The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-10-22

: second term, their defeat OF Blame Il
1884, together with the consequen
infection of Sparks upon a long-sut
1 fering people, and that people
being farmers, are nine-tenths o
them republicans. Even Lincoll
y. had his opponents among those wh'
STYLED themselves his people. We rec
ognize the fact that the republican
party has at times for5aken the straight
and narrow path, but its footsteps have
not long been allowed to stray. We
defy any Il to point to a single cor
rupt leader Of the party who held
sway for any length Of time; land
taking it right here in Brown county,
if there ever was corruption in the
party, it is certainly purified this fall, if
any publication was needed. A
glance at the ticket will show it to be
comprised of an entirely new set Of
men, men who have always condemn
ed iniquity and upheld Justice and
honesty wherever found. We think
no one will dispute the fact that the
republican party during the past twen-
! tv-fiye years has been right more times
than it has been wrong. Why, then,
could not these pseudo reformers wait
until they saw what position the party
would take before taking upon them
selves the reformation of they knew
not what? O, no; they knew well
that the lcaven hidden in the meal had
leayened the whole lump and that an
unObiectionable ticket would be nom
mated without having their names
upon it to mar its purjty. They dared
not trust their chances to the repub-
Iicans any more than they dared trust
them to the farmers, therefore took
time by the forelock and instituted
a convention of their own, such a con-
yemtlOn as never before disgraced the
political annals of Brown or any 9TH
er county. If anything else is needed
to convince the people Of the i~nsincer-
ity of the leaders in his movement, we
have only to point to their abandon
meut Of the legislative ticket. Every
one recognizes the fact that the legiS-
%latures and congress are the only true
avenues through which the farmers
can hope for relief. When we come
right down to the fine point it matters
not who occupy the offices at Column
bia, provided, of course, they are honest
and capable men. Whoever they may
be they viii draw every cent of salary
and fees to which the law entities
them, and all they can possibly do is to
fulfill the laws prescribing their duties.
1t is the laws regulating the railroads,
the system Of taxation, salaries, and
such kindred matters that need reform.
Why, then, in the name of common
sense, did these ~self-styled reformers
stop short with the ticket for county
officers alone: The reason is only too
apparent; they cared naught for re-
form, nanght for the farmers, but, to
their shame be it said. they had a
mighty hankering after the fesh-pots
of the c~ounty-seat and the spoils of
Office. Farmers, a YOU trust men
with your affairs who are so palpably
dishonest and who strive to bic their
seltishness under the cloak of philan-
thropy:s Philanthropy, indeed. that
seeks to sacrifice itself upon the altar
of reform for from 81 600 to $4,000 a
year. Bah the thought is too nansi-
ating to bear further discussion. But
before closing nnder this head we may
mention the fact that the republicans
OF Brown county took up the cudgel in
behalf Of the farmer, the cudgel their
pseudo friends had dragged in the
miro, and nominated a legislative tick
ct that, is beyond reproach. They
nominated Hon J. II. Fletcher, tile
farmers candidate for the legislature
after the self-styled reformers had