The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-09-15
BROKE OUT AGAIN

ceeded in filling THEN coun,y tickct
that he took occasion to pay his re-
spects to the Editor Of this paper in
his usual sarcastic way. Now we are
no candidate and WHY he should open
up his campaign III this county with
misrepresentation anl telling mtruths
about rs is more than we can say,
perhaps he fignres BY opening such
a campaign he can divert The attcn-
tion oil the voters from their real JOB
Of selecting a good set Of county Of
ticials. II VIC are 10 Judge from his
first SpaSm en- the political Situa-
tCn IN the county, we are LED to be-
lieve that his campaign this year will
be conducted along the lines Of mud
Singing and villiticatiom, but that
won't 90, Brother Gcrig. Our people
are far too intelligent to be misled
by any such methods. Such cam
paign may 90 all right in "WhoopoIc
Township, Posy County, mgiana,'
bat not in Mclletto county We have
II" dC i"e TO enter into any lengthy
discussion but We want to answer a
teT Of his villaneous and libclous
charges concerning the editor of the
Iicnrcl. We give below a verbatim
quotation Of his remarks in lat
week 5 News concerning US. The cr-
rora in the quoted article are Brother
Guli4 shot ours.
THE News esteemed cCntmcp-
orary the Wood Pioneer, few
weeks ago remarked that it aD-
pcarcd the Democrats had consid-
erable trouble to fill their ticket
and keep it filled and in fcrrcd
that the prospects were not very
bright for them to win. Dear
brcther-go out and mix with the
formers and taxpayers some and
see what they say-you should
have been in White River We'd
ncsdav Of this week and lust stood
around.
Th voters in Mellette County have
never been more dissatisfied and
the prospects TO ia change have
never been any better.
Then too, Dear Sir, the unsuspcct-
ing public will read with interest
the story how you had your notary
public put in a bill for nearly 500
notry fees, how you had your notary
publec put and got by with it. at
the very. same commissioners meet
ing that the publisher Of the News
refunded to the County and made
settlement with the county commits
sioners fo rsomelhing like seven
or eight dollarsfor notary fees
charged by the News notary for
afIidavits of publication furnished
to the county which the state cxamr
iner said were not proper charges.
Why should you be allowed notary
fees and the News refund theirs?
"Then, too, the taxpayers will be
pleased to know that bill for $2.75
put in by the News, which the state
accountant said was proper
charge. was rejected about four
times, when at about the same time
the county grading outfit was or
dcrcd to grade a road up to GER
tain individuals land at the cost of
thousand OF more and then never
be acOod road. Of course, this was
not completed. And there will be
many other interesting stories.
dear brother! The Democrats could
have had many candidates ii fill
their ticket, but it was a case of
he Office seeking the man in place
Of whole families seeking Offices.
''Surc. the Republicans have
some good officials in the Court
house but none are doing more than
their duty. They also have a good
ticket. but our friend kirch wont
vote county ticket straight.
mo, the Democratic ticket was
not not so hard to fill and it will
he an interesting campaign. 1t will
be- a campaign of Democrats against
Republicans. but it ~'ill be cam
paign Of the taxpayers against those
who have looted the county treasy,
regardless OF party affiliations, and
right now is a good time for those
who have elena hands to come out
in the open and say so, for there
are some who have y
Well, we have circulated among the
farmers Of Mellettc county and we
have not heard so terrible much dis
satisfaction. Of course there is
some Observation-Disclosures always is.
In the time Of Christ there were those
on earth whc were dissatisfied with
Him and denied Him, and human ia