The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-14

that such action would be unpopular IN
every possible way. they endeavored to
relieve themselves from the burden OF the
vote which they had just given, and
therefore awaited themselves OF the ex-
traordinary powers which resided in the
House, and by a course of action entirely
unprecedented they provided that bill
might be introduced into the House CIV
ing free sugar. which bin could not be
amended should not be debated over halt
an hour and might then be passed, and
accordingly this was DONE OF course this
was a pure farce. Everybody knew It,
no matter how they voted upon the sub
Jeet. Everybody understood that 1t was
simply campaign document that was
going through the House.
And why was il 50? Why, they intend
ed 10 say, If your Republican senator's
choose to vote for that it will become
law Now, while the Republican senators
We're opposed to the tax upon sugar, Just
us they were opposed To all the rest of
the bill. and while they had no interest
In the ditferentia for the benefit of the
sugar refncrs, nevertheless they were not
for free sugar without bounty. When
the bill got 70 the Senate it met with the
fate that might have been expected. The
Senate voted to put on 10 it an amend
ment authorizing the continuance Of the
bounty which had already been granted
under the Mckinley act and which was
promised to the people of the country for
a period of ten years. This the Demo-
crafts refused to adopt, so their popgun'
bill and all the rest of the 'popgun' bills
sleep the sleep in which they knew they
would rest"
Some Practical Thoughts as to the Duty
Of the American Citizen.
While the Northwestern sincerely be-
lieves that the future prosperity of the
l. =.
the Republican ticket. and that the prin-
ciples of the Republican party embody
the nearest approach to political wisdom
that Americans have yet reached, still it
looks upon the doings Of those who do not
agree with it not without some degree
of philosophical complacency. For exam
pie, in July. when the Debs strike was
paralyzing business and the foundation
of good government seemed to be shak-
ing this paper said that laboring men who
felt dissatisfied with existing political
conditions were at perfect liberty to take
I'D the ballot and by its use to change the
political complexion of the country il they
could They would be in much better
business organizing themselves for work
ut the polls than in plotting strikes and
instructions against constituted author
ity To take that part in political discus
sions. attend political caucuses and pri-
mary meetings and to work according to
ones political convictions and for the
election Of candidates pledged to such
principles is not only the right Of every
voter, but it is also his duty. This paper
has frequently urged people Of al political
beliefs to take an interest in political mat
ters and aid by their presence and assist
ance the promulgation of correct prin-
ciples When political meetings are
largely attended and general interest is
felt in the successes of political principles,
we are far more likely to get good men
elected than when caucuses are manipu-
lated by few professionals and the ring
gets in its work. These assertions hold
true in regard to any political organiza-
ton, Republican, Democratic, Populist
or Prohibition.
In the coming election in this state we
shall have each of the organizations hard
at work. with four tickets in the field
Notwithstanding the melancholy failure
of the temperance party in this state, as
confessed by its Oshkosh organ, it again
has a ticket in the field, and it's friends
will once more cast their votes for the
nominees as the representatives of a prin-
ciple and not with any hope of electing
their candidates. So, in great measure,
It must be with the labor ticket. It's
friends will work hard and great pains
will be taken to get every friend of the
workingman's cause to the polls. but
none Of them will have the slightest hope
of electing White Beaver to the govern
or's chair. They will vote the ticket not
with the expectation of electing It, but
as rebuke to the older parties.
The result of the election of 1894, like