The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-11-18
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Official PausI Of the CITY and Count,

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Pansr Of the City and COUNTY
Parties shift tTheirlsround.
The Madison Outlook, q Dsmo-Pop
newspaper but withai rabid expansion
ist, is all On. of solts with the Demo-
cratic party's attitude upon The Phil [
ippiDe question, aud not infrequentlyl
reads a riot act, so to speak, for its
party's benefit: whereat the Webster
World "a pure-ganuine- wn-il-the-bot-
lie Pop remarks.
The Madison Outlook says that IL the
had decided not to take
The Philippines, the Democratic party
would be for expansion. Well, what OIL
II, Brother Farley? What's the use OF
SO far from the point at issue.
1t Is wrong for people which processes
to be civilized to wage wars OF conquest,
and that is all there Is to it. The World
upheld the administration when 1t de-
INJURED against the war with Spain and
1t would uphold 1t now were 1t TO con-
fer independence upon the FilipinOs.
My party, only so long as it is right.
II this pair of brilliant contemporar-
les will permit a word or two: without
reference to the right or wrong Of the
conquest going on In the ORIENT, and
without questioning the sincerity Of pur-
pose OF newspapers Of the World class :
and for honesty Of purpose we place the
Webster World where earthly things end
aud the blue ether ef the heavens begin
despite all this, we say, the Outlook is
right everlastingly right in its deduc-
tions. The Outlook, let it be understood,
dtd not refer to individuals but its
structures were more bit OF Farley
satire, directed against parties in par
ticular. Were matters reversed and The
Democratic party IN power and taking
the same course in the Philippines, tie
whole Republican party as a party would
be pounding the administration to beat
the band. Tho scholarly editor Of the
World is not unmindrul OF the fact that
as parties are today constituted and
manipulated the first great principle is:
under nc circumstances commend any
policy advocated or adopted by the oppo-
sltion. Men take ID politics, these days,
as a profession, and tits leading tenet
of any party's creed never to admit as
right anything done by the opposite
party. So far does this negatiyeness ex-
tend that serious embarrassment to party
success would inevitably follow were it
not for the gullibility of the average
voter. ready to shift his ground with ev-
cry movement OF those manipulating the
machine. Political economy has largely
degenerated into a strife for tho Offices
almost wholly so-by those at the head
Of parties, while the common people are
left to hold the bag. Amid the bcwilder-
ment Of charges and counter charges
and cunning Vaccinations of tricky pol
iticians, the constitution of this glorious
republic becomes dimmed as il obscured
by u fog; and the few really great car
dinal principles upon which the govern
ment was founded and those others only
through which the nation can maintain
its standing as enc Of the truly great
and a beacon for all the world, are scar
red and rendered unrecognizable by the
4 honest and well-intentioned voter. But
the Independent voter is abroad iu The
land and his number increases with
every important issue. The same il true
with newspapers newspapers which dc
not hesitate to express a disagreement
with their party when such a disagree
ment exists. While we cannot agre,
with the Outlook's expansion ideas 81
far az applies to the Philippines up
holding though we do the idea of suhju
eating the rebellion against this gov
ernmentsat any cost-yet the Outlook /
not alone among Democratic men an,
newspapers holding the same advance
views, as there arc Republicans takin
issue with their party upon the question
1t is not the purpose to discuss tho ques
tion either way in this connection, but
a word of advice to our life long Hrien
and companion, the Democratic party,
|opportune, tits this: The American flai
once hoiste6 by the fortunes Of ware
otherwise-is mighty ticklish thing
pull down. It's negativeness during IL
dark days Of the rebellion, when the vel
life of the republic was at stake, tanisl
ed the once great party of Jefferson al
Jackson from administration of affai
! for a quarter of a centnry-.a mlstal
which hung like nightmare over Il
party for nearly two generations nj
: effectively barred the doors Of the viii
house against 1t. The Republican par
ts not that party Of nigh motives al
. purity Of action as to turn all shat
s. neither is Its accumen above par.
Il would seem tlat there are some issues
81 questions which might he passed
HI silence-dropped, as 1t were like a b
n potatoe. The Republican adminlstl
- tion undoubtedly made grave mista
ss. s. ID its treaty of peace ut Paris, but m,
fos fos ters have reached n point beyond II
,%. ,ar stage and where it Is possible for I
IEa .;o Democratic party to make a fatal one.
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ally IL r. 5gs !s,ss5s
e. Ts. One striking illustratisn Of tic pr
my my perity which has nit South Dakota Il
iss se the small amou.t. Of property offered
r. tax salo throughout the state this ye
Brule county, for instance, offered fey
tracts Of farm lands than eyer bef
since the land passed from the hands
the government. Not alone this, but
rate Of Interest offered was the loves
many farm descriptions going down
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