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—PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY—
••FARMERS' PUBLISHING COMPANY,
—INCORPORATED—
A. J. WIMPLE, PRESIDENT
JERE GEHON, VICE PRESIDENT
E. W. OWENS, SECRETARY
JOHN ISACKSON, TREASURER.
J. P. COOLE
Y, EDITOR AND MANAGER.
Entered at the postofflce in Canton as second
Class mail matter.
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pany composed of nearly 400 of the most
progressive farmers of southeastern South Da
kota. It is a fearless advocate of the rights of
the farmer, mechanic, day laborer and artisan
and as suoh it will use its best influence toward
the upbuilding of the Farmers' Alliance, the
Knights of Labor and kindred organizations,
•nd, incidentally, toward the support of the
principles of the independent party.
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•f aboard of directors composes of the follow
TAX named gentlemen: A. 3. wimple, Jere
•Gehon, E. W. Owen*. John Isaokson, Henry
Bradshaw, Ole Byre. Nels Larson, Ole Hokon
atad, A. T. Sundvold.
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MVS TEH TO US BE TURNS.
There is a something- uncommonly sin
gular about the result of the election held
in this state on the fourth of this month.
Generally the returns of an election of as
great importance as this, are published
with reasonable accuracy, in all the lead
ing papers of the state within two or three
days after the election and within a week
at least, every voter of the state
can learn
of the result if he cares to do so. That
this record should be broken in the case
of the last election will hardly go down as
reasonable, and yet it. is true that for
fully ten days after the election, it
was impossible to learn anything deflnate
about the result from any pource. True the
republican papers claimed that Mellette
and the entire republican ticket had been
elected, but not until after they them
selves had conceeded that Mr. Loucks
had been elected by 2000 majority over
Mellette and that the independents had &
good majority in the legislature. Why
Should it be that in a little state election,
where less than 75,000 votes were cast, it
should take ten or twelve days to ascer
tain the result if everything is conducted
honestly and fairly THE LEADER has
DO desire to make assertions in this con
nection that it is not prepared to prove,
but the reader who knows of the fraudu
lant manipulations that brought about a
result in the Hayes-Tildcn election, is
led to surmise strange things, that is,
things that our republican friends would
call strange, about the result of the
South Dakota election as at present an
nounced. People are not apt to think
favorably of a horse thief or murderer
when they catch him under strange con
nections," neither can they have a favora
ble opinion of a political party that par
ticipated in the most glaring election
fraud ever perpetrated, and other con
spiracies of even worse character, if they
find it surrounded by suspicious associa*
tions, and the republican party ought to
•excuse any one for entertaining a sus
picion that they have concocked a scheme
by which the independent candidates on
the state ticket, were dishonestly dealt
with. Tins LEADER has every reason to
believe that this has been done. It does
not believe that the republican ticket of
South Dakota was honestly elected and
the reader who will but stop to consider
the situation will believe the same thing.
The facts are that the entire election
machinery of the state are in the hands
of the republicans and the changing of
only a few votes in each precinct, or a
few more in each county, would turn the
result in the opposite direction to the ex
tent of five or six thousand votes, and the
fact that the result was held back, for
ten days after the election, renders the
matter exceedingly suspicious. A party
••hat will undertake the hazardous task
of changing an important statute after it
has been passed by a legislative body,
and engineer an election fraud of the
magnitude of the Hayes-Tilden affair is
none too good to change the result of a
South Dakota election in its own favor
when it has the chance to do so.
MOODTS SENATORIAL SUCCES
SOR.
While the result of the late election in
this state is still pretty much in the dark,
enough is known to make it pretty cer
tain that Pettigrew's confidence in the
debtion of Senator Moody has waned
-aad that "Gideon's band" is doomed to
•disband. According to the latest re
'.turns the republicans have 81 members
iin tfflw legislature, the democrats 30 and
the independents 58, which leaves the re
publicans about four less than a majority
on joint ballot. Hence, unless Mr.
