The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27

Mdfl Walks In darkness. ln-
dertake to bring him into the light
and you will find him grasping
the name Republican" He can
not tell you why, it is supersti.
ton. The Earth was made for all
men to enjoy. not for few, and
if men instead of following a label
because their grandfathers or
their father did and would seek
the truth the scales would fall
from their eyes.
LaFollette, Bryan and Wilson
stand for equality Of oppor-
tunity. Taft, Roosevelt. Morgan,
Hinky Dink. Lorimer and Rookie
feller, stand for special privilege.
which means not an equal oppor-
tunity for all men. What LaFol-
lette, Wilson and Bryan have in
their hearts will be written in the
statute books some day soon il
you will help, and then you will
have Just as good show to make
a dollar as anyone. That is what
equal opportunity means. Read
the story of one as reported by
the Minneapolis News, who is a
special privilege gentleman and
when you vote the republican
ticket say to yourself Il am en-
dorsing and assisting this-The
News says:
Nathan Allen, the convicted SNUG.
gisr who paid sl0o, 600 in addition to
q criminal fine ofsl2. 900 into tho Unit
ed States treasury the other day, is one
of the heads pf the leather trust In
the n. r. Allen & Sons tannery in
kenosha, Wis, are 1000 employees
who are paid less than o. aweek. Three
years ago these workmen re colted and
among other evidences of their dis
pleasure they sma shed every pane of
window glass, at which stone could
be hurled in THE worlds great har.
ness ard sole leather tannery."
1t appears that Allen, criminal mil.
lionaire and captain of industury, iS
in the same class with Wool Trust
Wood in that he was IA poor boy who
became rich" Which, however, does
n / mean anything particular In this
except that the poor bo,
grown fabulously rich becomes intox-
icated with his wealth and Is therefore
easier caught when he diverges from
the moral pathway.
Allen is widower. He took wo-
man, Helen Dwelle Field Jenkins, not
his wife, on big "Trip over Edrope.
He bought her $500, 900 worth OF jewels,
Though some of the fellows who tau
leather for Alien make their dinner on
dry bread and bologna, Helen Dwelle
Field Jenkins, W th her simperiug
laugh and frty eyes, had To have tho
Jewels
Fewer Jewels for Helen would oi
course mean a warm dinner and o lit
tie coffee for the tot ers back In Keno
sha, but as we sit at Carlsbad listen.
ing to the splash of the fountains and
the soft nothings Of strange woman,
why should We bother ourselves about
the sweaty foreigners back In kenosha:
Allen put this woman, whose beauty
he would purchase for his own private
like lot of beef hides, into
a fine mansion on Sheridan road
Chicago. Fifty thousand dollars wa
spent on the house and its uipment
Of horses, automobiles and buttons 70
push for what was wanted.
But in Kenosha you may visit base
ment holes where families OF tannery
Wpi htEH 'iiiI Iltdiily anu IN VI -
througe a mere existence, living hve
In room, without butter for bread,
without CARPET on the floor, picture
on the wall, or hope in the heart.
When Orrison SWEET Marsden or anY
Of the other comfortable writers on
success tell us story Of our great
leather mag mates, they viii
hardly mention the kenosha Pole and
Italians in connection with A4thar
A lien, convicted smuggler and Jne 0i
the heads Of the leather trusts To which |
We pay tribute whenever we buy pan I!
Of shoes.
After you have read this and |
don't wish to indorse it Vote for /
Wilson for president. Johnson !
for.governor, Candy for congress, /
Shock Hall for state senator and .
L. C. Peck and j. c. Stoner for |
house members.