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SK^f jfej. *mmi ym^?k jU^Ai,mb'^t^Jm^4* v-*1 I- VOL. I. NUMBER 19. *£.' 'M CREAM OF THE WEEK'S NEWS, Enthusiastic Workers Busy In the Indepen dent Campaign All Ouer the State and County. Special Reports From Worthing, Brooklyn, Nurey and Other Points. FFISIIELDON AND GIFFORD AT WORTHING, REV WORTHIG, Oct.'25.—Special correspond ence. At the republican rally in the school house at this place last night, some fifty men were in attendance. C. H. Sheldon of Day county and our unworthy Canton congressman made stump speeches for the republican cause. Mr. Sheldon occupied most of our attention extolling the beau ties ol the republican party and telling what great things Tariff, Tariff & C,. had done for this country. In truth. Mr. Sheldon's-whole speech was in adv ci cy of the pmtective system and there was little jtfffiWconsolatiuii l'or the lax ,bur dciirM/i and,farmer in it. Mv.'JEford said he was one ol those men whekji'ftd been faven-d wilh a seat in congress and he knew something hew things were1 running. He "explained" the stiver bill more to his own satisfaction than to the satisfaction of his hearers, anti declared that the independents were a set ol lediculcus denepoguts who had no lights and did not deserve support. Your readers may better estimate the strength of the republicans in Worthing and the weakness of Messres Sheldon and and Gilford's speeches, from the fact that during the three Hours they occupied the floor not a sign of a cheer greeted any thing they said. F. A. Leavitt, who was present, was it called upon for a speech. Mr. Leavitt re alized that this was not his meeting and was somewhat backward about speaking jt being called upon he told his views silver bill in no unmistakable He showed that all there was in was arschome by which the would realize some $8,000,000 on their silver and that ultimat- as p: ly silver would be demonetized instead of coined in unlimited quantities. He called attention to the cunning way in which Gifford and Sheldon had evaded the, per nicious part of the record of the republic an.party and impressed his hearers with, -the fact that this is the way they have Isucceedod^iii 'T^iiSpkig tfaefofoi ance ot the truth for years. Mr. Leavitt also called attention to the manner in which this old ring of politicians had suc ceeded in squeezing the life out of the people and are doing it today. Mr. Leav itt denounced this kind of work in his us ually vigorous terms and was cheered to the echo. Mr. Leavitt is gaining ground «very day around his own home as well as elsewhere. The prohibitionists are unit ed upon him as against the republican Gamble, and his friends are bound to elect him. DOE SHANNON AT EDEN. flo Ex-jurist Makes A Speech and Roasts the Norwegians. |:t. 24. Special? Correspondence: EDEN The republicans held their rally of the season here last night. Judge P. C. Shan non, of Canton did the wind work. He talked for three straight hours and said nothing of any consequence excepting that "the independent party is largely com posed of ignorant foreigners who do not know anything about our institutions, and many of them do not know enough about this country to know' who Henry Clay was or anything about the grand protective system which he advocated." *!jij Uncle Jerry Gehon, who was present, wanted to ask the Judge a question atone point in his speech, but, the privilege was arrogantly refused with the groterque remark that this was a republican meet ing and he did not want to be interrupted by outsiders, The Judge's pompous de meanor did not take among the republic ans here, many of whom are farmers, and he made-no friends for himself nor the cause. ,. BROOKLYN TOWNSHIP. eVoe Beceived With Open Arms—The Ever ett Surprise Party. LTN, Oct. 18. Special corre&pond- Emma De Voe, state lecturer of thceqiJSl sufferagc association, visited Brooklyn townshig this week and Wed nesday evening lectured on the subject of womans suffrage at the Millbrook school house. The meeting had been well ad vertised and the attendance was very large, the school house, which is one of the larg est in the township, being packed full. Mrs. DeVoe spoke lor two hours and held lier heareis with unabated interest, fre quently bursting out in storms of applause that seemed to raisft the roof of the school house. She handles the subject very nicely and our people were favorably im pressed with the 'lady. She received a hearty welcome among us and her visit will do the cause great good. The friends and neighbors of Samuel ii~ tea Everitt and family presented them with a