The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-03
NO FUSION THIS YEAR
DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS WILL
NOMINATE SEPARATE TICKETS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
WILL SEE WHICH IS STRONGER
Aggressive Campaign Not Likely "a
BE WaGeG This Nenr-RenI
Fight VIII lie Made
in 1901.
Special to The Globe.

| SRcCiOA 70 me OlODe.
SIOUX FALLS, 6. d.. March 2-The
meeting to be held in this city on March
u by the members of the Democratic
state committee for the purpose Of Sc
lecting time and place for holding the
next Democratic state convention to
place in nomination a congressional and
state ticket will be the opening gun OF
TINS years campaign in South Dakota.
AS yet none of tie cities or towns Of
the state has formally announced itself
as a candidate for selection as the place
for holding the convention. .ut several
Will doubtless do so within the next week
or ten days
Everything indicates that neither the
Democrats or Populists Will wage an ag-
6ressIve campaign this year, but the pol
icy OF both anti-RepubIcan parties Will
be TO this year lay the foundation and
set the pins for an aggressive hight all
along the line In the state and dresden
ual campaign OF 1904, when there will
be something worth fighting for
There is little doubt that no efforts
toward fusion will be made this year
by either the Popuiists or Democrats.
AS the result of careful inquiry among
the leaders, it can safely be predicted
that each of the parties will nominate
q separate ticket. For some years. or
ever since the two parties nrst entered
into fusion arrangement, the relative
~
ter Of good-natured dispute among the
rank and file OF the parties when conven-
tons were held to arrange 4 suitable and
equitable division of the offices.
BY nominating separate congressional
and state tickets this year. which will
bear the heading of Democratic ticket
and "Populist' or Peoples party ticket"
the Democrats and PopuIists will wage
a friendly contest with the object Of
seeing which can poll the most votes in
the state. The result Of this contest will
1t VIII be seen, prove of great value two
years hence if the parties decide to ANAL
gamate for the purpose Of fighting their
common enemy the Republican party
The votes polled by each will form
substantial basis upon which the mem
bers Of the two parties can easily ar
range a suitable and satisfactory divi-
sion of the offices in the campaign OF
! 1904. If the Democrats pOH more votes
this year than the POpulsIs, they will.
! Of course, be entitled to a majority of
I. the places on the fusion congressional
| and state tickets two years hence. on
the other hand should the Populists
/ prove By the ballot box that they are
| greater in number in South Dakota than
| the Democrats, they would be given the
4 larger number of places on the fusion
! ticket ~ 1904.
1t is expected that important questions
| will be TO the front in 1904 for solution
! by the voters and no mere party name
I will prevent the Democrats and Popuists
/ Of South Dakota from entering into a fu~
/ sion arrangement which VIII enable them
TO fight the battles and protect the in
terests of the great mass Of common
people.
The calling of the meeting to select a
time and place for holding the next Dem
ocratic state convention already has
caused some discussion as to candidates.
In all likelihood Maris Taylor of Huron.
eX-public examiner of South Dakota, VIII
be the nominee Of the Democrats for gov
ernor. He was one of the original Dem
ocrats to locate in Dakota territory and
since early days has been prominently
! identified with the DEVELOPMENT and uD-
building Of the party Coming to Da-
kota at a time when the vast extent or
country embraced in the territory CON
tanned scarcely enough Democrats 10 hold
a caucus, he has seen the party grow ID
! its present respectable proportions. He
IS one Of the strong men Of the state,
and will surprise its enemy, the RepubH-
can party, by the number Of votes IT will
cast next November.
Several men are mentioned as the prob
able noflinees Of the Populist party for
governor this year. Among them is
4 Hon. b. II. Lien. eX-mayor or Sioux Falls
VINO TWO years ago was the nominee OF
/ the fusiOnists for governor IT is thought
In some quarters that he win decline to
be a candidate this year In this event
/ he Will be kept in reserve for the con-
/ test Of 1904, when il can be uredfcfp4
he viii be the choice Of the Democrats
and Populists for governor. Assuming
that Mr. Lien Will decide not to be a
candidate FOR the nomination this year.
the honor will probably be conferred upon
Louis n. Grill, of Union county. or
George DAILY, Of Brown county Both
are among the leading Populists of the
state and are highly respected and ad.
! mired by their fellow PopulIsts