The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-04-14

us, some OF the deIni-monde lit upon
Ssseton Us Il likely place to ply their
netarlouS probably after
reading the News. They arrived one
day. the authorities got wise at once
and the next morning invited the
Keepers of the house of i'll shape to
either leave town org to Jail; they
chose the first alternatives They
were only here one night, 81 Moshcr
must have got pretty busy.
| Since the time when the memory
| of the oldest lnhabitant of the collrl-
! ty runneth not to the contrary A. II.
| lngersoll has held ONCE IN this cOun-
| ty During the many years that he
| was states attorney, it is a matter of
record, that he never tried IL case
alone IN the circuit court, and it is II
safe proposition to say that the
coui'uf paw JUL HloIc ltCS W law
yers for trying the Judges cases.
during his term of Office than his
salary amounted to. While his au-
thorizcd organ, the News, tells tine
saloon men that they may took for
! the support OF the "Jcdge," he. pos
| ing at present as u temperance man
| to the retormers, tells the no
license people what he will do with
| the blind pigs If he is elected As
a matter of fact, IT. is not written
any where i'm the records of the coun
| ty of Roberts, that during his term as
states attorney ia prohibition days, he
closed single blind pig, although it
is conceded that blind pigging W Il
going on, on all sides. The records
do show. however, that Howard Bah
states attorney, closed some dozens
OF blind pigs and carried every blind
pig case through successfully to juhg
mcnt. Now then, If, as is apparent,
Mr.. 1ngersOll as states attorney al
lowed crime and vice to run ram
pant, is it falr to suppose that he
would suddenly become an apostle of
reform when elected to city office
Patsy McNulty the only.none-gen-
uine- withOut-the-ndine Iown-n.t h e.
boJtle States Attorney, attempted
to set aside the statutes of South Da-
kota and advised the reform(?) county
board to disallow a $16 bill of e. A.
Somerville for justice fees. Somer-
vile, through r. o. Pearson, his law
yer, sued the county and got judg-
ment. The county will now pay s24
instead of SIG. In the meantime the
$500 for Patsy's stenographer goes
merrlly.on. Great is reform.
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That A. H. lngersoll is TIL try
ing to carry water Oh both shout
ders is evidenced by the fact that
today he informed the representative
of the saloon men that he was not
against the saloons, and If he was
elected, things would go on just as
thew were, A little later he told
another man who is a temperance
man that he QngersolD was a NO.
licence man and should vote 20
licence ticket. The men to whom
he made those statements are 1e-
liable men and we can give their
names If any one wishes to know
them. And while posing as tenn
perance man at present. in last years
campaign lngersoll bought drinks in
a Slsseton saloon at So per round
This is no josh. We can prove it.
! X X
| Let's see, McNulty has damage
SUIT against the city in the sum o.
$4,000. He is supporting his frlent
Ingersoll for mayor. Is .lt possible
he expects chat in the event of the
Iarter's election that the city, Through
him, will settle McNulty's client.
claim?
The Boxer organ this week ask.
why Rickert didn't JON the Law
enforcemtnt (?) League. That's
easy. Rtckert don't JON a societ,
|og hypocrles banded together fol
the purpose OF carrying on guerilla
politics.