The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-12-05
wolves aud I.ntnbs.

The public are now assaiIed daily with
glarlng headlines in the newspapers
proclalmiHg the grossest election frauds
perpetratcd in South Dakota BIZ the Pop
ulists" and the iteration is becoming so
frequent that the public arc beginning
to De lieve that it is 20. The growth Of
this bogy man is a practical illustration
OF the means employed by the Republi-
party to mould public opinion. This is
the way they restore coniiencr. when
necessary, aud precip'tate panics when
convenient; this is tire process by which
"Napolpons" are created, and vast popu
lar majorities are incubuted. The ma
chlnery for disseminating public intelli-
gence in this country are in their hands,
and they use it for tlieir own purposes.
This business of charging the pops with
coloniZing votes and penetrating. gross
election frauds is fair sample of their
work. To any one who is familiar with
Populist methods and plriy organization
this charge is not only nOnsenical but
highly humorous. It is like wolf
might come into court and charge a
sheep with biting him. The pop. ab-
stractly considered, is product of pure
principle; he has been political Ishnae-
lite for so long that he really hecds littlo
whether his party is victorious at the
polls or not, but requires to know only
that his party has increased lis strength.
He has certain principles and theories
in political economy which he believes
to be right, and is willing to defend
either by voice or deed He is not a poll
tician; Is not wire puller or pipe layer;
knows nothing Of cOerciye tactics, and
only seeks to make converts to his poll
tical belief by the force of argument.
lie has not vet learned from the Repnb-
lican party that there are other ways to
skin cat. Ills campaign methods are
as far from Republican methods rs Mairp
is from California. Thev represent the
extremes in the practices of party poll
tics. The pop seeks for party success by
Ilulioa III 'lSt l!IC htpuoll-
Can cares nothing for his platform and
says less; he is after votes and descend to
any subterfuga to correl voter. In the
last campaign he robbed both the cradle
and the grave to swell his vote; ii rail.
road journey of hundreds Of miles was
not deemed too expensive for the ballot
that it might bring. Every Republican
who had left the state in the last veal
was nailed, wherever he was, ant
brought back to vote. Railroad mel
were juggled around the state and train!
put to some inconvenience to get then
home to vote; even the heather races il
their prairie tepeas tlattered, cajoled, de-
I bauched and bought; cash bargains wer,
offered for threshing crews; and all thi
dirty machinery of ssthe little one-hors
Dakota POLITICIAN, developed by years o
state control, capital fighting and treas
[ ury plundering, was put into operation
to swing victory their way; there were
whole lot OF postoflices, bank deposits
and state pie in the scales and the
fought hard for them. What had politi
cal principles ard platforms to do wit
, Iit2 And now this gang OF swell-heads
, this rats-nest of cheap politicians VIII
o wouldn't know Il political principle
\ they met it OF the street, have the e
: frontery to charge the mild-eyed, reform
D atiye, martyr to principle. the pops,
I with "gross election frauds" "colonizf
o tion Of voters and other crimes to
, numerous to schedule. Why there WASH
: enough money in the pop treasury to pa
single fare from Woonsocket to Ca
buncle Siding. The state house polit
s clans may howl fraud all they want. an
r make all the rest OF the country belieN
e it, if they will, but tie average Dakot
8 man who has lived to learn will kno
h something of the extent Of the fraud
l. and who was responsible f'r them.-
d Madison Outlook.