happy surprise party on Friday evening of last week.' A large number of Broolc l3rn township's best people, young and old, were present and received an affec tionate we)come at the home of Mr. Ever ett. The evening was spent in pleasant conversation, games etc. until a late hour. •The party was arranged by the people of Brooklyn as an attestation of their respect and good will and wishes for the family of Mr. Everett, who will, we regret to say, leave this locality next week for the Pac ific coast. While their departure will be generally regretted, the best wishes of Brooklyn people will follow Mr. Everett and family to their new home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin, old friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wimple and others, are visiting for a few weeks in Brooklyn township. PAEii.ii AX'il) OOiltiKLSSMAN. l'wo fiusiti'jig Independents Piay Smash With Kepubiaicn fialiy. NUREV, Oct. 20—Special Correspondence: Judge Gilford, K. C. Stabeok and-Steam bi at King Sinionds held forth at the Hiiguess school house in this (Norway township last Saturday evening with sample ol the republican rallys now be ing peddled all over the ccunty. Jar Stabeck, opened the meeting with a speech -in which lie extolled the republic an party and all it had ever done for the people. He made his speech short and sweet to give way for Judge Gilford who, he said was fresh from the halls of con gress and could leliihore about the good the republican party had (tone recently, than he could. Judge Giffordthen spoke for two hours, and made a first rate re publican speech. The principle thing he said was that the republican party had the credit for all the ligislation favoring the people that had been passed for many years. He also said that iu the true sense of the word, Mr. Loucks, the inde pendent candidate for governor, was not a citizen of the United States, and in the event of war in this country he could claim protection under the British gov ernment. The most remarkable thing about Mr. Gifford's speech was that in all his lengthy argument he failed to say a word that brought forth the sign of an applause or approval. After the Judge had closed his dis course, J. M. Wahl and Jere Gehon, two, stalwert independents were loudly called ELK POINT, Oct. 20—EDITOR FARMERS' LEADER, I received a sample copy of your paper containing the proceedings of your Independent county convention and noticed with pleasure that you had placed W. H. Goltry on your ticke for county superintendent of schools, a position which he is well qualified to fill by reason of his long experience in the school room for while a resident of this county he taught successful terms of school in the best districts including the city of Elk Point, Voters need have no fear of Mr. Goltry. Yours for the cause, ^fPi ifr Jk^u R. COMTTON. INDEPENDENTS IN B0NH0MME COUNTS' The Old Party Poroes Forsaking the Old Bets for the Independent Fold. RUNNING WATER,Oct. 18, Special Cor respondence. The iudependent party movement is progressing finely in this lo cality considering the fact that the greatest obstacle in its way to overcome is the prejudices of the people. But it is gratifying to see the forces of the old par ties forsaking the ruts of the democratic and republican ranks and are coming over one by one, slowly but surely, into the new party fold and that is right "for ye need not fear to put the new wine into new bottles" and the best laws that were ever made were laws repealing old laws. Running Water will give a good majority tor the independent ticket. Robert Bol lard, republican candidate lor attorney [Continued on fifth page.] A Faithful LEADER in the Cause of Economy and Reform, the Defender of. Truth and Justice, the Foe of Fiaud and Corruption. CANTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1890. DEEDS OF DARIMi. The Huron Campaign Managers Resort ing to Counterfeiting Their Corruption Fund. The Pierre Capitol Building Saves South Dakota Twenty-five Hundred Dollars per Year. HURON S SCRIP FRAUD. The last faint effort of the now doom ed town on the Jim to meet her financial obligations is one of the worst frauds ever attempted to be perpetrated upon the people of the state. Having run short of funds with which to carry on her corrupt campaign, Huron has now had printed an immense lot of scrip, representing over tico million dollars. This scrip has the same appearance as a bank not or any paper money, and purports to be redeemable at its face value if Huron gets the capital. This so-called money is being passed -off onto the farmers and the uninitiated