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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1888
Page
2
In Sioux Falls and New York precincts, Democrats debate Harden and Sparks with lashed remarks. The Manitoba road advances toward Sioux Falls, while Beadle County Democrats split over Harden. Wellington R Burr emerges as Michigan governor hopeful within the party discourse.
New York brewers discuss a two cent per barrel tax to fund Hill efforts while labor unrest brews. Mentions of T W Powderly, Detecate Gurforp, Prof Harden, and a Chicago streetcar strike spark political and civil service reform talk amid Democrat and Prohibitionist maneuvering.
Harpen refrains from accusing jthens of the Whitechapel murders but labels him a former Democrat. Rover Cleveland gains hearts endurance for a potential second term as of four years ago. M Dickinson stays out of the race while Vilas rivalry triggers Michigan protection talk. New York City guides mayoral race as local Democrats split with Hill, signaling a likely large Republican majority statewide.
Hall Bros of Norwich declare for Grover Cleveland in a letter to the press. Democratic orators and newspapers attack Bros as supporters, but the issue and influence remain in public view amid campaign rhetoric.
Goppano refuses withdrawal from the Democratic ticket in Minnehaha County. A major portion of the swell ing in his head will be taken out November 6.
Hanpen, the Church backed candidate, was nominated by a convention under Church control. At his campaign opening he stated he wholeheartedly supports Gov. Church's administration.
Supporters say Hon. Que S. Crawford the Republican nominee in the Pierre district will be elected. They praise a bright young man on deck and dismiss opposition as carpetbagger rhetoric, remarking the stance as Irish in tone.
At the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy meeting in Yankton on Wednesday four applicants were examined for certificates. C. H. Smith of the city was noted among them, alongside Alfred Williams of Artesian City W. W. Evans of Iroquois and Dr E Townshend Laing of Parkston.
S J Conxxry editor of Conklin's Dakotan declares support for Mathews. He had favored Harden but now believes Dakota’s best interests require Mathews. His paper is a leading advocate of Farmers' Alliance principles.
Bourne addressed about 45 000 listeners in Goshen Indiana speaking on trusts. He argued the Mills bill targets and protects the sugar trust cotton seed oil trust and related monopolies in a broad, partisan critique.
Senator Frye asserts Harrison is certain for Connecticut and New Jersey leans heavily Republican. He forecasts the next New Jersey legislature will be Republican regardless of electoral vote, signaling a GOP gain of a United States senator.
Hon A W Burtt, fresh from the east, asserts Harrison Morton will carry New York and Michigan. He predicts Michigan and perhaps one or two Michigan congressmen in favor of the Republicans. Gen Cortez Fessenden is active in the seventh district canvass with confidence of victory. Burtt says Kota Dakota revival hinges on the election and that Mathews’ nomination pleases Fessenden. He returns home feeling good.
The county GOP committee announces a sequence of 7 30 p.m. meetings from October 17 to October 27. Destinations include Nance Township Sand Creek Township Wessington Bonilla Allen Township and Wolsey with speakers such as Wm B Sterling E H Aplin Capt C S Fassett and Allen B Copelin prioritizing Sterling across almost all events.
The writer asserts Mr. Mathews has held at least six major offices in Dakota over fifteen years, mostly in Brookings County. He argues Mathews has never lost an election and has progressed from mayor of Brookings to a potential congressman, earning broad support from his neighbors.
A Yankton Press correspondent reports in a travel car with Mr. Mathews, candidate for congress, and Gen. Harrison Allen. A friend behind alluded to a claim that Mathews was a 3 per cent a minute man. Mathews laughed and said he has never claimed such a thing. He adds he has not denied the yarn.
The Brookings county records may provide evidence to challenge a 3 percent garnishment claim circulated by the democratic campaign committee. Some enterprising democrats will seek record evidence to impeach Mathews' statement if it exists.
Democratic state committee in Iowa assesses railway mail agents twenty five to fifty dollars each. Coupled with national committee assessments this burden worsens the lot of postal clerks already overworked and unhappy.
The New York Sun reports Governor Hill rejects requests for a letter from President Cleveland. The piece argues the governor seeks no letter for himself, but warns that the national democracy and the national ticket are in danger and require vigilance.
In Dakota politics the Seventh district nominates three Alliance candidates who back Geo. A. Mathews for congress. They condemn J. W. Harden as harmful to Dakota interests while noting council nominee Atkinson once opposed Mathews.
The letter praises Alliance figures like H. Sheets and McVey while noting their influence in the Loucks candidacy. It argues the Alliance will vote freely, not for Harden or Mathews, and says Loucks has positioned himself to emphasize that independence amid the shifting alliance.
S J Conklin editor of Conklins Dakotian in Watertown said in Yankton that his paper would endorse Mathews for congress in the next issue. He previously leaned toward Harden but now favors Mathews as the better man for practical purposes and notes he is a leading figure in the Dakota farmers alliance.
The political poem by E. C. Johnson from Sioux Falls presents one tariff point with admirable force and clear advocacy.
The public asks if Dakota residents should back a congressman who counsels an editor to file charges against Mathews, regardless of veracity. The inquiry centers on integrity and political influence in the campaign.
The text asks Ma. Hanven to confirm if he authored a toboggan élide letter. Goddard, reading it at a convention, claimed the letter was written and signed by Mr. Harden.
Mc Braine argues trusts are largely a democratic institution, with neither President Cleveland nor the Democratic Congress inclined to interfere.
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