The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-06
STATE CONVENTION
The Largest and Most Enlhus,.
astic Convention Ever Held
I'm the State
The Boilers Fell i'm The SOuD as
Usual, and Their Pictures
Were Turned to the Wall
A splendid Ticket Nominated

THE TICKET
For Congress H. Burk
? and Eben w. Martin.
, Governors Samuel Ell. Elrod, CLARK
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. E. NJ,
Dougall, Marshall.
Secretary of Stated. d. Wip
| Hutchinson.
State Treasurer-C. B. Collins
State Auditor-J. F. Halliday
Kingsbury.
Superintendent of Public Instrue
tion-George w. Nash, Lincoln.
Commissioner of School and Publ
Lands-C. ]. Bach, Turner.
Attorney General-Philo Hall
Brookings.
Judges of State Supreme Court
Judges Haney, Corson and Fuller.
Delegates to National convention
A. O. Ringsrud, Elk Point: Harr,
Goddard, Edgemont: r. H. Driscoll
Deadwood; G. E. Warner, Bryant
S. H. Davis, Plankington: Johr
Hughes, Getty sburg; n. l.. Finch
| Webster; T. E. Andrews, Geddes.
residential Electors Henry S
Morris Of Roberts, H. H. Cuisine O
Lake, John O Anderson Of Lyman
G. Il. Evans of Butte.
The repu blican state conven
tion held at Sioux Falls this
week was the biggest thing in
the way of convention ever
held in South Dakota and was
overcharged with enthusiasm
for Roosevelt and epublicanism
The ticket nominated is the
strongest kind of a one; glowing
tributes were paid to the CON
gressional delegation from this
state, and in all of the speeches
were hearty endorsements of
the clean and able admins ira
tiOn of the state officers, from
Governor Herreid down. The
happy result of the convention
leaves fewer sore places than
probably any convention before
held n the state.
The vote upon the governor
ship clearly indicated that the
great claims made on the part
of the Crawford men were with
117out any foundation in fact. He
received not a vote more than
his opponents had conceded to
him, and the wild claims of his
supporters proved to be the
thinnest kind of hot air which
they were blowing into those
who were simple minded enough
to accept their assertions. The
vote when recorded and an
nounced showed that out of the
total of 1904 votes Crawford
could muster but 226, while his
opponent received 77S. Mr..
Crawford had given up the
fight before the convention was
called to order, and after the
nomination of Mr.. Elrod he
made a speech asserting his
loyalty to the republican party
and pledging his support to the
ticket.
The expectation that there
would possibly be a contest on
the governorship helped to at
tract a full attendance of dele
gates to the state convention,
and every seat in the immense
convention hall was taken. How.
ever, the only other nomination
which came to a vote was that
of a railroad com missianer from
the Black Hills. The great con
vention was practically unani-
nous ia its nominations.
The matter Of important inter
est to our local visitors to the
state convention was the con
test between the regulars, and
the boilers under the leadership
Of Messrs. Bentley and Rabbit.
Their unsuccessful attempt to
break into the judicial conven-
ton a few weeks ago had re-
suited in giving them something
of "that tired feeling we read
about in the almanacs. Again at
the state convention they pre-
sented their case, and the con-
test was submitted to the COM
mittee on credentials, and after
hearing both sides the com
mittee unanimously reported in
favor of the regular delegations,
both from Grant and Roberts
counties. They were seated by
the unanimous vote of the con-
vention. Thus after full and
fair hearing at both Webster
aud at Sioux Falls the boiling
delegations had their claims
turned down, a fitting rebuke
to the campaign of slush and
SANDER which they have inaug-
urated in order to disorganize
the republican party Of the
county for their own selfish
purposes.