The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
Which, Harrison or Cleveland?

ABOUT ten days ago Chairman
Taubeneck of the People s party, claim,
ed that his party would carry Georgia
by at least 10000 majority The
claim was made to stitfen up the weak,
kneed followers in the northwest who
had been induced by the Southern AL
lance into Joining the Peoples party
on the promise that a number of
Southern States would be carried by
that party in opposition to the Democ-
racy. That the new tiim-fiam was not
a Democratic-ald- society to capture a
few states for Cleveland in the North
west, and had Georgia not voted when
she did no doubt Taubeneck's false
hood would have been believed by
many. In 1888 the Democratic ma
.jorlty in Georgia was 10000; at the
election on the 9Th inst. it was raised
to about 10000 and the Peoples party
was crushed in the State. Even Tom
WatsOns district-the only P.P. Con-
gresham in the whole South-was
carried by the 1900 majority for the
Democrats, and Watson denounced as
q traitor to the people who elected him
as an Alliance Democrat two years ago,
with the understanding that he would
act and vote with the Democrats.
This is sample Of the new party's
strength IN the South. Their only
Congressman is denounced and routed.
After this session the new party will
have no member of Congress south of
Mason and Dixon's line. But all the
same they are very solicltOus for the
party in the Northwest for the purpose
Of using it to elect Grover Cleveland
President. The Independents here al
ready acknowledge that there is no
hope Of electing Gen. Weaver, which
places the Issue squarely before the
people as to which they will support
Harrison or Cleveland. A vote for
Weaver is now acknowledged by the
leaders to be a vote for Cleveland.
Are you Republicans who were lead to
believe that you were not supporting
and beng delivered bodily into the
Democratic party still ready and will
ling to cast your votes for Weaver for
Cleveland's benefit? We believe not.
The tools of Democracy, under the
mask of Weaver supporters, who are
seeking to deliver that party your
votes are no doubt being well paid for
their time and trouble, but we do not
believe you are ready to be delivered
with the light staring you in the face.
Weavers treatment, followed by an in-
creased Democratic vote in Georgia
should be sufficient to open the eyes of
any one. Your vote will be cast for
either Harrison or Cleveland. Weaver
is not in it, except as an aid Of Cleve-
lands to defeat Harrison.
The Populist's National platform
offers as cure for certain assumed
economic evils their scheme Of railroad
ownership by the government the sub
treasury scheme and the farm loan
scheme, and their speakers are offering
them as cure. We will combat them
by quoting from the Onida Journal,
whose editor is G. W. Everts, Inde-
pendent candidate for State Auditor,
and supposed to be an ardent Peoples
party man, but who never ceased
to oppose the patent cures and the
leaders of the party until he was
bought off with nomination. We wish
we had the space to quote HIM more
fully.
The abiding curse of all reform
movements IS the "advanced thinker
He is sure to be found lowering about
every effort to better economic condi-
tions. He entirely ignores the fact
that there are certain lines and rules of
economies as clearly defined and as in
flexible as are the rules which govern
mathematics.-February 10, 1892.
When an army goes into battle it
don't load itself down with lot Of use
less "traps and calamities' but diyests
itself Of every superduous incum-
brancer. So with political army
May 27, 1892.
Our esteemed contemporary across
the way seems born to disappointment
When the present management took
charge of the Journal he predicted
how 1t would swallow the sub-treasury
and all such idle dreaming.-December
25, 1891.