Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-01-09
THOSE CHARGES.

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on Monday afternoon series Of charges
against District Attorney Harvey. In
cluded in them is little Of everything,
almost, and it they could be proven true
would be enough to retire man from
the world for numerous years to come.
The alliance charges Mr.. Harvey with
various heinous offenses. The ADvER-
TIsER is not the champion Of the district
attorney but it would remind the public
that there is always two sides to every
question, particularly to such questions
as this.
The alliance undoubtedly is OF the
opinion that it is right in its prosecution
of the attorney. 1t is undoubtedly
pushing the matter from conscientious
scruples, at the same time it should
allow the attorney full opportunity to
clear himself, and not show by it's actions
that the case is persecution rather than
a prosecution. If the attorney is guilty
he will have to pay the penalty for his
offenses. If he is not the charges will
fall fiat and the alliance will have to ac-
knowledge that it was in error.
LATER.
The commissioners laid the matter on
the table until Wednesday afternoon
when they disposed of the case by
throwing it aside bodily on account of
the non-substantiation of the charges.
The ADVERTISER is of the opinion that
their action was decidedly proper, judg-
ing from the evidence adduced.
1t is rumored in this city that the pro-
prietor of the Tilford Times proposes
soon to remove from his present location
to the county seat. The change is un-
doubtedly brought about by his desire
to be at headquarters" We would
say that had this paper devoted little
more of its space to the interests of the
town in which it existed and less to the
dissemination of its EDITORS private opin-
ions on socialistic matters, which inter-
est no one, its patronage would have
been such as to make unnecessary any
change whatsoever. There are few
things, however, that might be explained.
Will the gentlemanly and courteous
editor of the T. T. still continue his war
fare against Sturgis and her business
interests as of yore? Will he continue
to advise the farmers of Meade county to
go elsewhere with their grain and pro-
duce, as the merchants of Sturgis are
''robbing them and have been for years ?"
Will he continue his fight against that
wondrously unknown quantity the
"Sturgis ring" or is he coming here for
the purpose of trying to get into it him
self? Will he do as he has done in the
past, solicit patronage from the business
men Of this city and in one column of
his sheet publish their advertisements
and in another abuse them and call them
robbers" ''thieves," and "ringsters ~
In doing this he would only be
continuing the present policy of his
paper-the policy which has given him
what little prestige he now enjoys.
Should he remove to Sturgis can he con-
"fop" and, instead of damning
this city and everything connected with
it, praise the town and it's citizens? He
is extremely agile at the flop business
but we are of the opinion that this would
be more than even his most ardent ad-
mirer could possibly swallow. Should
he remove hither and devote his energies
to laboring for the best interests of Stur-
gis and its people what would his friend
tho wary and suspicious farmer-do?
What would those individuals do, who
are noted for their hostility to Scoop,
who are now patting him on the back in
his fight against us and everything
favoring the town? We cannot
clearly see how man with a growing
family around him can, solely for the
sake of obtaining little more money,
move into such disreputable town and
among SO many 'sthieves," "robbers,''
and those of like character this gen.
tleman claims Stsrgis to be. We are
very much afraid he will become con-
he comes
The Republican of Omaha has been
burning Rosewater of the Bee over in a
shape that gentleman did not relish. In
it's Saturday issue appeared long letter
signed by Paul Van Devoort charging
Rosey with all sorts of crimes. AS re-
suit Rosewater had both Van Dervoort
and J. @. Wilcox, the editor and owner
Of the Republican, arrested for criminal
libel, The hearing will take place today.
The paragraph to which Rosey objects
the most strenously is the following:
HE talks of honesty and virtue, when he
has had his teeth knocked out by an in
dignant female with fat-iron, and raw
ished deaf and dumb girl before she
could grab her slate to write 'sno'' in
prominent letters, who had to give her