Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-07
Senseless Verbiage.

lOT SaTllllg petition 10 cn3nge tne
county seat. Thornby may have been
enthusiastic in getting the people pre-
pared for the suspected outbreak. That
ls all right, but please remember that
While Thornby is interested III this
county seat affair, you can by no means
force it wholly upon his shoulders. 1t
is not so small as to rest on one man.
While it is natural for the CHRONICLE
and Custer people TO fight for the per-
maneDcy of the county seat at that viii
lage, still it must not be supposed that
the people of the eastern part of the
county, who represent a large majority
of the population, can be either cajoled
or browbeaten into a submission of
their rights to a few dictators Those
who pay the taxes certainly have the
right, and soon to be manifested, the
power TO arrange county affairs to the
best interests Of the majority. The
| time is at hand when this must be rec
ognized. If not quietly and peaceably
allowed then otherwise it will come to
the front. But come to the front it will
either by division of the county OF re-
moval Of the county seat. Foolish
remonstrance will count nothing, for the
wrong is never right, and right is sure
to prevail. Buffalo Gap News
The News, in its extreme anxiety to
annihilate the CHRONICLE, invariably
misrepresents our published statements,
thus supplying its own basis upon
which to vent its splenetic twaddle
We have neither the time, or the dis
position to enter into discussion of the
merits of the question Of the removal Of
the county seat of Custer county, a
question which has been already defini-
tely settled by the qualified voters, a
majority Of whom have signifed their
opposition to such movement by re-
monstrating against it. We shall there
fore treat the frail web of verbiage
sententially, and in the briefest manner
possible.
In the outset, We have to say, that the
News, in accusing us of charging Thorn
by with the matter Of starting a petit
ton to change the county seat" wilfully
misrepresents this paper, which the
News well knows, never made such
accusation, and that no effort was made
by the CHRONICLE to force the response
bility wholly upon his shoulders" We
have, from the start, realized the glitter
ing fact, as sagely suggested by the News,
that such responsibility was mot so
small as TO rest on one man." The
News is rigidly right in its declaration,
that 1t must not be supposed that the
people Of the eastern part of the county,
who represent large majority Of the
population, 'can be either caioled or
brow-beaten into submission Of their
rights TO few dictators,' and should
such situation arise, which happily at
this time does not seem probable,
the CHRONICLE would exert whatever
influence ii might have in the matter of
resisting such arrogant tyranny, and in
the support Of the popular will in the
management Of our county affairs, as
indicated by the prevailing sentiment of
the people, as expressed through the
the removal of the county seat. The
warllke threat of the News, where it
states that the right of taxpayers TO
arrange county affairs must be recog-
nized, and i: not quietly and peaceably,
then otherwise" coming from another
source, might cause alarm, but appear
ing in the News, paper which in this
instance, as shown by the great number
ofnames appearing on the remonstrance,
reflects the sentiment Of very weak
minority only, at the place where it is
published, fear is substantially fore
stalled, and impending danger in this
direction wholly discredited. The
News is also correct in its statement
that foolish remonstrance will count
nothing" but 1T failed to inform it's
readers what the effect of wise remon
STRANGE would be; doubtless relying
upon the intelligence of its scattered
readers to determine so plain and simple
a proposition. The proposition of the
News, that the wrong is never right"
while it may not be strictly original
with that oracular sheet, will be gener-
ally admitted; but that right is sure to
prevail" may, by many, be held in
doubt; in any event we do not care to
discuss the question at this juncture,
further than to signify our disposition,
so far as the matter of right is concerned,
to bow in submission to the will of the
people, as shown by the elongated and
much signed remonstrance against
county seat removal, now on file In the
county clerks office in this city.
Some Signers
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