Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1890-07-03
STRANGE DREAMS.
The Juvenile "HumOrist" OF the Ma
chine Organ Points His Little Pop
Gun at the Press.
II was Loaded too Heavy With "wit'
and the Back Kick Upset the
'Literaryo Giant.
An Idle Moment Passed In Picking
the Juvenile "Arguments''
TO Pieces.

Ahio boPNi tooh ISSUE Ou purity CAUCUS
affairs. honorably fought them to finish,
was defeated, then came out the next week
treating the matter in good -natured way
acknowledged defeat, ana said let it drop.
Was that not fair Was that not good
republicanism 2 We did not even COM
plain of how We were defeated, told Mr..
Milan and his friends they were welcome
to their glory, and as we thought acted
fairly. But how are the defeated re-
publicans treated2
The machine organ did not open its
little yawp in the fight, bat after caucus
and after the PRESS had accepted defea,
it came out with I'VE killed the bear"
whoop, and insulted all republicans who
did not endorse the machine It said
"The war is over; let there be peace" I"
and then proceeded with lot of silly
twaddle to create sentiment for its
Moses" and abuse men who have been
consistent lifelong republicans. Well,
so be it. Lay on McDuff."
For weeks the two old republican papers
have preferred charge after charge against
the crooked, Doodle gang, and the
Juvenile" kept silence that callei for
expressions of sympathy. II has not at
tempted to answer a single charge But
in its immaculate conception OF political
diplomacy it endeavors TO attract public
attention away from the charges of deceit,
corruption and boodleism, away from the
machine, by attacks upon the PRESS man
and other republicans.
In this attempt to screen the gang the
juvenile inflicted upon tolerant, kind
hearted public the rawest, rankest, most
disjointed literary effort in its account OF
the caucus the people ever smiled at. But
let us tab a few Of these "idees," of the
Junior editor" portrayed with the
'brilliancy" of Gladstone and "symme-
try of an Ingersoli, the bare shadow of
truth contained in few being
always perverted to serve his purpose Of
deception. If the reader cares to follow,
let us While away few moments with
his aggregation Of logic and convul-
size wit. Attention:
Ever since the foundation of "our"
town certain few republicans, assisted
by few democrats, have contro.ed public
affairs here.
Many Of the business men opposing the
maching were not here ever since the
foundation" hence there can be little truth
in that statement. But suppose these
business men like Beasom, Carroll. Dow
ell, CoGuillette, White, Cutting, Wood,
Loew, Sontsg, Hartley, Arnold. Stover,
and Others did help control things, we
respectfully call attention to the fact that
Miller has been the best town OF its class
in South Dakota. The logical conclusion
must then follow that the Republican
statesman ia Saving wind" and not wood.
"a dozen or more of them would get
together, hold caucus, etc.
Thanks, awfully, for this uninten tional
admission that "a dozen or more" got to-
gethsr. We again respectfully suggest, as
will every other man, that the machine
consists OF but four men, hence the power
OF control were better In the hands Of "a
dozen or more" than in the hands Of four.
Mr.. Milan and hrs friends have been
abused, msligned and prosecuted"
What an absurdity to say that any
one was abused in the campaign by the
PRESS, when the opportunity offered for
either vindictive or ludicrous caricature
Of four men controlling and composing the
machine was never SURPASSED In any cam
aign. Their customs. their habits, their
attributes" peculiarly subject to gaudy
word pictures, have not been even init
mated at by this writer. Nor will they be
unless their organ opens the ball.
"The PRESS began to have some more
of its strange dreams. II began to cry
The Gallant Major Pickler." IL asserted
that an early caucus in Miller would de-
feat Maj. Pickler for Congress. That it
would ruin the crop prospects and famine
would follow"
What a vast expanse of logical dedaction
and argument is displayed in this para
graph ! Then, too, it is iunay Now we
appeal TO the generous reader if it is fair
TO hurl such volts Of InRallsism at little
country paper out here on the prairie all
alone, and then back set us under huge
furrows Of humiliation by the wit" with
which God has seen fit 10 endow the dis
oovorer OF Moses ?
cit is true that Mr. Milan was born in
the South aud was raised 90 believe that
the cause of the south wasa just one"
Well then, IL it is true Mr., Milan was
the son Of q rebel soldier, and believes
the rebellion was just. and his own organ
solicits discussion. IL certainly should hurt
no one to tell the truth. In the cam
paign NJ. ALLAN. with the above senti-
ments, which dove tails nicely with his re-
cent remark that JEFF Davis was con-
sistent statesman" Mr.. Sawyer, who
voted in democratic caucus in Miller,
and the ''junior" who tried to maui the
republican party out of existence for $500
IN Union Labor promises these three
worthless Questioned the republicanism
OF the men opposing the machine. They
had the monumental gall to say they were
republicans and tue other fellows were
mott
The PRESS asserted that Mr.. Milan
had plotted To sell out 'our" town to John
Baldwin. while at the same time Mr.,
Bushield himself was in caucus almost
every day with Sage"
The PRESS no. only ''asserted" but
proved that Mr.. Milan had TWICE sold
out the business men of Miller to John
Baldwin. by allowing two conventions TO
be taken from Miller, and the iu yenile
never attempted TO prove We were mis-
taken. We never sold out anything to
Sage, but when the interests Of the two