Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-09
aANTI RING" LEADERS


The movement that in reality originated |
with st. Lawrence, instead Of in the coun-
try. and which has for its object aggrand !
izemeHt Of the few men who are loudest |
in their cry OF ring" is one of the very !
commcaest rs well as the very thinest of
political msneuvers. Tt is simply the old
threadbare argument of the "outs" against
the sins. There are not many counties
in the Territory but what have the same
kind of a movement ON foot as in Hand
county the present year, exc .Yt in some
Of the older counties where the cry has
worn itself out. True, the movemeut has |
succeed in times past placing ths men
in oftiee that origiriHteS(It, bHtShow MANY
Iiae4 are there in the countyS66<a haze not
80 history repeat itself and the very
( At that started it end the men who
4phtd4 with the popular tide iatst comfy
N1Asea be driitod out aga;n se5f
year Ahe same tide? The aW,ouficsyll
mentsfsa the various Offices in the county
makes it plain why some. In fact nearly
all--of the leaders of the ant ring move
iiient In the republican party l.aye posed
us such before the people. l. there any
more proofs needed, outside of ST. Law
renee against Miller. which is conceded,
that these leaders are already working for
their own benefit? That may BE- all right.
at least il is ons Of the most excusabie
sailings of all that is human. We do. not
diSparage any man who wishes Office. much
less entsr into personal use Of him,
simply because we may prefer another.
The editors of the PRESS pride themselves
at least, ,a having learned the ruliments
of the newspaper business. consequently
1t will never be the province of this paper
to comu.snce "a personal attack OH Il
mans charicter because he holds other
the right to attack the principle by which
that man acts and enaeavors to benefit
himself at the expense of his neighbor
who is in every. way just as honorable and
upright ~ himself. One more PROPOSE
I tiun nnaA- igsSre done To show up in
! all its eatire absnrtiity this ciy ef s,a.s,
! the ring course We can only tuke il
( as meaning the present olilcers-it is only
offices TO be filed in the county this fall
there is only one now holding Office that
I, asks for denomination, G. IL. Weeks As
we have only this opportunity for illustra-
-, "a
! deeds. which is considered one of the best
in the colnty--aS well rs coIcelAd to
have been conducted in the beat possible
manner for the coulty It is generally
concealed that the ''ins' have the advant-
age of the "outs." hence this combination
of the latter. even though several of them
be after the SAM OF Sc, again 4 the in
cumbeut. calculating that after he is dis
posed of they have an even chance with
each other Here We have among the
many aspirants for this office the followinf.
c. E. Cort. A. G. Somers, II. S. Willitt
Vol Hoggatt, s. s. Keeler and J. +. Mar
tin. the most OF whom are personal on
business friends of the PRESS nni whom
We think are capable of conducting the
Office they seek, yet we dcprec ste the
method of SON. of them III getting there
Now reader, just stick n pilf IN each
of these names and count how many ARE
identified as prominent leaders OF the
movement to "ou%t tht ring'--in other
words, ''oust Mr.. Weeks" their strongest
opponent for the Office, aud figure out
for Yourself if We haven't come very neal
telling you the exact condition of Hand
county politics, why the anti-rins leaders
cry so long and loud. and then figure Q
little further and you will discover thai
the ''anti-ring" element is composed en-
tirely of leaders who want office, even
unto the boss howler, 3. l.. Sage, THAI
whom--.but there, "next wsek.'