Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-05-29
SOME ANCIENT POLITICAL HISTORY.
Hon. L. w. Case of Yankton
Opens up the Moody y-Brook-
ings Campaign OF 1872.
IN . General Way the Report
Of the Convention is near
" correct.

NO 1O1lUWlu8 UAv Va 0sSSA0nS kOAAsASssa
history IL from the Ysnkton Herald Of
last week. furnished BY Hon. L. w.
Case, who was sheriff Of Yankton conn
ty during those days Of glorious
memory away back In 1872. Bro. Cases
record 10 not correct In several import
ant items, ! correction Of which will
Be found at the bottom Of his report.
The Republican Territorial Commit.
tse had issusd call for . delegate con.
vention. to b held In the City Of Can.
ton. in Lincoln county. on Tuesday
May 2lst, 1872, for the purpose Of plac.
ing in nomination candidates for Terri
torisl offices and one delegate in Con
gress. For some weeks prior, and 81
that time. two prominent Yankton
mon had shied their castors into the
political arena, asking the supporters Of
the G. o. p. 70 place their names at the
the head Of the ticket q Delegate and
Gideon @. Moody and Wilmot W.
Brookings were the aspirants.
= Bear In mind this call had been issued
prior TO she action Of the Liberal" Re.
publican convention ct Cincinnati,
where bomb had been hurled into the
Republican camp. by the nomination Of
the, until then. Plumed knight Of radi.
csl Republicanism Horace Greeley.
Here In Yankton. visible signs Of
sympa thy for the Liberal Idea" were
noticeable among . few heretofore prom
inent republicans. among who were
Ell. Delegate 8. 1. Sphinx and Dr. r. 4
Thomas who after ,hiS convention left
the @. o. p. for good. This will C
count for the insertion Of the word
Loyal Republi licanism in the county
committees call. Both Of these mer
were we'll known throughout the Terri
tory, and each had warm supporters.
4 The chairman Of tho county commit
tee. Arthur Linn. issued q call to the
loyal Republicans Of this county tc
meet In mass convention on May 18Th
for tho purpose Of electing delegates to
attend 8 delegate convention 70 be held
on Wednesday May 10. This conven.
tion Of delegates, were TO select the
requisite number Of. delegates, TO repre-.
sent Yankton county in the Territorial
convention at Canton on Nay 81.
For weeks prior it was evident to oil
that intense partisan feeling had been
engendered between the rival factions;
90 much %, that Ill outsiders even We
democrats were quite interested. Col.
Moody who had the greater portion Of
the rank and file Of the party. or q
Lincoln termed them. ''the plain peo-
ple, !" at his back, was somewhat handi-
capped by his opponent. Brookings
held Federal position. e q. 8. Associ-
ate Justice Of the District Court. This
very naturally drew 70 his support the
federal officers and their subordinates.
u. s. Marshal and half . score Of his
deputies, Surveyor General. U. 8. Al.
torney, Internal Revenue Assessor OF d.
each and all Of these had their assist.
ants. clerks. deputies ETC.. all bound TO-
gether BY . bond Of self interest. And
yet further. nearlv al Of the Ex's took
sides with him. Coupled with this,
nearly. II not Ill these men. were poll
ticians by trade. schemers and workers.
Moody's only offset 70 al this. was the
fact, that he had every member Of the
county committee. including chairman
Linn, then the editor Of the Dskotan.
To some Of our readers this preliminary
may be tlresome. but to those not on
this ground" at that time. it may
prove the way to . clearer understand
ing Of the events following.
We now como down to the events Of
May 18th and 18th. Both conventions
were to meet ct the U. s. court room. in
Burleigh's building on Broadway.
Here allow No to give the names Of
0OIU6 VI tU0 KS 0b0X <AOSO105 " ~ kA0y ~
. part in that drama. W. w. Brook
ings. U. =. Judge; Labsn II. Litchdeld.
u. s.. Marshal; Warren 8. Coles, U. s.
Atty; George Gailbraith, city and de-
putty, u. 8. Marshal; Ed Barker Dept.
y. 8. Assessor; L. w. Case. Sheriff;
Samuel A. Bentley, Police and County
Justice; E. T. White ditto; y. w. Vince.
lock, county coroner; Arthur Linn,
editor Of the Dakotian; last but not
least, Jefferson P. Kidder. Judge of the
and Judicial District. A few others,
'''plum plain people" will appear in our
story Of this family row. q
Let us state, that al the Star actors,
except Justice Bentley and the sheriff.
were radical republicans.
The two exceptions were county ofa.
.cials Democrats. EARLY in the morn,
ing OF the 18th, and q the forenoon
wore on, IL was very evident to every.