Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10

Since the death of the venerable Ca
madam weather prophet there has moi
arisen one greater than tommy-rigs OF
theAurora County Standard who proph.
estes as follows, to-wit:
Thee editor of the Wessington Springs
Herald, c. W. Mcdonald. was a candl.
cate Tor clerk OF courts. He was de.
ieated and now refuses to place the
regular ticket at the head OF his paper
The i~nsinuations IN the above item
are: that G.. w. Mcdonald was a candi-
date before the convention above re-
TERED to; that it was a straight forward
Republican convention, that the noml-
hees on the ticket got there honestly
and fairly. and that the convention was
an able and complete representation of
the wishes of the people.
In this matter as in all weather pre-
alctlons with the exception of a few
tritling discrepancies which we will try
10 make plain to tommy's mind, his
Demonstrations and diagnosis are en-
lnently correct.
First G. w. Mcdonald was not acan-
uldate ior any Office before that conyen-
tlon; he was not in that convention and
ald not ask any one to bring his name
before that convention.
Second, it was not a Republican con-
northumberland as a party gather
ing. Weknow whereof we speak when
we say that delegates were sent to that
gathering who would not have been
there had it not been for Democratic
yotes-that is for votes of persons who
nave since taken part in the organiza-
lion OF the Democratic party in this
county.
Third, as to the manner of nominees
getting there" LIST, a ring-or syndi-
cate we suppose they call themselves
was formed Of persons who own no
property in the Territory, who pay no
taxes, and whose interest in The Terri
tory and county is commensurate only
With the amount of pap they expect
to draw from the county treasury. went
from house to house through different
precincts setting forth that - and
would be delegates to the
county convention, AND THEY WE'RE
THE ONES ELECTED CD AS DEL
1lGATEs. 2d, on the morning of
the day Of the convention it
was found that a large majority
Of the delegates q y so elected were not
in favor Of the regular ticket. To
overcome this little idiosyncracy of the
said delegates they were taken one at
a tune to an upper room (the sides of
Which were nothing but boards) and
the case argued with such silyerv
tongues by the orators OF. the regular
ticket that long before the hour Of the
convention it was known who would
be the nominees.
Further than this the orators out
llned their plan so well which was so
palatable to the people that they have
been able ever since that date to deliy-
their goods-in a horn.
The question naturally arises, tommy.
Il this ticket IS so fully acceptable to
he people, why SO much un~easiness
among the nominees of the regular
Ioua are perhaps ere this aware
hat the majority of the voters Of this |
are Republicans; that the ma t
ority of the Republican voters declare
most emphatically, "NO SALOONS IN {
ERAULD COUNTY," Another fea-
re CT the voters Of this county is the c
act that they We're men before they d
ere partisans and they do not propose t
stultify their manhood by voting S
ven for the regular ticket when u
lat ticket IS composed Of men who are II
OF opponents OF the principles they t
old far dearer than they do any mere a
arty ties. 0
The HERALD die publish all it could O
nd out i'll regard to the ticket as an u
of news, but as it is a peoples pa q
9r, not run by any ring, and as the peo-
.e have no further interest in the tick
nominated we have no business to ! y
Ike up the space in the paper with -
which only concerns the ring. l.
With these few exceptions, tommy, y
our item is correct. -