Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-08-08

wishes them sent down instructed against
the "gang," and for the "best meD.''
Query: Who are the best men, those Of
the "gang," as he is pleased to call them
or those who follow the advice of the in
cendiary advice in the letter above
quoted? He further wants a ''strong
working majority in the legislature this
fall So do we-of honest, upright
men. ALI good citizens desire the same.
Here again the voter must choose. Ac-
cording to the letter the press has been
purchased by the gang" We willvent-
ure the assertion. ah do it without fear
of successful contradiction, that in the
Black Hills, where skists twenty different
newspapers dailysand weekly-there
are not two that haye been bought up
purchased or bull-d6zed into supporting
the "gang' i. e.: by the "gang" is
meant those who are in political oppo-
sition to the gentleman inciting the epis-
tie under consideration. We are of the
opinion, also, that what applies here ap-
plies equally well throughout the whole
of South Dakota
Again, the writer says: "Don't mind
the expense" Here again he is right,
for if. time and labor are not devoted to
the securing Of good government and
both those requisites are expensive) then
voters only have themselves to blame if
our rulers go wrone lin the performance
of their duties. Politics and campaign
ing are, of necessity, expensive.
Certain portions Of the the letter are
all right, but the overshadowing portion
of it is entirely and radically wrong. II
the men who are said to compose "the
gang" are SO extremely corrupt and dis
honest as to be unsafe to place in power,
what can be said of him who knowingly
and willfully urges voters and friends to
rebel against the majority, attempt to
overthrow;the wishes Of the people and,
through malignant hate and Insulated
ambition force himself into prominence
and power by a reckless disregard of the
rights of free people? Is he an honest
man? We opine not.
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Our republican board of county COM
missioners recommended to our republi-
can territorial board of health the ap-
pointment of F. M. Allen and DR.. w. G..
Smith, both good republicans, as mem
bers of the local board of health of
Meade county the district attorney by
virtue of his Office being member ex-
oficio. DIR. Swain, appointed by Mel
lette as president of the territorial board
and supposedly republican, saw fit to
appoint only those men recommended by
the Farmers alliance and, as a conse-
quence, named two out-and-out demo-
Gratis, viz: j. d. Hale of Tilford and
DIR. G. w. Pratt of this city. This was
done in direct opposition to the expressed
wish of our county board. OF course
this will give us a democratic county
physician and as there is only one such
in the county it is easily enough guessed
who such one will be. Perhaps this
furnishes clue to the cause of the sud-
den resignation of DR.. Pratt from the al
lance few weeks ago. This is merely
straw which goes to prove what these
present political leaders of the alliance
will do, if they have the opportunity, to
get into power, and that is, destroy the
republican party in every precinct and
county of our state. While they affiliate
in any manner whatsoever with the dem
ocratic party the ADyERTIsER cannot,
and will under no circumstances, support
them or their candidates.
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The South Dakota constitutional con-
vention has decided to limit the terms of
the first state officers and members Of
the Legislature to the first Of january,
1891. This win regulate the matter of
elections in a very satisfactory manner,
as it will bring the next election to those
positions on the same time as the gener-
al election of county officers. The coun-
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