Moody's friends can induce enough inde
pendents or democrats to join his band,
he is doomed. But that he will get the
independents, or any of their number
to support him is absolutely out of the
question. Every independent member of
that legislature has been elected on a
strong anti-Moody platform, the obliga
tions of which it would be certain politic
al death to disregard. It is impossible for
Mr. Moody to get any support from
the independents. And as to the demo
crats? Well, their chances to elect a
man of their own stamp is out of the
question and it is just possible that a few
of them can be bought, but it is hardly
possiple, they could have none other
than a mercenary motive for voting for
a republican. In truth, did any member
of either independent or democratic party
vote for a rank political enemy would be
equal to an acknowledgement of having
received a bribe and it would result in
the ruination of anyone who would do
such a thing. There is then no reason
able hope for Mr- Moody's reelection, and
this fact makes it exceedingly doubtful
as to whether his name will appear before
the legislature as a candidate, or if it
does appear, that it will be withdrawn
and his support thrown to some candi
date agreed upon between the leaders of
the democratic and republican parties,
both of which are about equally interest
ed in the defeat of the independents.
There are many who believe that Bart
lette, Tripp or A. Wardall will succei'fl
Mr. Moody, but there is no in ore
hope for either of them than there is for
Moody because the independents can no
more conscientiously support Tripp than
Moody and. there is no reason why demo
crats should vote for Wardall anymore
thiin that they should for Moody. The
only hope there is for Tripp, is for him to
announce himself in favor of the inde
pendent platform, and it is not at all like
ly that he will permit himself to do this
and even if he does it is doubtful than the
independents would forsake a true-blue
man of their own heart, for a political
turn-coat who simply adoDted the new
party coat to get the office.
The probabilities are that the republican
and democratic bosses, whose principles
are identical at any rate, will get to
gether and prepare a slata that will carry
the day and thus defeat the candidate of
the independent party.
LOUCKS AND LEAV1TT.
In spite of the abuse and slanders that
were heaped upon the heads of the two
leading candidates upon the independent
ticket in the last campaign, it is gratify
ing that these two men made abetter run,
came nearer to victory than any other
candidates upon the ticket. Mr. Loucks
for governor,made an admirable run, in
most cases running considerably ahead of
the vote polled for the other candidates,
excepting Mr. Leavitt,- and the latter in
many instances running far ahead even of
the vote polled for the head of the ticket.
It is certainly a matter of great satisfac
tion to Mr. Leavitt, that wherever he was
best known he received the largest vote
and in all the precincts of the district
over which he holds jurisdiction as Alli
ance organizer, he ran ahead of his ticket.
Here in his own county, where the re
publican papers and stumpers and rousta
bouts predicted that he would not get
200 votes, and run behind his ticket and
all that sort of stuff, Mr, Leavitt came
out with nearly 100 more votes than were
cast for any other enndidate upon the
state ticket. Then in his own township
where the republican demagogues and
bletherskites claimed he would not get
over five votes, he was the only irtan on
the whole independent ticket that receiv
ed anywhere near the vote that he did.
Ab.out the same is true of Mr. Loucks.
Wherever he was best known he received
the largest vote in the face of the strong
est opposition that ever encountered any
man in a political campaign. These facts
ought forever to shut the mouths of the
political slander mongers like the Sicrax
Falls Press, Canton Advocate and other
sheets, Who have learned from this that
people do not swallow without investi
gation, every dish of filth and slush
that they have prepared. Both
Leavitt and Loucks have just cause to
feel proud of the recognition they receiv
ed among the people and TIIE LEADER
takes pleasure in extending its heartiest
congratulations.
AGRICULTURAL PAPERS.
From the Progressive Farmer.
We often hear farmers sav that they
do not need any papers "to tell them how
to farm." This is partly true, but inother
respects it is a mistake. You need papers
that truthfully represent you and your
business. A great many agricultural
journals are too much agricultural.
Their editors, as a rule, never plowed a
farrow in their lives, and sometimes are
not possessed with good common sense.
Again, there is another class of papers
that arc political in every sense of the
word. They are thoroughly agricultural,
but the "farming" part is simply a dis
guise behind which they stand and argue
that this or that scheme will make the
farmers independent or else that it will
ruin.1 Neither of these classes of
papers- are any account, and are actually
dangerous. They are worth less and in
consistent. They care nothing for the
peopk they claim to represent because
they are not of the people. A paper that
represents the farmers as a class should
contain some agricultural matter, but
[pictures af fine cows, horses, hogs and
jsbeep,. which are paid for advertisements,
do not? aid. the farmers. They need and
jwant practical agricultural literature.
