Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
THE LATE DISTRICT CON.
VENTlON.

THE VIEW TAKEN OF IT'S DAMNABkE
RAscALITY BY A D1sINTEREsIX6
LookER-oN.
We ask the voters of Turner county
to compare the following with the ac-
count published in the New Era, bear
ing in mind the fact that the New Eras
| production was writenby one who was
interested in the matter and helped in
the disfranchisement of a portion of
the voters of Turner county:
| 70 the Press and Dakotian.
am locker on in "Venice." On
my native heath have always taken
some little interest in politics. In fact
l rather enjoy the excitement of arough
and tumble political fight. Hence it is
suppose, that l have watched the boi-
ling OF the political pot here, during my
soJourning of the past two months or
more, with some little interest. Being
a down easter" had a curiosity to
observe the means and methods in
vogue in the political arena of the far
west, in the land Of the Dakotas. My
curiosity has been amply gratified. In
fact it has been satiated to nausea. In
ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain." l laid the tlattering JUNCTION to
my soul that we Of the east could not
be out done. That bossism, gerryman-
dering and bulldozing was an unknown
quantity among the independent, wide
awake, rustlihg voters of the far west.
But after what have seen am prone
to believe you can double discount us in
almost everything. That for intrigue,
knavery, deception, ungrateful hypoc-
risy. lying, AID up and up pscalawagism,
Yankton county politicians can take
the cake against the world.
There ought to be honor among all
persons, but among some of the Yank-
ton county politicians there is evidently
no honor, no decency, aid no shame. L
have no interest personally, or other.
wise, in Yankton county politics, fur
ther than an abiding interest in the per-
petuity and welfare of the republican
party generally all over the country.
| Therefore it matters not to me per-
sonally. who the upper or under dog is
in this fight. write only to cypress
my utter disgust at what have seen
In the way OF chicanery, rascaiity, and
hypocrisy on the part of the successful
machine politicians of this burroughin
the management ofpolitical affairs, and
to warn all true and honest republican,.
to beware how they, by voice or vote,
endorse and countenence a line of action
and policy that must inevitably lead to
utter destruction and disintegration of
the republican party. 1t was just such
| tactics as i hvae seen practiccd here
that cost the republican party in New
| York two years ago, onehundred thous-
and votes, and secured the defeat of one
| of the ablest and purcst statesmen Of
the empire state and made the loss of
the state to the republicans this fall
possibly. Undulterated and rampant
rascality in politics may carry the per
petrators thereof to victory once or
twice, but either they or their nomina-
tions are sure to come to grief sooner
or later because the very life and future
existence Of the party demands that
they should.
The republican party of your grand
territory has brilliant and glorious
future before it, it it's leadership is not
allowed to pass into the hands of un-
scrupulous men for their own sci
Observation-Disclosures who are ever
ready, us saw in &. A. r. hall, to lay
aside their self respect, their social and
political standing, and join with
democratic rabble to silence the voice
of majority of the good and true and
loyal republicans. But if the leadership
OF the party is to be accorded to such
hands as / have indicated, and snch
means and methods as | saw at G. a.
X. hall are to be employed to run the
party, then | venture the prediction
that there WILDE no republican party
in 4ankton county hereafter worthy
of the name.
Such, at least, is the opinion of IL
stranger in your midst, and an old re:
publican who has been for twenty five;
years in active political life. and who 4
has no interest at stake and no wish to
crafty, except a wish for thesupremacyS
everywhere of that grand old republi-
can party that has accomplished so
much for my country,
Respectfully yours.
j. III. G.