The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-22
DEMOCRATS WERE HERE
discussed Plans for Campaign and
Placed Thos. Taubman on
the State Ticket.

A meeting Of the democratic state
central committee and the nominees
on the state ticket was held in this
city Tuesday evening, being called by
Chairman johnson, Of Armour. The
attendance was not large by any
means. There were about fifteen
present, and among them we noticed
the following gentlemen: E. S. John
son, chairman, of Armour, P. f.
Wickhem, of Alexandria, L. d. Wait,
of Armour, Chas. McCullom, of Tyn-
dali, J. w. Sanford and w. T. LaFol-
lette, OF Chamberlain, T. w. Taub-
man, Of Plankinton, J. E. Hamaker,
OF Spencer, G. Boyd Barrett, of Aber-
deem, 3. S. Ashley, Of Clark, T. 1T.
Ryan, Of Elk Point, Il. E. Whitcher,
of Highmore. There we're several
local democrats also present, includ-
ing Everett Smith, the candidate for
lieutenant governor. The meeting
was held in the office Of f. III. Winsor.
There was a conspicuous absence of
candidates at the meeting. Neither
candidate for congress or for governor
was present. The meeting seems to
have been called at a time when most
Of the candidates were busy with
their private business matters and
could not get away.
While plans for the coming cam
paign were discussed quite freely dur
ing the evening there was nothing
actually decided upon as to what
should be done. The opinion seemed
to prevail in the talk that not a very
vigorous campaign would be made.
The democrats are disposed to let
the republicans set the pace in this
respect. They do not expect to i'm
port any outside speakers unless the
republicans do.
They claim that their work will
consist mainly of trying to get out
the democratic vote of the state.
Some attention will be paid to har-
monizing the populist faction that
is not wholly satisfied with the act
ion Of the Huron convention. The
visiting democrats were not very
sanguine of success this fall, although
they hope to profit somewhat by
what they claim is the over-conf-
dence Of the republican party over
the state.
The resignation Of Wayne Mason,
Of P%lankinton, was placed before the
committee. He was the candidate
for auditor, but declines to run for
the reason that he will be the demo-
cratic candidate in Aurora county
for treasurer and feels that he will
have a much better show Of winning
out there than in the state.
Thos. W. Taubman, editor of the
Plankinton Herald, was rendered the
place on the ticket, and he finally
decided to accept it.
No particular headquarters were
selected for the committee, but for
the present, and perhaps through the
Campaign, matters political will come
from Armour, the home of Chairman
johnson. There are several vacan-
cies on the state central committee
that were not filled at this meeting
as was expected, owing to the small
attendance, but it is understood
that the chairman will supply the
places later. The executive commit
tee will select a secretary to assist
the chairman in his work.
P. r. Wickham, of Alexandria, was
selected to handle the money during
the campaign.
The conferencelasted until nearly
midnight, as some time was spent
in waiting for the arrival of other
members, who did not get in until
; the late trains.