Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-05-27
CAMPAIGN OF '98 OPENS.
The County Convention Of the Peo-
PIES Party Held at Worthing
Last Saturday.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

lWenty-Mn6 UelegaleS ElsCtSu u
Attend the State Convention at
Aberdeen June y.
The first political gun of the campaign
Of '9S was fred at Worthing last Satur-
day when Chairman Kennedy of the
Peoples party county central commit
tee called the convention to order. The
following precincts wers represented,
comprising convention of over one
hundred delegates: Eden, Lincoln,
Canton township, Grant, LaValley,
Canton City, Norway. Highland, Lynn,
Dayton, Hudson, Worthing, Lennox,
Delapre, Delaware. After hearing the
call read the convention elected the old
pine, Zeph. Ellis, of Highland, to fill
the chair as temporary chairman. R. O.
Donahue was elected temporary secre-
tary. The chair appointed committee
on permanent organization which re-
ported G. B. Kennedy for chairman and
r. o. Donahue for secretary. The re-
port was adopted and the convention,
after few remarks by Chairman Ken
nedy, proceeded to business. A COM
mittee on resolutions, composed of one
delegate from each precinct represent
ed, reported the following resolutions:
1--WE hereby indorse the entire plat
form adopted at the national convention
Of the Peoples party in st. Louis in
July, 1896
.sWe fully indorse the business ad-
ministration Of Governor Andrew b..
Lee and admire his fearless prosecution
Of dishonest public officials, both in the
party of the opposition and in his own
party. That his conduct Of his great
Office on business principles has given
the people of the state confidence that
It is possible to conduct the states busi-
ness effectively and honestly, and that
boodling officials will be treated as they
would be in private employment.
"Gov. Lee having fully demonstrated
that he is the right man in the right
place, the Peoples party Of Lincoln
county instructs its delegates to the
state convention to use all honorable
means for the denomination of Gov.
Lee for the Office of governor for
another term.
eve fully indorse the railroad law
! enacted by the last legislature and the
efforts of the railroad commissioners to
enforce it. We believe that no COM
promise should be made with the rail
roads as to complying with the pro-
visions of this law and that every legal
resource should be exhausted to compel
all the railroads in the state to fully
and faithfully and strictly comply with
all the provisions Of the law.
private corporate ownership of the
means Of production and distribution is
a menace to the liberties Of the masses
>of the people of this country and the
Peoples party is founded on the idea
that these means should be vested IN
the whole people and should be admin
istered by the government itself, and to
that end we contend that the owner
ship and operation Of all transportation
facilities should be vested, in the gov
crnment.
.The great dominant issue before the
American people at the present time is
the lust and effective control of the
trusts and transportation and money
CORPORATIONS Of our land and in order
for the people to succeed in their
struggle with these giant enemies of
liberty, no man should be elected or
appointed to public Office who is the
paid attorney or business manager of
these corporations. That it is impos-
sible for man to serve two masters,
and when an attorney enters the en-
ploy of a railroad corporation to resist
the enforcement of the laws of the
people his very employment disqualifies
him from serving the people either as
; nublic servant or reform leader. The,
.Republican party Of this state is domin-
b ated and it's policy formulated by rail
road attorneys in the interest of their
clients and the people must jealously
watch that similar influence is not
acquired over the reform parry.
..That the welfare Rnd best interest
Of the people of the state of South Da-
-, roouires that the gold standard
Republican party of the state should be
prevented from again assuming control
Of the state government. That that
party and its elected officers have
robbed the state and brought it into
disrepute and disgrace and it it is again
entrusted with power it will repeat its
robbery and malfeasancs. In order to
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