Parker affair ties to Senator Kittredge and land frauds
The report traces Parker the South Dakota special agent suspended in 1902 for alleged drunkenness and fraud in rapid land homesteading cases near Chamberlain. It notes Kittredge’s alleged influence, Parker’s reinstatement and transfer to Pierre, and letters from allies and opponents detailing political pressure and investigations.
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United States
A. B Kittredge
South Dakota
A. 8. Parker
Chamberlain
Parker
Moses Imann
Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Brewing Company
Kittredge
Burrows
Sylvan Winters
Moses Kaufmann
Ostensi
General Land Office
Hitchchcock
Austin S. Parker
Lyman County
Fetter
Hermann
of the Interior
Pierre
Kittredge Petition Tactics Questioned by South Dakota Paper
A Dakota newspaper accuses Senator Kittredge of signing and circulating a false petition to secure signatures and then pressuring signers to support him in primaries. It notes incomplete filing at Pierre and cites a circular letter from Kittredge urging active backing. It also questions campaign staff pay records and asks for explanations of time spent in Washington.
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Kittredge
Battle Creek
Mich
Burrows
Parker
Sylvan Winters
Moses Kaufmann
Winters
Fred
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
South Dakota
Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Senate
Taft
Martin
Pierre
Pennington
Fall River
Lawrence
Hamlin
Minnehaha
Gregory
Douglas
Day
Codington
A. B. Kittredge
United States
Senator Kittredge
Mr. Winans
Washington
Rise and Explain Entanglements In Public Service
The text describes Ralph Gamble son of a state senator who held a congressional clerkship, used leave without pay for college, and faced GOP criticism. It notes Persons an Auditor in Washington who took paid leave to campaign for Gamble and comments on public trust, delays, and patriotic duty amid calls for reform.
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Iereee
Ion Aa
Martin
Senator Gamble
Webster
E. RB. Winans
Kittredge
Senator Kittredge
Secretary of the Senate
Ralph Gamble
Congress
South Dakota
Treasury Department
Washington
Crane
Tagebes Ionnes
Hall Attacks Lumber Trust Influence in Speech
Hon. Philo Hall, congressman from South Dakota, denounces the lumber and paper trust in a speech outlining perceived concentration of power. He warns of impact on markets, worker rights, and federal oversight.
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Philo Hall
Congress
South Dakota
The
Lumber and Paper Truste
Call for forest product free list and breakup of lumber trusts
The speaker denounces the lumber and paper trusts as monopolistic and oppressive. He argues for removing tariff duties on forest products to preserve timber supplies and restore fair trade, urging prompt legislation to break the trust and ensure a legitimate lumber trade without a general tariff revision.
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United States
Croesus
Sixtieth Congress Faces Risk of Ship of State Wreck
A stirring essay warns that the Sixtieth Congress steers the nation toward disaster as breakers loom and the sea swells threaten the ship of state with wreck and reproach from present and future generations.
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Ship of State
Crawford's administration trims state treasury loss and lowers taxes
Crawford's administration leaves the state treasury with a $290,000 gain and reduces taxation across the state. The move signals fiscal improvement and a tax relief trend under the current leadership.
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Crawford
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Binger Hermann
Oregon
Kaufmann
J. O. Burrows
Michigan
A. 8
A. H. Danniels
Missouri Valley Times
Chamberlain and
Vicinity
Col
Chamberlain, Brule
Lyman Counties
Col. Parker
Ed. Stardy
A. B. Ki Sen- Dakota
E. R. Winans
Prii Ee
Hk. Winans
E.R. Winans
Seber
Hall
the Lumber Trust
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