The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-19
THE P0PULIST CANDIDATE
For Governor a. sised up BY - Old
Acquaintancs-Judge Isaac Howe.

Il MA@&4
WATERFOWL Public Opinion, l5:
Judge Isaac Howe, whose nomination
was dictated mt the Mitchell convention
by The Loucks element or the party, il d
oampaiRner who never sleeps.
He was born among the Hills OF Yer
mont, ID Winsor county, seventy years
ago-in 1924, IL his own word 10 10 be-
taken, and we know or no reason 70
doubt il on that Bcore-and IL was there
that he attainded to manhood. Received
q fair education,he catered the Vermont
Medical college from which he graduate
cd. Whether he ever practiced medi-
cine we do not know. Some thirty 70
forty years ago no removed to Wisconsin
and studied law, but we think be was
not admitted TO the bar in that state. He
managed q drug store for some years be-
fore coming to Dakota IN 1882, where be
began farming near the town OF Mel
lette, In Sphinx county.
We do not know with which party he
affiliated prior to the war OF the REBEL
ion, but we believe he was q union man
during the war; at any rate he claims to
have made speeches for Lincoln in 1864.
But whatever may have been his politi-
cal opinions prior TO that time il was not
long before he became q democrat OF the
most pronounced type. He continued
TO train with the democratic party, ex-
cept when hobnobbing with the green
hackers, until he removed to Sphinx
county in 1882. In 1886 the republicans Of
Spink-we should have said the Redfield
wing OF the party, for all parties were
divided in that county in those days on
the county seat question, and there was
. split in the party every campaign nm
til that all-absorbing matter was finally
Observation-Disclosures Mr. Howe the
nomination for the Office OF probate
judge. He accepted and made the fight
as a republican. he was elected. lie
was reelected in 1883 by nearly a thous-
and majority. In 1890 he was nominat-
ed for the same Office, now known as
county judge, by the populists, and he
made one of the strongest campaigns of
his life. Notwithstanding the republi.
cans carried every other office within the
gift Of the people OF the county, from
the goyernorshlp down to constable,
Judge Howe was elected by something
over one hundred majority. In 1892 he
was again the only populist who was
successful at the polls in that county.
Judge Howe ID q man OF great resour-
ces in q campaign. He is what may be-
termed o 'sleek" vote getter; believes id
neither God. man nor the devil; but
when he arises to address q political
meeting he opens bis speech with some
reference TO what the lowly Nazarene
would say or do under certain circum.
stances, or what he said once upon a
time. That sets him right with the re-
ligiously inclined. Then he wades into
the scorpion plutocrats, and portrays in
his inimitable style the crime of taxing
unborn generations by permitting the
internal railroads to issue interest bear
ing bonds running a hundred years. In
satire and ridicule he is at home, and on
the end Of his tongue he carries the
sting Of hornet. After a fashion he ia
eloquently impressive, and the air Of Gin
cerity is q for q moment lacking.
All these powers he has the faculty OF
bringing into play at their beat before
an audience. His peroration Ii q sue
cession OF climaxes OF the he'll and dam
nation which q corrupt and degenerated
and glutted party 10 heaping upon the
people. The scorpion plutocrats, in lea
que with the imps OF perdition. urged on
by the satellites Of the devil and I'M
bued with the spirit Of hslllsh avarice
and british greed, are skinned and their
hides used TO cap the whole series OF eli
makes.
There you have Judge Howe's speech
which no one but himself can deliver.
Judge Howe believes that there
should be no law to enforce the collec-
tion OF private debts. The taking OF in
terest for the use Of money be regards
as a crime against the Almighty--in
whom he does not believed He believes
that il is wrong to incur obligations for
future generations to meet, hence is OPP
posed 10 bond issues.
Permit us to add that in Judge Howe
the republicans will find no walk-away
in the coming campaign. Governor
Sheldon 10 the logical republican D, ndi-
date-if precedent counts for anything.
We have IN ~opinion--no one else need
to share it il he does not choose to do 80
and that 10 what with q. III. Sheldon
Of she head Of the republican ticket the
republicans will have no time to lose
during the campaign. Judge Howe will.
make the effort Of his life. He will carry
K~ingsbury county, Deuel., Day, Brook
ings las against SheldonJ Hand, Clark
aud probably SPHINX county are bis also.
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