Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-09-27
LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
TIMBER LAkEFOR COUNTY SEAT

The question as to which tow
i'll Dewey county is to be selecte
as the seat OF permanent count
government is purely 4 domesti
question-one that should not b
beclouded by extraneous matter o
participated in by people who ar
not citizens OF the county and hav
no further interest in the final out
come than that OF hired servant
1t is matter to be discussed fairl,
and impartially and submitted OF
its merits so that the will OF The
majority may be registered in the
election and the honest judgment
of the majority rule.
In the election that was held in
the fall OF 1910, on the organization
of the county, Timber Lake was
selected as the temporary location
for county seat over Isabel by a
vote of 185 to 1872. The argu-
1nents that were presented at that
time in favor of Timber Lake are
much the same as those which will
be urged this time and the first and
foremost is the one of accessibility
and location.
People should remember that
this is a permanent location and
that is why the great majority, not
in the immediate vicinity of Isabel,
recognize that it would be an act
OF folly to select town DIS perma-
nent county seat which is located
three miles from the west end of
the county which is sixty miles
long. and five miles from the north
side of the county which is thirty
three miles wide. Timber Lake is
presented as the permanent To-
cation because it is more centrally
located than Isabel and is far more
accessible for the greatest number.
either by wagon or railroad travel.
The bulk of the unentered land to
be taken up in the future, lies in
the east half of the county and we
suggest that when we are settling
a question that affects us not only
tor the present but the future, the
future should be taken into con
sheraton as we'll as the present.
If Timber Lake can serve the in
terests Of the majority better at the
present time than Isabel, that ma
jority is bound to be larger in the
future as the country develops.
The supreme court has decided
that it has no jurisdiction in the
matter of removing present electors
on the republican ticket and as a
result word. comes that the stand
pat leaders in the republican party
will urge the defeat of nominees
known to favor the election of
Roosevelt. For instance it is re-
ported that fight will he made on
Dean Sterling who was nominated
for United States senator upon that
ground. We see no reason why
Mr.. Sterling is not entitled to his
individual opinion on that matter
or how his position in the presi-
dental contest affects his qualif-
cations as senator from this state.
The same is true OF nominees for
state and county office. The stand
patters have the right to vote for
Wilson if they want to and to sup
port democrats for state office if
they choose but they assign a
mighty poor reason for doing so
simply because the republican
nominees favor Roosevelt. We
are against any system which en-
ables few politicians to whip the
rank and file into line under
party banner and are in favor OF
any system which gives the indi-
vidual the right to register his
honest individual opinion on pro-
posed government policies. The
who favor the election
Of Roosevelt are simply maintain
ng that they have the right to be
Intelligent American citizens first