Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

Admiral Porter died at his home i'm
Washington City last Friday morn
ing.
There Is one thing noticeable viz that
all the Independent organs quote from
Democratic papers to sustain their
doctrine, and arc in complete harmony
with the doctrines of the Democracy.
We have heard it repeatedly asserted
by alliance men that census returns do
not show the exact number of farm
mortgages. that the facts are being
kept back by the government officials.
IT the government does not perform u
small duty like that honestly and cf
licicntly why do some mon wish to
cntrust the management of the rail-
roads and telcgraphs to the same pow
CT.
Such independent organs as the
Woonsockct News. in their zeal to
bring the Republican administration
into disreputc, arc not content to make
a complete statement Of the facts. but
willtully misreprcsent, by stating only
part OF the truth. Last week the
News published q settlement from one
j Nj Pcase, of Colorado, giving the
cost per capita of keeping convicts in
the prisiouS OF several of the Older
states, which average per capita was
Sl4S.o5 while that at Sioux Falls was
S57S.7o. They all fail to state how
fast the expense per capita decreases
as the number of coyicts increase. The
absolute cost Of keeping 800 prisoners,
aside from the few cents per day FOL
board, is but a little moore than that
necessary to keep one hundred.
q. j. Marshall, editor Of the Alliance
column in the True Republican writes
''Bccause Moody cannot be elected our
Republican friends say. that the legis-
lature is wasting time We could
say with equal truthiulncss because
the Independents cannot elect thcil
man( Who? no. body knows. not cvel
themsclvrS.) :.tllat the legislature i:
wasting time That it is doing so is
denied by no one but conceded b,
all. But who is to blame? The bal
loting for L. S. Senator occupies bu
an hour or less each day. There is on
way i'll which u great deal OF time was
wasted ut the beginning Of the session
viz: by he Independent party prose.
cutting the contest cases. unScating re
publicans and DISTINGUISHING a ma
iolity of the voters in certain coull
ties.
REV. j II KYLE is $ Senator frol
South Dakota. MIR Kyle is It vonn
man. thirty-scycn wears old. congrc
gatlonal minister from Aberdeen. an
a strong proiibitiomist. The Siou
Falls Press says editoriallv: -Mr XVI
represents Brown county in the s,at
senate and receives nothing but kline
words from those who know him. |
he carries to the nited States senat
the same energy which has marked hi
course as II preacher. ne WILDE hcart
from later on. Ii is told of him tina
when he was living in Edmunls coun
tv here were several churches in TIN
neighborhool which were supported
BIZ the home missionary society. IL
wrote to the society that il it would
furnish him With Il horse he would
guarantee that the churches should b
made self sustaining. He rclecmtc
his guarantee in 4 manner that lett nc
cause for complaint MIR Kvlc's styi
OF ministry is Of the cvangelistic va
rictv. and a gentleman remarked tia
if he were given but haitian opport,tn
itv he would start a revival i'll TIL
United States senate. There are man,
things which might be started Their
that would do more harm. Whil
there NAV be some doubt as to MI
kylc's politics. he leaves no one i
doubt Us to his position on prohibi
ton. 1t is probable that if any party
can claim the victory. it is the pro
libitionists.