Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1904-09-23

we'll situated and prepared to attend
! to the duties of coroner, and presented
his name. He was nominated, and in
accepting the honor quoted couplet
and gave the boys that glad hand smile.
w. b. Dudley knows several things
even though he doesn't always tell it
all. He was wise enough to know that
the democratic party couldn't rake up
an available candidate for superintend-
ent of schools and therefore he sug-
gested that they endorse the repub-
lican nominee, Miss Rich-which they
did enthusiastically
| Miss Rich was there and thanked
them and said she would continue to
do her best in serving the people.
The question of nominating county
commissioner came up and they weren't
quite certain what to do or how to do
it. They weren't sure whether there
was a vacancy or not in the third dis
trict. Chairman Applegate said that
the avaricious and greedy republicans
had nominated one and therefore they
had better do the same thing-and
they did, the delegates from the Third
district naming w. F. Wyatt.
For the Second district, S. L. Kirtley
was nominated by the delegates from
that district.
d. S.'CoX was named for assessor,
though he told them they could name
a better man.
By this time the 36 votes had dwin-
died down so that the justices of the
peace and constables had pretty hard
time to get nominated. They had to
endorse Charley Halls in Cheyenne
River precinct. and then named e. B.
Cook, of Hot Springs, Geo. Miller, of
Edgemont, and Harry Davis, of Oel-
ricns.
For constables, Jacob Brenischoltz,
b. B. Wight end Mason Miller won the
laurels.
Upon motion the selection of dele
gates to the senatorial convention was
left to Chairman Applegate, and he
named w. B. Dudley, G. S. Eastman,
d. 8. Ames, Thos. Long, - Anderson
and JAS. Geary.
Ted Petty was named for chairman
of the county central committee, a.
Joe Applegate said he couldn't possibly
take time to look after the thing.
Jim Geary suggested that every pre-
cinct should have a chairman, and in
the midst of the discussion W. b. Dud-
ley moved that the central committee
be empowered to fill all vacancies that
might occur upon the ticket-which
was pretty wise thing, and the few
remaining delegates adopted the mo-
tion.
That practically closed the session
and the democratic convention of 1904
gradually adjourned, leaving the chair
man and secretary to fix the thing up
smoothly and complete what might
have been overlooked
ON THE SIDE.
The outside precincts got :'nitr
They say they have some good s'trad-
ing stock" anyway.
They did manage to nominate two
candidates outside of Hot Springs
and they were both from Edgemont.
When everybody else is at loss to
know what comes next and he'd better
move to do Bill Dudley comes in
mighty handy.
They only have republican MAORI.
ty of nearly $50 to overcome, which
in presidential election they can not
hope to overcome.
Joe Applegate had more fun as chair.
man than he would in going to the
legislature. He can handle dem O.
cratic convention as easy as he can get
up good dinner.
The democrats from the OUTLYING
precincts are wondering what they
we're there for anyway. They didn't
get anybody nominated and felt as
though they didn't have much voice in
picking the candidates.
Every office worth having was pluck
ed by the ring long before the conven-
ton met. The ''push'' merely wanted
to use their.country visitors to ratify
their choice and thereby add some
strength to their ticket.
The convention had only about one.
third as many delegates or visitors as
the republican convention-and that is
about the proportion of their ticket
that they are going to try and hood.
wink the republican voters into sup
porting.
The Hot Springs correspondent fol
the Sioux City Tribune, democratic
newspaper, in telling of the ticket
named here by the democrats, says