Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-09

rode on free passes and allowed
the corporation to dictate to them
their policies, but today the repre-
ssnativrs Of the peoples party which
we helped to build up, every single
one of them, nre riding upon n pnss
and are counting the favor Of rail.
road corporations.
We declare in favor Of honest
methods IN politics and denounced
the corrupt use OF money in poIiti.
cal campaigns, yet the chairman Of
the central committee now issues
an appeal to the members
Of the party and asks them
to raise a campaign slush fund Of
5000, and makes the stntesment
IN the letter that he has already
spent $4,000 in the campaign.
W. declare that an officehoi1er
when elected by the people and
paid n good salary should serve the
people and not use the position
given him to %perpetuate himself in
office, but we find thu. state officers
are using their policical dispositions
TO secure railroad transportation
aud all travelling from one end Of
the state to the other to secure their
reelection.
We declare that we were in favor
Of reducing the salaries Of officials
So that their compensation would
be no greater than that Of men in
industrial persuits, and what is the
result? The populist senate, Mt its
last session, passed u bill reducing
the salaries Of the four j,ni,ors in
the state house $40 per month,
while Mr.. Breidenthal had the mp.
| preparation for his office increased
from IS 800 to $4,000.
We declare in favor Of economy
in the discharge Of public business
aud our state senate. ut lis last regu-
lar session, had 1873 employees to
wait on and cart for forty senators,
and within the last week the execu.
tive council has appropriated $4,000
to keep cholera out Of Kansas, when
there is not Il single case OF cholera
Oh the continent mol in any Of the
adjacent countries.
Indeed, SO outrageous and pre-.
postelous has been the curse .! the
present populist state administ'a-
ton TINT the democratic party has
revolted from it and will no
longer give it support. There is not
II single idea that was advocated by
us in 1889 and 1890, when we
were labor.ng in the cause of reform,
that is now adhered by the populist
party. What, then, shall we do2
As for me, l publicly state that i
can no longer affiliate with the pol,u-
list party, because | do not believe
in its principles. ! shall therefore.
60 back 20 my old party, the re-
publican party. The republican
purity has Il matchless history. 1t
has gwen our nation its greatest re-
forns aud its greatest statesmen.
The defeats which it has uttered
the last four years in Gus stat have
brought it to o realization Of the
necessity Of purity in its methods
and taught it that if it expects the
support Of the masses it must be
champion Of purity and reform.
While the republican pmrty is
more conservative than ] am on
financial matters, yet ! believe that
through it we ii secure financial
reforms. The public differences Of
its national leaders lead me to this
belief. As one Of the old repuhli-
cans who went into the populist
party in 1890 hoping for relief. |
believe that we can secure the
needed reforms better in the repuh-
lican party than any other. We
don't want anarchy; we don't want
socialism. We want simply just
reorganization Of the rights OF the
farming and laboring masses. l
have confidence that the republican
party is now willing to grant us
these rights. and for this compaign
shall give my influence IN its be-
half. believing that If it is success
full it will listen to the voice of the
people aud give them the justice
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