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Show THE SOUTH DAKOTA CAMPAICN, A Red-Hot Fight Between th Various Parttee. , Yankton, S. D., Oct. 24. There was never such a campaign known in the northwest as the one now on in South Dakota. Tha republicans, democrats and independents have full tickets in the field for state offices and congressmen, congress-men, and most of the counties have three tickets for the legislature apd county offices, and there are not less than 800 speakers going day and night. The independents lend not only additional excitement but much bitterness to the fight. Most of the independents inde-pendents are from the republican party and the republican ar extremely bitter bit-ter and vindictive towarY1.hera. The democrats are making a vigorous canvas can-vas aud in some counties fusion has been made between them and the inde- Sendonts, which renilers the legislature on bl fill as to political complexion. Judge Moody is now making speeches in ea-t Dakota, while bis opponent for the senate, Bartlert Tripp, is spenklng in the Black Hills. The McKlnley tariff and state finances are the luadin'? questions disciised, and the people everywhere exhibit an interest .never apparent before. The independents are Bitch an unuertaiu quantity that no one can tell 4iat the rnxtilt inav be. All three of the parties claim they will carry the state. |