Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
RESOLUTIONS
BY Members OF the
South Dakota State Soldiers
Home.

Since reading the slanderous attacks
against the South Dakota State Sol
dierS Home by letter writers and af'
idavit makers, in an attempt to in
jure the good name of the Home, the
members OF the Home brand the
authors as malicious and cOwardly
and the letters and atfidavits as false,
On the evening of the 22nd day OF
March 1910, in the dining room OF the
Home when all the members were
present at supper the following reso'
lutions were read by J. w. Abbott, a
member of the Home, and on motion
were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, there have been published
In the ewspapers Of the state false
and SlanderOuS letters and atlidavitS
to the discredit and damage of the
Home and the administration, and
we the members OF the Home feel
that the Home and its management
have been grossly insulted and SLAM
dered thereby, therefore be it
Resolved, that we the members of
the Home enter our protest against
such attacks as wilful and malicious,
and be it further
Resolved, that a large majority of
the mem berS of the Home are salts
fed, happy and contented, and that
we believe the administration is doing
all in its power to maxi n Home
what its name has always been, one
of the best in the United States.
And we further believe that the
good name and character Of the Home
will compare fayorably with the same
number of citizens in the state of
South Dakota or any other state.
Hot Springs Star.
After reading the above resolutions
it seems that the membership of the
Home do not propose to be lied about
any longer without a protest from
those who live in the Home and are
satisfied with it's management.
Every Soldiers Home in the nation
is cursed with trouble breeders, and
this comes from men who have been
led astray through liquor or made
sour through disappointment.
We had trouble breeders in the
army and we have them in civil life.
and we will have them to the end of
time unless the makeup of the hui
man race is changed.
The trouble breeders in the Union
army we're put in the guard house
and the trouble breeders in all state
and national homes are discharged.
Some OF the trouble breeders have
an idea that the homes were built for
their special benefit and that they
have a right to get drunk, fight and
disgrace themselves in other ways or
refuse to obey rules and regulations
and do as they durn please. These
are the fellows who get 1t in the neck,
speaking, and then they
howl and write letters and swear
they were abused, and if they a get
some cheap shyster they will sue the
for damages.
There is no room in a Soldiers
Home for trouble breeding drunkards
or trouble breeders of any kind, be-
cause IS per cent, Of the vetera a go
to a Home to live in peace and quiet
ness and enjov their last days amid
the comforts and pleasures Of quiet
comradship.
Then there are a few mush heads who
are always ready to swear the moon is
a watermelon if told so by some hol-
low voiced hypocrite, and then they
abnormal in their wild desire to
make sinners saints and have some
one notice that they are alive. These
mush heads are worse than the
trouble breeders because they have
passed along the public highway re-
as harmless until their mania
u%ncovers a fool clothed in hypocracy.
Nobody knows anything about the
trials and troubles of a Soldiers Home
only those who have been there
it all, and from the above
resolutions we are led to believe that
the veterans in the home propose to
the liars hereafter and keep at
it.