The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-09-01


| county He was renominated and re-
elected in 1896 and IL. therefore, com
pleting his second term making, Jan. l
next. four years in all. His nomination
by the Republican state convention was
! an agreeable surprise TO hlm' as lie was
counting on only about l2o votes sure lot
him. when 81 were necessary TO nomi-
nate.
John L. Pyle OF Huron, the nominee Tor
attorney general was born at Coal nun.
Ohio. May 9. 1880. When six years oio
he removed with his parents to Illinois
where he received a common schooi eou-
cation. lie attended ne preparatory de-
partment OF Westfield college one year
In 1879 he located at Glendale Mont.
There he worked two years az common
laborer in a smelling works, and as fur
naceman and feeder In "A smelter. AFTER
number of years at various KINDS or
work In tina: region. he came TO Dakota
In 1882. and settled on a farm few miles
from Miller. At the latter place he com
menced reading law with local attor-
ney and was admitted to the bar in 1885.
He practiced in Miller until 1880, when
he removed from there TO take charge or
the business of a farm mortgage COM
pany. In 1886 he was elected district at
torney OF Hand county by the Repub-
licans. Since removing to Huron his bust
ness has grown to generous proportions
Nj Pyle is OF Quaker stock. he being a
descendant OF the family OF Sharpless,
which came to America with William
Penn in 1882 Mr., Pyle has always been
a Republican. and has rendered effective
assistance To the party In past cam
paigns.
David Eastman. who received the nomi-
nation OF commissioner of school and
public lands, was born June L. 1877, IN
the State OF New York. When lad he
removed with his parents TO Wisconsin.
and later to Blue Earth county. Mimi,
where the development OF his fathers
farm prevented the young man taking
proper advantage OF educational facili-
ties. He removed to Roberts county, this
state in 1878 where he opened up farm
of 800 acres. This he still owns and
MANAGES He served his county two
terms as register OF deeds and county
clerk prior TO statehood. During the past
eight years he has resided in the town
Of wilmot where for Ave years, he was
engaged In the agricultural implement
and livery business. For the past three
and one-half years he has held the posi-
ton Of deputy in the office OF the com
missioner OF school and public lands. and
is. therefore. familiar with the duties OF
the Office 10 which he aspires to be elected
Nov. : next.
Mr.. Loucks' Letter.
The sensation of the convention was
the reading OF the letter of Hon. II. l..
Loucks, which appears below. In these
dispatches during the past Few weeks
attention has been called to the gross at
tack OF Senator Pettigrews personal or
gan on Mr.. Loucks. he and other old-line
Popullsts having been accused of being
bought up" by the Republicans to fur
Their a midroad movement in South Da-
kota- Mr.. Loucks promptly published
letter demanding that the charges be
proven or an apology made, but his re-
quest was contemptuously ignored. the
paper making the charge declining to .
even print his answer. Since that time
Loucks' position has been the subject OF
deep solicitude on the part of the Popo-
Gratis, whose minds will now be set at
rest. and who. IL they can read the hand
writing on the wall. will see that certain
and overwhelming defeat will be their
portion when the voters of South Dakota
record their sentiments in the ballot box.
Loucks' letter. read before the conven-
ton. is significant when II is considered
that he was the organizer OF the Populist
party OF South Dakota, as well as one
OF the most prominent men in the ma
tional council of that party. In his letter
he said
OF place hunters and des gning politicians,
hungry fer the sIoils OF Office. This leaves
the true. uGselnsh reform ers OF the party in
a dilemma. VIVA. they wanted was remedial
legislation They feel that Il is useless to
look IN" Democratic rarity for any real
reform. Even though they promised In tnei'
platforms. thee IS their iorg unbroken record
OF failure to perform Given a chance on
free trade platform Trey enacted a higher pro-
tectlve tariff than the famous Mckinley bill
Given another chance on bi-ne.taiic 80
free coinage of silver platform they gave
ths existing gold standard As political
party they seem incapable of progress. or
formulating a policy. They have untortu-
nato propensity CT trailing decade or two
GDpCnCnts, Growing n
Issue from an aggressive reform party.
However. tfe!r only hope. and sure reliance
FOR success has been, and is. In a rare of the
ballot Of The South. and the seduction of I'M
sophisticated reformers in the North. No true
reforr.er Who realizes truths can affiliate with
such a party What then are we to do?
Many of the old workers were too much dis
couraged to make fght IN the caucusses and
conventions. They saw with amazement that
In the election OF 1895 that every one of the
farmers and old alliance men on the state
ticket had been defeated. knitted by our
allies
They saw Win sorrow that the party had
passed under the control of the most perfect
machine ever perfected in the Northwest.
operated by men who have never even pro-
fessed to be Populists Talk about the
chine which is supposed to control your cen
vention. The best II DO will be TO man
age ard control convention OF party
But the new thr,e~ply perfect machine. which
now controls and manages the Democratic
and two assistant Democratic parties was able
almost two years ago to map out a policy.
dividing the prospective Offices which each OF
three political parties should nominate.
The only break In the prearranged pro-
gramme was to make the one change OF COM
m. ssiorer of ,chool ard public lands Tor sec
rotary of state. There two-fold object
in this viz: A good many Populists were
not willing to trust their Democratic allies
with any legislative office. hence tn, four
state cfices Of governor, Lieutenant governor.
secretary Of state and attorney general were
insisted on for POpul SITS.
Again they were IN hopes that by inducing
the chairman OF the m.d-road committee-the
trusted guardian Of the Peoples party-to be-
tray his trust that they might destroy the mid
road movement. In tn 9 they were successful.
They will be disappointed with the result. The
m!d-roaders were not In the movement for
offices, but TO secure legislation. They can
not be traded of for Office for some one else.