Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-31
BUYING UP VOTES.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY Gar, m
NORWOOD. FLAME TO FUEL.
Charges of Corruption in the BLACK nm.
Made Against Huron In the CAPITAL
Campaign.
st. Paul Dispatch.

ently well-grounded rumor that Huron
caMthl funds to the amount of some
$4,000 to Sic, 900 are to be disbursed
at the coming election through certain
democratic leaders, who are to use the
money for the democratic Legislative
tickets in the several counties. with the
understanding that the ssblocks" bought
shall also be voted for Huron. Ii has
oeen known for some time that Huron
capital managers intend to use money
freely in this region. 1t is said that one
fourth OF the sum arising from the sale al
school bonds, recently issued by the
James valley aspirant has been allotted
Tor the purchase of the floating vote OF
the Hills.
The acceptance of q nomination for the
lower house by M. H. Day, made through
the democratic county central committee
OF Remington county, aweek or ten DAYS
ago, was matter of general surprise.
Mr.. Day was understood to have declined
congressional nomination when Chair
man Peemiller visited the Hills for the
purpose of filing the vacancy occasioned
by Judge Thomas declination. That.
with his private affairs and duties as Col
umbian director, he should accept this
position, was regarded Us singular. The
party in this county is in sad state of
decentralization, and had fruitlessly
hawked it's legislative nominations about
the county until Mr.. Day accepted. It
ls claimed that he is promised a liberal
contribution. The current talk in politi-
cal circles here ia that Day receives from
81. 900 to 900 from the Huron cap
ltal committee for use in the campaign.
The Hills is practically unanimous for
Pierre. and should the charges made find
confirmation or fail of disproof Mr.. DAYS
chances ofelection from this county to
the state legislature would be more re-
mote than ever. In view of the hard
times prevalent in the ranching valleys.
the liberal use of money for capital pur-
poses might effect the general result, but
at the present time the most liberal esti-
mates give Huron but 2, 500 out of to-
tai voting population of from II, 900 to
1000.
We have no fear OF their liberal use of
money any where in the Hills. After all the
disgraceful things that Huron has said
about that country, she would now add
insult to injury upon the heads of those
valley farmers by Offering q bride, mon
ey bride for their votes; ask them, for
consideration, to act III exact opposition
to their own convictions on the capital
question. They know too well that to
keep the capital at Pierre will make an
increase in railroad work in that section
of the state and upon the stretch of
country between them and the river and
thus furnish honorable means for their
sustenance and to tide them through the
nard times consequent upon the failure
ofcrops. This argument applies also to
all the farmers in the state who have
been so unfortunate in this respect. Not
one of them will have to ask aims to tide
them through except in case of sickness,
if the capital remains III Pierre; because
the settlement of this question il all that
the railroads are waiting for. Work can
be pushed all winter in some localities I'M
less it is an unusually hard winter. No,
not all the money Huron can furnish can
purchase the good will of those western
people whom they haverepeatedly, foully
and libellously insulted. We have no
fear: but the audacity, the gall of those
Huron campaign men is unparalleled by
anything on record. They would malign
an angel into hades and rob her of her
robes before she entered, if the act
would bring her the capital. On the 9TH
err hand, if Pierre should fail, and we have
no fear that she will, she will fail with
clean hands and no stain upon her from
the fight.