Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1888-11-01
REACTION !.
Eacl Days Discussion
Reacts In favor of
MILLER.
St. Lawrence weakeninD and
using Money.
4 Majority Vote Now Certain
for Miller.
All Honor TO the Loyal Voter who Holds
His Principle Above Price.
All Honor TO the Loyal Voter who Holds
His Principle Above Price.
OMEGA.

OMEGA.
with this issue we must be content for
the last time TO place ouI side of the couu-
ty. seat question before the citizens of
Hand county. II will be our earnest
effort and wish to present concise, prac-
teal and unimpassioned resume of the
advantages of Miller as the capital of
II md County, and the disadvantages Of
the removal Of the county-seat FROM ITS
preseat location. To do this We decline
TO accept the impression so prevalent with
the citizens OF st, Lawrence that Hand
county is populated with a people subject
alone to the influence Of prejudice and
bribery. We gladly take issue with the
Journal, st LaNren,e's leading exponent,
points OF interest to the farmer in its
TRADE OF abuse upon Miller citizens, and
efforts to gain the farmer vote for st. Law
renee, by establishing a prejudice against
anything and everything connected with
Miller. We have the utmost filth in the
good sense and sturdy principle OF the
formers, and believe they will carefully
sift the wheat from the chaff, accepting
illogical conclusions and unreas 1nable
statements from neither side. With this
faith So firmly rooted we trust that safe
guard is thrown arc und the PRESS to con-
stantly warn us, lest in our Zeal for the
cause OF Miller. we present something the
impartial reader might consider an unfair
or unreasonable proposition. To this
point We wiAh particularly TO call attention,
and respectfully ask the citizens Of Hand
county to caudidly aud impartially COM
pare the facts presented ia this and former
Issues with the Billingsgate slander which
seems tO be the only and natural element
of offense and defense of the st. Lawrence
Journal.
The Journal Oct, %, says the Miller
deposit of $4,000 10 build court house is
IAN alleged deposit" and practically that
il is not genuine, While that OF st. Law
renee is good as gold. The st. Lawrence
Tribune Oct, 81, says Mller has put up
$4,000 as has ST. Lawrence. Now which OF
these ST Lawrence papers liesP One OF
them surely. This, farmer> is not our
statement, but proof furnished you that
two papers published in st. Lawrence and
fighting for removal Of county scat, differ
very materially.
~ ..ll l,a ptt an &c n
farmer in the south part OF the county ex-
pressed il to Bunk Scchler. Sechier ask
ed the farmer If he knew Miller ami ST.
Lawrence each had up 5000 to build a
court house. He aid he did. Sechler
then gave hum his old song that the 1T.
Lawrence deposit was genuine and that
Milier's was not. The farmer replied:
Look here. young man. do you take
me for a fool2 Don't You suppose that
know a certificate of deposit issued by W.
Ii Waters for Miler'sl $4,000 is Just MS
good as a certified check Of Il. G, Ander-
sons for st. Lawrence1" The young man
aroye on without further ado.
As to the st. Lawrence check, We don't
know whether it is Il. c. Anderson's, +.
A. Drivers or b. + Ives. We did not
see the check. Nor do We know whether
the gentleman who signed intends to
withdraw il or not. He can withdraw II II
he wishes 10, or he eau stop payment at
the bank the check is drawn upon on cleo
ton day
Miller did not put up check, The citi.
zens gathered mp $4,000 in cash, which
they deposited with W, II. Waters, of the
Citizens Bank, aud took CERTIFICATE
OF DEPOSIT. No money can be checked
out OF that until this certificate OF deposit
is returned. And this certificate OF de-
posit cannot be returned to the bank
because il is IN the hands Of Treasurer
Howell, subject to the order OF the board
of commissioners. Now what better EVIL
dence does any reasonable man want that
Milers offer is genuine.
On this same question Se viii cite an
other Instance to show how unreliable
and unreasonable some of the 81. Law
renee people are. Jas. Dolen, the mer-
chant drove DIP to some threshers in ll3-
81, one day last week and asked II they
had heard the news. Thew replied no.
Ne then informed them that Miller had
Withdrawn her money and conceded there
was no use in trying to keep the county
seat. Before he conld get away two NIL
Ter men drove up and made him swallow
the lie by producing the sworn afhdavits
that Millers money is up and will remain
there,
The farmers know MIllers money ~ up,
beconse large number Of ther1 have seen
il, and when men tell them such things as
above cited they merely size the fellow up
as being a fool, or else thiak ne @kes
them for fools. Now Mr.. DOZEN may have
heard some one say that, but II he hao
not himself been overzealous and unfeas-
onable he would have known that II was
untrue. But such is the condition OF the
St Lawrence people that they Will pelieSe
anything whether it be reasonable or NOT,
hnt they are a great big set OF ninn'es II
they think the impartial farmers are gong
10 believe all their unreasonable stories'
or are going to be influenced to vote
against Miller solely on prejudice rney
are not built that way.
II is now generally understood that Mr.
Z. A. Drivers presence in St. Lawrence