Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1891-02-19

Now ret the reader glance back at par
agraph one, also casting his eye back
ward over Hand countys recent history.
The Republicans lack Of consistency is
only equailed by Its economy OF truth.
II says we deserve n leather medal for
political stupidity" after it has beloved
for weeks that We WANTED to elect the
independents and-sUccEEDEDl -Four
years in suecss-iou I'VE have contested
with Van Hosen for The county printing
and won every year. Is success stupid
lty ?" Or does ii require stupidity to be
successful? We feel constrained to cali
the ''junior's" serious attention to the fact
that the feeling of universal tolerance
with which he has boen regarded by rep
resentativeS of all phases of political
thought will by such breaks be suppressed
erl by not only profound contempt for
his duplicity, but also disgust for
his utter lack OF the most ordinary attrl-
butes OF political writer.
The I'd paragraph contains an innocent,
though explicit confirmation of the PRESS
warfare of last year against the corrupt
machiae and its methods. viz: "When he
jumped the deal" That is our 'charac-
terization to nicely. The entire liza
chine campaign, WAS "a deal" corrupt
deal, without regard to principle, or the
future welfare of the republican party.
We saw it and exposed it. The intelli-
gent voter saw and understood the situa-
tion, and with the ballot Of free Amer
ican citizen. proceeded to purify the par
ty Of progress by chopping off the bar
nacle which would soon have poisoned
its entire system. The same paragraph
goes on to say We singled out two men
because they were corrupt, and ANY one
with half an eye oould see that it was a
question of Doodle with the Press and
now il admits it in the following language" "
Here followed portion only Of the
PRESS item aboye.) The two men We OPP
posed were treasurer aud auditor. As
these two men have nothing to do with
selection of official papers, "any enc with
half an eye can see" the dense stupidity
In connecting them with this discussion.
Besides this admission and the records
show we supported the republican ticket
except these two machine pets. For Ia
ter returns of our correctness in opposing
Burton, just look at the muddle his books
are in.
Paragraph charges the sale Of opinion
conscience, honor, ETC.. for means with
which TO sustain life. How utterly boy
ish in conception is that 80 cts. worth Of
liver aud yard OF calico racket. No sale
Of political opinion was involved, merely
an assertion of Van Hosen's that we would
prefer remote political contingency
rather than lose legitimate receipts of cur
own work-individnal benefits to ourself
over those to another. ''Self preserva-
tion is the first law of nature" aud the
man who fails to provide for his own fam
lily irst is worse than an infidel. Hence
we proceeded to prove. satisfactorily to
airy fair mind. that the direct benefits OF
Senator were 50 small to any individual
that he could not ia justice to himself and
family compare them to the benefits OF
his own work.
Sell out the whole republican ticket
tor pound of beefstake," he blubbers.
An examination of the original item will
show the reader nothing was said about
the republican ticket, SIMPLY who We
MIGHT prefer for senator. What twaddle,
what political brilliancy! But reader be
enient with him. The poor dupe thinks
you cannot fathom his cunning % little
ATTEMPTS 20 let 90 his hold on straw
thnt will not keep his head above water.
And then 10 discover the next straw won't
hold him either makes 1t all intensely
amusing.
No such construction as the public be
id" could be placed npon the PRESS
item by any one but an idiot, but II look
ed at from that stand POINT. what in the
world has Vanderbilt or the public either