The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-07-04
CAPITAL COMMENT.
CONTRIBUTED.

Some of the folks about town are
disposed to criticise the band for en-
gaging its services to Huron during
its open air season, but there Is really
no occasion to kick. The band IL an
organization for profit, and Its indi-
vidual votes and influence do not nee.
essarily 60 with Its choice melody. A
band has right to play for any one
that pays for its efforts. and while
music hath charms 1t has never been
considered much of a factor in vote
getting. So we can enjoy the rare en-
tertsinment which Huron money has
provided for US, can admire the neat
little Huron banner. and read the
Huron inscription on the bass drum,
without feeling under any obligation
to go back on Mitchell's best inter-
ests-which are to keep the capital at
Pierre.
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The Huronite tries to weaken the
force of Judge Conklin's telling ar
guments for Pierre by saying that he
is paid for his work. The attempt is
unworthy the 'Huronite. Judge Conk-
lin has always been for Pierre, with
his own town out of the race, and if
he ls willing to put in some extra
work for her he is entitled to be paid
for it without having his motives Inn
pugned. But how about papers and
individuals which did not discover
any merit In Huron's claims until the
options were filled out and the checks
signedY The Huronite has hold Of
an ugly boomerang.
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Huron Huronite: The Huronlte
has made itself strong, and means to
keep itself strong by telling the truth.
Rency excuse for published falsehOod.
That accounts for the fact that such
lies as the one about the alliance tn-
dorsing Huron as "a body were dissem-
mated by wire to tue outside world.
But wasn'tit treating the truth with
more OF less d:srespect for the Huron
papers to neglect to correct this false.
hood promptly?
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Our smooth Huron friends come
down here and tell US that the loca'
tlon of the capital 1T Huron can in nc
wise work to the detriment of Mitch
ell. Then they 90 up into Mitchells
trading territory IN Sanborn and
Miner counties and tell the farmers
that to locate the capital at Huron is
to give them a much better market
for their produce and garden truck
so much better that they can we'll at
ford to go tenor fifteen miles further
instead of coming to Mitchell, theil
, natural market. Somehow these two
propositions don't jibe. r. w. w
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Gazette: r. w. w. has got to that
point where he is ready to "submit the
, case to the jury" stage he alway.
:. reaches when he finds himself In s
corner.
n. w. w. is not worrying about be
ing put into corner. We made Ger
: tain assertions as to the attitude O
the Gazette toward Mitchell. The Ga
zette called for proof and its own col
umns furnished 1t. OF course r. Nv
: is willing to submit the case to tn
jury. II is the jury of the citizens o
: Mitchell and Dawson county he is la
boring to convince of the folly of tn
Gazettte's position. He has no hop
of convincing the Gazette man.
q man who never makes mistake, { !!
l. who has license to regulate the uni
l. verse, who does nothing or says moth
l. ing except from the purest, most dir
j. interested motives. can not te cor
D. vinced of anything contrary to hi
e own set notions. But finally In th
last issue:
The Gazette has criticised Michel
y, The Gazette will continue to CRITICS
y Mitchell. but this criticism always ha
l. been and always will be the criticisl
1t of friend.
r What kind of friendship is it ths
IT sees nothing hut faults? What hi
'e the Gaz tie ever done for Mitchell e:
N crpt to pick flaws from the time
es was established at Mt. Vernon? Isn
a. there such thirg as carrying Sc
is appointed censorship too far?
H. ~
~ Gazette: * Il * The Gazette may v
q. be obliged to say something it had N
!, intended to.
~ That's one trouble with the Gazet,
r.. it is always saying something 1t d
%. not intend to, ami when held to a
-. count for its utterances Is dlsp ,sed [
wriggle and squirm out of the on
;. logical construction to which they q
-, subject. r.. w. w.