Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
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RUBBER GOODS,
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SCHOOL BOOKS.
CLOCKS,
WHIPS,
HARNESS GOODS.
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bids. That Of the Aipena.|ournal was.


bids. That of the Aipena,}ournal was.
in brief, as follows: to furnish station
AIRY at 20 per. cent below the usual
prices; to print the delinquent tax list
for cts per. description. to publish the
proceedings of the county Board and
all legal notices together with the pay
ment of $500 into the Co. Treasury.
IN consideration of said Board naming
the journal as the official paper and
the Co. Clerk furnishing said paper
with copy OF the proceedings. The bid
OF the HERALD WAS substantially the
same, excepting the furnishing Of sta
tlonary, the bonus of $500 and the pub
lishing OF the tag list. which is IL mat
ter wholly in the hands Of the Treas.
and we did not think it proper to place
it in our proposition. The only ma
terlal difference between the two bids
is the small sum Of &2,UO. Two of the
co. Commissioners admitted soon after
adjournment that the official paper
should be at the Co. seat. And yet they
considered that $500 in the Co. Treas
ury would ue Of more benefit to the
people than to have their proceedings
printed in paper published at the Co.
seat, one that would reach the most
people in the shortest time. They did
not even enquire into the respective
circulation, within the county, of eth
ar paper. They thought since the
journal offered to do it for $500 less
than nothing there was no use of seek
ing further. We are not at all envious
OF the success OF the Journal editor and
hope his investment OF $500 will bring
him u rich harvest of subscriptions.
But letno one hesitate to subscribe for
the HERALD because it does not carry,
official paper, ut the head Of its column
We shall print all the proceedings If
the board and perhaps little more
MIR. EDITon.- Before putting this in
your columns, it is hoped that you will,
in all candor. decide whether it will, in
the first place. make the HERALD more
or less interesting to your increasing
number OF readers, and therefore more
profitable to you, or the reverse; and
seccl,lly, whetherit will tend towards
helping truth in her. "irrepressible
conflict with error-as it is for that.
and that only that use up time, paper
and plumiyagO in its preparation.
/ lrst, then, Stun did catch the true
meaning in the article referred tC in
your issue of Feb. 10TH, which was to
cast apprpbrium on Socialists. In
proof. | quote the closing words: ''the
Suciallstic mob" Now that shows YOU
did not understand the animus Of So
cialists, nor their relation to the dis
graceful and criminal outburst-;n er-
Tor. not of the heart but of the head
! am satisfied that your information
was obtained through that class OF in
tertsttu persons who are more deleter-
lous to the worlds good than the worst
element that sail in the socialists craft
with Socialists but not Of them
those who Disregard the laws OF God,
that they may heap to themselves
riches from the profits Of other peoples
labor, drones in the hive of society; a
class whom Our Savior describe in
Matthew g3.A, and pronounced woes
against IN verses. i3, IA and Is of same
chapter Hunt up the scripture texts,
it will hurt no one TO read them, and
the following in james $, to inclu
>ive-lnoSt scatning pen pictures OF
that class. Then again the clause in
your reply" in the edition Of Feb. 26.
but the indolent crime committing
population are. almost To 4 man, social
lists in their habits and tenaencies,'
proves that YOU continued tramlneled
with the same error. previously refer
ed to. ! quote from the n. Y, Times,
II paper that no one Will accuse OF being
in sympathy with Socialists, in a lead
ing editorial on the London riots in its
issue Of Feb 10 The shrill o,Ecrles
of a part 0f the London press for the
arrest of the Socialist leaders ought not
to be regarded * * s. Such men as
Mr.. Morris and Mr. UuEdman are not
in favor of robbery as a means of re-
dressing grievance. * 4 But the &C
counts agree that there were two well
defined factions among the crowd and
that tire anti-Socialist tar outnumbered
the Socialists, whom they hustled and
mauled after that sturdy British fash
ion. 1t was neither faction, however,
that committed the crimes ot Monday.
They were the crimes Of the fringe of |
blackguards az! professional criminals
" hich attaches itself to crowd in any |
great city. i 8 They are perfectly |
willing to be aHlled Socialists, or for
that matter Fresbytrrians, If 1t will
give them 4 chance at the pockets and !
fills Of their ne ghbCrs, the more readi-
ly ii it will give them an additional
chance Of lmpunity afterwards. There
is quite difference between Socialism
and Communism in many OF the MINOR
details OF these organizations, yet as
YOU say "the definition ct one defines
the other." Iou should have added
nearly. Webster's Unabridged defines
Communism THE reorganization Of
society" or the doctrine CHAT it should .
be reorganized ny regulating property,
industry, and the sources OF liYtlIhood
and also the domestic relatlohs ana
sncia] morals of mankind" Now, Mr..
Editor, what is the wrong in this? Our
Savior suffered on the accnrse'l tree be-
cause ' Sc he h taught that society Of that
time needed most entire Teor-
ranizatiou. Was he Com.
munist? st. James taught the e. ;am a !,
in the tett quoted as also in the $ G
ond chapter, verses to- inclusive a q
Npr.