Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28


That statement is another Of the
many lies Of the auditor. Mr.. Den
ton was not promisedthe tax receipts
by Mr.. Colwell in the spring nor al
any other time. Neither did Mr.
Denton know anything about the taN
receipts until Mr.. Egeland brought
them into he Reporter and Farmer
Office and offered the proprietor:
$lii0O for printing them. Theaudi.
tor is getting even lower than we
thought the could A man that vii
try escape just censure for his acts by
trying to cast blame upon an honest
man who lies at rest in the grave =
unworthy Of even the contempt Of
decent people. But not even the
honofed dead al escape bis mafic.
ious lying tongue in his efforts tc
bolster up his two faced ~despicable
means employed for personal adyan-
tage during all his official life.
Here is another ruse adopted by
this unprincipled gentlemen:
Mr.. Denton states that the audi
tor came into his office in the fall OF
1902 with the order, and a few lines
farther down states that when the
order was given was at the time Mr..
Egeland was flirting with the repub-
lican party in the hopes that the
republicans would nominate no one
against him.
Mr.. Denton ought to have con.
suited the almanac before giving
his imagination full sway. Both
conventions which nominated Mr..
Egeland were held IN July and the
tax receipt Irritation for the purpose
of getting the nomination would
hardly continue until fail.
II was unnecessary for Nj Dem
ton to consult the almanac When.
the nominations for county auditor
were made Wy. Egeland could not
run On both tickets H. therefore
did not accept the republican nomi
nation and had he shown his hand
it would have been very easy and
in accordance with the instruction
OF the county convention to the
county central committee for that
body Of gentlemen to have placed
the name Of a good republican upon
the ticket as a candidate against
Egeland. This was a matter of so
much pecuniary Importance to the
foxy county auditor that it did not
get cat of his sight for a minute.
Nor did Williams sale Of himself
and the popublists he claimed to
control for the endorsement for
auditor become offensive and oppres-
siye to himfor many months after
the last election. William was d
good republican and a supporter of
the organization this spring He
was some what luke warm in his
support, however, when he was told
that he could not be the nominee
for state senator this fall and could
not exact the further promise that
Sig would be deputy in one Of the
offices for two years and then
Sig would succeed Chris Grue as
register of deeds for two terms.
But William still remained in the
and agreed to deliver all of
ais populist friends to the republi-
ans upon a promise from two
gentlemen that they would use their
influence with the boys to try and
get Sig a deputyship. But all Of a
sudden William saw things in
mother light, and he sent his
brother, Sig. to one of the gentle
men to inform him that all deals
were off. II is a little over a month
since the county auditor ceased to
lirt with the republican party. He
'eased TO ilirt with the republican
party when he realized the fact that
the members were next to his
cracked senA end had had 10 confidence !
him He sold the pop party for
~ anopposed lsce Tor auditor. Ho
lied himself ont Of the republican
IFarts Where viii be ~ next Ii
Was That he was slated for a
good posiss. % the Milwaukee
road hen lbs pfsent term expired,
bus he betSSed the confidence the
road placed ii Kim by using It'll
influence ior political preference
contrary to the Expressed desires oil