The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1908-10-22
Stanley CO. Present and Future
+. W. Warner
Candidate for the Legislature

40 ~ 10 'iNuii iiis, VllS CllJC "iCi
l as republican candidate for rep
resentatlve from this district, shall
ask for your support at the poles,
and as | am unknown to the great
er number of you | think it is no
more than proper and right that
l should let you know something
OF what my policies will be should
l be elected to represent you in
the leislature next winter. | am
anew conner to Stanley Co., and a
homesteader as almost all new
comers are. came to this county
from Faullx Co. this state, and /
think am safe in saying that /
left only friends behind me.
| never held, nor asked for a
political office in my life. and am
now candidate only at the urg-
ent request Of my friends. | am
a life long republican from fa-
mily of republicans and have vot-
't ed eight times for republican
presidents all of whom were cleo
ted with the exception of the de-
mocratic tiasce of Cleveland's ad-
ministrations. and that exception
was sufficient to make me have no
desire to ever vote anything but
the republican ticket again. l
came to South Dakota from Illinois
where | was born and raised a
sucker and all of my old friends
and relatives there thot l proved
my heritage when moved to South
Dakota, but they think different
ly about it now. ! myself was
over persuaded by the wall
of the west and believed
then, as | know now, that this
state was destined to rank high
among her sister states of the
great Northwest. | have always
counted myself fortunate that |
became resident of this, the
great Sunshine State. When the
call of the west came to me a sec
Ond time to move still further out
into the border land, to cross what
was generally believed to be the
jumping off place by my friends
of the eastern part of the state,
where many of them would feel
justified in erection sign on the
eastern bank of the Old Muddy
to read, he who crosses here
leaves mother, home and Heaven
behind With this feeling of
my friends to combat. with we'll
established paying business to lose
if came. it took some courage to
make the sacrifice necessary and
come, but the call of the west was
again too strong for me and I
crossed the Rubicon and burned
the bridges behind" This is only
a figure of speech as there was no
bridges to burn when / came across.
| disposed of all my holdings on
the east side of the river and have
invested the proceeds in this coun-
ty so ! think have proven my
faith in the country, and with it
! stand or fall, sink or swim, come
veal or come woe. | am for STAN
ley county first, last and all the
time.
Now as to this county and the
purposes for which it is best adapted
l will have to take issue with ma
ny of the older settlers of the
county, among whom is my es-
teemed opponent, the candidate
for the legislature on the demo-
cratic ticket, Mr.. Dan Bierwagen.
In his platform of principles and
policies, he takes the stand taken
by majority of the old settlers,
that this country is much better
adapted to the raising of stock
than farming, and while he says he
is willing to do the will of the ma
jority, he still thinks it too soon to
establish herd law for this county
and advises the settlers to make
stock raising their principal bust
ness. Now the facts are, as | see
them, that this land in its natural
state is not paying proposition
as stock country. Any stock