Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-09-03
Independent Party Lies.
C0Dkiiti''s Dak0t,an.

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They demanded silver coinaSe
and that silver dollars y it's repre-
sc~nta,ive--a silver certiticate,should
be a legal tender the same as gold,
and that silver certificates should
be redee,nable in silver dollars and
our republican congress has given Il
to them,
They demanded a law agai5YSl
trusts and combinations and our NJ
publican congress gave it to them.
They demanded q recognition of
our prohibition law by an act Of
congress to prohibit the shipment
into our state Of original packages
for sale or delivery and a republican
congress has given it to them.
They demanded the extension Of
our pension laws SO that all soldiers
not able to support themselves by
manual labor should receive a liber-
al pension, and our republican con
gress has provided for it, and here
after fifty to seycnty.fiye millions Of
dollars will be annually added to
the amount heretofore distributed to
the soldiers, and will GO into the
various channels Of trade and CON-
merce, thereby quickening every
pulsation Of social and business life.
They demanded admission Of
four Q states, our own among the
number, and republican con.
gress granted our request.
They demanded the opening Of
the Sioux Reservation and u re-
publican congress opened it.
They demanded a reversal OF
democratic methods by which a
large percentage Of land entries Of
our people had been suspended and
many settlers robbed of their homes
and our republican administration
came promptly to the rescue and
many thousand Of our most needy
settlers were saved THEN homes
thereby.
Yet in the face OF these and many
other things done in the interest OF
the farmer by the present national
republican administration, lnde-
pendent leaders psesume sufficient
upon the ignorance of the people to
tell them the republican party oil
the nation has done nothing for
them.
Coming down to state affairs, in
dependent speakers not having the
fear of God before their eyes and
iistigated by the devil Of greed for
Office, prove themselves infamous
liars, by hunting the farmers in the
school houses throughout the state
and telling them the republican
party Of this state has done nothing
for the farmer, and has not passed a
single law in his interest. Ii any
republican farmer viii get a copy Of
t the laws passed by the republican
: legislature, and look it through he
will find out for himself what bold
and infamous liars such men are.
!. We have space for but a few il
: Illustrations:
: The farmers alliance asked fol
/. taxution of railroad property the
same as other property, and & law
passed BY the republican Legislature
of last winter provides for such tax.
alton, and railroad property now
, pays to the county, state and school
and all other taxes the same US all
other property.
The farmers alliance demanded a
warehouse law that should protect
the farmer from false weights, false
/, grades and robbery in any way by
warehouse men. and the last legisla-
ture adopted the strongest and most
carefully drawn Inv OH that subject
) ever passed by any state Legislature,
and every farmer should read it and
understand it, and understand that
it was passed by the last republican
legislature in the face of powerful
lobby that opposed it.
The farmers alliance demanded a
law, making trusts and combina-
: tons unlawful and the republican
legislature passed a stronger law on
that subject than a be found on
the statute book of any other state,
and a membership in any such
/, trust or combination is declared to
be a felony, punishable by impris-
!, onment for not less than two nor
: NOR than five years in the states
: prison. Read the law republican
: farmers, and learn how such trusts
can be erjoined, their property
sliced and sold, the members cloth.
!, ed in striped suits and sent to stone
breaking at Sioux Falls.
The alliance demanded TINT in.
!. terest On tax certificates Of sale bs
t reduced from S per cent penalty and
, 80 per cent interest per annum te
simply II per cent interest. 1t wa:
a great change that was asked anc
all the tax title sharks OF the STATE
rose up in opposition to such q law
/ but nevertheless our last republican
legislature complied with the de
mands Of the farmer, and now th'
! only consequence of non-paymento
taxes is the payment Of IL per cen
: interest until tax is paid.
The farmers alliance demanded
general reduction in the salaries ant
fees of county officers and arepubli
can legislature has by law reduced
all such salaries half, and in SOM,
cases to two-thirds what they wer,
!, before.
: The farmers alliance demanded
the prohibition law, and a republi
can constitutional convention pro
vided for submitting the question t.
the people, it carried, and the las
republican legislature gave US th'
strongest, most perfect and complet,
naoI,ihsIinn lar. ALal IA .l.l:x.