Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-14


elected to Office in opposition to the
republican ticket, ran again and
again though defeated, and the same
story as to election holds coed N
the case of Roberts. During the
period named it required courage to
declare ones self republican for
the same abuse was showered upon
republicans in those days as is now
being showered upon the stalwarts
and by the same identical parties,
yet today they pose as republicans
and denounce the men who were
forced to battle for the rights of
their party against vicious assaults
in the past years Yeager does not
claim to be republican and it is
doubtful if he ever cast a ballot for
a republican candidate. The same
holds good of Roberts who went TO
the prohibitionists upon the decease
Of populism and fusion Both men
sung the praises Of, and voted for
Lee for governor on a fusion ticket
and will do SO again when the stall
warts win out ia this county.
Another candidate on the insurgent
ticket, Lindquist, has been a candi-
date against republicans and the
above holds good in his case IN a
slighter degree, he not having
reached the eminence Of the others
in their party councils This is not
intended as a personal attack upon
these men, but is written in crit
cism, and we think justly of their
political record aud claims of being
republicans. 1t bias not been the
policy Of this paper through this
campaign, nor is it at this time, to
descend to personalities, nor to con
duct campaign on the vile tactics
employed by the insrgent faction,
We simply protest against the
assumption OF republicanism by
certain men and charge desire for
office on their part rather than a
desire to aid the republican party
or the people On the same ticket
is found the name Of S. NJ Duggan
for county Judge. Here is a clndi-
date who has resided in the county
for less than one year; who is not
taxpayer and whose name cannot be
found on the assessment lists, yet
aspires to holding Office already. He
is not a republican and recently
stated that Taft was not his caudi-
date, but that Bryan was the best
man for the presidency. For county
superintendent the machine named
j NJ, Best, another heavy (?) tax
payer. Upon investigation we find
that he taught school in Bristol for
two years, was retained last year
only upon the personal request of
Superintendent Hetley and was not
re engaged this year for what reason
can best be surmised. In the can
didate for clerk OF courts, B. E.
johnson, is found another who is
not tax payer, nor can his name
be found on the assessors books,
but whose chief claim to office rests
in the fact that he is a relative of
Ole Chilson. How broadminded
is this man can be estimated by the
fact that he prevented the Bristol
band from coming to Webster on
Kittredge day though the boys were
all anxious to participate. This
kind of ticket may be satisfactory to
that class of so called republicans
who prefer the domination of And
erson- Chilson, but it would seem to
the average citizen that in making
up ticket it would be possible to
select as candidates men who are at
least taxpayers. The necessity of
being republican does not enter into
the question with these people.
Conducting as they are campaign OF
virulence, animosity, falsehood and
filth, they hope to land in power by
means of appeals to passion and
prejudice. Nothing is too low for
these self appointed leaders to
decend to in order to gain their ends
and their desired ends are power
and Office. Their campaign is now con-
Quoted by the same methods as
employed in 1896 when the per-
sonal characters OF all who dared to
oppose them were wantonly and
viciously assailed and these methods