in consideration for work and votes for Huron. This script is not and necer leitlbe icorth any more than the paper it is printed on—whether or not Huron should be the capital. It is a fraud and a snare to catch unsuspecting victims. Having failed to float her $60,000 bogus school bonds, Huron is compelled to use some pretext for money and to keep UD appear ances of meeting, he obligations in some way. Think of it! Huron promises to redeem two million dollars worth of scrip if she gets the capital.. If we stop to' and consider this a moment, the utter transparency and ridiculousness of the proposition is at once apparent. The as sessed valuation of Huron, does'not now for from the audience upon the floor and. reach two million dollar*. How can.she xepuested^to.-replyipsy^^Tt0™*Tnillloti doflSrsT^iluron' is «uow so deeply in debt that financial in Wahl, in his usually enthuasnc way, said that no one could expect a rusty hayseed like himself and Jere Gehon to reply to a polished lawyer and congressman, fresh from the halls of legislation but he was surprised to hear a man like Mr. Gifford make the atgument'he presented here this evening. He admitted that all the good legislation that had been enacted in twen ty-five years had been done by the repub lican party, but in turn, all the bad legis lation had also come from that party. Mr. Wahl then proved that the beneficial legislation passed by the republican par ty was nowhere compared with the bad they had passed. Mr. Gehon spoke but a few moments and said that it was too late for him to make much of a speech, so he stopped after asking Mr. Gifford a lew questions which he could not answer The remarks of both Gehon and Wahl were greeted with tremendious applause. The meetiug was largely at tended but nearly every one present will vote the independent ticket and Mr. Giff ord's speech has helped to induce them to do so. stitutions refuse to buy her bonds or give her money on any securities whatever. How will she raise two million dollars aft er election if she can't raise one thousand now? Would any man accept the paper of a1 financial institution which he knew was already bankrupt? Will any voter in South Dakota accept payment for his services in Huron scrip, when he knows that Huron cannot pay her debts? Huron cannot even pay the interest on her huge indebtedness, and it is common talk among her citizens that Huron will make no attempt to pay up her immense debt after election. Besides Huron has no -more show of being the capital than has Wolsey and ths Huron capital committee' know this as well as anyone, and they know they can safely promise to pay any thing and every thing contingent on Huron' success, knowing full well that they will never be called upon to pay up. It is more than probable that.if the mat ter was looked into, it would be found that the action of Huroij in issuing this scrip is highly criminal. Beware pf the man who offers you Huron scrip. DONATED TO THE STATE. A Dasd for the Pierre Oipitol Biildin? Dapwite in the Bank. PIERRE, Oct, 28.—Special Correspond ence: The Daily Capital publishes the following facts cencerning the Pierre cap ital building, which will fully answer THE LEADER'S inquiry concerning this matter: The Sioux Falls Press of October 22d. publishes the full text of a lease of the capitol building in Pierre to the United States, for the purpose of holding their regular term of United States court. The lease shows that the amount paid for the use of the building is at the rate of $2,500 per year. It also stipulates that the lease can be discontinued at any time. Judge Edgerton, in accepting the lease, ctates that the building is conveniently located, and suitable in all respects for United States purposes. It was very kind of the Press to print these facts, but that papei1 has wilfully misrepresented the matter in not stating that a deed (if the building was. and is now, deposited with one of the banks of this city, subject to the order of the state of South Dakota. The state has so fftr had the use of the building for over one year without one dollar ^.expense. She will never pay one dollar fdr this fine state house, as the deed wi|l be delivered to her as soon as she can^jiccept the gift, which will be when impermanent capital is located in Pierre O||the fourth of November, 1890. The j^lding is in every way suited for a capi^building, and was erected by the enterprising citizens of Pierre by public contribfl(t|on. When the United States court oQnfeials were looking for suitable quarte£i||n which to hold their terms of court, J^l^was found that