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MAKCH 2. 1S!4. CONCERNING SLATE-MAKING. The Sioux Kails Press, in the course of a lengthy and philosophical disserta tion upon slate-makers, sagely observes: There is slate making—and slate making. Insofar as any man or any net of men undertake to thwart what may apparently be the natural and nor mal sentiment of the party, he or they ought to be sat upon. But where any man or Bet of men, with the fullest practicable opportunity for learning what may be the general sentiment of the party, plan fairly and openly to guarantee tfiat sentiment its due ex pression or to do what their acquaint ance and investigation may indicate a: the best thing, lie or they are the bone factors of the party. We can heartily endorse every senti ment above expressed, as well as that contained in the following extract from the same article: Of course it is not onIv the privilege but the duty of every mender of the party to oppose any aspirant or as pirants who he may honestly and con scientiously believe, from the stand point of party welfare, ought not have the preferment sought. But this op position should be candidly otl'cred the public interest." and there should not be any attempt to spuriously the public interest as a cover for private spite or grudge kota journalism has once more proved its right to the title. chairman Greene writes THK UK •i M,i(.'AN that, there will be a meeting of the Statu Central Committee at the Commercial Club rooms in Mitchell, S. D.. on Wednesday, March 21. 1894. at 4 o'clock p. m. to designate the time and locate the place for holding the Republican State Convention and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such a meet ing Congressman Lucas has introduced a bill to ratify the agreement for the pur chase of lands from the Yankton tribe of the Sioux for settlement. It pro poses to appropriate $(iOO.(HXi. making $100.0011 immediately available. There is every likelihood that the Yankton reservation will lie opened tosettlement in the next few months with the entire South Dakota delegation in .congress working for it. Senator Morgan's report on the Ha waiian matter, which we have printed in full, is a clever attempt at making out a good ease for both sides of the controversy: but its real effect is to com pletely vindicate the course of Presi dent Harrison and Minister.Stevens and to flatly condemn the policy of President Cleveland and Secretary Ciresham in attempting to restore the monarchy. use some But to come down front generalizing to actualities, the term slate-making is commonly applied to those tactic which are set in motion when a certain element in a party get together, and before any caucuses or conventions are held, determine who shall lie candidates for this and that position, having al ways in mind the sellish desires of a few individuals rather than the best in terests of the whole party. Such tac tics as these have lieen used in this state and the result has been disastrous to the party, although the individuals in question secured what they went af ter. The history of these tactics and their results is too recent to need re capitulation here, and whatever we have said along this line has been based on what we know of this history. We believe in the right of every man to aspire to office and we. believe it is also his right to let his friends know of his aspirations and to ask their cooper ation within honorable limits: but we question any man's right to anticipate the action of his party associates by do ing their caucus and convention work for them, and then relying on their sense of fealty to carry his plans to a successful issue, regardless of whether the candidates he has selected are best fitted for their respective places or not. A candidate's judgment as to his own litness may possibly be prejudiced, but when ho has submitted his claims to a representative convention, fairly made up from its inception, its judgment can generally be relied upon. Snap cau cuses. improper inlhiences. either by cajolery or threats, and a reckless dis regard of the factors of locality, parly service and personal litness go to con stitute offensive slate-making, and of that sort of tactics South Dakota Re publicanism has had more than enough. Following the example of their house associates the Democrats of the senate are telling hard and