Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1893-07-14
The IIeader.
The cHAnAorEn 4 lA.1, assassin I 'Arr'woRK.

The Sioux Falls Press true to the pros
tituted character and instincts OF the
man who edits this hired tool OF pluto.
cracy, this mouth-plece of infamous
record, this debaucher Of virtue from
private life In Bismarck to the humblest
citizen who aims to be. an honest man,
this mortgaged tool Of corruption, has
thus early began a campaign of slander.
The eindependent party of Lincoln county
and the state of South Dakota hurls
defiance in the teeth of this corrupt thing,
this concentration of falsehood, and bids
him produce his Lincoln county authority
for his infamous lies or stand convicted
as alying scoundrel.
Yhis item from the Elk Point Courier,
edited at the time by one McClarren, Is
the basis for the article in the Press:
''The editor has acquaintance with
only one of the three, but if the other
two are equals of Mr.. Kennedy in cum
nlng and cold hearted acts the virgin
party of purity and reform is hard up
for judicial timber. Mr.. Kennedy has
more personal enemies in Lincoln county
where he does his banking business,
gained simply in the manner in which
he transacted it, than any other person
within its territorial limits.
Who is this McClarren? He is the
man who sold his manhood to the devil
and the corruptionists AZ Pierre for a
gold watch which was presented him at
the close of the session rs reward for
his ability toserve she plutocratic bosses
who demanded anything but the truth.
The animus of the Courier article comes
from magnificent speech made at Elk
Point during the campaign last year III
behalf Of the independent party. Mr..
Kennedy was attacked then bya similar
article in the Courier. There is much
bitterness at Elk Point among the ring.
stcrs against him yet, because he helped
to defeat them in the election. The
LEADER accepts this bitterness from the
Courier because of its we'll known char
acter in defense Of fraud.
The amount of money required to
purchase defamation Of character in the
Sioux Falls Press was never very great,
and as the election of Il man to the su-
preme bench who is pledged to justice
for the people against the corrupt and
blighting influence Of corporate greed,
means death to infamous rings. and such
a man must be defeated ut all hazards.
Every railroad corporation in the state
has its hired agents already at work to
defeat by every means. the fouler the
better, the election OF the candidates Of
the people to the supreme bench. The
Shiny filth of the Press is the opening gun
Of the plutocrats. The people be id,
they have no rights that corporate greed
or filthy hirelings are bound to respect,
is the motto of this man who would
rather lie than tell the truth 4e
The people of Lincoln county know
Mr.. Kennedy. and the independent party
know him and to q man will support
him. He has had hundreds Of business
in Lincoln county and the
LEADER challenges the Press to show one
that was not sqLa are and honorable. Men
who have dealt with him for many years
are to-day his strongest advocates and
supporters, and they are not confined to
anyone party.
The LEADER says again to the Press
squarely, produce your authOrity-this
''old and we'll known resident of Lincoln
county," or stand convicted as liar and
Il scoundrel.
How easy it is for yenal prostituted
press to insinuata fraud and rnscality
against any man. A little money and q
black heart is all that is necessary,
How easy it would be for the LEADER
to review the Bismarck life Of editor
Caldwell.
How easy it would be for the LEADER
to insinuate that families were broken
up in Bismarck and husbands driven
away to the coast.
How easy it would be for the LEADER
to insinuate that Mrs. Faulkner died
young. Enough Of this! .
Let the Press come on with its SLAM
der. The independent party OF Lincoln
county stands ready to back up its
choice for Judge of the supreme court
and bids defiance to liars and SANDER
ers everywhere.