But in-tfiis day the great work ot agri
cultural papws is to gather facts show­
ing the many oppressions under winch
the pe.ople labor. A man may know how
raise fine stock and make 50 to HO
bushels of corn per Here, or two bales of
cotton, but if it is liken from him ii".-
juslly, liu is un beiier off, HhiMiion is
of the irivntest imp-.vtauce now. If the
f.innet's Unow.tii" wroii ...- they have to
contend with and get nisi from t.ie
atieiii:
ir
paper-',
and encouragement in their elf rfs to sys­
tematize! :tir business, ihey v,il always
make enough u- feed und eiutlie tin*
world. Discussing this from the
same
standpoint, one. of our exchanges says:
"There is a class of newspapers that
tre continually telling the farmers how to
farm successfully.' The farmer must
keep his plow, his wagons, stock,
poultry, etc all in out of the weather,
and we have been looking for some of
them to advise the farmer to keep his
orchard, in a good barn during the
winter.
"These editors who farm on paper
presume a great deal on the intelligence of
the farmer. Faftaiing on paper and on
the farm is twoditfereut things entirely,
and if a man who has been raised on the
farm—never folloured anything else—
don't know how to conduct a farm to the
best advantage, no amount, of newspaper
lecturing will ever teach him.
"Why ridft yi.n ive merchants,
lawyers, d' ct b. iikw?v nd men
of
The Farvsers'.A-'iianc is not an aux­
iliary of the. deij. '.u'utic or
lepublican
parties, it has'!e:-n fought ill the south
by the democratic and in the north by
the republican parties. But the fanners
have rebuked the parties in power for
their reckless disregard of the people's
demands, Congress has been petitioned
for free
coinage
of
silver by almost
every
Alliance in the United States and their
petitions were ignored. They were de
termined to be felt and have their peti
tions, wants and necessities at least rea
sonably and justly considered and if the
next congress ignors their petitions they
will send to Washington a house of their
own.—Sharon Springs Echo.
The question has often been asked at
this office as to when the official returns
of the election will be made known, by
whom they are canvassed and what dis
position is made of them. Accord
ing to a law passed by the last legislature
the state canvassing board to examine
the returns on state officers is composed
of the governor, the presiding justice of
the supreme court, the secretary of state
and the auditor of the state in the
presence of the attorney general and the
lieutenant governor but no members
thereof shall take part in canvassing the
vote for any office for which he himself is
a candidate. On the Thursday following
the fourth Monday after the day of elec
tion, the state canvassing board shall
open and examine the returns from all
the counties, if they are received from all
the counties, and if not all received they
may adjourn, not exceeding twenty days,
for the purpose of obtaining the returns.
Many readers of THE LEADER have no
doubt had a curiosity to know something
of the character of the geniue Webster's
Dictionary, as it is now published and
the cheap editions which are being ped
deled through the country and palmed
off upon the public as the genuine Webs
ter. THE LEADER came in possession of
one of these cheap" editions of the
dictionary a mouth or two ago and is
therefore in a position to speak from ex
perience! To anyone who has examined
the' two books, the cheapetf edition will
appear at once as an inferiorwork, cheap,
rotten1 paper, unsubstantial Mnding, in
ch stirtet print and in no way comparing
•#i4ih- the real Websters InternaJfcmal die
tfottatf as published by the original pub
lishers,- Messrs. C. & G. Merriam' & Co.
and a* advertised in another part of this
paper.- anyone desiring a copy offlie
cheaper'dtftticn, THE LEADER office WILT'
sell the copy in our prosession. costing I4
for half price as we have made arrange
ments for a copy of the late revised and
complete edition.
THE LEADER would call attention to
the fact that a short time before the elec
tion, what a cry was raised bv the re
publican papers over the alleged inten
tions of the democrats and independents
to consummate a deal by which both
Loucks and Leavitt would be withdrawn
and the names of democratic candicates
to be put in the place. Although the re
publicans made a terrible howl over this
their maliciously false pretenses, this
and other independent papers branded
the assertions as false and without
foundation, gotten up purely for the pur
pose of creating prjudice against the in
dependent party. THE LEADER would
ask its republican contemporaries what
has become of these stories? You lying
devils told the people that they were be
ing imposed upon and no doubt some of
them have believed: you. Time has
proven that you have lied in every as
sertion you have made. How are you
now to set yourselves right before those
who have believed you and how are you
to clear yaurselres of the charge of false
hood prefered against you by those who
have not believed you. Moreover, how
can you expect the people in the future
to believe a word that comes from your
blasted lips?