disagreeable truths about each other. Senator Brice of Ohio denounces the members of the tariff committee as rebel briga diers who are trying to boss the tariff job ithout having any practical ideas about the important matter: and as a result a caucus has been called to take the Wilson bill from the hands of the committee. Meanwhile the country suffers, and yearns to make the heels of these blundering bourbons break their hidebound necks. The Sioux City Tribune breaks loose on South Dakota politics again in a manner which indicates that it has given up all hopes of fusion in this state. The Tribune snarls with disap pointment as follows: Judging from the temper of the Dem ocratic press in South Dakota, no Dem ocrat is worrying about fusion and no discussion has engaged the party on that line. These blood-red-middle-of the-road cranks are in too groat haste to earn the price of treason to their party. house is tili and Argus-I^ader: The liustering, the senate is delaying the people are getting mad. If the recent election results in New York and Pennsylvania are simply indi cations that the people are getting mad, heaven help the Democratic party when thev get thoroughly warm ed up The Mark Tapley of south Da- j7- There seem to be two sides to the Russian thistle agitation and the scheme to get government aid for the extinction of a weed, which every far mer who farms can crush out for himself, will fall through as. it ought. Meanwhile the Russian thistle crank has contributed his inite to die disoar agement of the Dakolas along with the irrigation idiot. Congressman Livingstone of Georgia is more frank than discreet. He re cently made the following boast: The southern people controlled this country from the beginning of its his tory until the war. and now again they are getting control in every depart ment. Who said "bloody shirt," anyhow? It hardly needed Representative Bland's tierce denunciation of his party associates to add to the popular con tempt for the party of humbug and false pretense now in power in congress—but his unanswerable arraignment will conic in very handy as a Republican campaign docu ment. Populist Pence of Colorado has been trying to prove that our Major Piekler is a liar, but the Major has corroborat ing witnesses to his assertions and will put Pence ill a pocket before he gets through with him. C. A. Lounsberry, founder of the Bis marck Tribune, and one of the most widely known newspaper men of the northwest, is now connected with the St. Paul Globe. Despite the repeal of the Federal election laws there is law enough left on the books of the several states to take care of the Boss McKanes and all of their ilk. CourviiiK MHtter*. Sioux Falls Press. 2.": A meeting was held in Fireman hall last evening for the purposu of organizing a coursing association. It was expected thai .J. K. Wedehase of Mitchell, vice president of the South Dakota Coursing club, would lie here but he failed to come. About fifteen gentlemen who arc interested in this sport were on hand and discussed the prospects of a meeting and' decided that tine should be given about May 1st which will wind up a circuit here of Oakes, N. D., Huron. Mitchell and this city. Those present concluded that a sixteen dog stake would be the proper size and furnish a purse of $200. An other meeting will lie held Wednesday evening for the purpose of more fully discussing the meeting to be given and for the election of officers. It is hoped everyone in the city who is interested in this sport will be on hand. CHrii of Thanks. Mrs. F. W. Whitman and family de sire to express their sincerest thanks to all for the manifestations of kindness and sympathy during their great afflic tion. Our hearts were deeply touched by this kindness. To the business men of Mitchell Tor closing their places of business, to the traveling men who were so kind, and to the church of which Mr. Whitman was a member do we feel especially grateful. This kind ness has in a measure assuaged our ief. griei Tim Slilf S.m-UI Pastor Williams'home was thronged Thursday evening on the occasion of the old-fashioned mite social,conducted by the ladies of the Presbyterian church. The program as announced was successfully carried out, and the refreshments served were in keeping with the spirit oi the occasion. IliffiiBilfefiillS ills Our Great Premium. (X) I saumd spunod UOTUJBS (JF- President Cleveland is justly wrathy over the reiterated reports that he is in poor health: but if he were to remove the mantle of secrecy which conceals his most ordinary movements from the public and would come out inlo the open light as a courageous American should and as all his predecessors have, there would be less opportunity for misrepresenting him. •sadtui) (X) 1$ BLANKS (t)l OJUJM. Tlie Missouri ('oug-ressman Secured .j 0 lie Fur a in nit' by the Help of Crisp. When He W.'