Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-09-04

friend of his with an eighth of beer
why, they evidently decided that
it was the proper thing. World.
As to Mr.. Anderson's private life
we have no desire to discuss. He
is a good moral man, has a pleasing
appearance; we do not believe that
outside Of politics he would practice
deceit. We believe that he knows
himself that as a lawyer he is yet
crude, very crude. We do not
believe he for one minute thinks in
his own mind that he is competent
for the position he desires to fill.
He is unfortunate as he is the only
democrat in the county who is even
an alleged lawyer; and they had to
nominate someone
One of Mr.. Sears lodges is to go
to the liquor dealers and tell them
that MI. Anderson is a prohibition
list and is making prohibition
speeches in the north part of the
county.-World.
Mr.. Henry Hit, proprietor of the
saloon where the Lepinski keg OF
beer was purchased, could not be
fooled this way for he knows Mr.
Anderson was not SO intensely in
favor of prohibition that he would
not buy one key of beer.
The article referred to is simply
a continuance of the slandering and
lying campaign that Mr.. Sears has
been pursuing since he became a
candidate for the position of states
attorney, and which was deplored
even by Mr.. Sears friends, although
it might have been expected
World.
If in this campaign the truth il
stuck to as closely as it was in the
article relative to MI. Anderson il
that weeks Reporter and Farmer
, we will congratulate the candidate
and the voters. There is not a wore
which is not the truth, and if MI
Anderson was sworn he could no
deny that those statements wer,
facts. 1t is hard to be honest some
times, especially when you are play
ing a loseing game, with the othe
man with greater ability and tn
candidate of the majority party.
Sears is known over the entir
county ard the people ought t
know whether he is a man who vii
FIJI the position of states attorne,
of this county in an honorable man
ner and conduct his office and him
self in such a name as to be
credit to the people of the county
World.
The above is before the voters @
5 this county to decide. Mr.. Scar
has been states attorney of thi
county before and as such made
record that we would be very gla'
to have the World publish. As t
his ability, even MI. Lepinski, WHOM
. Mr.. Anderson tried to infiuenc
with a keg of beer, did not have
doubt, for when he was in troubl
and needed an attorney he did no
think of Anderson, but went an,
employed Sears.
The people Of this county ar
{ expecting. and have a right t
expece, that the candidates, whom
they are asked to support, vii
refrain from baby politics and con
duct their campaign withou
> recourse to SANDER, lying and sucl
. methods, long since stamped a
, unpopular by the people at tn
: polls.-World.
That is certainly good, coming a
: it does in the defense of MIR. Ander
son. Why did Mr.. Anderson wan
to give Mr.. Lepinski the money an,
> have him get the keg of beer unles
I he wanted to act a lie?
In the examination of Mr.. Lepin
ski at his trial the following is
4 sample of the manner in which evi
{ denee was introduced by Mr.. Sears
) Mr.. Sears: (Which Frank Ander
. son do you mean?"
Mr.. Lepinski: Frank Anderson
the lawyer"
Sears: "The liar"