Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-03
IA INTERESTING FACTS
,;ao Upon the Present Political Situation.
worthy the perusAl Of Every Voter. Regard.
lis Of Political Affdiation. but Especially Ad.
dressed to the Farmers and Independent Vo.
lars Of the State.

p~esor:ners OF South Dakota:
..re this will have reached you.
Ernsien will have been PRACTICAL
All that will remain 10 do
~ weighing Of the issues pre-
sn s.ting tho campaign, q horo'
sths future, and a anal decision
n cast your ballot to best
~, own interests, promote re-
5sseures and assist In strength
.nd p~erpetuating our republic.
sormer letters / have tr,sd to
y, and demonstrate the insincer-
~ fusion managers. their aban-
~ n every principle on which
eaorle,s party was founded, and
s,scraccful personal attacks on
roIitlcal opponents. All OF which
legitimate fruit OF fusion IN a
for Office.
experience of the past will prove
n always has been thus.
charges made against Republican
omc;als. and more especially tho
saates for governor and secretary OF
a nalfeasance In Office, may we'll
ssmissed by any impartial mind SO
q Governor Lee fails to prosecute
for the alleged offenses. II he
,ot hesitate to GUST Populist Off
for dishonesty in office, II is in
ma TO believe that he would spare
shlicans for similar offenaes. The
mai accusations as TO candidates
I'm tickets may we'll be eliminated
making your decision. The worst
Hsm / have for Governor Lee is
he has selected as his advisers. ana
under the influence OF q set of nm
Iuulous. self-seeking politicians
care nothing for the principles Of
party. His intentions were to do
i He was unfortunate in his ad-
In When | last saw him at Pierre
he winter OF 1887 he WAS bitterly OPP
q to fusion, and no wonder, for &
one Of his pet measures were de-
he'd By the Democrats or free silver
publicans. He could not rely on. or
II Their. The only way to secure
II votes was to promise patronage,
even then if tho other side offered
N, they deserted him. What was
Of the past will be true of the flu
I. Knowing these things rs he does
)hne him for pre- ending 70 trust
u again. and thus acting as Il decoy
|etray the Peoples party that hon
i him into the Democratic party.
\ state issues involved have dwin-
n down to n minor one ON which
parties agree, and to which all par
are pledged, viz: the state control
railroads.. except that the Republic
J platform declares for interstate
through congressional action.
more effcient method mas
Bh As that would deal with interstate
NIX per cent of the traffic. while the
non proposition deals with local
NC only or "a per cent.
" contention Ia that government
only. will solve the problem.
that the Republican policy will
Ne the more efficient. II choice
is to be- made on tho railroad
! do not hesitate 10 declpra that
Republican proposition q Ia bet
and more logical one. In making
decision then We may well look be-
the issues raised In this campaign.
Yong 70 ] think IL is wise to elimi-
the Feoplc's party rs q factor, and
onr decision as fetween the Ra-
and Democratic parties. Thai
rponle's party has been destroyed
! national party by fusion with the
.ocratic party. NO one who has
'led the history Of fusion. and the
'ent signs Of decay will deny. For
. We have asserted, and now reas-
mat no new reform party ever yet
= with one of the old dormant par
ana survived. In our own recent
ofy we have the instances Of the
Fnoack and Union Labor parties.
now that Of the Pe,nle's party. A
review Of the 6e"adence of the
pes party may well be INDUCED in
present thought. and future guild
g People's party at its organization
to guard against machine
lnatlon and bossisn established
ordinance as a fundamental law of
!. organization viz: mo person
any office or position Of profit.
% emolument under the federal.
or municipal government. includ.
majors, congressman and members
sIsiature. state and local. shall be
we TO sit or vote in any conven-
Y THIS party and a copy OF this or
ace shall be annexed to every call
future convention Of the party"
was hoped that with ouch an ordi-
: as q fundamental law OF party
,nTNent, that the machine never
. control. But we found that In
lalional convention Of 1886, the
stter the adoption OF that law.
me ONCE holders were 10 complete
~ and engineered the first step In
.estruction Of the yrrty, viz: the
nation OF w. j. Bryan. In our
at the meeting of the state
! committee last 1pring ! offered
ane fundamental law and 1t was
uut OF order by tho alleged Popu-
aa'rman. and ridiculod by the
all'se. Why? Because the maior>
cre OF the ofice seeking. ana Office
81 Class. They were of the new
who wore. through fusion
the party into the rapacious
= the Democratic party. And
nere II may not be amiss to say
j. between the two parties In this
vu the machine question, the pref
!. may we'll be given to the Repub-
psrty. for all the s0-called anti
~ men allege u. that three
4 uu the tickef wara AouaiuafA6 nv