Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
Bro. Beck Not Satisfied.

Harrisburg Journal: The Primary
election Is over and the battle fought.
The line up shows that as Canton
goes 50 goes the union. Out of four
teen offices In the county, Canton cap
tured ten Of them, four out OF one
ward while the rest Of the county in
Guiding sixteen townships and five
towns get four candidates TO console
them for what they did for Canton.
III this is not selishness personiied
there Is no such word. While the
farmers were busy with their crops
and taking care Of things so that
Canton might live and prosper, It's
candidates spent the time securing
the county getting votes and then con-
centrated the city vote on their home
candidates, even drowning the only
old soldier in a bunch of thirty six
candidates. Better call 1t Norway
county instead OF Lincoln, out Of the
fourteen successful candidates nine
are scandinayians, while the English,
Dutch and Irish get five. who says
the norsk men arn't born campaign
ers.
Brother Beck of the Harrisburg
Journal seams inclined TO kick mod
estly rel the primary in the above
quotation from his last issue.
A proper division Of the county Oft
ces places the three best positions
outside OF Canton, the treasurer,
register of deeds and county auditor.
Treasurer Hokenstad Il from
Dayton, register of Deeds johnson
comes from Fairview, and county
auditor Rundert one from Pleas
ant. These three Offices pay nearly
as much In salary as all the others
combined
Hudson, Highland and Brooklyn
has each a member of the house, and
Canton the Senator. There is n0 sal
AIRY attached to the office Of surveyor
or coroner and We do not believe their
fees will afford them much extEaTa-
gance in the shape OF autos or sum-
mer resorts The county judge and
states attorney are not wearing any
because their small salaries
will not afford such evidence OF
wealth. The county clerk is a fee
officer and the weddings aud divorces
are not numerous enough to warrant
any unusual display. The Sherifs
Office is a fee Office and the peace and
dignity of the people is such that few
men are rich enough to enjoy the
title. A gentleman who was elected
to this office four years ago resigned
as he was not rich enough TO keep it,
OF the four gentlemen who are en-
titled TO make laws and enjoy the
glory OF legislative junkets, Canton
has one and the country three
On the whole the distribution CT
official patronage seems fairly well
distributed. Notwithstanding the ap-
parent advantage Of the county seat.
Harrisburgers are responsible for
the defeat of Comrade Moscrip, be-
cause the report came from there
that Mr.. Moscrip was not a candidate
and it was some two weeks after this
report before Mr.. Cables name was
announced. MI. Moscrip understands
the situation.
Again we wish to correct the Jour
dial as to its liberality with foreign
ers as successful candidates The only
foreign born candidate IN the entire
ticket is Treasurer H~okenstad, and
he Is a Lincoln county pioneer. Ma
.tionality cuts no figure In the issue,
because mel born in the United
States are supposed to be Americans,
besides four candidates-Brynjulson,
Kundert, johnson, and Carlson
we're born In Lincoln county and the
balance are Yankees with the excep-
tion named, and he claims to be a
Yankee all through.
1t has been stated and is no doubt
true, to some extent, that blood is
thicker than water, and this may &c
count for a friendship in voting be-
yond any political consideration.
The English, Dutch, Irish, Scandi-
navians, Welsh and other national
tiles have contributed their share to-
wards populating this great big re-
public, while the natives born or the
fellows who welcomed the foreigners
with tomahawk and scalping knife
do not seem to have any desire to
hold Office, yet some other branch OF
the human family must run the coun-
try, and as we are ali brothers in
Christ what's the difference?