Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-08-12
PARTY DIsCORD.

PARTY DIsCORD.
The Webster World publishes the fol-
lowing extracts to show how our Repub-
lican brethren view the gold standard
machine politics of the Republican lead
ers. There is much bitterness among
the 6. o. p. organs. The World intro
duces the discordant extracts with the
following:
Lincoln loved humanity. His party
was the party of the people Even Re
.publicans revere his memory, but they
have turned their backs upon his princi-
pies. Thirty years have brought COM
plete revolution in the old party. HUI
manity is nothing; wealth and position
is everything to it. While many have
turned to the people, millions Of others
cling to the old party in the hope that it
will somehow, sometime, return to it's
former principles. 1t is probable that
rich, powerful and selfish leaders will
direct their party to enact legislation
which will conflict with their ambitions
The Republicans of South Dakota were
ready to rebel over the silver issue, but
they were coaxed into line with the Free
Homestead bill and other false promises.
To show their dissatisfaction we publish
the following clippings:
Alexandra Herald (Rep.): The party
is in danger Of being swamped by ma
nipulstors and self seekers. These peo-
pie have their agents out in every coun
ty.in the state, and to-day in each coun-
ty there is battle royal on and the is
sue is ''shall the rank and file redeem
the party or shall the bosses rule-to
ruin?"
Chamberlain Register (Rep.): Condi-
tions, not theories, confront the Repub-
licans Of Brule county today. The bitter
factional fight that has been carried on
within the party for the past six years
has divided and disrupted it and has
done more to bring about it's defeat than
fusion or free silver. Just 80 long as
the leading Republicans throughout the
county lend their aid to keep up the old
fight, just 80 long they may expect de-
feat. An attempt is now being made by
the leader Of one Of these old factions to
control the next county convention and
to head the delegation to Mitchell. It
is simply the same old fight that has
been carried on for years, and it is kept
up to gain some personal, not party, ad-
vantage. With perfect fusion of the OPP
position in this county, the Republican
party cannot afford to SOW discord in it's
own ranks to crafty the personal ambi-
tion of one man. Let the representa-
tives Of the party, in convention assem-
bled, select no man to represent it in the
state convention who is not sincere in
his declarations against the perpetuation
of the rule or ruin policy which has fas-
tened itself on the Republican organiza-
tion in this county as direct result of
factionalism. It is time that the work
ing Republicans of the county awoke to
the importance and necessity of taking
such action as that suggested in order
that the party may enter the county
campaign without being throttled at the
outset.
Carthage News Rep.): It cannot be
gainsaid that the Populist ticket with
the possible exception Of congressman
and governor, is a very strong one, and
the Republicans cannot hope to defeat
it at the polls unless they put up equally
as good one-and one entirely free
from machine Nominations" Let the
machine gang, if it loves the party a. it
processes to, keep entirely ont of the
convention and give the Republican
party chance to win the battle on the
merits of its candidates. If it does not
do this willingly, then let the boys pull
together with united front and down
the machine" once for all, and in such
. manner that none can help but know
that it was done.
Rsdasld Joar.al-o osrysr Rep.,: