The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-03-15

FoRT SULLy. OAK,
March 6 1884
EDS. SULLy COUNTY WATcHMAN:

EDS. SULLy COUNTY WArcnMAN:
Dear Sirs.-As am one of the coun-
ty commissioners of Sully county. Dako-
Ia, and rs the editors of the WATCHMAN
and Co Clerk j. A. Mcloon have made
otherwise, IN to my transactions as Co.
Commissioner, &c, for the benefit of a
very few residents of Sully county, who
are not personally acquainted with me
| will say that always have been. unless
prevented by sickness, and am now ready
and willing to do my whole duty as com
missioner, without fear or favor, anything
that may be said to the contrary, notwith-
standing.
1t is my request that all of the county
papers publish this statement.
G.. J. MILLErr. SR.
Co. Commissioner for Sully CO.. Oak.
[The above is not an exact copy of Mr..
Millett's statement. as handed to us. al
though we were requested To publish as
written. 1t will, however, convey to the
public the ideas that gentleman wishes to
express. lie accuses the WATCHMAN of
making false statements, either know
ingly or otherwise" regarding his official
acts as commissioner of Sully county.
What the gentleman means by otherwise
we have been unable to ferret out and
will leave the public TO judge for them
selves on that point. Mr.. Millett has twice
been summoned by County Clerk j. A.
Meloon to attend special meetings of the
appointing board to fill vacancy exist
ing in the board of county commissioners.
and in both cases conveniently absented
himself In the first instance he feigned
sickness, claiming to have rheumatism,
being unable to leave his bed This ex-
cuse would have been accepted and his ac-
ton unnoticed by us had he not, on the
following day. Sunday driven to Pierre
a distance of 20 miles. through a drifting
snow storm. for the purpose of meeting
Mr.. Young and accompanying him
and his attorney to Clifton on Mon
day, which was also day slmost unfit for
man to be out. especially il he was rheu-
matte, and after arriving here Mr.. Millett
walked through the snow to the residence
of w. N. Mcloon, distance of one mile,
and back. making two mile walk, which
speaks we'll for the medicine he had used
or the bracing Dakota atmosphere, it is
unknown which, iu curing that very
troublesome and disagreeable complaint,
rheumatism. The false statement referred
to by Mr.. Millett, was, he says. made
when the WATCHMAS stated that he was
dodging meeting of the appointing
board We will let the people of Sully
county judge for themselves from the
above facts. whether that gentleman
lodged the January meeting of the board
or not. In the second instance he alb
sented himself from the Territory, leaving
his home five days after letter had been
mailed him and the notice of the meeting
published. He states that he can see moth
Ing in his action indicative of dodging.
1t may look so to a man living down by
the river side" but appears altogether
different to one knowing what effect rheu-
matism has upon a man and tina, it does
not require four and one-half days to get IA
letter from Pierre to Mr.. Millctts post
office. By publishing his letter he endeav.
ors to show that the county clerk and
ourselves are falsifying him, but from all
the facts connected with Mr. Millett's of.
ficial career since Jan. LIST. we are com.
PEELED to say. and are borne out in our
statement by majority of the citizens of
Sully county, that in our opinion. he did
dodge both meetings of the appointing
board. his letter to the contrary notwith-
standing. We wish il understood that
this is not criticism upon Mr. Millett,
! personally but his late official acts. ED. ]