.ntcd It Worst, However, It Had Disappeared—Kilgore Has a lie.solution. By Which He Wishes to Know Why Salaries of Absentees Are Not ii Washington. March 1.—The special order fixin a time for votiug on the Bland seigniorage bill was taken-up and the previous question sustained by the speaker casting the vote necessary to make a quorum. This quorum was then lost ou a motion to adopt the special order, and the house adjourned. WASHINGTON, March 1.—After the opening of the session Mr. Geissenliaiuer (Dem.. N. J.) tried to secure unanimous consent for consideration of the bill making an appropriation to save the armament of the wrecked Kearsarge, but Mr. Bland demanded the regular order. Mr. (ieissenhainer is one of the Democrats who have refused to vote on Mr. Bland's motion. After the calls of committees for reports, Kilgore (Dem., Tei.) presented the following resolution ai a question ot privilege: ilgorr'* ItoKolut ion. Whereas, The laws of the United States Statutes, section 40, chapter 4, of the Revised Statutes, .-ovide that when any member of tlrts house of representa tives shall be absent for any cause ex cept that of sickness of himself or his family, it shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arnis to deduct from the monthly salary the amount due him each day he is so absent from such cause, and Whereas, During the present session many members have been absent, as appears from the record, for causes other than those named in the statute, therefore, be it Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms be required to report to this house with out delay the names of such absentees, and whether or not the law in such cases made and provided has been by him complied with, and that if it ha* not been complied with, to report his reasons why he has been derelict in his duty in that regard and if in his judg ment the law cannot be complied with, that he be required to give hie reasons why it cannot be enforced. Mr. Reed made the point of order that the resolu tion was not privileged. A GAME OF DICE. Aontjinn M*n (iiliihl« tn tli« Extent mi •:i.1,WOO Throw. HELENA, Mon., March 1.—Butte ha» a worldwide reputation for its fabulous stakes on games of cards, but the spots were kuocked.off the record by a game of dice between General C. S. Warren and Miles Finlen. Several weeks ago Mr. Warren secured an option on the Pomona mining claim, near Centerville, from John E. Lloyd, for $15,000. Tues day he met Miles Finlen, and the bond proposition came up. Finlen offered the general $10,000 for his bargain, or FL'5,000 for the mine. "Here is my check for $10,000," said he, pulling out a check book. "If you will turn the bond over to me." The general demanded $50,000, and then Fin len made another proposition. "I'll throw dice with you to see if I take the bond off your hands at $15,000 or whether I pay yon $50,000. "I'll go you," said the general a» lie reached for the box. A measly pair of fives turned up. The box was passed to Finlen, who threw three duces and won $85,000. He once more pulled out his check book and filled out one of the blanks for $15,000 payable to Mr. War reu. ZZ 00 I Kai.U8qaii[q sun OX 00 I 00 I •K'lo.n.idK mu.tojip?£) sum) Of (X) I l!lU.loJi[BQ 'SaiJOUad SUV.) 8 U^SttfY (X) I ua} pa up uns spunod 00 I siu?a| pa|.)id putnj spunod (X) I (K) I aa.jp),) poo® spunod (X) I s.ia^s^o ^.)a[as saq s^.n?nb oy III 00 I s.taj.m.io .lajsAo *ou«j sq| (U (X) I du.iAs di.ip uapjoS suojp?S MB.oiis THE SLEEPLESS STORE! 9Z SUBO upos saSi?{o«d Champeny Bros'. Prices Reign Evet^where! 00 uoidiuRq.) saxoq W '®iuii[q saxoq (X) I 00 I duos s.ii?q 00 I 00 I Saturday and Monday, Great Dress Goods Sale! Giuen Away FREE with every Dress Pattern--5 Yds. Best Gambric Read Our Demoralizing Prices that have Turned Everything Upside Down! (X) I 00 I I 0(J paup -p^) spunod Of: 00 st -'6 'pa^iqninuS spuuod IZ 00 XI' sadB.i" uaa.iS '[hq sub,) q[-$. up[duind oid sun.) SIJOOUdB '(B SllBO q|-£ saqarcad -JB suB'o qj-j. sadB.iS '4Vi.snSUB.) q[-j_ saui.idquv.io uisuoasi s^li sov.iosaid S.IBI" BltUTAL MUKOKK. All Agud Wl»conniii LvMitid (oll Landii. ST. AUL, Feb. 28.