Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-02-27
WHAT'S ITS NAME?
Democratic or Pop Party
i'm S. ID. Will Have
To Go.
PUSEY CALLS A STATE MEETING
Republicans View the Situation
With Serenity and Count
on 10000 Majority.

Pierre Correspondence: The call by
Chairman Pusey of the democratic state
central committee for a meeting of the
committee at Sioux Falls, on March IL,
to fix the time and place for calling the
state convention of that party, has
started a discussion over the state as TO
what position will be taken by the dem
ocrats in the campaign of this year.
Under the provisions of the ballot
reform act of last year there can be no
complete fusion of the populists and
democrats with a duplicate ticket on the
ballot. Under that law no name can
appear twice on the same ballot, and if
the 'sreform'' forces desire TO work
together, they must do it under one
party name or the other, and their
ticket must appear as either democratic
or populist.
The result of this means the wiping
ont of enc or the other, or two tickets
IN the field, which will divide the votes
Of the reformers. They will also lose
votes if they take the one name or the
other, as they have been holding many
of their voters by the name only. The
republican vote is bound to lie increased
this year whatever cours they take.
SO far as the populists are concerned,
they are not in a position to put up any
such a fight as in former years. The
general prosperity which prevails over
the state is against them, and the two
leaders who did more than any others
among them TO make their party a sue
cess are ont of it. These are Pettigrew
and Ayres. The former has practically
removed TO New York, and the latter is
too busy toying with the present real
estate boom to take any part in politics.
REPUBLICANS RI SECURE.
While this is the case so far as the
reform forces are concerned, the
republicans are confident of even a
larger majority than they secured two
years ago. Then they held an early
convention, and when the active work
of the campaign came Oh had all of
their preliminary work done and We're
in shape to act aggressively. The prob
abilities are they will follow the same
tactics III the coming campaign.
The naming Of a ticket by the repub-
licans is already considered completed
TO a large extent. Governor Herreid,
Secretary Berg and Congressman Burke
and Martin will be renominated with
but little if any opposition. The places
to be filled are those of treasurer, audi
tor, land commissioner, attorney gem
eral, superintendent of instruction and
railroad commissioner for the second
district to succeed Alex Kirkpatrick,
the populist member. While it is vet
early, candidates for some of these
places are in the field making an active
canvass Among the most prominent
of these are Halliday of Kingsbury for
auditor, with the chances of having the
field to himself. Nash of Lincoln and
Schellenger of Walworth for snperin-
tendent of instruction; George l..
Almond of Deuel. Bach of Turner and
Truman of Grant for land commissioner,
The Legislature TO be chosen will have
the selection of a senator, and there il
little probability OF a contest for this
position, as Senator Kittredge will sue.
coed himself.
With the heavy immigration coming
into the state this year, the vote OF
South Dakota at the coming election
win be greater than at the last election
and it will without doubt reach fully
100000. 1t is not a wild prediction Il
place the republican majority on thi:
vote at fully 0.0O0.