The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-10-18


Mrs 4. j. Marston, of Marston, is
enjoying q protracted visit from her
sister, Mrs. F. d. Mum, Of Lowell,
Mass.
Vote for Clifton for the county
seat and you can retire to your rest at
night with the consciousness Of know
ing that you have wronged no man in
80 doing
In vulgar parlance, we are "get-
ting on" to little county seat scheme
which, IL successfully carried out,
would work great injustice to the peo-
pie of Sully county, and, as soon as we
get little more light on the matter,
we propose 80 open it up to the public
in time to head it Off
Personal abuse, such as has been
heaped upon some Of the citizens of
our county by those who happen to
differ with them politically, and with
out grain Of sense or reason therefor,
will not help the opposition; but, TO
the contrary, will disgust and sicken
those who under different circumstan-
ccs might have given an independent
movement some countcnance.
No man who participated in the
late Republican county convention,
either as a delegate or in the primaries
which named those delegates, can with
honor to himself refuse to support the
ticket placed in the field through their
instrumentality, even though some of
the candidates were not their first
choice. 1t is not to be expected that
every man can get his personal favor
ties throughout where candidates are
numerous, but all should feel disposed
to acquiesce in the will of the majority
and turn in and give the ticket cheer
full and energetic support.
-" Shoot-mouth " pledges and news
paper squibs telling what the good peo-
pie of this or that place will do if the
county seat will only be given them,
have no weight or influence with the
people. Give something and indulge
in less talk. Why, even the Carson
Herald is liable to come out ut almost
any minute and pledge itself, individ-
ually, to give 1000 acres of land and
s5 900 in cash, but how much weight
would it carry with its pledge. Clifton
has unreservedly GIVEN an equivalent
of $4,000. Give us something we can
depend upon. 1t sounds too much like
Capital Commission steal. Bismarck
pledged itself, big, but has repudiated
its obligations and now the people
have the bills to pay.
Canning has had a first class sen.
sation, involving Geo. W. Harris, one
of the Hughes county commissioners,
and Miss Nellie 4. Knapp, pretty
laundress. The accusation of 4" wrong
ness is undoubtedly without founda-
tion, the only ground being that Miss
Knapp rode home in buggy with Mr..
Harris from Pierre, where she had been
to teachers examination But Mrs.
Harris, urged on by scandal-mongers,
visited the young lady and made such
threat of tar and feathers, &C., that
Miss Knapp precipitately fed and it
was thought for a time had committed
suicide, but it proved that she went to
Pierre on foot, starting out in the
night. For time The people were so
offended at Mrs. Harris and her insti.
gators that it was feared harm would
bcfall them.
We trust that the Independent
convention, the Peoples convention, or
whatever it may be styled, which meets
here next Tuesday will have the good
fortune to induce men of some re.
spectability and fair degree of quail.
fication to accept its nominations, bat,
before this can be accomplished, it will
be necessary to choke off portion of
the outfit who are seeking to run the
macheen," and let the guidance be
placed In the hands of those who have
some decency and honor Of character.
Men who are competent and will lend
some dignity to the positions to be fill
ed cannot take pride in being placed
before the people of Sully county in a
manner which from the present outlook
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