The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-03-25
A DisreputabIe scheme

Dakota is a purported meeting
aud resolutions of a Scandi-
navian League. In this matter
the Crawford managers have
been attempting some very dis
honorable business, as will be
seen by the Sioux Falls cores.
pondence to the minneapolis
Journal of the 23d, as follows:
Sioux Falls, S. D., March %
The recent announcement that
about a dozen men had held a
secret meeting in this city, re-
organized the Scandinavian
Republican League of South Da-
kota and indorsed several candi-
dates for places on the republi-
can congressional and state tick
ct, caused great surprise among
the Scandinavian republicans of
Sioux Falls and this part Of the
state.
This feeling of surprise has
now given place to one OF indig
nation by the receipt OF inform
alton to the effect that the small
handfullof men who 'reorganized
the league are sending to the
Scandinavian republican voters
OF South Dakota a circular letter,
printed on league letter-heads,
upon which appear the resolu-
tions adopted at the secret meet
ing in this city.
There are in Sioux Falls fully
200 Scandinavian republican vot-
ers. Only two of their number
were informed of the meeting in
time to be present, and have re
quested that themselves and the
thousands of other Scandinavian
republicans throughout the state
be placed in a right light before
the people of the state.
The re-organizers Of the league
even saw fit to withhold inform
alton of the proposed meeting
from the secretary Of the league,
G.. H. Kiland. a prominent Scan
dinavian republican of Sioux
Falls. He was kept in ignorance
of the proposed meeting and
knew nothing of it until a state
ment of what had been done at
the meeting appeared in the
newspapers the following morn
ing. Mr.. Kiland, when asked
about the matter, said: | met
Mr.. Thorson casually at the Cat
aract House in this city a few
days before the alleged meeting
was held, but he did not intimate
to me that he had called a meet
ing to re-organize the league or
for any other purpose. l knew
nothing of the meeting until
read an account thereof in the
Sioux Falls Press the next day.
It is a fact we'll known that nc
public notice of the proposed
meeting was given.
Some eight or ten men who
came to Sioux Falls from Huron
and two or three other places tt
hold the meeting had to leave
home the day before the evening
of the meeting, and notwith
standing this, no notice was giver
in the Sioux Falls morning OF
evening newspapers of the day
on which the meeting was held
Four or five of the county
officers of Minneahaha county
are Scandinavian republicans
and reside in this city, but they
with the remainder of theil
brethren in Sioux Falls ane
vicinity, with two or three ex
c%eptions, were kept in the dark
The Scandinavian republicans
of the state are well satisfied will
the recognition given them by
the republican party OF South
Dakota. They have no griev
ances, and no disposition to crit
icise the republican organization
Among the leading Scandi
navian republicans of this par
of the state who stand ready tt
, substantiate to the fullest exten'
{ this statement are O. S. Sven
son, former chairman of the re
publican county central commit
tee for Minnehaha county; Johr
) T. Lee, county treasurer of Min
nehaha county; G. A. Grinde,
auditor of Minnehaha county; II
A. Ustrud, superintendent Of
schools; G. A. Soderberg, regis
/; ter of deeds; G.. G. Bratrud, 8
leading real estate dealer OF
Sioux Falls; and P. j. Rogde,
member of the legislature from