—A gold fever of quite respectable dimensions is in active operation just now in this state. Four teen citizens of Stillwater took out mineral leases for a year in St. Louis county, township 71, ranges from 21 to 25. The lands are all state school lands' and supposed to contain gold in con? siderable quantities. BI'Y Till-. by Farmer Shot WoulUbe Robbers* RACINE, Wis., March 1.—John Calla ghan, a well-to-do farmer of the town of Brighton, Kenosha county, 20 miles southwest from here, was brutally mur dered by an unknown ruffian. The murderer entered the house where Cai laghan and his wife were preparing to retire, leveling a revolver at him and demanded his money or life. Callaghan said he had no money iu the house and was shot through the head. A posse is scouring the country in search of the murderer. The victim was 0:J years old and had lived in this vicinity 40 years. tliu Altirdnrer. 1 MH.WAUKKK. Wis., March 1.—George Cloud, who is charged with having committed the Callahan murder near Racine Tuesday night, was caught at Peterson's mill, near New Minister, by two farmer's boys. He was taken to the Callahan house, when he was identified by the wife of the murdered man. The prisoner is now in jail at Kenosha. 4 .• STOLE DKKIIS. Port T.iwnt»nd Man Arciwoil of Trylni: to Defraud lincISam of Vitlii»lle.l,aiid. NEW YORK, March 1.—William Jam ison of Port Townsend, Wash., is charged with being the princii al in a plot to cheat the government out of $900,000 by stealing the deeds to five large tracts of laud from the land office in Washington,. D. C. He is now in Washington, and the case, it is expected, will be on trial the latter part of this week in the United States district court there. James T. Elder, a wealthy old man of Whatcom, Wash., prior to March, 1891, made gift by deed to the United States government of five great tracts of laud, and it is these deeds which Jami son is alleged to have stolen. The rela tives of Elder are said to have planned the theft, and amison, it is said, had the deeds lithographed and printed. He and a relative of J. T. Elder are now under bonds. Ieitpera!oea Jailed. AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 28. —Adjutant General Mabry has advices from Cap tain Rogers of the Rangers that his command has caught and jailed at Rio Grande City, Will and Ben Beunett and Pablo Flores, charged with the Garcia murder in Starr county, where Garcia was a witness against them in a horse and cattle theft case. HUhop Me»f»mer*ii Advice. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 28.—Bishop Mess mer of Green Bay has written a letter to the Catholics of Kaukauna advising them not to indulge in public demon stration against lecturers like Professor Sims. He expresses his sympathy with their outraged feelings, but tells them there is nothing to be gained by such demonstrations as they indulged in the last time Siuls was there. Her Story In Abnurd. CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—Secretary G. W. Barnard, of the Grand Masonic lodge of Illinois, said that Mary Ellen Lease is "a deliberate liar when she said that she is a member of the Masonic order." "The trouble with Mie. Lease," said Mr. Barnard, "is that she is afflicted with the strong jaw. Her itory is absured." Sentenced For Attempted Murder. PARKER, S. D., Feb. 28.—Neil Neil sou, the youug'Daue who attempted to murder C. P. Anderson, his employer, near Swan Lake a few weeks ago, was sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary. With every $2.00 purchase you get an Elegant World's Fair Portfolio. Zl sau.iaqjpiqq SUBO saO^BUlO-j SUB.) 9 a uaanii }[|iiq s^.itml) sauip.iBs saxoq K.IBSIO auij xoq sai.i.iaq.) SUBO qOXB^S S05)BJ[0Bd (X) ox 00 (Z UO 00 I! 9 a) (j (X) WW 9 00 I 9 (X) I 1- 00 I 9 (X) I I 00 I 00 (X) I 00 I Sifauimijo diutq saq.^Biu saxoq 01 06 6 I CoiMiiiixKiouer Klanuliaril'H t.ooil Work. Madison Sentinel, 21: State Tait Commissioner Blanchard of Mitchell, who is here making an examination of the tax books, and checking up with the county auditor and treasurer, drop ped into this ofliee yesterday and .chat ted pleasantly with the editors. Mr. Blanchard has visited nearly every county of the state. He thinks the present system much better than the old one. In reply to the question as to whether his office had been of any help to the state, he said that it had and mentioned that on the one matter of a® SOLID COMFORT GANG PLOW, iri an. -"."J THK WONDKIT ON WHHKIJS and lightest draft plow in America. 