Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1886-09-30
THE TAX PAYER STILL ALIVE

We are alive and we'll this week notwith
standing our banker register has induced
our county commissioners to 60 beyond
their authority and break over the bounds
Of all propriety, and. to the mortfcatior
OF their best friends, to say OF Mr.. Keeler
that they ''Lelieve il would be a mistake to
dispense with his services at tnis time"
SO far as our obser ration has gone county
commissioners, ns a role, have their
hands fuli to do tho business for which
they are selected by the people. for they,
like tho Register. sre public servants.
Whenever they presume 10 dictate to the
people Shom the people shall select for
public Office they are out OF their line OF
authority, although they may say 1--WE the
uniersigned commissioners" &c. &c
above their signatures, thus trying to show
their Official capacity. The public is at
liberty to draw their own conclusions as
70 the motive that iaspires onr commis-
sioners. We shall not attempt to say
anything about It. One thing is certain,
however, thes are all in Office and con,
nissioners and register are evidently dis
posed to stand together" aud play sor,
Of ''you help me and help you" game.
II is no lees true in political serse than
III any other that "a fellow feeling max 8
US wondrous kind" In all candor, il
our commissioners are striving for more
imposing monument to their memories by
their last effort in urging the people u
select the present incumbent of the reg
listers Office fvr another term, we are afraid
their fond hopes will never be rosi,zsd by
their posterity. Has II really come h
pass that one man has bsco,na 40 valuable
to our 20 intv tor county comm ssi.u,r
that his services cannot be dispensed wilhi
And that man. our re sistcr of deeds. whose
clnef Recommendation is that he has
loaned to the farmers OF Hand count,
since he has beea in ONO Is26, 100 ON chat.
tells which he will renew ut !! per cent,
besides what he has loaned hem for ''in
corpo ations" and which he w,ll renew a,
2p-r cent? Now admitting all that !,
claimed for our register and that he ha,
been something Of II bsnefactor. which
Is Questionable 10 say to say the least, le
! us ask good. level headed men in all so
terness II this is not too thin ice for N
to stand on. Is not the money power IL
politics dangerous factor always an,
should not any attempt to use this levs
be promptly rebuked. 1t seems to US tina
now is the golden opportunity TO do tn
magnuninious thing by coming down o.
tins banking operation in the regis,er'
Office and letting the people OF Han,
county know once aud for all time tina
they will not countenance su h thing
Let as select some competent man th,,
will be sItisfied with the pay Of the oi1ic
Other things being eqnal select some on
that borrows at per cent rather than on
that loans Mt that figure. The latter woul,
be more likely TO be contented aud ",
think would feel more gratful. We mr.
encouraged. We live i'm the nineteenil
century, and at period when education
] is more general than ever before. Th,
| people OF this age, and more particular,
!; the people of this farmers county. q
1 Dakota are reading people. and "a thiuk
ing people, snd when II comes 10 the al
vantages enjoyed by them from the bank
ing operations in tho court konse the,
simply ''cannot see IT," We know tn
people are awake. We know the best ele
ment is with us. for we felt the public
pulse before we made move
TAX PAYER.