Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-25

The HERALD OF Oct. llth, contained
an inquiry concerning the bogus re
publican tickets used on election day
The True Republican last week CAM
. out in column article admitting tina
said tickets were printed in that Office
"ordercd and paid for by democrats"
those interested in the success o
Sickler and Francis We know o
none more deeply interested in the sue
cess of those gentlemen than Messrs
Seeker Francis. and Blosser. Thu
explanation Is satisfactory, and re
moves all suspicion from our County
Republican Central Committee.
The scurrilous article in the True
Republican last week concerning DR.
\. NJ. Matthias is a true index of the
character OF the writer. and perhaps
the true motive which prompted that
attack is traccable to the time when the
| Doctor worked for the defeat Of j. 3
Blosser as a candidate to the county
constitutional convention last spring
II it was the doctors work that defeat
ed him, the people of the county will
no doubt appreciate the doctors work
as much AS they do his nobility of
character.
The True Republican in answering
the HERALD inquiry Of Oct. llth, as
to who was responsible for the bogus
republican tickets, accuses DR.. Matthias
Of writing the article. In justice to
DR.. Matthias will say that the article
was written in the HERALD Office and
by myself, During the absence of Mr.
Blank, two or three times have writ
ten articles which we've not exactly
sulted-grammatically-to my hiking,
SO by instruction from Mr.. Blank, the
articles were referred to either G. w.
Mcdonald or DR.. Matthias for corrcc-
ton. This article was taken to DR..
Matthias, and no corrections were
made as the article was all right. Mr..
Blank returned home however before
we went to press and the proof was
then read by him, but the article was
written by myself, and the cue was
taken from conversation that took
place on our streets shortly after cleo
ton and not with DR.. Matthias either.
Il. w. MOORE.
Ada, South Oak, Oct. 21st, 1855.
Editors Of the HERALD
In last weeks True
Republican the statement was made
that A. l. Churchill and V. l. Con-
verse had not paid their part of the
assessment OF the Republican Central
Committee for printing tickets for last
election: Please permit me to state
through your paper some of the reasons
why did not, have not, and will not
pay any part of that amount. l did
not because r. S. Vessey and his dele
gates with one exception left the room
after The Convention adjourned with
out speaking to me and with express
sions Of dissatisfaction on their faces,
and the next time l heard from r.
S. Wesley l received letter from him
stating that the central committee
expected or required about ten dollars
from each candidate, 10 be used in
obtaining tickets for distribution in
the different townships. There being
three republican candidates in the
county, the question suggested itself
us not thirty dollars large amount to
pay for printing tickets for six hundred
republican voters" After asking those
l had reason to believe knew the price
Of republican tickets | concluded there
must be a corner on tickets and if
elected l would be expected to fight
trusts, corners, and monopolies and ]
might as well begin at once. Question
No. 2-Who would print the tickets
for the central committee? OF course
the True Republican. If the Editor of
that paper, in his sober and thoughtful
moments will review his political
actions since he cameto Jerauld county
and then inspect his facein a looking
glass he can readily understand why
prohibition republican would not trust
him to print his tickets (They would
have been mine if l had paid for them.)
| did not pay the amount required be-
cause ] believed that unfair means
would be used to defeat Mr.. Churchill
and myself, and the result shows that
so far as intentions were concerned l
was not far from right. AS to printing
tickets, LIDO not dispute the right OF
any editor to print or anyone to peddle
any kind Of tickets he may choose, but
to deceive or mislead q voteris beneath
the dignity of an American and con-
trary to republican principles.
Y. l. CONVERSE.
washington Springs, s. d.
Oct. 18th, 1889
Whereas: We, the teachers and
students of the Washington Springs
Seminary, have been the recipients Of
a fine Lunar Tellurian Globe from the