THE PUBLIC QUESTION BUREAU,
Under this heading THE FARMERS' LEADER
TVIIJ publish answers to all reasonable questions
that j.iny be asked by its subscribers or regular
correspondents. All communications for this
department must bo made in writing on or
before Monday of the week in wliih they are in
tended to be published. Available space for
the une of the department is limited to half a
olumn per week and all matter received in ex-
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all
oli.1'1' on 'r'i.li,wV- .- -ine instructions
.-«• mH'- :i. iK«ir r.-. that tin
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.. n-onld pay no
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than aiiv -ne vi.-e."
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iven precedence, the following week. No
.mention will be paid to questions coming from
others than regular subscribers or correspon
dents nor from parties who do not give their
names. Neither will it knowingly decide bets
or impart information concerning lotteries, gut
or other gambling concerns:
Can you give me the names of members of the
first legislature of the territory of Dakota and
who was president of the council and who
speaker of the house J. M. R.
Answer: The first council of the territory
was composed of H. D. Betts, J. W. Boyle, D.
T. Bramble, W. W. Brookings, A. Cole, Jacob.
Deuel, J. S. Gregory and Enos Stutsman. The
name of John H. Shober appears as president
of the body. The house was composed of M, R.
Armstrong, Lyman, Burgess, J, A. Jacobs, J.
C. McBride, Christopher Moloney. A. W.
Puett, John Stanage, J. L. Tiermon, H. L.
Donaldson, Reuben Wallace, P. P. Waldron
and B. E. Wood. Geo. M. Periney, was
speaker.
I wish THE LEADER would give me some
thing of the process of the manufacture of
celluloid: O. M. B.
Answer: The details of the practical pro
duction of celluloid are held as trade secrets,
similar to Russia iron, and aluminum, and
nearly 100 patents have been granted on pro
cesses and machinery for its manufacture.
Vegetable fibre, suoh as cotton, is treated with
sulphuric acids, transforming it into pyroxy
line or gun-cotton, which, in turn is passed
ittrough a roller-mill, with the addition of a
small quantity of camphor. Celluloid softens
at 176 degrees, when it can be molded into any
form the material becoming hard by cooling,
it is highly,inflamable and is usually mixed
with other chemicals having opposite proper
ies. Celluloid enters into the manufacture of
1 large variety of useful articles, such as knife
ancUes. piano keys, collars, cuffs, and stereo
ype priming plates.
Give a brief history of Anthony Coinatock,
i-.ti
.you. 'Neither do the more
particularly what positions he has held
.ie government, and what he is now engag
ed in?
Answer: Anthony Conistoek was bora at
.n i:u, Conn. March 7, 1810. His first :iel of
.ei sm was to oiler his services in trie war of
no rebellion to (ill the'place in t.lie «tle of
'.vii yjiburfj. of his brother who had been killed
..: ouctlo, In ISto ho was derailed byU, K.
.ti /ij rts, to Lookout Mountain, to convert the
bxrrauksinto an educational institution. In
ni'u -iu returned to New York, with (RS.80 and
jbtaii, a nosition as porter in a retail establish
ment. He soon' learned the evil effects of
obscene literature and mainfested a
great desire
for its suppression in a letter written to the
secretary of the Young lien's Christain associa
lioii of the city of New York—Morris R. Jessup
.hen chairman of the committ on that subject
received Comstock's letter, gave him trOOO to
work with and in less than a week Comstock
caused the seizure of $20,000 worth of plates
used in printing obscene pictures and about a
hundred thousand pictures, books etc. His suc
cess for the extermination of obscene literature
was remarkable and up to present writing
has caused 1,600 arrests and the destruction of
56 tons of filthy literature. He is the author of
many splendid works on the subject and has
for many years been secretary of the society
for the suppression of Vice,in New York..
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAT,
Expressions Upon Various Topios Prom Men Who
know Whereof they Speak,
J. E. Holter: They may imagine the
new party is dead but they will be mis
taken. The next morning after
election we rolled up our sleeaves and
begun the campaign for 1892. There is
lots of hard work to be done to overcome
the prejudice of the people against us but
its got to be done. New as we were we
could not expect to win this year and I
am glad to see that none of our people
are discouraged.
