Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
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BElCK.-M. w. Young has finished
burning a kiln Of brick and is now
ready to supply all demands for the
same. Orders may be left at the HER
AID Office
In connection with most Dakota
towns at this season of even numbered
Years the question most frequently
asked on the streets is, slows politics ."
BY this question is not meant what is
being done for the welfare Of the peo-
pie OF the county as u whole, but what |
Is being done by this, that and the 9TH
er one to help them into Office and to
further their own schemes to get and
sloia office. rs it has been in Dakota
since the white man first built his "tee-
pee" here so is now the answer to this
questhn-evefy one is friend to ev-
cry boVy and is positively sure that the
person. he is talking to is going to be
elected to Office. This assurance upon
the part Of the person Questioned,
proves at once that questioner and
questioned are on the same political
plane and with such comfortable out
look ahead they can afford to indulge
in a little quiet gossip over the chances
of A. B. G. or d. to obtain an office.
The tenor of these conversations are
about the same in each case varied by
names and offices to be filled d-according
to the parties who carry on the CONVEX
sation-from which it appears that the
man or men who are in office are the
greatest Williams On earth and that the
whole social fabric will assuredly go to
Observation-Disclosures unless = they
and theirs are duly inducted into Office.
From listening TO those oft repeated
conversations and comparing them
with what we have heard in days gone
by we conclude that it is about tn g same
old game being played over again, or
The Desperate battle of the Outs to get
Into office. So long as this battle is
fought on principle it is perfectly right
and proper in our opinion that it should
be waged but in this land of No. | hard,
heavy crops of oats, pumpkins and tur-
nips it is found that politics grow
equally as well, Whereby Dakota raises
as large o crop Of politics on an acre as
1t is possible to harvest in a township
back in the states. AS . consequence
from this time until election we may
expect to hear Of rings and bosses with
out number. In this connection it
might be we'll to examine the words,
see what they mean and then let the
sovereign people apply the coat to
whosesoeyer back it may chalice to fit.
BY political "boss" us it is at present
used in electioneering campaings is
meant the individual or individuals
who do the headWork and direct the
energies of the "Ring., by Ring" is
understood a clique or party who are
endeavoring by fair means or foul to
control the policy of a town, county or
state and Maine the officers Have we
! in Jerauld county any 'Rings?' any
"Bosses?" Ii so are these Rings and
"Bosses' working for the good Of the
people or are they trying to further
their own selfish ends? Are the parties
who are going through thu county by
day and by night pursuing q straight
forward, legitimate canvass or are they
by deceit, misrepresentation and fraud
trying to make it appear that they are
so much more Intelligent and morally
better than their opponents by trying
to tear said opponents down? Does
any one imagine that the people CT Da-
l1ota are so green and ignorant that
they cannot tell the ring Of genuine
metal from the tinkling brassiness Of
of men working for self With no regard
for tfuth-no principle at stake--cnly
the one idea Of getting something for
nothing at the expense OF the people?
If SO they may find themselves sadly
mistaken when the ballots are all
counted on the 4th day Of November
! next.