Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-07-10
THE COUNTY SEAT FRAcAs.

John H. Baldwin, the scheming agent
for the Chicago capitalists who own the
town site OF st. Lawrence, and who have
been badly in the hole since the last coun-
ty seat fight, has imbued new life into
some OF the people of that burg. and made
them think il possible to procure the coun-
ty seat. To that end work has been quiet
ly and systematically done in all parts of
the county, although not unknown to the
people Of Miller. They managed to pro-
cure large number of signatures by fair
arguments or foul (the Miller people have
positive proof from reliable farmers that
the latter was used in many instances).
At Rec Heights they secured two or three
notorious gas bags who have been out of
money FOR some time, to rustic for st.
Lawrence, filling the ears of the gullible
with seditivus and damning misrepresen-
tations of which paid cattle are only capa-
BILE. Fortunately such are so unfortu-
nate as not to realize that their actions will
revert disastrously to themselves and that
parties used facts for arguments that
aided their cause but suppressed other
facts that are essential to lead man to
use his judgement fairly "a to the advisa-
bility Of bringing on another county seat
war. In fact We can name parties in diff
ferent parts OF the county. who, when they
learned how matters were misrepresented
to them by st. Lawrence agents, sent in
orders to the Board of Commissioners
asking that their names be stricken from
the st. Lawrence petition for county
seat election, In the meantime St. Law
renee agents were thus so successful in
procuring names to their petition that
they became elated; became boastful and
in their child like simplicity gave it away.
Miller innocently believed that they per-
haps had as many signatures as they
boasted Of, and after the Fourth sent out
emmessaries also, who worked two or
three days and succeeded in procuring
more names than ST. Lawrence had, not
Withstand ing the fact the latter had work
ed the field over carefully. The present
effort of st. Lawrence to make the peo-
pie believe Miller is den of thieves,
who can ut will grind the people down
with taxes has begun to bore the people.
And that st. Lawrence is a place of alb
solute purity, incapable Of doing an un-
holy thing, and disposed to put thousands
of dollars into the peoples pockets is
being very seriously doubted by prac tical,
thinking men.
Both the st. lawrence petition and the
Miller remoustrancs have been presented
to the Board. The st. Lawrence petition
contains l,162 signatures, and the Miller
remonstrance 1,ls0. which gives Miller
Is majority over all. But that isn't all of
it, There are 1l6 names on the petition
that were afterwards put on the remon-
STRANGE with orders to the Board to be
taken off the petition on the ground of
misrepresentation which leaves the peti-
tion 1,046 signers, or l34 less than the
Miller remonstrance, proving conclusive
ly that the majority of the voters of Hand
county wish the county seat to remain ut
Miller.
Attorney Melville. of Huron, sented
the st. Lawrence petition, and Judge
Payne the remonstrance. The Board is
CON siderinp the matter now