Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-16
DOODLE. Ell,

l think, hubby you are right once:
do not believe I am a politician.
particularly if measured by the great
nights of republicanism of Jerauld
county. What is Jerauld county
successful politician? I understand
him to be a thing who leaves at his
eastern home all the principles he
ever possessed, whose honor, If he ever
had any, rolls off, when he crosses the
Sioux, like the sins Of Christian when
he entered the narrow way, who makes
dlligent Inquiry wherever he goes,
to find which political party is in the
ascendeticy, and who forthwith whoors
it up tor the big side, who from that
time forth is dillgent seeker for office,
and boudle. (No affidatits tothe latter
No, am nota politician! A Jerauld
county politician, 1 believe is one of
the aforesaid, who having OBJ
tanned a nomination seeks his way to
a majority by riding over the county
with buggy, and sometimes himself,
loaded with whiskey and cigars, who
interviews voters in the fields and
barns and wherever they can be
caught, and says "take one: ten center;
have a drink: good, 1 got it Of Roger;
Rogers drug store; am a. candidate
hic, please vote for me-" No; My
God! l know am not a politician,
IL thank thee Jew for teaching me that
word" A Jetaald county successful
politician, believe, supplies himself
with Doodle when he can, promises
inf uence, bargains, whacks up, some
times delivers the goods barg aimed for
and sometimes fails, boobies then news
papers, boobies voters, if the stuff
holds out, and it holds out pretty we'll
Fif said candidate or his friends Holds
the com bination on the county safe,
thrusts forward hired henchmen,
mud slihgers, and shrin ks out of sight
if occa sion seems to demand obscurity.
No, thank you l am not a politician.
AIN too poor. Haven't the conbina-
tion to the county safe, and some how it
seems too unnatural to pretend to be a
republican, when l really am democrat.
BY the way, Air; Republican, how
many mer chants, bankers, lawyers and
county officers did have the combina-
tion on the county treasurer's safe
when Mr.. Williams was treasurer !
Info rmation Of this kind would be
acceptable to the signers Of his bond,
and to the Taxpayers generally.
Every body appreciates the anxiety,
the vast labor, the sleep.ess nights,
you have spent In fereting ont the de-
falcation foc just what it is worth.
All know that your pretensions in
this regard are evidences of shameless
hypocrisy. YOU proclaim that you
want to fathom the mystery and in the
same, breath dare any ono. to make a
charge against any county. officer or
private citizen. You go into republi-
can convention and nominate: a can
didate for commissioner whom you
know is in favor of probing. You
pass resolutions charging him to probe,
and then GO into the field, backed by
the gang. and ride your district day
and night bulldozihg, boodling,
using the power. of credit and all the
arts of the demagogue to defeat him.
You accomplish your purpose with a
candidate not. pledged to Investigate.
and one whona you expect to control
in the interests Of the gang. 1t is to
be hoped that in the last particular,
you may be disappointed. This is
Jerauld county republicanism as ex-
empli6ed by its shining lights at
Washington Springs Your miserable
sheet has decred every proposition
| made forsany Investigation, unless it
waste be conducted by these who
we're under the control of the ring.
AS result, no investigation has been
ma de, mo one knows the amount of
defa1cation, or the. county's indebted
ness. Several days, weeks l believe,
have been spent by the county board,
ct al, no one of them experts | think,
at an expense of from sb12 to SIS per
day IN so called investigation, and
what is the result? Does any body
know? Why are the fall reports not
published? Is the public that pays
the expenses and that will. eventually
| paw the steal, not worthy of the conf
dence ofth ese gentlemen bosses? We
hope the school :treasurers Will
report before election so that we may
know the exact figures. Ard Of what
value is the report Of this interested
committee? 1t will not satisfy the
public, and no court will make it the
oroinct The hOnd-