Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-04-14
I. w. Scogin Unfit
For Repr presentative
s;eogin's Malicious and Falls. Staten cnts
Brands Him Unfit For Legislaiure.-
Some Falsehoods Nailed

> II had not been the intention Of
The Pioneer to take any active part
, in the pre-convcntion politica! CAM
paign, unless something should
come up which actually involved
the welfare of the county.
This occasion has arrived in the
person OF I, W. Scogin, who has
announced his candidacy for repre-
sentative from the 4oth Legislative
district, which embraces Sioux
county. In the last issue OF a South
Dakota publication, under a Self
ridge date line; Scogin makes a
nunnbsr of mis-statcmcnts that
brands him unfit to represent this
eaunty. In the opinion Of the
Pioneer it would he a disgrace to
the state to elect man of his low
plane Of intelligence to the lcgis=
lature.
In his article he chargcS that there
is an organization within the coun-
ty that are running things cons
trary to the wishes Of the people
who are actually paying taxes" "
Vague as this statement is, it can
not be construed otherwise but
reflection upon the integrity and
honesty Of the officials of the coun-
ty. This statement is malicious
falsehood, and SANDER upon the
best governed county OF the state.
Even the buzzard, who battens his
filthy carcass on carrion, will not
befoul his own nest. Lie No 1.
Scogin charges that Sioux county
built bridge over the Cedar direct
ly north of N[orristown, for the
benefit of the business men Of that
town, and for that reason the Nor
ristown business men arc aiding
Fort Yates. Both statements arc
absolutely false. The bridge over
the Cedar river was built by the
people of Morristown and the far
mers Of Sioux county in that neigh-
bof,ood who market their grain and
do Their trading at Alorristown:
Sioux county never officially author
lied the building Of the bridge, and
has never expended one single cent
to defray its cost. The parties who
furnished tile material and did the
work have bill pending in the
amount of $500 which has not been
allowed. But by all that is right
and justice it should be paid if it
can be legally done. Further, the
resident business men Of Morristown
are voters in South Dakota, and
cannot with their votes help any
Sioux county candidate or PROPOSE
tion. Lie No. 2.
Scogin further intin1atcs that the
members OF the Sioux County Not-
ers League arc the real taxpayers of
the county. Let us sec. The re-
cords i'll the court house show that
/. w. scogins postoffice, Watauga,
S: D., paid the munificcnt sum of
S6.1S taxes in Sioux county under
his 1915 assessment. S1.50 Of this
amount was road poll, and if the
report is true that lie sports
one bum lamp, he comes under the
classification Of cripples-physical
as we'll az mcntally-who are ex-
cmpt from poll taxi and upon pros
per application to the county board
that honorable body will no doubt
abate the amount, which will make
his total tax s4.6S -four dollars and
sixty-eight cents). That wouldn't
quite pay his salary as a legislator,
for one day, even though the state
should get it all, which is not the
case as part OF it goes to the county
and school district. /.
On the other hand, j NJ. Carig-
nan OF Fort Yates, winning candi=
date for representative, was last
wear assessed as a member of the
firm Carignan & Stiles, whose taxes
were s521.64. These facts and
figures can be verified by an exam
ination of the records in the office
of the county treasurer.