Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-09-27
The expose of Blaine on the publish

Rock and Fort Smith transactions il
c,using disparagement in the republican
ranks in New York state and, it is al
legged, efforts will be made by republican
leaders to secure and scatter broadcas
more clerical scandal derogatory Of MIR
Clevelands moral and private character
When politics become SO degraded that
| meu of high moral character cannot
| read, without feeling Of disgusting
horror, antagonistic articles Of the
leaders of one party against those of the
other it becomes the time when they
should interest themselves more direct
ly in the making Of our national men
The root Of the evil" lies at home in
the primaries were the insignificant
sard politician" controls the election
If those men of high moral character
that sniff the air with disgust after the
announcement of the results Of the
primaries would turn out and help to
elect the righ. men TO the conventions,
and the conventions then nominate the
right men to the various Offices to be
filled, change would come that would
be an electrical shock to the political
schemers and shysters. But no? the
good men Of n party will stick to their
business or stay at home and let the in
consequential primaries be carried by a
lot Of uninterested don't care set Of min
compoops that are inimical either to the
interests of their party or the securing
of the best men for the positions. Take
our United States senatorships as 4 cir
cunstance. What percentage of our
senators are not secured through fraud
and the liberal use of the millions which
they fortunately for themselves, but un-
fortunately for the people, control. In
the west especially, this rule is more
noticeable and in the east to great ex-
tent Is it impossible to get together
body Of men composing state legisla-
ture that money will not buy, it seems
SO; yet this corrupt legislation is caused
through the folly ofthe very people that
do the most bowling about dishonest
and incompetent officials by not turning
ont to and carrying the primaries. As
an instance of incapacity take the laws
OF Dakota as enacted by our last legisla-
ture. There's no lawye- living that can
pot the right construction on many of
them az entered in our code, the conse.
quence being that cases in our courts
cannot be rightly and Justly handled,
tie lawyers and judges will bubble over
points that It's impossible for either to
and IN understanding is
pass, urnotlced by The majority, that are
of tie most aamagin ng character to sone
districts, but which will benefit i'm a
small WAY some other district that is Of
LITTLE. consequence and then. a great
howl is SET up by lhe people of the in
jnred distric. resulting in law suit and
little satisfaction to either in the end.
Let us secure good and incorruptible
men to the minor legislative offices and
we need have no fear as to the result
for the national legislature This winter
Dakota will no doubt become a state
when two United States senators will
have to be elected and sent to Washing
ton to represent us. AS we know Of no
aspirants that are likely to
buy themselves through, unless it be the
great Black Hills Chieftain of the Home
stake, we can confidently feel that the
ablest and most honorable will be
ci,osen, without money Az the principal
factor. There are good men and for the
peoples sake let us have them.