Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-04
A LAST WORD.

The campaign of 1893 is nearing an
end and this will be the last issue of
the STAR before election. This paper
has desired and sought to be fair in
in every way, and avoided personalities
and abuse, unless in opposition to the
lying attacks of q merciless and SPITE
full newspaper writer it has inclined to
be sometimes personal. But we do
not see how. this could have been
avoided. We have been forced to be
on the defensive purely because the
opposition has resorted to all sorts of
untruthful and malicious methods and
statements that could be trumped up
by those who are fitted for that style
of politics. The STAR might have
turned the tables and had the opposi-
ton making explanations of the Off
cial and personal actions of certain
ones upon the fusion ticket-and done
so without departing from the truth as
has the opposition-but we preferred
to have the campaign as respectable
and pleasant as it could be, and at
least not have the republican party re
sponsible for mudslinging and the low
er, viler methods of campaigning. 1t
is not presumed that because the free
silver fusionists nominated candidates
for office that those men named are
rascals and horse thieves. On the
county ticket they are our friends, and
are. we believe, mostly regarded as re-
spectacle, trustworthy citizens. We
would not Intentionally say aught
against them that would tend to injure
their standing or reputation at home
or abroad. 1t is not our mission to
fear down and try to ruin people just
because they may differ with us poll
tically. 1t is fair Tor each aspirant for
office to lay his claims to public favor
before the people as best he may. A
public office is a public trust and is
open to the competition of all who
may care to enter. All cannot be sue
cessful. The republicans win some.
times-tnd the fusionists do likewise.
Because u man may not be successful in
his political ambitions does not prove
necessarily that the people distrust or
dislike him-for the ups and downs of
politics are hard to understand, und
the only thing that the candidate is
certs i'll about is that when he's up he's
up, and when he's down he's down
and that politics makes strange bed.
fellows.
Eut what the STAR started to say,
and all it started to say was regarding
this particular campaign. On the one
hand the republicans have conducted
all open, fair and honorable campaign
devoid of mu%dslinging and abuse. On
the other hand, the champion of the
opposition has resorted to anything
that came to mind, regardless of truth
or consequences. 1t is now with the
people to decide, and when they de-
liberately and thoughtfully consider
the whole situation-all that has been
said and done, and honestly reflect up
on the truthful conditions aud facts
we feel confident that they will vote
their convictions and that the result
will be a verdict for the manly, fair
and c'ean course pursued by the re-
publican party and its candidates,
knowing that the only unpleasant and
harsh things said by republicans have
been against what were malicious and
dishonest methods of the opposition.
The voice of the people is supreme,
and, knowing the honest purpose, the
intelligence and fairness that is pos
sessed by the voters of Fall River
county, the STAR has no fears or mis-
givings as to the outcome of next
Tuesdays contest.
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