The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-04-07
THE NEWS LIBELER
;ETS HIS WEEKLY SNIN1
MILL BUSY.
He Attempts to Blarkmai the
Members OF Troop ID 4
BOOmrrang
obably the ranlsest Thing ever sprunp

Probably the rankest Thing ever sprung to
| a mnlita company was thrown at Troop d. of
this city at special meeting held Monday
night. After the regular drill the cap, aim is
said 10 have Informed the boys thst il L. A.
Rckert would be elected To the orc of Nav
or he was authorized To say that the three
site would bc decided TO the company for
barracks buiding and that "A local lumber
dealer WOULD furnish material with which to
construct the building and take security
against the said property. No sooner had the
announcement been made than r. O Pearson
| entered the hall with petition asking for
| the nomination of j. a. Rickert for mayor
| ana Dan l'fremmer for alderman. and
qnrStsd the members of company to sign it.
Just AT this luncturc some of the members
| began 70 inquire what 1t really meant and
wantcd To Know if the company had been
| turned into political organization. Captain
| Boob suddenly had business down town and
| the command of the somewhat turbulent com
pany was banded To another next lower
| in ranll.-Sisseton News
once saw a mean man defined as
Il man who had IL prcponderancc of
mean traits and | thank that il had
Il class of the mcanGst men, would
stand Mushcr of the Slsscton News.
ut the head, for he Is certainly mean
ness pcrSoplled, he grades clear
down.
In this issue of the News Mosher
takes occasion To sling his dirty INK
IAN lln IL, I,,
sensational article and accuses he
officers of attempting To use the COM
pany for political purposes The
paragraph quoted above is an excerpt
from the News article
He knew every word hc wrote was
false. when he and every man VIII,
, knows Capt. iobb, Lieutenant Mon
SON and Lieutenant Babcnck and the
other officers. Know that it has been
their aim to eliminate politics froM
the militia company so far as lay in
their power. While the majority OF
the militia and the captain belong tC
that party generally known as tho
"gratters' and there dre only two Oh
three "DoXcrs" among the company
!, yet the captain has singled out these
TWO or three BOXERS and promoted
them to ''strIpes" IN preference to the
OTHERS
Captain I5obb NEVER MADE the
statements attributed To HIM by lhe
News lie never asked the boys To
sign Ricicrt's petition. he had not
Decn to the barracks for an hour lc
fore the petition was brought in ID,
an outsider, neither did any other
officer ask them to sign it.
This nails lie No. |
AS proven elsewhere Dan Pfrem
merS petition was never in thc
barracks that night or any other
night.
This nails lie No y
whole article, The trouble was al
caused 10y two members of tn,
com pany, of the tribe of Judas, ON,
of whom we understand has beer
promised the job OF chief of polio,
and the other night Waterman as lh
price of their periidy if lngersoll anC
| the News are elected,
When the militia boys saw the ar
ticle in the News they were eXceedin,
Mroth and at the meeting last nigh
every man who was at the Munda
nights meeting with the exception o
three. one % whom was in tn,
country and the other tive the tw
referred tn above. signed the foI!owln
protest.
Protest of Militia
We. the undersigned. have rea
the article in the SlS>ctun News q
April Il, Under The heading. "A Ra,
Deal. We We're present at tn
meeting of Troop - in question an
are prepared To make affidavit tha
the article is a he from beginning t
end: thai Captain Bobb did moi MAX
the statements attributed To him No
any remarks that might he consIrue
to have Il political significance. Flu
thermorc we are ready 10 assert tina
the captain has ever made an etfoT
to keep the troop Gear of politics an
has succeeded ia dong SO up to til