Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-15
A Patent Renewed.

A Patent Renewed.
A contemporary sums it up by stating
that the democratic managers did not
want any of the great, true tried leaders
and statesman of their party.
They did not want the million and {,
half CT workingmen that Butler spoke
of.
They did not want the soldiers.
They did not want John Kelly and
Tammany hall.
They did not want the Irish-Ameri-
can vote.
They did not want the vote OF the
American-Catholics they have hereto
fore had.
They did not wantto he united. They
went out Of their way to take on a
quarrel instead.
They did not want 10 get licked.
And they made certain that they would
be.
They did not want Blaine and Logan
elected. And they made the result
very sure and quite easy.
The democratic managers havea pat
ent right for acting the fool and they
renew the patent every four years.
A subscriber asks lis why we are al
ways saying something about the bad
boys in our paper and never tell of the
good boys. 1t may be there is some
thing in this question. Perhaps it is
because there are so few bad boys, and
being a rarity comment is natural, Or
it may be that the career Of the bad
boy is not enVied by any one and we
do it without fear Of offending any who
might be competing for the lowest
round on the ladder of goodness, While,
should we say John, Frank or Joe is
the best boy in the county we surely
would createa feeling Of dissatisfaction
among the many young men who are
e~ndeavoring, with the best of their
ability, to mount high on the ladder OF
good morals and fair fame. Let not
the young men who are free from stain
upon their characters become discour-
aged in well doing. Their efforts are
telling and IN years tocome, their heads
will be crowned with honor While the
reckless young man Of to-day will be
forgotten by the better classes CT man
kind--Ex.
Following is the full text of the act
Of congress increasing the number of
the Dakota legislature,
BE it enacted blythe senate and house |
of representatives Of the United States |
OF American congress assembled, That
the legislature Of the territory Of Dako-|
ia shall hereafter consist Of twenty |
four members Of the council and forty
members Of the house Of repre-
sentatiVes, and thatthere shall be elect |
ed at the next general election in said
territory two members Of the council
and four members Of the house Of rep
resentatlyes in each of the twelve leg
islative districts provided for in chap
ter seven Of the territorial statutes of
eighteen hundred and eighty-three Of
said territory.
While at Bismarck, q few days ago.
Col. r. G. rngersol was asked by Trib-
une reporter what he thought Of Dako-
ia, to which the great inGdel replied:
81 think it perfectly grand. Dakota is
Illinois on a larger scale. never saw
better land, better crops or a better
looking people. You have in this ter
ritory more than g hundred million
acres Of land. You can support TWEEN
ty millions Of people. The country is
more beautiful than iowa or Illinois.
Your long winters Will make good
the good home is the foun-
dation and dome Of progress. Dakota
has 9 splendid present and o sublime
future
Strong drink costs sL,QOO,OoO,OOO q
year in nancy. IT makes so per cent
Of our insane. 1t makes IS per cent Of
our patrers. It causes directly 70 per
cent. Of OLE murders. 1t males 80 per
cent. OF ouT criminals. 1t sends forth
IS per cent. Of I vicious youth. 1t
sends one every six minutes into a
d%runkard's grave or nearly 10000 81
vegr.-EH.