The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-01-14
PLUMs OF SOUTH DAKOTA
They Are Almost Ripe and the Boys
Long for Them.
There Is a Liss and It's Not Little o.
Faithful and True Who Claim
the Fruit Which Will Fall
After March q.

DtAA ttNV WIZ SlditIl
the Fruit Which Viii Fall
After March q.
MITCHELL, S. D.. Jan. 12.-The dem.
4 ocratlc state central committee will
noid forth in this city on Thursday
4 january IL, 1898, and as the dclibera.
lions of the committee are expected tc
Aave considerable to do with the dis.
tribntion of the patronage to be be.
slowed by the incoming adpinistra.
: ZION, there will be more democrats in
TINS city on the date mentioned than
nre usually drawn here by business OF
professional duties. In the grand free.
1or-all race for positions of epublic
trust7 there is no scarcity ofentries and
she lists are getting SO full that salts
factory disbursement of the Offices will
pc considerably more difficult than
.elgat years ago.
Among the most desirable plums can
safely be ranked the postof1ices. United
States marshalship, United States dis
Lrlct attorney and several of the
land offices. Then there are
the .consulships, department. places
IN Washington, Indian agencies
und many Others each with it's own in
#dlyidual attractions In Huron politi-
cal states are also being made. The
Land Offices, postofiice and SURVEYOR
y generals Office are the fat Offices To-
I Gated at Huron. For register of the
land Office Chas. b. Ambrose and John
M. Davis are aspirants. The former
was clerk in the Office III years past and
the lntter is Il prominent attorney who
did some effective stumping during the
last campaign. For receiver p. H..
wilson, of Faulllton, and James r.
Z sOhiWinc. of Huron, are rivals For
suryeyor-general it is understood that
NJ. z. Dineen is candidate. He will
likely meet with considerable opposi-
tlon from aspirautS from other parts of
the state. Mr.. Dineen is a rock ribbed
z Andrew jackson democrat. The warm
est contest, however, is over the post
otiiee. There are Two leading candi-
dates, James E. Cogan, editor of the
Herald-Democrat, and Colonel j. L,
!. Elson. The latter expects his army
record to carry him through. Mr.. Co
gan pleads his long and artiuous labors
on behalf of democracy at time when
democrats subsisted mainly on hope.
lie thinks his time for reward has now
z come and has chosen the postof1ice for
ms share. Its also reported that Hon.
Henry c. Hincliley is DESTROYS of work
ing for Uncle Sam in some capacity.
lie is influential. Colonel w. A. Lynch
would like to be consul at Rio Janeiro,
Brazil. These are the principal appli-
cants from Huron. although there are
others OF the faithful who would like
TO see foreign lands at government eX-
pense.
Candidates in Mitchell for federal
positions are numerically as great as
elsewhere. Out and out applicants for
! the postotfice, the principal office, for
the land Offices arc dwindling in bust
ness to such an extent that the salaries
are getting much below wha6 is desira-
bic, are David Hammer, who served
under the Cleveland administration for
three ycars;J. Il. Smith, IL prominent
business man md all around rustier:
sam ~. Greene, deputy postmaster
under the last democratic incurn bent,
and i. J. Ball. a demo erat!c worker of
many years. For receiver of the land
office there are j. NJ. Adams and III. C.,
Greene, both prominent democrats, the
former colonel of the Second regim ent
of the Dakota National Guard, and the
only 'old soldier who is after office,
j. G. Ryan, of White Lake, is also con-
ducting q Still hunt" for the place.
The applicant most likely to secure the
position is r. ID. Welcf, the present
mayor of this city, Il life long demo-
crat, and who has been for years identi-
fed mall efforts to advance the inter-
ests of this section. For registerof the
land office there has been only one
name mentioned up to the present
writing, viz: Major NJ II. Rowley.
whose exceptionally able management
of the office during the two years he
held it under Cleveland has caused his
his candidacy to be approved by the
leading democrats of the district
Watertown's federal positions have
drawn out list of applicants which is
well nigh formidable. u. II. Uirich.
Ed Murphy and John Kemp are strain
ing every nerve for the postolliec and
each has host of friends. For the
land office positions. which in this city
are especially desirable, as the business
in the Watertown district is holding up
the salaries to maSimum and makes
the Offices stplunsn in every sense of
the word. there I, number of good
names mentioned Prominent among
thee is level-headcd Johnnie Martin. a
banker and business man of consilera-
bic experience, and although IL young
man in years, yet an old man in experi-
ence. John Hanten is another promi-
nent demoEssalggse out cunning for one of
the positions in connection with o. T..
Dewey and John Ballard. Others
who have been mentioned are c. r.
Alexander, George G. Jones and George
Bennett, each of whom thinks he has
put forth efforts which should be re-
warded by land Office position.
Pierre. the political seat of the state,
md the town of successful capital
boomers, is liberal in the number Of
candidates she offers for the adm. MIS-
tration's pick, as is to be expected. The
,postoftiee here is the main off .e, as the
land office salaries here have always
been extremely low, For the postofiice,
r. N. Locke has run up his rod. also
John T.. Herman, defeated candidate
for county treasurer at the last elet.-
ton; also NJ. j. Schubert, who his
enemies say, is u standing candidate
for Office; also Steve Travis, editor of
the Pierre Democrat, late of Illinois
and hence supposed to have a pull with
Vice President Stevenson; also Major
Leobert and several others yet to hear
from.
Harry Ernest, ex-;luditor of Hughes
county, q democrat of the Tammany
kind, would not object to being regis
ter of the land Office. r. L.. Murphy,
ex-auditor OF Stanley county, is also an
applicant. while Hon. j, Il. Ward, ter
ritorial auditor in the weilr.membered
days of Governor Church, may be. in
duced to take the place if his friends
continue to insist. For receiver of the
land office all those who fail to secure
the postoffice or registership Of the
land office will stretch out their arms
for the position besides Judge McElroy,
strong democrat, and William r. Err
vim, ex-mayor of Fort Pierre
AT Chamberlain the prizes are the
postoff1ce, land offices and Indian
agencies. Sylvan Writers, member of
the centra. committee from Brule
county, is candidate for Indian
agent at Crow Creek, also Luke HAYES.
chief clerk under Cleveland, For the
land Office positions those heard from
arc John Hayes, Judge GrayDiIl ana
Clark s. Rowe. Judge Graypill was