1 sold a car load last season and every man that bought one will say the same thing. Xo matter how hard and dry the ground is you can always plow. The frame can be liar rowed or widened at will. Weight of Furrows. Frame and Plows are carried on three greesed spindles. You will always be in doubt unless you buv one. Come and see me, whether you buy or not as talk is'^he cheapest tiling we heve tn Dakota. I -—have a few buggies and 1 am going to sell them as I want tbt room and will give you a bargain if you wont one this spring. POUNCH HARROW, HAYES PLANTER, TRICYCLE GANG PLOW, Which is next to the Solid Comfort. THE THISTLE AGAIN. A North Dakota Kditor l.*HrnHSoiii(tliiti| of the Weed in South Diikotii. The editor of the Oakes Republican recently made a trip through South Dakota and took occasion to talk with a number of farmers on the tram iu re gard to the Russian thistle. He says: F.very farmer expressed surprise that the farmers in this section should be so badly scared over the weed, and they all agreed that it was the. easiest to kill of all weeds. The plan adopted in South Dakota where the weed nour ished for about live years, was to plow early in the fall, .lust as soon as the crop was cut the plows were set to work in the weediest tields and it was soon discovered that weeds which were turned under in August never appeared again. As to the danger of re-seeding by traveling weeds, all agreed that it was not so great as it appeared. The majority of the seeds are dropped be fore the weed breaks loose, and the bal ance drop out before the weed has gone very far. A few weeds are still to be seen south of Huron, but no one has any fear of them. Farmers up here must follow the example of the South Dakota brethren and plow early. They must farm well. The result will be that they will get just as much? grain with less expense and the land will al ways be in good condition. 5)1, .iBSns |BO| :jna spunod JB.HU 4BO aj«J| spunod \iapA\od .oUi|Bq SUBO qj-y sai.i.iaqasooS surra sajddB SUB.) qj-j? ••aajLjoa XX XX «^»?(OB(i dBOS SllB[k BjllB^ S.lTiq |.)BS Ol"J$ l|4.l()A\ \lllO|J B.l^Vf| u.ioa SUB.) 7-\ ZV Kll(SIB.I lUU.10:jl[B spilliod CJ sapldu SUBO sao}B}od ^aaMs SUB.) siiBaq piiB J.iod pa:[eq SUBO aa^oo BABI" BIJOOIU sqj suBaq '^Bjutnu sqj ()£, AYpqa Avoqa saj^oq a.nB|aBd ,rad kjsn(] 1 D. IV. COLLIMS.^ interest and penalty on taxes the stato was ahead about $10.(100, which the county treasurers had neglected to re mit. Mr. Hlancliard was state ex aminer for a number of years and he is authority in this state on public books and bookkeeping. Tli« Coming COIII-KIHK Meet. The South Dakota Coursing Club of this town has arranged for a meet on April 17 and following days which "promises to be a highly exciting event The purses will be tile largest ever ottered in the stale, the citizens of the town having hung up tllitl in addi tion to what the club oilers. The entrance fee will lie live dollars, and the winner will receive toll and half the entrance fees if Hi or more greyhounds are entered. The meeting will be hold under the nationa ureyhound coursing rules and the well known Fox Kinney of Sioux Falls wi^l act as judge. This meeting will In a part of the circuit lie ing arranged to include Oakes. N. IJ.. Huron, Mitchell and Sioux Falls. Letter*. The following is a list of the letteis remaining uncalled for in the .Mitchell postoHice al the close of the week end ing Feb. 2(i. I Sil l: Anderson, Anthony Conner. Mr O Fuller. Miss A Hintz John Johnson, Annie Lang, Freeman -v Olson, Miss Luna Strouse. 1. Welling. Majgie Katon. ollie When calling for the above please say '"advertised." If not called for ill two weeks they will be forwarded to the dead letter ollice. .1. W. BKATTIK. P. M. Mldlleu I lentil nt Mrs. I'NI. Welch. Mrs. Kd. Welch of Letcher died quite suddenly on Sunday night, and the re mains were brought to Mitchell Tuesday for burial from the Church of the Holy Family. A very large delegation of cititzens from Lelcher accompanied the bereaved husband, returning home iu the afternoon.