Returning from service in the A. E. F., Dale Garland is given a rousing reception by his townsmen. County political boss Nebo Slayter persuades the community to nominate Dale for sheriff--thinking he can be easily manipulated--against John Millard, the incumbent, who refuses political compromises. Dale easily wins and pledges to give the citizens an honest deal. Millard's daughter, Alice, who is Dale's childhood sweetheart, learns of Slayter's dishonest schemes and sees his men murder a moonshiner for whom they had been furnishing protection.

De tornada del servei a l'A. E. F., Dale Garland rep una rebuda entusiasta pels seus veïns. El cap polític del comtat, Nebo Slayter, persuadeix la comunitat perquè nomeni Dale per a xèrif, pensant que pot ser fàcilment manipulat, contra John Millard, el titular, que rebutja els compromisos polítics. Dale guanya fàcilment i es compromet a donar als ciutadans un tracte honest.