Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-10-10
4 LUMBER WAGON CAMPAIGN,
Proposition to Hold Grand Lumber Wagon
Rally In Every County IN South
Dakota.
a Sih Banner to the County Reporting the
largest Number Of Teams IN
Parade.
THE LUMBER WAGON CAMPAIGN.

All over Cne country Cne independent
movement is resistlessly sweeping, and is
being dersively dubbed the lumber
wagon campaign by the kid-glove politi-
clans who haven't the slightest use for a
lumber wagon except as convenientve-
hicle to bring his obedient servent to- the
polls each year to do his bidding. But
those old wagons are loaded this year
with independent voters who refuse to
cringe under the party lash and deny the
right Of gamblers, sots and userers to
rule or lead them.
The 6. o. p. generally out-plundering)
are getting seriously alarmed First, they
tried insult, falschood and abuse. Dem
agogues, ''office-seekers, 'alliens, "ob-
structionists," were hearted at the leaders.
That only helping the movement they
tried ridicule, called it q trifing affair,
only few sorheads and disappointed
Office seekers, and predicted complete
collapse by Nov. 4. But an independent
vote of 81, 600 in Arkansas at the election
just held, and the rapid and enthusiastic
wheeling into line Of state after state, un-
til now. less than four months after the
birth Of the new party in Huron. June 4,
thirty states have enrolled themselvea
under the banner Of equal rights for al
and special privileges to none. has alarm.
ed and easaged them and now In one
breath they are imploring the prodigals
to return, pledging themselves to be good
hereafter, and ut the next taunting them
Is haysecds and mudsills and styling
their heroic struggle against ths embattl.
ed monopolist as lumber wagon cam.
paign." Very we'll; SO be it. We accep,
the sobriquet and are proud of it. Oul
clothes may not be so fine or expensive,
our garments not quite as faultless, and =
lumber wagon, especially an old one, with
q chattel mortgage on instead Of y spring
seat, with the old farm horse or oxer
hitched thereto, may not be so orna
mental as u tally no or phaeton. with i
81. coo team and gold mounted harnes.
attached. but it is the best we have and
will answer our purpose this year
suggest that every county in the state
have a grand lumber wagon rally, with
flags and notices. about Oct. 2G, ~ or %
and every farmer turn ou, early with his
family all iii the wagon, rendezvous by
township ut $50 a. M, and try to reach
la. . : b % .H-
the county seat by II. and from one huge
parade, with band and glee clubs and
barbecue and picnic and rousing speeches
make Il gala day of it. Offer a prize ban.
uer to the township with the most teams
in line. will givea silk banner. the
glorious old stars and stripes, with..inde.
le1adence" cmblazoncd upon it, to the
county making the largest parade in pro
portion to its population, providing at
lei.st 400 wagons are in the parade Turn
out! Get up the enthusiasm. Bring out
Your horses and oxen, your four and sin
horse teams and ten yoke Of cattle on the
band wagon as we did in iowa in SO,
when Fremont and Dayton ran. Let us
show them once more that the farmers
know their rights and dare maintain
them. 4. WnrdaN In Dahota Rur0hst