Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
Decidedly Significant
Are two features of the
Recent National
Republican Conventional

The resent Republican National
convention proclaimed an un-
parallel success. Why? The an.
swer to this query would present as
wide . range OF opinion IS there
we're delegates in attendance at the
convention! Each political faction
that geached the acme Of their eI.
p~ectations would answer that il was
because their schemes materializ
cd. The political factions Tint
have ~resrestsd with disappointment
and defeat are equally ready to adj
NIT the succe of the great con
vention but would assert that il
was because they employed only le-
g,timste methods in their canvass
for nominees, and accepted defeat
in q manly aud dignifed manner.
Aud thus the varying answers would
sing IN ever varying list ct easons
for the Gee Of the convention.
Perhaps because of the riots, SQUAD
bles, knock downs and drag-out ep-
isodes, that have characterized some
Of the previous presidential conven
tons eur eitisens are inclined to
believe that any decorous, respects
bly, conducted political gathering is
asuccess. The American citizen is
won't to Judge all things by COM
parison. There is one significant
fact that impressses itself upon my
mind, concerning the representation
Of the Southern states, y fact which
our Alliance brothers would be
well to analyze. j. e., that the south-
ern States, ut this convention, we're
largely represented by colcred men.
To me this fact 10 suggestive. !
have studied Alliance politics from a
Southern standpoint during my re-
cent sojourn in the South, and ] am
convinced that could the conscien-
tious, loyal farmers Of South Da-
kota read the true motives of the
zapbailders OF the Alliance party
in the Sosth, that not
one Of these loyal, honest farmers
would seek to redress the wrongs Of
Dakota farmers by adhearing to the
Alliance political party. am sat.
isied from the observations that i
have made in this direction that
the representatives from the South
ern States TO the Presidential ALI
snce Convention at Omnhs, July
Eth, will be almost exclusively Ex.
Rebel officers. W. expect these
men TO represent the Democratic
party Of the South at presidential
conventions; out what affliation OF
interest can there be, between the
loyal farmers Of South Dakota and
the men who led the hosts to over
throw our government? There lie
none; and the preteXt that the SIR
il Of forgiveness and brotherly uni.
ty may be augmented by this coal
cscins Of north and south IN = new
labor party. is as visionary Ms the
belief that any such spirit Of for
giveness and brotherly unity exists
IN the breast Of the average south.
ern politician. The ragged edge"
of rebe! hatred is rs rank to-day ne
it wac ten years age, and the south.
erp leadership Of the Alliance party
il the rankest poison which it has
ever been granted the South to es.
fablish in the north, that their
trescherous intent has been sbrewd-
~ disguised 10 that northerners
have not read between the lines, ia
Giie only reason why they have 20
.onrs< spy followers in South Oak.
The eotssed men represent very
~orthily the Political party in the
.south that believes in y free ballot
ssald y fair count, that believes ip
-snstxining sn united government Of
che voters, Tor the voters, by the
RoterG There esa be 20 doubt OF