Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-10-31
REPUB BLICAN TICKET.
For Member OF Congress,
JOHN l.. JOLLY,
JOLLEY. WOODS. SMITH

JOLLEY, WOODS, SMITH.
There couldn't be greater contrast
than that which exists between the
three congressional candidates placed in
nomination by the republicans, demo
Gratis and independents. The first man
to enter the field was John l.. Jolley, of
Vermillion, nominated by the republi-
can convention at Aberdeen. Comment
ing upon the choice of this convention,
Senator Kyle, bitter enemy of the re-
publican party and the most prominent
independent leader in the west, said in
substance, that he was a man whose
past record as citizen and as poll.
tician was without blemish, whose pri-
vate and public character could not be
blackened by any word of the opposi-
ton. That Of itselfis sufficient to com
mend him to the notice Of every voter
in the state, but now the details Of his
career are public property. He came to
Dakota in 1865, just at the close of the
civil war, through which he had served
in the unions cause, and the last twen-
ty.six years Of his life have been spent
in the old territory and the young state.
He has grown with the country, assist
ing In its development, studying its
needs, and at home and while in the
legislature, or holding other positions Of
public trust. has labored in behalf of his
fellow citizens to overcome the Difficult
ties that are incurred IN frontier life.
I He has been a pioneer among pioneers,
and as result of his rugged, busy life
he is comfortably fixed financially, but
more than that, has the confidence an d
esteem of every man, woman and child
with whom his name and life are fami-
liar.
james NJ. Woods, stockman, and may
or of Rapid City. He came to the Hills
a number of years ago, and during his
residence here has lent every thought
and energy to making money, and as a
! result has quite barrel" so it is said.
That fact is no argument either for or
against his election, but it is about all
that is known of him outside Of Rapid.
He might make fit representative OF
great state, and he might not His
honor and integrity might prove inyul-
nerable TO the corrupting influences Of
public life, and they might quail and
crumble before the first assault. To
elect him instead of John l.. Jolley,
would be accepting doubt when a
certainty was offered.
Henry w. Smith, the independent
nominee. His record is that of a dis
affected republican, a man whose lack of
energy and business tact has kept him a
poor unsuccessful farmer while his
neighbors were prospering. He isn't in
the race. His nomination met with
boots of derision by the majority OF his
fellow independents, and he won't get
even the vote to which his party is en-
titled.
Those are the three men. Who would
hesitate to choose the first with good
judgement and common sense as dicta-
tors. We predict that party lines will
be forgotten in the contest, and that that
quiet, unassuming man, in whose breast
burns the fire of true manliness, and
whose head is crowned with years of
experience and faithful services TO his
fellow men, will sweep the state and de-
feat the opposition by majority equal to
any South Dakota has ever given. Vote
for him. not only because he is repub-
lican, but because he is a man.