The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-16
SOUTH DAKOTA TOPICS

! Huron's postoffice fight is so spirited
| that little time will be required for
cooling off after an appointment has been
made. The candidates are the present in
a North Western railroad engineer, and
e. M. Thomas. a real estate dealer and
one of the old timers of the community
Mr.. Cooper Is more strongly backed by
the politicians Of the county and state
than either OF his competitors and for
this reason is likely to win. Mr.. Ma
lone is pushing him the hardest and is
said to have the Endorsements Of some Of
| the machine The engineer is a great
worker and has the throttle wide open In
his campaign. The general belief is, how
ever, that In spite Of the charges made
on. z.. .. ..-".a ~ e..
The Huronfte is fighting shy, but the
Journal World, which is in position to
be q free lance, Is giving some space to
the views of others, and these views
rather go to indicate that the Huron polit-
tcal camp isn't as serene below the sur
face as above.
The boom of Lieutenant Governor Snow
was sprung rather early, so early that
Is is felt in some quarters that it is bound
to Winterkin The editor of the Sioux
Falls Press reads the Huronite and says:
u is the opinion of III" Huron Huronite that
Lieutenant Governor Shows robust guberna torial
boom is bound to decline in face Of the fact that
the southeastern coner of the state now has more
molasses on its bread than it is entitled to under
| a sectionsl division Of the state.
| Then. the Brooings Press chips in with
the following:
There seems to be disposition among certain
state papers to "knock'' the nomina ton Of Snow
for governor and believe there is something
back Of this attitude in the interests Of some
candidate whose name has not been announced
yet. The Press is free to confess that there are
others who inspire within more enthusiasm
than does Mr.. Snow in connection with this nomi-
nation, altho are not prepared to say that he
! is not frst-class man.
The election in 1904, as in 1902, is go
ing to be all one way, and that the re-
publlcaon way Ex-senator Pettigrew Is
frank about it and all the leading demo-
Gratis over the state can see no hope OF
party success. Mr.. Pettigrew said in New
York the other day that his state was
solidly republican and, further, that it
would doubtless remain so If the present
prosperity continued. This confession is
inforces what the party men have always
commended, namely, that the hopes Of de-
mocracy are based upon poor crops and
prices and a. disconnected and unhappy
people. None such can be found In South
Dakota to-day and the fortunes Of the re-
publican opposition are at lower ebb
than ever before. '~s-
The democrats are trying to keep up an
organization, but most Of them are SC
busy making money that they have about
lost all interest in politics. Ed johnson
of Armour, is chairman Of the state COM
mittee and will doubtless see that a
state convention Is held next year. As
for the populist party, no one expects
lit will make another stand In the state
A part Of it will go with the democracy
and goodly part Of it Is already allied
with the republican organization. 1t is
"all i'm A.'E
More enthusiasm could probably be
raised for Bryan than any other nationa
|candidate. Most of the leaders know him
intimately. The democrats of South sDa-
kota are not going to shout very Justify
or put up many dollars for the cause Of q
any way-down easterner who may b.
named for the presidency.
The state papers haveagiven much space
to the merits Of the various county ex'
hibits at the state and other leading fair:
and there is a. controversy which canno
be settled officially, we are told unit
the board of agriculture holds its mex
meeting. Counties deserve credit for thei
enterprise in preparing exhibits of thi
, kind Nevertheless, there Is a lot Of bun
8 con1be about the business, for it does no
FIRST and second are really tn,
: strongest and best In an agriculture
= sense. The incentive is really the main
spring, and 1t is noticeable that the lead
$ ing counties in this years contests ar,
$ Dawson and Hughes which have cap
ital fight on their hands. Both felt thu
f need of some advertising and wanted t,
make a good impression Hughes tool
r the first premium at the Central Soutl
Dakota fair at Huron, but no one believes
3 it is at the head Of the procession o
counties tributary to that fair.
t But there is one thing in which all the
counties shine. The annual delinquent ia,
J lists were never SO light before. The
list for Miner county, for instance, fill!
| only a column and a half. A dozen year!
t ago any Miner county man who could pay
t his taxes promptly was considered
s "plute" and came under the Just sus
became synonymous. All this ha
: changed. The farmers are getting out O
5 debt and accommodating fine properties
!, Not only do they get the profits from uni
FL formly good crops but the appreciation
: in land values is Of itself making then
well-to-do. It is no hardship to pay taxe
f now, for their properties have clear
tangible value. What is true of Miner i
:, true of all the counties. The tax list ha
] seen its best days in South Dakota.
!. Recent dispatches from Sioux Falls in
ltAAl1<blCO@Lk1cL VAIS. VNOlllSuA was ABOUT T.
: marry one Of her. attorneys. Instantl
: there were many inquiries which one?
!, for it was recalled that Senator Kittredge
e the states most eligible bachelor, wa
connected with the PLAINTIFFS case at on
: time. The Sioux Falls Journal relieve
: the senator of unjust suspicion by stat
: ing that States Attorney Scott is tn
Y chosen bridegroom and that the twain Wi
e be married In few weeks
= 1
Editor Reeves Of the Groton Indepen
r Dent should let the dead past bury it
9 dead" He says in a recent issue:
h Major Picker has recently traded for som
o realty in Florida and will spend the winter nea
Orlando on an orange ranch with his wife nj
), major vii! do well to keep away from Ocala
In thelearly years Of populism he made speec
}, down there which bobbed up and hit him in th
8 neck several times during his later campaigns
: this state.
r II. i. Loucks, who was the head an,
: front Of the populist movement for severa