election. Leading sup
| porters of Mr.. Egan have been al
yised that this money is ready sfor
betting purposes, but thus far none
of ii has been taken. Supporters ol
Egan have stated to those in charge
of this huge betting fund that they
would be in to take some or IT, ou'
invariably they fail to reappear.
In some quarters this lack OF con
fidence on the part of supporters OF
Mr.. Egan oback their judgment
with good, hard money, Is regarded
as significant and is causing ever
the most pessimistic anti-Egan re
publican to ''perk up" and become
confident that in the battle OF bal
lots next Tuesday, Mr.. Egan will D.
showed under" so to speak. Thos'
lin touch with the campaign say Eg
an has a fighting chance In only on
Minnehaha--while the Nc
Master leaders of this county ex
press confidence that Minnehaha an
every other county in South Dakoti
will return a majority against MI
Egan.
Editors of the daily and weeki
newspapers of South Dakota, which
. so far as the republican papers ar
concerned, are practically unitedi
opposing the olitical asirations
Mr.. Egan in this campaign, are max
ing much of reference which Nj
Egan made in an address at Dead
wood to the newspaper fraternity 9
South Dakota.
Egan supporters claim their cand
date is making votes at every plac
he speaks, and they profess to o.
lieve he has fighting chance 10
capturing the nomination at the pr
mary election next Tuesday.
Anti-Egan republicans, on the OF
!. er hand, contend that fnasmucn q
q the falsity of practically all of tn
! Egan charges now are being prove
4 before South Dakota gatherings
! voters by the large number of repul
lican speakers who now are In tn
9 campaign against Mr.. Egan, the al
Q ti-Egan forces are daily gaining
1 strength and will sweep the state
n the primary election. They asse'
that large percentage of the vot'
9 OF republican women Of South D'
( kota will be cast for the McMast'
ticket.