Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-20

Hon. Il. W. Miller, OF ELK fOlnt,
former United States attorney for South
Dakota and one Of the leading demo-
Gratis of this state, was in Yankton last
night enroute to his home from Sioux
Falls In conversation with Press &
Dakotan reporter Mr.. Miller expressed
his entire confidence in the election to
the. presidency Of William Jennings
Bryan and the reelection of Senator r.
F. Pettigrew in South Dakota.
''Mr. KcKinley has made such ter
rible mess of things during his admins
tration that the people are heartily sick
of him and having discovered that he is
no statesman" said Mr.. Miller "have
determined, believe to make change.
The outrageous war against the Filipi-
nos, the sympathy of the people with
the Beers and against England with
which the administration is so evidently
in sympathy, the fact that Mckinley
is completely in the power of the trusts,
the Porto Rico tariff bill and dozen
other questions with which the com
mon people are quite familiar will work
McKinley's downfall. That his election
was mistake is generally conceded and
there is disposition an the part of the
people to correct that error. am of
the opinion that Iowa will go demo-
cratic this year. There are $4,000 Hol-
landers in Iowa and everyone of them
will vote against Mckinley, because Of
his English sympathies. And there are
almost as many more Germans in Iowa
who will vote against him for similar
reasons. know of seven brothers, all
democrats, who are bankers and who
voted for Mckinley on the gold issue
four years ago. who are heartily sorry
for what they did and are now for
Bryan. They tell me that all the Ger
mans in the United States feel as they
do and as they read extensively in the
German papers they should be posted.
Bryan's election is almost assured unless
Mark Hanna succeeds in buying the
election and he cannot do that unless he
can find some commendable act of Nc
Kinley's upon which to conduct cam
paign. He cannot claim prosperity, be-
canse every financial paper in the coun.
try is telling Of decrease in bank clear
ings and an increase in the number of
failures.
"And regard the reelection of Sen
ator Pettigrew from South Dakota
equally as certain as the election of
Bryan" continued Mr.. Miller, "Sena,or
Pe,tigrew is one of the ablest men in
the United States senate. He is feared
and respected by the republicans, be-
cause he has stood so fearlessly by his
conviction. His efforts to bring forth
information, which the people should
possess, have made him popular man
with the masses aud think there will
be some surprises in store for the re-
publicans of South Dakota, during the
campaign this fall Many counties
that are usually republican will elect
men to the legislature, VINO are favor
to Pettigrew, and 1 think that I can
put my finger upon several hundred
republicans in the state who will vote
for Pettigrew legislators aud no one
else. With Mr.. Pettigrew in the SEN
ate the whole world knows there is
such state as South Dakota. and the
people want to keep that kind of man
in that position. 7 honestly believe
that Mr.. Pettigrew's reelection is abso-
lutely certain. .'-Yankton Press and
Dakotan.
See the sample of Haynes pedigreed
Guinters.