The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-02-20
A correspondent sends us lengthy ar

A correspondent sends us a lengthy ar
ticle in defense of T. H. Garrett from the
puslillanimous whatever that meansl and
cowarely insinuations of the WATCHMAN
trying to connect HIN, with the election
frauds of Pleasant township. Tom Gar
rett needs no defender in this matter
The people of Sully Co. know Tom Garrett
and they also know the cowardly cur who
made the insinuatiOns and that is enough
If Tom would condescend to give the
miserable whelp good hicking it might
have wholesome restraining influence on
thepuppy's behavior toward decent people
in the future.-Onida Journal, Feb. 19.
The following is what / said in the
WATcuMAN Of Jan. 80, and the Pleas
ant precinct poll list will corrobate til.
statement The journal and it's re
form outfit may "chaw' on it at plea
sure
There was 26 legal and 7 illegal votes
polled in Pleasant precinct but Mr.. Gar.
rett the Independent ca ndidate for Asses
sor received. 80 votes. If he received all
the legal votes he still received of the
illegal ones. W as that part Of the "cam
paign of education?
-.
"The total amount (money) claimed
in existence is $3.50, 900, O,0O0.'-
Journal.
The total amount of money is $2,-
22O,377 ,674 and the amount in circula,
ton is $l,6O3,85 ,l2S. Tell some
more whoppers, Gee Whiz.
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There appeared in the Inter Deem
of Feb. 10Th two column article de-
failing the methods used by the Ma
tional Cordage Company for capturing
the general trade of the Alliance IN the
several States. The following clip
pings are from said articles:
FooLING THE FARMERS.
For the past few months big scandal
has been brewing in Farmers Alliance.
and Industrial Union ("Polk Alliance
circles that now bids fair to involve the
whole order before it is settled.
1t has become so bitter, and is of such
serious import that those on the inside
treachery," rotten dealing ''infam
ous," and the like, when the names of
certain reform leaders are mentioned.
And the Inter Ocean, after most search
ing and thorough investigation, is satisfied
the gentlemen making the charges are
correct, for there never was more delib
crate, bare-faced fraud, II more brazen
three card onte, now you see it and
now -you-don't see-it game than that now
being attempted by the Farmers Alliance
National Cordage--National Union Com
pany combination.
The article then goes on to show
that the National Cordage company
with headquarters in New York mot
content with controlling every agency
that enters into the production ot
binding twine and looking around for
more worlds to conquer proposed to
capture the Farmers Alliance" that
trusted leaders Of an organization
whose very existence should be a
standing menace to all trusts and com.
binations would dare enter such a
conspiracy, is almost pasl believing
and yet it is true, as will appear from
the unimpeachable witness which THE
INTER OCEAN will summon in this
article.
The article referred to says the
National Cordage Company employed
one H. H. Balch to organize the
National Union Company aud himself
its president. It's office was in the
same building with the parent com
pany, and then says:
As is we'll known by everyone, the
National Cordage Company is one ol
the worst trusts in this country.
Having things all right now at headquar
ters, President Balch started out or
hold of Oswald Wilson, the secretary o
the National Business Agents Association
Of the alliance. He then captured
McCune, the editor of the National Econ
omist, the National organ nf the alliance
From this on it was smooth sailing
With these two big alliance men and th'
additional ind lcement of one-half of pc
| cent commission it was not difficult to cap
ture the majority of the State agents wht
were at the Ocalla conference, and the,
! in turn secured the endorsement of othe
leading members.
/ T.VGTytuluy was WOIhlHS lOS-iJ. lHCy
adjourned from Ocalla to meet at New
York, which they did June %. the Cordag
Trust paying their transportation botl
ways. hotel expenses and all Others bills
including the room for the meeting.
At the New York meeting wer
most of the head leaders of the severa
States, including our own Wardall ant
Crosse. This IS the same company th'
above. leaders Of reform are trying tt
introduce into South Dakota, and ,
late Ruralist gives it an editorial put
a column long. Will not the editor o
the Journulgo into one of his "fermen
and foam' tantrums, same as he dl'
last week when he so unpatrioticall,
mal.gned our Navy, our Sailors, AM
our Administration, for maintaining
the dignity and honor of our flag, ant
when he has drawn inspiration from
the lower regions wont he hurl it a
the hypocntical calamity -howlers