Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-20
MERELY BUSINESS.

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Although county offices are in no sense
Legislative, but strictly executive offices,
yet they are generally elected on party
or political issues. This is largely the
result of the necessity that is supposed
to exist of keeping intact political or
ganization. So that in national and leg
islative contests the organization may be
all ready for political purposes. For
properly transacting the business of the
county it is more important that county
commissioner should be an honest, prac-
teal and competent business man than
that he should be properly grounded in
the principles of craftsmanship. The
necessary existence of political parties in
republican form of government must
and always will, however, largely control
our local affairs. At the coming cleo
ton, on the 7th of May, there will be one
important question submitted to the vot-
ers Of Lawrence county which is in no
sense political, and into which no parti-
zan feeling should enter. The location
of the county seat is purely business
proposition, and the selection by the
people of any particular town, township
or section in the county as the place for
the transaction of the business of the
county can have no more effect upon the
political issues of the day than upon the
next war, or the law of gravitation. The
future political history OF Meade county
depends upon the votes of the people OF
the county, and not upon the place
where the business of the county is to be
transacted. Men are largely controlled
in political matters by self interest, in
business matters almost exclusively SO.
When we have produce or merchandise
for sale we are not generally half as
much interested in either the religious or
political opinions of the buyer as we are
in the question of how much he will give.
When we vote for the location of the
county seat the question is not whose
political interest will be advanced or in
jured, but will it be to my interests
financially, and the interests of a major
ity of the people who live in the county
to have the business of the county con-
Quoted at Tilford or at Sturgis. All this
talk about "rings," "cliques," ETC., is all
bosh and nonsense. Uneducated and
uncultured humanity is very apt to think
if a man does not agree with him that he
is either crank or dishonest If a
large number of people hold contrary
opinions to those which he entertains he
considers them an aggregation of cranks,
which in combination follow the philo-
sophical law which governs both mind
and matter forms what he is pleased to
denominate s'ring." Now the great
objections to a ring is that we are on the
outside; you never find kicker on the
inside. In short we are opposed to all
rings that we are on the outside of, and
favor those that include us within the
magical circle. When this word ''ring"
is continuously and persistently harped
upon, without any explanation, without
any definite specifications of who and
what are its specific purposes and objects,
it, with very limited class, has its effect
and influence. There is complete, san
culinary sound about the phrase s'polit-
ical ring" that is very catching to the
vacant, unoccupied apartments OF an
idiotic edifce.. There has always been,
and probably always will be, a limited
number of individuals in every commun-
ity whose mental powers are too limited
to render them capable OF entertaining
any we'll founded opinions on any sub
ject, when, staggered by facts which
they cannot comprehend and by argu-
ments which they cannot answer, they
take up the cry of "ring" and shout it
Justify rather than confess their ignor-
ance. In our future issues we will sub
NIT reasons why Sturgis, in our opinion
is, from business point Of view, the
proper place for the county seat of Meade
county.