Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-10-25
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the first that You had more mon
ey than the people OF Miller an
would b. able to import oa4
hmircd men just at election
time. II was the general i'm
preston all over the territory
, that you intended to win with
your barrel Of money, even Gov.
+ OrGway believed that to be your
ann and that you would succeed.
1t Was for that reason that men
built in st Lawrercc. II has
been the foundation Of all your
success. Because the Miller pco-
/ pie Were weak in capital and you
LAD your thousands laid up tor
the future campaign was what
induced people to settle with
you. Now people see that it
was mostly brag, but you will
nevertheless. You organized your
waterworks just to have employ
m2mt Tor men you intended 10
bring in to vote.
Have not some of your men
openly said in the presence of a
stranger you thought would stay
with you, that you had $4,000 to
buy votes with at Miller, anh
w. H. Goodwin declared he
could buy IL good many and IN
tended 10 do so. and h has for
several days been ia Miller try
Ing to carry his object. And vet
y"u are SO honest You had
better turI your flag OF honor
ana unturl banner with these
words inscribed: "lf we cannot
win with our money we will east
odiulu on those who are in the
right, and throw DIRT in the
eyes OF our opponents and make
the world believe that We are
the George Washington that
never told a lie
You honest,' when all
over the county YOU could
near thus expression: Mil
ter ought to nave the county
seat but st Lawrence Is bac!iAl
by Chicago Capital aud viii wiu
against right"
You speak Of dishonest vot-
ing. We will say for your IN
formation that the Jaw gives
you rights that you can pr ,tect
yourselves. We do not DOUBT
but there are a few men III the
town OF st. Lawrence mean
enouga to do do anything. and
we Will see to it that no harm is
done the people OF Miller on
election day, and we accord to
you the same right. We will
no: try to vote amy m'm Gut
those who are residents OF Hand
county and entitled to vote, be
they black or white, big or little.
The only way that tie people Of
Miller can obtain their rights is
10y seeing that all vote that have
IL right aui then We need not
tear the sauctifed city Of the
east.
You say that Miller was start
ed with the avowed intnution of
KiiIins off Sizing Three, all OF
winch is false. Before anything
was known OF Siding Three Il
contract was made 10y the head
of the Mi Ter colony aud the
railroad company giving them
the right to locate any place
they saw fit IN Hand county ami
start town with the under
standing that they were tn have
"a switch, depot aud immigrant
house at once
Further, the Miller colony
was given special migrant and
trcish hit rates from Iowa; lcwer
than any one else, ever obtained
in the Territory on their hne OF
road.
Was all this done by the COM
pany and yet Siding Three to be
the town and future county seat
and they knowing that We came
here for the county seat and To-
Gated as rear the center of the
County as possibIe:
After I. J. Nichols received IA
letter from Marvin Hughltt,
general manager OF the road,
handed him by Henry Miller, he
became friendly. Took SPEC.
ial train aud our car of Ia umber
ani brought us out to ilani
county. We made stop at the
watertank and examined tie
"beantitul grove" Not one
word was saId by Nicl"Is to on
locating ut the sIlirg. L. was
not our selection hecause it was
To tar from the centre. We
proceeded west and located at
tue present site o. MlIIcr, NIch-
ols come pointing ont tao place
where the company would build
a depot. We were tol by Mich
OILS that this was the place for
the future county seat Of Hand
county. He told Us not to have
to do vita that man
King.
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