The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-11-14
THAT SENATE NATTER.

The oelrichs Advocate rDemo.
%cratic1 and the Buffalo Gap Re-
publican the organ Of |. Scholfeld
nominee of Custer county for state
senate are falsely charging that DR..
Stewart chairman of the republic
an central committee of this county
is responsible for the omission Of
the name of Mr.. Scholfeld from
the ticket. Now the fact of the
matter is that DIR. Stewart as chair
man was only following the instruc-
tions of the central committee.
Any man that questions this state
ment can consult the proceedings
of the central committee meeting.
The charge as coming from the Ad-
vocate [dem.l has no weight as
that paper has a known characteris-
tic of never telling the truth, but
the Republican knows, or could
have known that the statement is
false. For the last two weeks the
Republican has taken inspiration
from from ]. w. Jones which ac-
counts for the Misrepresentation.
If Mr.. Scholtield had had the good
sense to have consulted other men
of this county than Jones, the dem
ocrat, he would have been able to
have acted more wisely; now then
a word OF two concerning this mat
tel. On Tuesday the day follow
ing Mr.. S%cholheld's nomination by
Custer county he telephoned to
the Springs and asked to meet as
many as possible of the republicans
of the Springs that evening. In
response to that telephone message
about a dozen republicans assem-
bled in Mr.. Cults Office, among the
number were Mr.. ]. b. Dickovcr,
w, P. Phillips, Maj. Eaton, r.. w.
Sham, DIR. Stewart and others. At
that meeting Mr.. Scholfeld stated
that he felt that he was only half
nominated and had come to the
Springs to get the other half of the
nomination. Mr.. Scholfeld was
told that the gentlemen present in
no way represented the county of
Fall River they only represented
themselves, therefore could not
tender him any nomination from
Fall River county. DR.. Stewart
central committeeman for Hot
Springs stated to Mr.. Scholfeld
that the republican central COM
mittee would hold a meeting OH
the following Saturday, and ex-
tended to Mr.. Scheduled a per-
sonal invitation to be present at
that meeting, as that was the only
body that could in such matters
act for the county. On Saturday the
central committee met but Mr..
Scholfield failed to be present.
The committee discussed the stu
alton at some length and finally
decided to place no name upon
the ticket for senator unless Mr..
scholield should appear and de-
clare his position with reference to
Fall River county, this MIR. Schol-
field failed to do. If MIR. Schol-
field was DESTROYS OF receiving the
other half of the nomination, as he
said, why did he not meet with the
central committee, the only body
in the absence of a convention that
was authorized to act in the mat
ter. And further Mr.. Schol6eld
had been asked to state his posi-
ton upon the difference between
Custer and Fall River counties,
and upon that matter he gave an
evasive answer in effect that he
knew nothing or but little about
that question therefore he could
not say what he would do. 1t oc-
ours to the STAR that a man that
has lived in Custer county as long
as Mi. Scholfeld has and still
knows little or nothing about that
much talked about matter, and one
that was the subject of legislation
last winter is not the best MAJ, to
represent these counties in the
legislature. Further still Mr.. Schol-
field was solicited by Fall River
county citizens to give such assur-
ances of work in our behalf that
we could feel safe in electing him
to the legislature, but he refused
to give these assurances. The
STAR has been first last and all the
time for Hot Springs and Fall
River county. 1t proposes to look
after her interests to the best of
its ability and it is for that very
reason, after Mr.. Scholfeld would
not satisfy us that he would pro-
tect our interest, that we have ad-
vised the o support of Mr.. Schol-
field. We were outraged at the Her
mosa convention, and the honest
manhood of this county cries out
against such an outrage, but we
could have endured the outrage
had Mr.. S. shown any disposition
to give the people of this county
an assurance that their interests
would be protected. We ask again
why did not Mr.. Scholheld attend
the meeting of the central COM
mittee as he was invited by DR..
Stewart to do?