Dakota farmers' advocate. (Canton, S.D.) 18??-1890, 1890-07-25
MR.. WIMPLE HAS A WORD.
He Thinks Farmers Pionio Don't Agree With

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Certain Canton Editors.
BEREsFoRD, July 1S-ED1ToR FARM
ERs' ADVOCATE is self evident that
the proprietor of the AdrOcate and '.trust-
ed reporters" Of both Netrs and 41dcoc0te
are not used to farmers picnics, as they
have had disarranged digestion ever
since the Warner Grove picnic, about a
month ago.
Undoubtedly they found the tables SO
well spread with good things to eat that
their apetites could not resist and their
naturally disgrunteled stomachs could
not digest all they ate; consequently the
foaming and frothing that has been going
on ever since that eventful OCCASION
The. true and tried reporters of the Neacs,
1droc0te d Go. take great exceptions to u
ethgee minute sleeeh that Z I. maSle at that
picnic; and because i said that it was not
justice to the older and qualified settlers
of Lincoln county, that carpet baggers
should be pushed to the front and then
retained in office, they have been having
a terrible time, Well did say just this
much and ! do not wish to retr;lct.
The readers of this article need not
speculate as to the motive have in advo-
eating the removal of this class of office
holders, it will be unnecessary for I will
tell you. 1t is not because they have not
been good officers; it is not because they
have not been obliging, nothing of this
kind. The reason is because they have
nothing iii common with the tax payers
OF this county. They come here with a
pen behind their ear and Il six-month
course at some commercial school and
they are qualified to fill position that
will give them a financial standing in the
course of Il couple of terms equivalent to
life time of hard toll i'll the ordinary
pursuits of life. object to this class of
office holders because they stand by the
old line bosses and do their bidding as a
well trained Spaniel will stay by his
master. object to them because we
have plenty of older settlers and men who
are taxpayers in the county, who are
just as well qualified in every respect,
And a great many are foreign born, some
Of them are Nor,cegians..
l wish to silance this nonsense about
foreign born citizens holding office by say
ing this; I hace no objections to any
foreign born citizen holding Office Gf he
has the required qualifications and does
not allow himself to be tweedled by few
unprincipled, wirepulling politicians.) l
would say further all these thrusts at me
are for a purpose; the air is full of dense
smoke and there must be some fire close
at hand. 1t is not %s.Mr. Wimple" that
any body is afraid of, for he is nothing
but quiet hay:seed who attends to his
own business-is not even a candidate for
office. 1t is the Independent party that is
getting a lashing over his back. But
am willing to let them crack away; we
will answer their ISLANDERS more effectually
in the early part of next November.
The true and trusted reporters of the
Nc,rs, Adcocate d. Co. failed to report the
speech made on the grand old party at
the Warner Grove picnic. When asked
to report one act that party had done, for
the past ten years, that was a benefit to
the majority Of the people of the country
he made the assertion that it had done
many But tell us of one, insisted the
QuestiOner ooh! it has done many.' was
the answer.
In con clusion / would say his; if any
vot er in this broad land has no grievances.
why cast your ballot the way you have
been in the habit OF casting it, but if you
have any wrongs to right, cast your eye
about and see;if there is any better way,
see if there is any prime iple left in men,
and if you find a ma II with principle,
vote for the principle.
y. J. WIMpLE.