Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-07-15

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tenant governor on the Peoples ticket in
South Dakota.
Mr.. Robinson was born in Franklin
county and came with his parents in
1850, to Wisconsin After completing
his college education at Brockway,
Wisconsin, he taught school until 1861.
At this time on account of poor health
he was obliged to retrun to the farm
where he remained until 1867, when he
moved to Winona, MINI. He was a
resident of Winona county fifteen years
and in 1878 represented the county in
the Minnesota legislature. This was
during the time when Hon. J. S. Pills
bury of Minneapolis was governor. Mr..
Pillsbury speaks of him as being relia-
BILE, honorable and competent man,
whose manly and frank course during
his term of Office won him the conf
dence and esteem of his associates. In
1889 Mr.. Robinson moved to South Da-
kota where he has lived ever since. His
present home is Groton, in Brown coun-
ty.
Mr.. Robinson has always been a
staunch Republican, but in 1896 he
could not follow the leadership of the
men in control Of the party, and stand
ing firmly by his convictions he gave
his support to Bryan and the silver
cause. He was nominated at the triple
convention at Aberdeen, June 22nd, 9S,
as the candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor on the fusion ticket, and as the
representative of the Silver Republicans
of the state. Though he has had some
experience in the political arena, he is
essentially business man and the en-
dorsements given him by ex-Gov. A. G..
Mellette, S. J. Conklin of ''Conklins
Dakotan" and others of his friends, men
who have known him for years, show
that lie is a man who is thoroughly es-
teemed and respected by all who know
him, and one to be trusted in all things.
Ex-Gov. Mellette said of him: Il
have known him six years and know
him to be man of strictly correct hab-
its, upright character, an enterprising
citizen and an admirable and we'll
trained business man. He is energetic
and withal man of answering integ-
rity, who could not be tempted from the
path Of honesty"
Mr.. Robinson belongs to that class of
first class business men who keep in
touch with every movement of civiliza-
tion and make the hard work of the mer-
chant more easily done by the graces and
and blessings of mental and moral cul-
ture.
The Clark Republic, a paper published
at his old South Dakota home, recently
said of him: For lieutenant governor
F. G. Robinson of Groton was nominal
ed by the Populists SIS the representative
of the Silver Republicans. Mr.. Robinson
is well known all over the county and
ought to receive handsome vote in this
county. He used to be one of the ablest
workers of the reform party in this
county. if not the judicial circuit, and
his help and counsels were sadly missed
when he left. The Republicans Of Clark
have always looked upon him as an hon
est, upright and capable citizen and his
action in clinging to principles, even
though it took him out of the party he
had led for years, shows their estimation
of him was correct"
The following is an extract from the
Groton independents a Republican news
paper printed at Mr.. Robinson's home:
In naming F. e. Robinson for ieuten-
ant governor, the Aberdeen conven ton
gave recognition to the element which
made possible their success two years
ago. Mr. Robinson has had legislative
experience, has good ability as presid-
ing officer and is no stranger to political
rustling.'
GEO. SPARKLING, for Secretary of
State, was born June 8, 1916, near
Leeds, England, of poor parents, with
nine others in the family He COM
menced to work at the age of seven
years in the field at twelve cents a day
until he was twelve years old, and then
went to work in the West Yorkshire
coal mine near Leeds for the next 13
years. An accident by flooding the mine
drove him with others to the Norman
ton coal mines Whila ut fhis nina he