the quarters they dett|ed could be found in the capit ol build|i)g and would in no way iuterfere with the,flaetting of the legislature, as the rooms they occupied would not be in use when t||$||egislature convened. Of course if the i|«p desires to cancel the lease, they cap|«6 so when they obtaine posses sion of thfbuilding, which will be the minute llp.capital is permanently located at Pieri^Kbr as soon thereafter as the offi cials power to accept the same wil do it is not necessary that the lease sh|t£d be canceled., as the term oi the Unitei States court will in no way in terfere w-i fi the occupancy of the buildiiif: and by tU 1 means the state will be the gainer by 2,500 per annum, besides the ownership and free use of the building when iMsPb needed by them'. A JOBWEGIAN LUTHEEANS. KepOrt'Of MecitiS'g of-tho-Canton District, Helt' OcV?to 9. The .G.ajfton o|rj&l^6f: the United Norwe gian Lu,t»ran church1-held it's regular tncetingdKUi'is place-October 7th., 8th and 9tb:^jftd it may be of interest to the readers oil®HE FARMERS LEADER to learn somethvnaitf the proceedings of the meet ing of te|ody. First '^i Word, however, in explanation of the Camon circle—During a great gen eral conference, held at Minneapolis last June, a tufton' was effected by the three denominations known as the Augustana Synod, Co^jfcience Church and the Anti Missourlai^. According to this union these thte^idenominations have united in to one b^djf.- known as the United Nor wegian Lutheran churdh. Thisijiowerful organization has con gregatiiA^lfi all parts of the U. S. and the congregations lire foe convenience ar r&nge<y$ujja:mnetccn distinct districts, or Citsie^^jds) and the Canton Circle is one «fj|iiijffrjfegteen. ii mi CldSf atteiiideQ bymembership as well as the clergy of the different congregations in each circle, for the purpose of religious edification and the discussion of such questions as may concern the membership of the circle or to the church at large. As might be expected, considerable int erest was manifested in their two institu tions, here—namely,• Augustana College and the Orphan's Home, recently estab lished at, Beloit, Iowa. After the union oi the church, it was found most subserv ient to the interests of the united church to discontinue the Beloit Seminary and thestudentsof that institution, who had not completed their course, will continue the same at Augsbury Seminary in Min neapolis. But the management of the church were not long in seeing that the grounds and buildings of the former Be loit Seminary were just what was needed for an Orphan's home and to this end all needed arrangements have been directed. The meeting alsu heartily approved of the work done at Augustana College and the attendants pledged themselves to work fo: the building up of an institution here that will be a credit to South Dakota as well as to the church and it is hoped that the youth of Lincoln county and south eastern Dakota will avail themselves of this excellent opportunity to acquire an education. Under the new arrangement it is proposed to make the college equal to any in the northwest. THE LEADER would remind its readers that they would advance their own interests by encourag ing the upbuilding of the Augustana Col lege. The meeting of the Canton Circle wai attended by over 300 members of the Uni ted Lutheran Church. POLITICAL MEETINGS Appointments of Independent Speakers in Lincoln County. Eden township, F-iday, Oct. 31, at Eden—Leavitt, Gehoi and Bradshaw. Dayton township, Saturday, Nov. 1, Wardwellschool house—Jamieson. Gol try and Owens. Springdale township, Monday, Novem ber 3, at the Eckert school house No. 57 —Gehon. Owens and Goltry. At any and all of these meetings an invitation is extended to members of other political parties to meet our speakers and discuss the merits of the in dependent plalforin. By the County Committee. President Clark, oi' the Canton town ship Alliance' announces that there will be regu ar meeting Saturday afternoon Nov. 1st, at one o'clock. A ..teSSSSir l"$F 3^^W#W *'t 1 jk KENNEDY TRUE TO HIS PARTY, In an Interuiew He Gives His Opinion On Criticisms^lUade In Certain County Papers. He Has No Unfriendly Feeling Toward the Republican Convention, But Cannot Support Dunham. SOME SPICEY READING. There having been considerable talk in political circles, since the late republican county convention, with reference to C. B. Kennedy becoming anon-partisan can didate for county attorney, a LEADER re porter called at the office of Mr. Kennedy, a_fpw days ago for the purpose of securing an interview with the gentleman. the Browns, who