Jere-Gehon: I said all the time, you
remember, that there would hardly be
any show for us this year. We could not
expect to come out victorious £he first
election: the prejudice against the new
party i» toft severe. I am surprised at the
strngth we had in this state and in other
states. No, our people are not dis
couraged, they see that we are determin
ed and bound to stick out for our princi
ple, and that will make converts and lead
us to success in the near future,
H. O/Strand: I want you to say some
thing id /our paper about an alliance
warehouse in Canton. As the election is
over it is now time for us to agitate the
matter. We ought to have a warehouse
here and if tfhe Canton folks don't want
to help us get it, we must do something
ourselves.
John Aritfetffon: Today (Saturday)
has been a tWirible bugy day. We have
had trade fr&m all over creation Some
goods have been sold to people a\vajr tfreg
of Mitchell, and lots of our trade tt&b&s
from near Beresford.
Wilson Ostrander: Well, sir, I want UP
tell you how I feel about that women's
suffrage question and I think most of
them voted against it on that account. I
voted for it but have been almost sorry I
did it since. You see if the women could
vote, the republican majority against us
would be just twice what it is now, and
it would be double as hard for us to
jpnixeed.
Jtihn Ldtigmire: It beats all how fast
thSTproperty of the poor people is getting
into* the hands of the speculators and
monej* letiders. Back where we come
from the¥& are very few farmers that own
their land?- It has all gone into the hands
of the big lUlows and it is getting so here
piettyfast. Pam surprised to see men
who are supposed to be out of debt and
well off sir, they have their property
mortgaged and don't make much more
than a living.
A. L. Syverud: 5 wouldn't contract
any butter just now.-1 am in hopes to see
this new creamery man* accomplish some?
thing. I want to encoomge that industry
as much as I can for it i» a grand thing
for the farmers. That thing has been in
operation in Norway for years and it has
been a great success. It takes 94,700 to
start a plant, a good deal of' money but
I hope the farmers will lalto a hoM of it
and put it through.
P.J.Nelson: Can you tell ne what
is the reason the price of wheat Md pro
duce drops down so quick after the
election? I think it is on account of
politics. These fellows that run that
thing have an interest in the success of cer
tain political movements and they raise
the price of grainlittle beforerelection
to tickle the farmers and get theft votes
and then after election down coiftes the
whole thing again.
A. R. BROWN,
PRESIDENT.
in your«
and
Buy your
D. J. 6ARPENTER
Country Pk-oduce Taken In Exchange.
E J. KEif:
E. J.
E. J, KEflN,
GROCERIES,'
GROCERIES,
CROCKERY,
CROCEER'i'I .pn
I BOOTS'AND SHOES.
country Produce Wanted In
O. A- RUDOLPH,
SECRETARY.
—INCORPORATED IN 1887.-
Lincoln tasty k«k.
0.1. BROWN, Castor.
mNSUT A GENERAL BANKING
Interest allowed on time deposits,
special attention to loans.
CANTON, SOtfTH 0AKO
Have some special bargain's in bojs,
and men's clothing to offer this week, (J*1*
Mens all wool suits from 35 to
from $6.00 to $8.00. Boys suits 5 to 13
•years for $1.00.
We will soil anything in our line? of
business for 20 p£? cent less than anyone
else can. Call an see for yourselves.
Straw Bras, Co.
Scott, Stover
'I
GROCERIES,
CROCKERY,
BOOTS and S
-o—
Ql-roceries,
1
*r
(3 'rockiery
^",oots $z. Srioee
A. G. STEINER.
VICE PRESIDENT
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size,
8c Co,
The Chicago Barga/i Store,
At Centerville, South Dako&,
Wish to announce that we have our Mr. Scott, who ha# been en
gaged. in the business for upwards of 30 years and with ready
cash, right in the market all the time, on the alert for and' dtcljing
up bargains in goods, almost daily at 40 and 50 cents on the' dollar
of their real value, enables us to say to you we can helj you
save from 25 to 50 cents on nearly every dollars worth of gOOds
you wmgW^us'atrial!4
WlUaflord us
Pkasure to convience you of thisftalfc if
Yours Yery Truly,
Scott, Stover & Co,