Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-10-30
FOR THE PEOPLE,"
Political Corruption by So-called Re.
pnblieans In Hand County
Exposed.
Raised Assessment Fraud shown up
Attempts to Bribe Republicans
to Silence.
Bold Effort to Save our Party and
County Ticket by Discarding I'm.
worthy Candidates.
ANTI.RINo.

Progressive Republlcanism--sOf the
People, by the People, for the People
Men cbOye Party In Local Politics.
On the eve of political battle sach
Rs Hand county has never before witness.
ed the PRESS has few words to say to
it's RepubIiaan constituency. This paper
and its proprietor Is now and always has
been republican, but impellsd by sense
OF duty which over rides q natural party
humiliation, We cannot longer remain silent
and permit the prostitution of the PARTY
and its principles of political honor by
men who have totally failed to appreciate
the trust reposed in them. 1t is not re-
publicanism to silently condone political
crime and intrigue. 1t is rspublicanism
to oappiy the pruning knife when necessa-
ry to relieve the party OF an octopus
which is sucking away its life blood. and
threatens eventual death. More, 10 is the
privilege, the duty, Of every individual,
and contingent upon mis- party member.
ship, 20 use his utmost endeavor for pur.
ty Of that priceless gift Of an intelligent
freeman--the ballot-that he may best
subserve the interests OF the whole people
and advance equally the standard Of
IL orality,
II is the privilege and duty-s grave
duty calmly, unimpassionately considered
of the PRESS to record for the voters
consideration facts that have come to our
knowledge affecting the party and its
ticket, and apply the pruning knife to
save the entire ticket and party from dis
sstrois defeat in Hand county-brought
to such possibility 10y a rotten manage
ment which has sounded the lowest deep
that lies beneath the foulest part o. that
Give intrigue mis- called politics.
Il is enough to say in n general sense
that political chicanery stalks abroad in
she land that various kinds of corrupt
dsals are known to have been made, un-
ill the very candidates themselves are ali
suspicious OF the managers chosen to con-
duet the republican campaign, becaase
they know the real interest of these IN IN
ayers center alone ON one portion OF the
ticket.
The republican party Of Hand county
has retrogressed from q party Of the peo-
pie by the people and for the people to
high lord dictatorship wherein ono or
two men WELD the scepter of power by
persistent audacious intrigue and bribery
almost uuheard OF in the ANNALS OF po-
litical history; regency. created and
sustained solely by and for the selfish
greed OF few at the expense Of the many
is sapping the very lifc-blood from re-
publican principles, and giving cause for
Just such uprisings as confronts US this
year In a new party.
In view Of the ominous mutterings
heard from republicans all over Hand
county, their plainly stated determination
to scratch their own county ticket, 1t is
meet. 1t is opportune, for the PRESS to
make bold strike to discard the two men
from the ticket who are pulling it down
to certain defeat, notwithstanding
the deceptive assurance OF the ring
managers that "all is well'-the utter
falsity OF which may be ascerained by
simply asking, ANY republican il he is GO
ing to vote a straight county ticket.
We say as certain as an affected limb
needs the surgeons knife to save the
body, the republicans of Hand county
must coursgeously and plainly announce
their determination to reject the rings
two pet candidates, F. II. Burton and
M. N. Strickling.
BY his blind allegiance TO the rings 8
every wish by his securing proxies to
assist. q man to get the Craftsmanship
OF the central eommittee--the one mau
above all others whom the partv's repre-
sentatives In convention refused to trust,
by his unnecessary cost to the county of
several hundred dollars clerk hire for
work he should have done himself, by
his failure to properly classify and return
tho raised assessment Of Hand county he
has increased the farmers assessment on
his horses, cattle and hogs and reduced
the assment Of his friends the bankers
by these things We say f, II. Burton. re-
publican candidate for auditor, has for
seited his right to the support Of Hand
county republicans When he reduced
the assessment OF moneys and credits
from 100 per cent to 55 per cent hs
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