promised me support, fulfilled his promise, and I have no qur rel with the convention. I hold that when a man submits his name to a con vention and takes his chances with other candidates for a nomination and fails simply because the convention chooses mother and in doing so commits no fraud, a man is not justfled in disregard ing the action of the convention hence I would have no grounds on which to base ah independent candidacy," "Some parties claim, from your article written in the LEADER, that you are waveriug in your fealty to the republic an party. Is this true?" "By no means. I am as good a republican today as I ever was. The republican party has settled many of the important issues that any nation has ever made and oas settled them right, and every repub lican can feel proud of the history his .jarty has made. However, new issues nave presented themselves to the Americ tii people for settlement and the most im portant of these is that between labor and capital. The capital lias been organized iuto vast corporations, mighty trusts, financial syndicates, and stock and pro vision gambling boards of trade. These great powers have the labor and production of this country at their mercy. It is to their interest, to wring from labor all they can and give no just compensa tion in return, These elements of capital are in both political parties and are exerting mighty influence, in if not absolute control of these parties so doing have precipitated a struggle with labor. The laborer and the producer of this country have been contending for years with these mono polies to procure justice, and the result has been that they have become discour aged and are leaving the old parties, labor parties have been organized and large numbers of republicans and dem ocrats have gone out and joined them, and this going out has weakened the in fluence of the labor and producing ele ments in the republican party. The fact exists that these men have gone out. It will not do to call them cranks, sore heads, and office seekers. They are con tending for what they believe to be right in procuring- justice and it behooves the the republican party, and every good republican to examine closely the condi tions existing between labor and capital, and if these men have it just cause for dissatisfaction with the repuoncan party it is vitally necessary that the republicans see to it that the just demands of the laborer and producer are granted. If not, the laborers and producers remain ing with the republican party, will go out ilgfihu-wii'i.ii TO The reporter found Mr. Kennedy at his and fiiid noihiiur in it desk, sleeves rolled up ami hard at' work, II is.M'lfevideM ti,i and join those who have left for the rea son that their interests are identical. Having studied these conditions I became convinced' that the producer was right in demanding lhat the government protect him from the cheap labor of Russia, India and other grain producing coun tries, and that the proper way to do this was for the government to provide for the surplus food products and to do for the producer just exactly what has«been done for the silver men. This principle is right and the near future will so de monstrate it. The republican party must take up this issue or its capacity for usefulness will cease to exist." "What do you think oi" the article in the News criticising pour article with re ference to the new silver bill reeen 'ly published in TIIE LKADJSU "1 h.tve lead the two-'o-.iumn criticism thy "f r'piy. •ish h.'is no int .. i.t yiu:| into his easy chair with that characteristic dignified demeanor which becomes himvo well. "I have no desire or inclination lo become a candidate for states attorn 'v, ind while my friends have considered me justified, and urged me to do so I have my re as on or do in it "Would you be kind enough to favor THE LEADER with your reasons, r. Ken nedy" asked the reporter. 'No. First, I never wanted the office and I consented to be a candidate before the republican county convention for the reason that Mr. Brown stated that lie ould not be a candidate under any cir cumstances and he was very bitterly opposed to Mr. Rudolph procuring the office and requested trie to be a candidate for the position, pledging me that under no circumstances would he be a candi date or permit the use of his name. Mr. Rudolph being objectional to a great many of the temperance people of the county, I consented to be a candidate, relying upon the honor and good faith of Mr. Brown. He saw fit to be a traitor to his pledge, faith and support and the re sult was that he was-nominated. The convention.did me no wrotfg every man M'rJ but was received wilh'th :t. degree ,.f «».:• lelligentcoiMpt^h^usiori,''' ,.f this silver diality characteristic of thatgent'emaii. jam! .