The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-28
CRAWFORD IS
FULL OF FIGHT
TRIUMPH OVER THE s.MACHINE,.
HE SAYS, us COMPLETE.
County Conventions Of the Last Few
Days Have Forwarded His Cause
Minnehaha County and the Hills
Expected to Help Him When a
Critical Stage in the Convention Is
Reached.

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Huron. s.. D., April photographic
reports from all over the state, to- |
gether with hundreds of letters received
at the Crawford headquarters, indicate |
that the machine is going to pieces
and that beyond question the scramble
for the Crawford bandwagon has be-
gun.
During the past four days about $50
delegates from five or six different coun-
ties have been pledged or instructed for
Crawford by formal resolution. His posi-
tive pledged and instructed strength to
date is more than four times as great as
McDougalps, five times Elrods, ten
times Bergs, ten times Shows and
twenty times Greene's. Not only Is his
strength greater than that of any other
candidate, but up to date his pledged and
instructed strength is one and one-half
times that Of all the other candidates
put together. lr ava
In Lincoln county state Superintendent
Nash made 1t personal issue between
himself and Crawford. but in spite of HIS
strenuous efforts he failed to secure a
single anti Crawford man the dele
cation pledged to Crawford from that
county.
AS was expected, Miner county in
structed for Crawford and in Kngsbury
Auditor Halliday was turned down in his
fight on Crawford and the delegation was
instructed Tor the Huron man.
In Aurora and McCook counties Craw-
ford controls the delegations under the
unit rule, altho the machine had long
counted on both of these counties
safely anti Crawford.
Sanborn and BeadIe.
Union county, after a bitter fight, in
structed for Crawford, Notwithstanding
the fact that 1t was reported to be for the
machine.
Tn Sanborn county, the machine mt IN
a strong fight and machine organs freely
made the claim that the county was
against Crawford. The caucuses showed
the quality of these claims, for out of the
entire county. only fourteen anti-Craw-
ford men succeeded in getting elected
and a majority of all the delegates
elected were instructed In their home
precincts to use all honorable means to
secure delegation from Sanborn in
structed for Crawford. ..-
In Beadle county the Crawford candi-
dacy was submitted to popular vote at
the primaries. BY the overwhelming ma
jority of nearly twenty to one the elect
ors voted to instruct for him. Not an
anti-Crawford man was elected to any
thing In the entire county. z.
, Mr.. Crawford has many letters from
the Hills and Is said to be entirely con-
versant with the situation in Minnehaha
county, but when asked directly about his
StIoAl6Lh III tnaI9 tlOcAl1tlea ne only Smiles
and says he is abundantly satisfied with
the conditions there.
Unlnstructed Counties.
In addition to the strength pledged tc
him by formal resolution passed in the
different conventions Mr.. Crawford has
great strength among uninstruoted dele.
gates many Of whom are committed tt
him In writing In some of the delegation!
Of other candidates his strength for sec
ond choice Is greater than that of an.
machine candidate. .... ,a..,.
Mr.. Crawford will go into the conven
tion with some three hundred pledged ant
instructed votes out of from ten to four
teen counties; he will poll some two hun
bred and fifty uninstructed votes and 1
for any reason he should not poll as man
as now seems certain his strength as sec
ond choice of the supporters Of other can
didates makes his nomination certain o.
the final ballot with between $50 and so
votes to his credit.
"My Nomination Certain"
Mr.. Crawford says: IT now have tn
following absolute, secured and pledge
vote: Campbell. -; Clay. 10; Faulk, II
Hand, IA; Hyde, 8; Jerauld, 10; Kings
bury rs; Lincoln, SO; MoCook, 20; Stan
ilsy, 8; Sully, 6; Sanborn, Is; Turner, 2.
Out Of the delegates already chosen o
the final ballot I will get from Aurora, Bo
Homme, Brookings, Butte. Charles Nil
Custer, Edmunds, Fall River, Hamlil
Lake, Lyman, Mcpherson, Lawrence, Min
isnehaha. Moody. Potter and Walwort
counties ESQ votes, making my noEn1na
t4oa certain"