Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-25

AlO Y " 49, -
Csc are not prepared to follow his leader-
shin when to do so they must sever tAeir
allegiance with the party they nave
loved for msny years.-Aberdeen News
The Sioux Falls Press is authority lor
the report that u own enato IetIl-
crew was one OF the free silver delegates
! Who walked out OF the st. Louis conyen-
| tion Yesterday. and the Press also con-
tains a strong editorial deplorlng the
! action OF the senator. Ii the report Is
true. the senator, i'll our opinion, mas
made a mistake.-Madison Sentinel.
The holt of Senator Pettigrew yester-
| day will result in a reorganization 10
some extent OF the party forces IN South
Dakota. With Mr.. Pettigrew out OF the
Republican party, the situation Will be
| decidedly changed. He has dictated Re-
publican nominations and platforms III
that state for so long that it will seem
strange to the Republicans oil South
Dakota to no longer have a boss.-Mpls.
Journal.
While the large majority OF the voters
| OF this county were with Senator iettl-
grew in his fight against railroad lobby,
both gold and silver men, this large vote
will not follow him in his desertlon OF
the Republican nominees, simply be-
cause one plank of the platform did not
meet his individual views although, OF
course, the fact cannot be denied h a
the senator will undoubtedly have some
Enthusiastically Springs Nldette'
Word comes from St. Louis that Sen
ator Pettigrew refused to follow the
Republican party on the platform adopt
ed by the party representatives at st.
| Louis and walked out OF the convention.
| Senator Pettigrew has. in the opinion oil
| the News, made the mistake OF his lie.
He may disagree with the majority OF
his party on this question, but this al
lords no good reason for desertIon.-Soo
Valley News.
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
was elected to the United States Senate
as a Republican. He has still several
years OF his term to serve. As he has not
only bolted the national Republican
convention, but has also shown himself
to be out OF sympathy with the majority
OF the Republican party in his W state,
as their views were expressed IN the last
Republican state convention, he is in
honor bound to resign his seat in the
senate and allow 1t to be filed by a rep
resentatiye OF the party.-Mpls. Tribune.
= 1t means that Senator Pettigrew
has taken q step which the Press cannot
indorse. In his various contests with
the Republican party, the Press has al
ways been with him, and would in all
probability be with him to the end, but
when he feels called upon to 90 out
side the party, for any cause that may
appeal however strongly to his personal
convictions, the Press is sure that it il
guilty OF no breach OF loyalty if il sees
it's own duty in the line OF remaining q
Republican newspaper nevertheless
500 Falls Press.
1t is our opinion that Senator
Pettigrew has made a mistake /: that he
should have bowed to the will OF the
majority in the hope that he would yet
see the Republican party as strongly in
favor OF free silver as it now appears to
be in favor of the single standard, SC
long as it is the only party that repre-
sents his views on the tariff and other
issues. If the action taken at st. Louis
shall result in his leaving the Republic
can party, his thousands OF Republican
friends III this state who have stood by
him through thick and thin, will deeply
regret it, but it is safe to say that few
will care to follow him out OF the party.
Dell Rapids Tribune.
Late kilograms from the national con.
vention at st. Louis are very sensation,
| al paffippau, hnrr, ~ 4hn D-,I1.--
OF the state and bolts the choice OF the
convention on platform and nominees.
Teller, Dubois, and several other dele,
gates do likewise. Their demands upon the
great majority OF Republicans were not
granted, hence their bolt. The Republi.
can state OF South Dakota now has two
populist senator's. We all may now see
just why Senator Pettigrew wanted to
go to the national convention and why
he tried to control the Huron conven.
ton. His walk-out will be a lonesome
walk so lar as the Republicans OF this
state are embraced-even the Sioux Falls
Press refuses to accompany him.-Park.
er New Era.
Report comes from st. Louis that
Senator Pettigrew has ''bolted" the con.
vention along with Teller and Cannon
and Dubois and a handful of associates
in the cause OF free silver. For months
1t has been apparent that such action
would result on the part OF all the part.
les named with the single exception OF
Senator P~ettigrew. The news regarding
the latter is somewhat startling, as the
Sioux Falls Press has vouched repeated
~ Tor Pettigrew's staying qualities in
that particular. Notwithstanding the
fact that Mr.. Pettigrew has been elected
and reelected United States senator by
the Republicans OF this state, he has
given repeated evidence that he was not
sound on Republican issues-especially
on the question OF protection. SO far az
the financial question is concerned, there
is-or has been-a chance for honest
division within the party. Mr.. Pettigrew
now says BY his action that tine question
OF the Tree coinage of silver is the para
mount issue, and he deserts the Republi.
can party because it will not take his
narrow view OF pubic affairs. He should
now resign his seat as United States
senator which he holds by the grace OF
the RpDuhlican un rfy nj South nala+o