Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-12
Hon. RoBT. LOWRY, OF Bvadle Co.
OUR CANDIDATES.

oCEC CANDIDATES.
Our candidates for the county
ticket are not vet decided upon. Con-
verse. Gunderson and Corbin will re-
ceive our hearty support. Converse
for county attorney, Gunderson for
probate judge and Corbin for county
surveyor. Converse is entitled to the
place by virtue Of his appointment,
and the people ought to ratlfy the
choice Of the commissioners by giving
him an election. Gunderson, is Il COM
petent man for probate Judge. He is
here Co stay. has property interests and
a family that makes him a fixture
among our people, and is not seeking
office because his "bread and butter de-
pends upon his election"
Mr.. Corbin has been county surveyor
for one term and is a competent man.
The Democrats nominatd Judge
Converse, last week, at Alpena for
the legislature. This was somewhat
of surprise. The Judge is not an
aspirant for Office and cares nothing
about it. He says II have never asked
a man to vote for me in convention or
out of it, and never will. If the people
by their votes elect HE to an office
will qualify and ill it to the'best OF
my ability Many say that the reason
he did rot get the nomination in the
county Republican convention was
because the ANNA delegation did not
support Roger and Wheeler. The
Judge says he did not ask the dele
gates to SO vote and more overhe would
not ask them to do So il he was never
elected to an office. He does not
believe in balteriug in that manner for
an elective position. This, voters is
the kind Of a man you should put in
Office one who does not seek the place
but il elected will qualify ard serve.
The domination tor the legislature
was given at the instigatian Of
certain ambltio,is aspirants, who
thought to get the Judge out Of the
race for county attorney. In this they
have reckoned against their host. for
the Judge will be one Of the men
voted for at the next election for
county attorney. lie is the peoples
man and the HEALD will support him.
IT our Democratic friends insist upon
supporting the Judge for the leglsla-
ture, let them be sure to also cast the
same vote for him as county attorney.
We happened to be present when the
clerk qf the District Court, county
treasurer and deputy conaty clerk, were
drawing the Jurors for the October
term OF the District Court, and OBJ
served the fact that a number of
names were duplicated on the list
furnished clerk Mcdonald by our
county commissioners. This is a gross
violation of tie statutes and would
sufficient cause for the dismissal Of the
| jury in case anyone objects. Our
county had an extra expense charged
upon the tax. payers, through. the
blunders of the county Commission
ers furnishing an illegal jury list
on a previous occasion. If the court
should tax the expense Of summoning
a new jury upon the county commits
sloners it would, make them little
more careful IN the future. Our
statutes should require Che county
commissioners to give bonds for The
faithful performance of their official
duties. These same commissioners
have tho greatest amount CT response
bility Of any of our county officials.
The treasurer. is required to give a
large bond to Insure the safety OF the
county funds yet the commissioners. on
whose order this money is dishursed
are required TO give no bonds whatever
If they were under bonds they would
he mere careful about the suiiiclency
of the treasurers bonds they would be
more careful about the sutliciency OF
the treasurer's bond. Had this been
the case our county would not in all
probability be thelooserof 5000. The
hoard would either have required 4
pofd and sufficient bond OF the county
treasurer, or else the county could re-
cover under the commissioners bond
Iet rs; have a law requiring Il bond.
! Sheriff Spears has found that MT
Loomis could produce the records ano
hills under controversy when ut
wished to do SO. The bill in the Clark
csse has turned up at last, and the
records show that it had been allowed