-U: •ihyVii.gh• hutnifeslV a '.deplorable "Mr. Kennedy" queried the ve..i!i:iev, I i:idc:r- -.or,- f-K'' ij.,wi'A'!g.vV of. tbe''"f)dSi "I presume \ou ht|,veuoobjection to s.t vT- I'ditfo'h's. \viiieh i.his-/?•!:'%er law cmiti-si'" ing toTIIE LEADER wheath.n- or not' 1 hive time nor do.J wish to occupy, iu tend to be an independent, candidate for your spao^ut" replying to. -This article states attorney?" '•. er'iliaii t'. B4v"in addition-u' what I s..id" lo, I.have not" said ho. leaning b«:k 1 said he. leaning b».ek iii.my former article thai this silver i.-iw provides'thai 'fli.e' sr!'v- »r certificate' issued by the'goverimienf are payable in coiil'. Tile Kecrei.ii.-y of -the. 'treasury construi's this.to mean gold or silver and directs 'that I hey be paid in gold i'.so demanded of is is on be ha gold bugs of Wall street will hoard all the gold they can draw from circulation and then present the silver certificate to the treasurer of the United States and take all the gold there is there. The gold being thus cornered it is not attainable to satisfy contracts made payable in gold coin, and silver will be at a discount and practically demonetized." \, 7 "Have you read the criticism made by the Leiinox Independent with reference to your candidacy for state attorney, criti cising you for avoiding the payment of taxes?" "Yes, I have read it, and as usual I re-' gard Peters criticism as beneath my con tempt and would not notice it were ir not that people might accept his falshoods for the facts. I never stop to indulge in controversy with Pete for the reason that I cannot get down in the mud with him. With reference to my taxes I will say that I have always paid the highest taxes tireVea^dOTaiPl^ of»any man in the county. With refer ence to my claiming to be worth $75'0d0, I never made any such claim, and Pete simply lies. In 1888 I claimed that my indebtedness should be deducted from the assessd valuation of my bank stock. The city and county board denied me this right. I appealed to the District court and Judge Garland said that I was entitl ed to such deduction and made an order directing the county board and treasurer to grant me this right, which, by the laws of my state, I was entitled to." In 18891 again claimed a deduction for my indebt edness. believing that the board woulb re spect the decision of the District court, which they saw fit not-to do. I again ap pealed to the District court and Judge Aikens ordered that the comity board and treasurer allow my claim, it being the law of the state. I certainly should not be the subject of censure 111 asserting.legal rights approved by these courts. Peter insinuated, that my affidavits were false. Nobody has ever questioned them. The only Contro versy has been with reference to the law and not the facts, for nobody disputes them I returned all the property I had. I have got tired of Peter's continually charging that I have dodged the payment of my taxes and this is not the first time he has libeled me. I will now bring him into court in an action for lible and give him an opportunity to 'show before the court snd jury wherein I have avoided the just payment of my taxes or made any false affidavit. A jury of twelve men will report the fact by their verdict, and for all time to come, these malicious charges ot my avoiding taxation. I have paid, for the last three years, an average of $GOO a year taxes and I dont propose longer to endure such malicious false hoods. Of course I realize the fact that a judgement against Pete will not be worth a cent but it will establish the fact that I pay my taxes and that Pete lies. "It is reported that you will not support Mr. Dunham for state senator?" "That is true. I cannot support Mr. Dunham for the reason that uo republic-. an is bound to support him. Two years ago he was a candidate for probate judge before the republican convention and for lack of votes he failed to get the nomina tion. and then bolted and ran independent and got gloriously sat down on. He is in 110 manner qualified for the position, and the republicans of Lincoln county will see to it that he does not procure it." All ladies interested in the amendment giving the right of suffrage, are requested to meet at the school house at'nine o'clock Tuesday morning, Nov. 1. fv: --'^•M »4i» a $1.00 PER ANNUM. •-v.- mwm W§f* j.' W:M' ''JM Hu'iV a. x-Kv t'- i'-:'-'.'-? via 4 O a i' :yj. "•-••''vV '-•1 If