Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-23

which he applies. World.
The World in the same issue as
the above appeared supported but
two of the candidates on the populist
ticket. Would they have the voters
of the county infer that the only two
deserving candidates on the populist
ticket were Messrs. Baltic and Pit
SCI. That seemed to be their on
tention,
The publisher of the World in his
last issue in another n showed
his disgust with mud-alinging, A
correspondent from Park farm, no
one knows where that is, over a
nom de plume attacked the good
name and character of Mr.. Sears.
The publisher, Mr.. Mack, who knows
that country correspondents are hard
to get, did not want to leave the
article out and thereby lose a cores
pondent, 30 he put the correspond
ence on a supplement and hid it as
much as possible in the hope that
few would see it and that those few
would forgive him for running it.
The article in question accused Mr..
Sears Of calling farmers tramps, etc.
The writer of that article is evidently
a new conner or is a fit associate for
the editorial writer and character
assassin of the World. People
familiar with the history of Day
county know that Mr.. Sears has
defended many farmers against all
sorts of law questions with absolutely
no hope of remuneration. The
farmers of Day county know that
during the hard times when they had
no money with which to meet their
obligations and nc money to pay for
legal advice that whenever they were
in trouble they always id a firm
friend and defender in Frank Sears
whether they had money or not. 1t
has been a common complaint among
the lawyers that the reason Frank
Sears was SO popular among the
farmers was that he took their cases
whether they had money or not. 1t
is only an assassin that will attack a
man from ambush-whether it be
with an attempt to take his life from
behind a stone wall or a tree, or the
correspondent who behind a nom de
plume attempts to take that which
is dearer than life, a mans good
reputation. We congratulate the
publisher of the World for trying to
hide this malicious fabrication.
The character assassin of the
World last week in his attempt to
besmirch the good name of the
present sheriff of Day county, VIM.
Rich. In the course of a half
column article he says:
So far as we know, MI. Rich has
been a fairly good officer during
this his first term, but the question
which the World considers as its
duty to discuss, is what the tax
payers can expect of him during his
asst term If he is elected.
Remember, dear voter, this is the
republican candidate for sheriff. Do
you suppose that a man who handles
mems good names 80 lightly would
not find an occasion to attack Mr..
Rich's good name If there was a
possibility? He certainly would.
But does he stop there? No not be.
He is writing for the success OF his
ticket. He can find no wrong SO he
goes into the future and predicts
that if Mr.. Rich is elected he is
going to Immediately change from
an honest man and be a rascal. That
he will steal almost if not quite, that
he will Cypress the farmer and tax.
payer and that the only things he
will stop at will be those which
would be liable to imprison him.
Take this to yourself, Mr.. Voter,
should you hire a man on your farm,
in your shop, OF in your store, and
for two years he gave a record that
even his enemies could find no fault
with, woul1 you then when the first
new applicant for his situation
applied, discharge him and hire the