Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-28
The Suicidal Ticket.


veriest demagogs tina. ever were
kicked out of the Republican party.
Their ticket doesn't contain a far
mcr upon it. and there is but one
among the nominees who carries a
callous upon his hands.
Their governor is a lawyer who
rented and plowed up the state
school land until the Republican
authorities choked him off and com
PEELED him to obey the statutes, but
he has a mouth and gall and pious
brass and therefore fits the shoddy
toga to a dots eye.
Theirtwo congressman are editors
and know about as much of farms
and farming as Wardall does about
running reform insurance 3ompan-
les.
Their lieutenant governor is also
an editor, and couldn'6 tell wheat
plants from Russian thisties unless
he should sit down on one of the
latter that is real ripe and dry.
Their auditor is also an editor
and don't know a Berkshire pig
from a democratic mule, until the
synonym of democracy brays and
discloses his identity.
Their attorney general is a lawyer
as is proper and necessary, but the
wonder is that they didn't leave
him out and put on the president of
a bank instead of a banks attorney
and one of its directors.
Their treasurer Is a banker, and
has probably skinned as many coun-
try yokels IN his county-has pro-
badly charged them as big interest
has probably foreclosed as many
plute mortgages-probably has just
as stony, greedy, u~nfeeling heart
probably has worked as few possible
days at honest toll as any dodgasted
republican banker in the state, and
if elected-will probably steal just
as much and wiring just as big a
salary from the state as any repub-
lican would dare attempt.
The commissioner of public lands
is another banker, who has probably
crossed his legs under as richly
loaded p~lutocratic banquet table
has probably shaved as many far
mers' notes-has probably as many
souvenirs of Shylock in his vaults
has probably robbed as many
grangers of their last horse or COW
has probably compounded as
much interest against farmers as
any republican banker in the state
Of equal prominence and no more
brains.
Their secretary of state is a grain
buyer, and as such has probably
locked the farmers grain the regu-
latlon against-the law two pounds
has probably falsiied his weights
has probably under graded as much
farmers grain-has probably quoted
to his customers just as false mar
ket reports as he would were he a
republican aud had done business
as a republican and gone up or
down like a man as a republican.
Their superintendent of public
instruction is a politician by pro-
fession and knows about as much
about successful farming as Grover
Cleveland does about saving the
country. He tickled a patch of
Hand county dirt a few years with
one hand while he held the other
out to the republicans for ga ofis,"
and finding himself at starvation's
door by reason of such tactics and
finding the republicans not respon-
sive as to ga offis," he threw down
his dirt ticker and republican
loyalty at the same time, turned
pop-got hold of the Hand county
teat-and ever sinee-between sucks
he has been a shorter for Wingo
Jeaverisn Win f.oux as a Most
Worshipful Annex. AS a farmer
he Was a 6lzle and he hasn't enjoy
ed the sensation of a blister OH his
hands IN years.
Their labor statist:clan is a miner
and the farmer ism IN 1T a little
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