Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-04
PROCLAIM ATIoN.
To sehom ii may Conaern :

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of Union county that | am q candidate
for Sheriff OF said county, and ! call upon
all the good people without regard to
race color or sex to rally to my support.
l am a Republican but have no malice or
i'll will toward the Democratic party.
Some of my best friends are Democrats.
I am not d black niger loving Repnbli.
lican and have never slaDdercd the
Democratic party, This is a free country
aud / believe 1 have as good a right to
the Office as any one. Some Of the other
candidates have issued p~roclamations to
the people setting forth their claims and
good qualities and I take this method of
getting squarely beforcthe people, believ-
ing that when my case is fairly presented
to them they will oil CON to my support.
I have no hard feelings toward any Of the
other candidates, but l now give them
notice that they had better clear the
track for I am going to scoop them all.
I claim to be the Labor Reform candidate.
I am the poor mans friend. I have been
a resident Of Union county Z years and
have never had an Office. / was fairly
elected Police Justice OF Elk Point last
spring but was cheated out Of the office
by fraud. If / am elected this fall l PRO
pose to have the Office or blood. Mr..
Kent claims that he is poor; well, I am
poor too but l am going to stick it out
here. am o SO poor but / can stay in
old Union county. l have been grass
loppered and peItcd with hail but I pro-
pose to to stand up to the rack " fodder
or no fodder" will gave a part of my
salary every year to the church, and will
also give something to the temperance
cause. 1t is proper to remark in this
connection that I will not pack the
%juries 50 as to prosecute men who are
selling liquors. I shall conduct this
canvass upon tho followsng principles
which are my platform, viz:
l. The government of the U. s. has
the power to manufacture money it
should therefore issue immediately ten
millions of money and loan the same to
the poor laboriug men Of the country.
II. 1t is the duty of the government
to establish at some central point in each
congressional district Of cur common
country. a Soupe house where the poor
unfortunate tramps can be fed until they
can make q loan from the fund provided
for as above specified.
III. Capital and labor should be equal.
ly divided, The Declaration Of Jude
pendence states that all men are free and
equal. The b!oated bondholder should
therefore divide his i'll gotten gains with
the poor. 4.a
Nv. Our relations with Great Britain
should be SO regulated that the American
fishermen wall be protected.
v. The Indians upon our frontiers
have been for years committing all kinds
Of dcpreda.ions; farmers have been driv-
en- from their homes, defensless women
and children have been burned at the
stake. 1t is therefore highly proper that
every Indian both male and female,
should BE- exterminated and every Indian
agent aud trader banishcd from the land.
L Upon this platform / am willing to
stand or fall. Truth and Justice are sure
to win. Victory is written upon my
banner. This is a Grand, a Glorious
country; hence a poor maj can run for
Office. Here one man is as good az an
other for so the declaration of Independ-
encc declares. With these remarks l
close. l have not TIME to buttonhole
every voter, but shall see many of them.
Those who do not receive a call must
not feel sighted. The other candidates
have horses but I travel on foot. I rely
mainly on the justice of my cause, the
rectitude of my intention and the great
principles contained in my platform. l
close with that beautiful sentiment used
by the lNmentcd Lincoln at Gettysburg;
With charity toward all and malice to-
ward one.
lam your obedient servt.
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