The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29

THE Independent candidates are making
strenuous efforts to induce some Republi-
cans to bolt the nominees of the county
ticket because their intimate friends failed
to receive sought nomination, by alleg-
ing fraud in the convention. The Inde-
pendent candidates are vigorously work
ing this racket on the friends of each de-
feated candidate with story to fit the 10.
cality of each, and the falsehoods they cir
culate are villianous. They attempt to
make 1t appear that terrible outrsges were
committed in the convention, which every
delegate and person present knows is not
true. A little sober thought will convince
the Republicans that the stories are only
told to create ill-feeling against their can
didates for the benefit Of and to assist the
Independents into Office, which is their
only object, and their manner of deceit
now being practiced, is the style of cam.
paign the Independents have always con-
Quoted. They care nothing for the de-
feated candidates or their friends, it is
votes for themselves they want and if
pretended friendship now will get them
they will use it until the votes are cast and
then chhckle about how nicely and easily
Republicans in certain localities were
worked" In our late convention there
were from two to four candidates for each
office and great majority necessarily
failed to secure a nomination, and for the
Independent to now travel over the coun-
ty and attempt to make them all believe
that they should and would have received
the nomination had it not been for some
great scheme or combination of their sue
cessful opponent seems to be carrying a
thin racket long way for the purpose of
deceiving intelligent people. The differ
ence between the Independent and Re-
publican Nominations is that the Onida
ring-the Journal Co.-selected their tick
ct principally from among its members
and ordered the few present-their SER
vants-to nominate them by acclamation,
while the people-64 delegates represent
ing every precinct in the countryside cted
the Republican candidates from the nu-
merous nam es presented to the conven-
ton. The ticket represents every part
of the county. On the other hand six of
the most prominent candidates on the In
dependent ticket are now residents of
Onida and the residence of the seventh can
be seen from the Onida post-office. Some
of them have been seeking Office ever since
they came to the county and their Onida
organization for that purpose is perfect
RING. The chairman and secretary of their
convention are candidates on the ticket
and members of the Journal Co. Their
candidates placed each other in nomina-
ton and yelled exclamation" to prevent
outsiders from naming outside candidates
The scheme was nicely worked, and the
ring thoroughly understood themselves.
On the other hand the Republican con-
vention was made up of representatives of
the people, selected by them in each pre-
cinct, and they conducted the convention
and nominated the ticket All but two
are men who have not sought or held Of
flee. They are new men. clean and com
petent men who are not travelling over
the county villifying their opponents or
attempting to secure support by alleging
that some unfathomed fraud has been
committed by the successful candidates.
The Republican candidates are not that
kind of men. They are seeking the suf-
frage of the people in an honorable way
and there is no doubt but they will all be
elected by good clean majorities. Don't
be led astray by some he circulated by In
dependents. Give their yarns little
thought and you will see large holes in the
gauze They are only seeking your vote
and it does not matter by what means they
get it.