The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
SNAP SHOTS

using about column III ties space
this week w,ll, fairy cate about
how much money the boxers nave
saved the county. 1t IL anothcr
one OF Mosher's pipe dreams aud
shows that he is still good at his old
vocation of Juggling figures to makc
them III the case. Que otd farmer
after reading il san; that "Mushtr
must he crazy To make any such
claims III he tace OF the facts" To
which another replied: ''H i. no.
pve Knowed that old rrd-hcadcd
woodpecker of Mush tor some
length of periods aud Er aln't none
Tangled in his intellect, he rs just an
ordinary liar, some st.ll" foam over
work "
a subscriber, writing To us from
over west. wants 10 know who thus
Patsy McNu,v is That nc sees -
much ahnnl IN the papers We arr
surprised at his irunraucr, Patsy
blew inIu The county spu,. years 400
and oOtHlned "a p ,Sitpu a. Wllmot ~
pedagogue in the puilir >cno"lS
From the school holisr To thr COUNTY
supe,ntenhcnl'S Office was his tirSv
false step IN poli'ics whrtr. ne dl"w
his regular stipend and AAS rnnhl "a
to study law al the ,n,.m tto,.
Exhjlarated by the oelIrruul III OF
hcial life and the Joy ut drawing Nt>
regular monthly pay he resolved TO
still further taste of the delights of
Office and In this year IF Our Lord we
ind HIM states attorney Ut Roberts
county, elected on a huxei ticket,
which the sal Boxers arc An a>socia-
tlon more purely political than polit-
fcally pure, whose sole object Ia exist
ence Is to control the y litics and inct-
dentally corral the money Ut the couo-
~ Like Caesar he is ambitious ana
fam would have "A large and seduC-
tive influence over cit, and county SO
that he might swan those who do not
agree with him pol'Jlcally. Verify
he Is a good example II the kind of
people that the Lord In Hi, goodness
allows to encumoer The earth aud
[ get paid for dong it,.
UNDER the caption The Othef
Side d writer from Milpa.i; 10 the
ST.. Paul Despatch Ut Mpndag, who
signs himself "Macniniat'' submits
the following pertlaent figure, or
the POLITICAL situation ia South IA
kola. II is about as concise a sbatr-
meat rs we have seea aud gives Il
good idea oi the sttength of the
'dntls'
rhe state central lrpuniGaN COM
m,ttee having met and arranged the
necessary detaiF, for uduutlas the
caucuses for h neNi luventiQG, ih(
Saiiclent Ilm ot- sed sinoe tic
the committee ot,eJ Tor both sides
~ lisure out wnea are AZ 'pnt
ques ~ = II lle asked, what
s,gnlti ii he ne,up Of lnt
eolnnn, Ice carr n aful canvas q
tn >,ilaih,n ~ ated 10y t!e
commit iee vui rpr,sing, auG
cieaftslndlcalps ,etn ldy Is goius
IL a,' badly irgi Fhere are 5.
counlies m sou DtS4la; 40 CO unite:
Were represented II le meeting b,
there committeeman IA person, Il
c,unt4ies hy proxe ant 4 were 10
Tepr.s. nted al all heSe Commit
leemcn we're elected u delegations a
The last state conventions. wheel
almost. WithOut exception. had beer
chosen after "A bltJrr local tight
mostly on straight issue OF Craw
fseri and auti- Crawford, add as MI
Crawr.,rd as a candiuste Tor govern
or Us wltnOut dnnhf stronger than hi
faction. IL can he fairly stated tina
III manSelected represented the tota
snti-ma, hine sent,ment "a ceflecte
bv county ORGANIZATIONS. Since Jh
eii tti,,rt ~ these committeeman
Senator Gamble has joined the il
slpgeuI Mnvement. The AfSt tes
ofslrenath IN the meeting came on
vote to add Thomas Thorson, {
Canton. and Dick Richards. OF Hu
On. 40 ne executive committee II
81 purpose OF Investigating the a
counts d Chairman Crane. Georl
Almond. 81 Clear Lake. made . poit
81 order that as Richards was .
a,....,ser he was NIT q pfaper lerson
So. Mr.. Erickson. Of Onion conot