Roosevelt Taft Ticket For Huron District Candidates
Supplement listing candidates for the Roosevelt Taft ticket across South Dakota counties including Hughes Hughes County for Representatives Chas Burke Eben Martin Brown Browne Schrader Waltner Blewitt Warner Johnson Eide Kramer Ram er Wickre Finnerud with Paul County and Codington County as respective districts and roles from governor to railroad commissioner and national committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Chas. H. Burke
Hughes County
Eben W. Martin
Lawrence County
Campaign echoes and old ties resurface in Texas state politics
The piece rails at Crawford's corporate ties and prior rail work, arguing current figures campaign on nostalgia and oppose Kittredge. It frames the contest as a clash between reform and past railroad policy, highlighting political maneuvering in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fealee
Senate
Ma Ri
Grafordel
Earedee
J. Crawford
Crawford
Kittredge
Jane
Secret Compact and Political Patronage Debated
A reader reports Mr Crawford discusses a secret compact tied to Kittredge Gamble and Ringsrud with evidence claimed by Gamble. The piece catalogs reforms from 1902 to 1907 and notes Crawford’s alleged duplicity in defending patronage schemes linked to Major Pickler and government appointments.
Senator Kittredge's record in Washington examined
Fragmentary quotations discuss Kittredge and his past six years in Washington. The text hints at attacks from opponents and a cautious attitude toward his record, reflecting political maneuvering in South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittredge
Local insurgent presses prejudice in court scene
An insurgent organ tries to cast bias against Mr. Kittredge as a lawyer opposing Crawford appears in court for a client once connected to the case. The fragment hints at ongoing legal maneuvering and past associations driving the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Kittredge
Crawford
Crawford Swayed by Railroad Pressure in Gross-Earnings Fight
The Roosevelt Taft State League cites Mr Crawford as betraying constituents over the gross earnings tax law. Railroads lobbied heavily in 1885 1888 and again to repeal the exemption that favored vast land holdings. Crawford’s district faced pressure via lobbyists and a politicial ruse blamed on the railroads and “the voice of the people.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Roosevelt-Taft State League
Pracreed
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Bismarck
Dail
Crawf
Railra
Lane
Cee L Crawford
Territorial Council
Harrold
Northern Pacific
Council Journal
Northern Pacific Land Grant
South Dakota Senate
Kittredge
Mr. Crawford
Senate Journal
Territorial
Bismarck Se Te Cme
Council
Senate Board of Assessment
Cooutd
Northeastern Railroad
South Dakota
Congress
United States
House
Senate
Committee
L Crawford
State Board of Assessment
Gies
I É Council
Abe van Osdell
Intake Ae
Bratrud bill on state fund deposits faces graft charges
In 1908 C C Bratrud introduced a bill to end interest graft on state funds. The measure was killed 52 to 80 after opposition by Governor Crawford and Treasurer Cassill. Bratrud claims the bill would have saved 15000 to 20000 yearly, and notes Cassill sought long term deposits to earn interest. He accuses Cassill of conflicts and cites Cassill’s bank salary and role as vice president of Sioux Falls Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gampie
Crawford
Watertown Daily
Congress
John A. Pickler
Senate
Pickler
L .H Bailey
Huron
Enone
Major Pickler
Republican Party
South Dakota
Interior Department
Bailey
Erre
Washington
C. C. Bratrud
House of Representatives
Minnehaha
Kittredge
Cassill
Bratrud
Brtrid
J. B. Holter
Canton
Holter
S. D
Sioux Falls
J. E. Holter
Cass
The
Sioux Falls Savings Bank
C. H. Cassill
Kittredge's Railroads Record in South Dakota Power Struggle
A Crawford unit cites Kittredge as controlling the 1905 South Dakota legislature for railroad interests. It details blocked bills on rail charges and notes committees and figures like B. G. Kennedy shaping policy, with repeated claims that measures never left the railroad committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wford
Senator Kittredge
Crawford Machine Bureau
Kittredge
Assembly
South Dakota
A. B. Kittredge
B. G. Kennedy
Senate Committee On Railroads
Senate
Senate Journal
Committee On Railroads
Kennedy
Pierre
Joseph Hebal
Deuel
EB. D. Wheelock
Cod Mn
W. E. Ege
B. Dowdell
Col. Parker
Washington
Wilburn S. Glass
Gov. Crawford
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Th Journal
Railroads
Committee On
Railee
Committee On State Affairs
Traveling agent asks vote against rate bill in 1906
The text references a traveling passenger agent of the Northwestern petitioning Mr. Kittredge to oppose the railroad rate bill in 1906 and asks if such action would be justified. It notes Mr. Crawford as a territorial council member and mentions a petition and voices of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Kittredge
Department of Commerce and Labor
Kittredge
Roosevelt
Nelson
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Crawford
Bailey
Gamble
Milioet Ringsrud
Crawford
Watertown
Northwestern
Seth Thoee
Crawford's Rail Favoring Votes Spark Debate in Territorial History
A historical review details Cee L Crawford's political shifts from 1888 to 1890, noting votes easing railroad tax burdens, ties to Northern Pacific lobbyists, and subsequent roles. It cites council journals and senate records, showing a pattern of pro railroad actions amid public tax debates.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roosevelt Taft
J. L. Browne
Brown County
John F. Schrader
Pennington County
Joseph J. Waltner
Turner County
Ira F. Blewitt
Moody County
C. E. Warner
Hamlin County
George G. Johnson
Lincoln County
Mathias D. Eide
Miner County
Milton M. Ramer
Davison County
Hans O. Wickre
Day County
Hans M. Finnerud
Codington County
Wase
Person
Elliott
State Central Committee
Ringsrud
Register
United States Land Office
C. A. Blake
Wessington
Beadle County
Aow
Gove
He Pn
Mr. Crawfaur Ch
Major Picker
Pone
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