The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1892-09-23
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.

With the recent action of the Repub
llcan county central committee in filling
the vacancies on the ticket and will
the nomination of a straight Democrat
ticket for the first time in the history
OF the county, the campaign may be said
to have fairly opened in old Dawson.
The personnel Of the three tickets ir
the field speaks for itself by way Of
comparison, and unless forced to in be.
half of the Republican candidates by
personal attacks from either Democrat
or Independent sources we shall not
hereafter devote any particular time tc
this phase of the campaign. We claim
for the Republican ticket. however. a
personal standing which ought to com
mend it not only TO every Republican
voter but to all others who believe the
business of the county has been well
managed during the past two years.
Those of the county officers who are
lenomlnated have record upon which
they can we'll afford to stand without
apology or defense, for they have all
been under the surveillance of politi.
cally hostile county board, although its
individual members are conservative
and competent business men. We shall
not expect any attempt on the part OF
the opposition, therefore, to attack the
official record of that part of the ticket.
So far us the new nominees are con-
eerned. they are old time Republicans
and representative in every sense of the
word. M. I'll. Ward, for sheriff, needs
no introduction to the people of this
county, and his election will complete
the Republican quota at the court house.
f. ID. Powers the candidate for county
Judge, is veteran worker in the ranks
and an attorney in every way competent
to fill the position. o. q. Stanchfield
is also favorably known to the voters
of the county, and with his improving
health will be an element of strength to
the ticket. G. q. Bras. who has been
nominated to succeed his brother as
county superintendent, is a college
graduate and an educator of practical
experience, though out of school work
in more recent years. While he cannot
hope to improve a great deal on the
splendid record of his predecessor, he
can be relied upon to depart from the
pattern laid out before him in no i'm
portant particular.
DR.. Atwood, the candidate for COR
oner, as we'll as the several nominees
for justice and constable. are lepresen
tative Republicans, whose Republican,
ism is emphasized by the fact that they
have allowed their names to be used for
comparatively unimportant offices, thus
adding strength and symmetry to the
ticket.
AS to the legislative ticket ii bears in
part the same names as two years ago.
the new apportionment haying cut down
the representation one-third, with Hon.
G. f. Raymond promoted and Hon.
Geo. Watson in his former place. These
men need no encomiums at our hands.
They are genuine farmers, thrifty and
enterprising, and their election will not
only be q triumph for Republican prin-
ciples but will be singing repuke to
that base slander uttered and reitera-
ted against this community: ''you have
not prosperous farmer in Dawson
county,"
Under the present circumstances ev-
cry man on that ticket can be elected
with the full Republican vote. and no
man on either OF the other tickets can
be successful without Republican help,
directly or Indirectly This is propo-
sition which our Republican friends
may do we'll to ponder if any of them
are cherishing the hope that by scratch
ing q part OF the ticket they may fur
ther any cause in which they have more
Il personal than political interest.
There can be no possible hope of the
the election of single Democratic can
didate: there is danger as two years
ago OF one or two Independents getting
through because of Republican diver
gence in but small degree.
This is the year for straight work.
and we have yet to meet the first Re
publican to advance any reason why
such work should not prevail.