The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09

POLITICS
Continued from first page

uSDso Va JuNSiiiSiieo oSoi'oS yOo'
9. Has there ever been legs
evidence Of crime against you?
10. Is your general reputation
for morality and honesty good?
IL. What is your occupation o
the source Of your income?
II. What is the real value of al
your wealth and if you owe aught
what r your net assets?
IL. What was the amount of you
last assessment for taxes?
IA. What amount of wealth di,
you earn or produce last year ant
what was the full increase of you
wealth?
Is. What are your personal rea
sons for asking for the Office yol
seek?
1G. What advantages r yol
seeking for the public benefit?
II. What do you pose as para,
mount and secondary issues?
Is. Do you approve and adopt
the principle of no pledges and nc
form of corruption, letting voters
study and weigh all the reasons and
evidence till time to vote?
10. Will you pay or promise edit
ors anything for supporting you or
saying nice things about you?
20. Will you answer these or any
legitimate questions and have the
matter verified by two witnesses for
distribution as the official campaign
book to every voter through the
central committee or county audi
tors?
Sample Answers to Questions by
M. A. Shuster, Jr., Proposer of
the New Politics and Leader of
a Movement for Real Square
Deal in Government.
/. Born in Iowa, 1868, now live at
Miller, S. ID.
2. Have been voter since majority
and Square Deal Republican.
3. Spent most of two years each
in the Garden Grove Normal School
and Simpson College in Iowa and
graduated at the Madison State
Normal School in S. ID. in 1895.
When not going to higher schools /
taught school in Iowa, Minnesota
and South DAKOTA for over fifteen
years.
4 VA reared in the Methodist
church and have been a member
since bcyhood but am liberal in my
views and urge progressive, united
action of all churches through the
Sunday schools for the spreading of
the knowledge and blessings of the
gospel.
5. | do not use tobacco or liquor
at all nor indulge in profanity or
gambling. | never bet even a treat.
g.. was married to my wife in
1896 and have never had need of
another or a paramount.
z. have only one fi~ve-year-old
son.
g.. never failed in business and
there is no one pushing me for
money.
8. | have never been fined or
punished for any infraction of the
law.
10. | am considered a conscien-
cious and upright citizen.
IL. am a stock raiser and farm
extensively, mostly by my own la
Dor.
II. invoiced my stuff in Jan,
1907 at $27, $50 and my net assets at
500, 700.
l3. NV total assessment for tax
es in 1906 was $7,171.
Ia. ! produced about 3d. 500
worth of grain and livestock in 1906
and my wealth increased $4,000.
10. enter politics TO preach the
Square Deal and help perfect the
principles of honest popular govern
ment.
Is. seek the right Of the people
to govern themselves without having
their powers usurped by bosses and
rings, and the benefits of the en-
forcement of the constitution as it
stands or a public discussion of the
merits of the proposed amendments.
II. Shall the people rule without
ringism and corruption and have
verified information about candidat-
for nomination and election?
and is not our present constitutional
provision on taxation more just and
equitable than the proposed amend
ment? The national issue is the
Square Deal in business, elections.
and revenue matters.
Is. stand for no pledges and no
I'm