Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-01

inc to some of the dirtiest, lowest,
most contemplate methods of mis-
representing, slandering and bare.
faced lying in a wild sndeaTor tosave
their candidate for auditor. For
example, one report is to the effect
that Mr.. Moulton, the republican
nominee, has never done a days work
in his life. has drank and caroused
with the lowest Of the low, and his
record in the army is that of a coward
and a sneak, that he never was in a
battle, but followed up the regiment
looting buildings and robbing the
dead and wounded. What are the
facts in the case? During Mr..
Moulton's residence here he has al.
ways been the most popular young
man in the social circles ofall classes
in the city. We have been intimate
ly acquainted with MI. Moulton ever
since 1886, when he came to Dakota.
Shortly after his arrival he came in.
to ths Reporter Office to learn the
trade, served his apprenticeship and
was a trustworthy, honorable EN-.
ployee, ever looking to the interest
of his employer. a diligeut, pains
taking, energetic workman, one of
the best boys we ever had in the
Office.
After serving his apprenticeship
he accepted a position with the Day
County Herald, under the manage
ment of w. e. Root, where he re-
NAMED until the change in the
management when he accepted a
position with Ochsenreiter & Small
and worked in the mill until it burn
ed down. During the construction
OF their new brick store, Geo. Moul-
ton worked at manual labor carried
ahod. tending the masons at work
on the wall. Of course, anyone
knows, like the Irishman, that carry
ing brick and mortar is not work,
but that the man with the trowel
does all the work. We cite this in.
cident merely to give the lie to the
report that he is an aristocrat and
above work,
A little later MI. Moulton again
accepted a position on the Reporter
force where he remained until the
call Tor volunteers for the war with
Spain when he enlisted as a private
in Co. "F" of Aberdeen. When he
left our Office to 60 to the war we
think, without a doubt, he was the
most rapid compositor in the State,
a condition that only m by close
attention and careful pains, taking
hard work.
During the months of November
and December at the time of the
sickness and death of Mrs. Arthur.
the wife of the editor, and during
the same period when the publisher
was laying at deaths door, for these
two months Mr.. Moulton practically
ran the paper alone-was editor,
printer, business manager and devil
placing his employers under obi.
cations to him that no monetary
consideration could liquidate. Dur
ing this time it vas no uncommon
thing to find "Old Honest" as he
was Familiarity known, at the case or
running press at four o'clock in the
morning, after having done "a full
days work the day before. For the
two months mentioned he did two
mems work and did it cheerfully
and without a murmur.
And he is the man his political
opponents call worthless and law.
say he eve did a days work. Right
here we will say he is one of the
most honorable, trustworthy men
and trusted friend we have aver
known.
What of his military record? Col.
Slower said Of him, in conversation
with the writer: "Well, Adams.
Day county did not have a large
contingent in the regiment, but the
boys she did have made a record Of
which your people may well be