Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1897-11-19
J. A. SOUTH REPLIES TO NASH.

CANTON, Nov. 8, 1897.
EDITOR LEADER. Will you allow MI
space to made reply to dastardly
assault against the anti-saloon league Of
Canton by the Sioux Valley News in it,
last issue. Before offering any com
ment, I will introduce the circular
to in the News, which will
disclose its purpose and it author which
reads as follows:
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
TO THE TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
OF CANTON
Greeting: At special meeting
of the Anti Saloon League it was
the unanimous wish that the league
should support Judge Wilkes with
their votes, and ask the coopera-
ton of the temperance people OF
this county.
Their reasons for so doing are:
1st That the brewers and saloon
keepers are the active supporters of
Judge Jones.
2nd. That every saloon in this
district is a Zones recruiting sta
tion "
3rd. Should Judge Jones be cleo
ted he will be dominated by that
class of people, and we further
believe he is not friend to temper
ance as has been shown by his vari
Gus rulings, and by the sentence in
the Matt Casseman case, and in
many other matters which tend to
show that we cannot expect a
reasonable enforcement of any
Liquor Laws that may be passed by
the people.
Should the Temperance people
act as unit we can in the future
compel political parties to nominate
clean and unobjectionable men.
Shall we rise to the occasion?
BY Order of the League.
This is what the News characterizes
Is the spirit of assassin and the marks
If thug, whose author was ashamed
to own it Nash is the only one I know
If who did not claim to know it's origin
md he cannot deceive me in the least.
he knew just as we'll then as he does
lew, and he has found there is no lack
# parentage, and there will be no
hank to the News eisher for common
courtesy extended by one who has long
POSED as friend, but has not the man
lood to stand by his guns If the
,osses say surrender, down comes his
olors call to mind how Crawford
,rought down his banner after he had
,een Haunting them to the breeze for a
ong time, but it did him no good and
ost him some votes as well as caused
Wash to lose his character for consist
ncy and integrity. l want it distinct
y known that Nash was as much
'ppossed to the way the Judge treated
ONE Of our liquor cases as myself and
las often made the remark that reas-
'nable enforcement could not be had of
he prohibition law; this was year
go, which doesn't bind him to anything
low, I wonder if Nose Kaufman could
lave him about face as quick as Craw
ord did It would not surprise me; in
act anything he might say or do would
lot surprise me very much. I have got
,eyond the surprise stage with him.
uo GIuUH VI uuc ultLulCl "HS, 4>ool1 hc1O
lis batteries charged with mud ready
or use during the campaign, but being
ssured by Nose Kaufman that he had
omething that beat mud badly, Nash
i'd not use it. Nose would furnish the
that would be more effect
We with a larger range and make less
oise Consequently Nash had all his
mmunition on hand, and as he thought
e had found an opportunity to dis
barge them at an imaginary object, he
ut loose; then the pain left mis- stom
ch. The next thing in order for him,
,ill be to tell you how much he has
acrifced for temperance. Consistency
hou art bosom pin Wen have no
uarrel with anyone who cannot make
ny sacrifices for the principles they
herish, but when we see the combined
aloon element on one side, we get on
be other and let Nash go where he
leases. G. A SOUTH.