The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-18
GAMBLE SPLITS
S. D. MACHINE
His Friends Are Making Common
Cause with Insurgents in
Struggle Now On.
Prospective States Of the oppos-
ing Factions Martin S Selec-
ton Offers a Puzzle.
From . Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent.
. Sioux Falls, s. D., Dec. 1s.-Senator
R. J. Gamble and his following among
the ''machine" republicans Of South
Dakota, have Joined hands with the in
surgent wing Of the party, and will
make common cause against Senator
Kittridge, Congressman Burke and Mar
tin and the machine itself.
The ghs sGn The old estti is
being fought with a somewhat new
alignment. Gamble, till now as stall
wart a machine man as the state held,
finds himself rejected by the organlza-
tion and it's approval put on the can'di-
dacy of Eben w. Martin. While q
good many S machine republicans will
stand by him, the dictnm Of the powers
that be "goes" with the great major
ity, and Gamble must look outside the
organization for help. The fortunes
of war make him an ally of the insur-
contest, tho NOT Of them. They well
come him as an ally, understanding the
relation, and the work Of cementing the
alliance is going forward under the ac-
tive leadership of James D. Elliott Of
Tyndall, United States district attorney,
who has himself been rejected by Sena-
tor Kittridge and the congressman in
favor of Albert G. Biernatzki Of Salem,
their recommendations for district attor-
ney:, Elliott has been a power in the
machine, one of the safbig four and if
it had not been for the break with
Gamble he wonld have been favored by
the whole delegation without question
But he is Gamble man, and must 90
unless the president sides with Gamble
against the other three. He is in the
state fight with his coat off, and has al
ready visited several counties to line up
his friends and cheerSup the insurgents
he used to fight. On. the other hand.
former insurgents who are personal adj
m1rers Of Congressman Martin are being
detached and brought into the organiza,
ton ranks. 1t is a queer shift Of the
political alignment III South Dakota,
and he would be wise prophet who,
would foretell the outcome with accur.
acy. g.
Convention Will Choose. sa
The state fight and the senatorial
fight cannot be kept separate. Roth
will come up in the next state conven:
ton, and in all probability the conven
ton will vote its Endorsement of eithe1
Gamble or Martin for the senate, That
vote 1s likely to settle it, tho not neces
sarily binding on the legislature.
Ihere Will be.a Akay fes, and the same
/ vote = s that decides che senatorship vii
decide the mahe-uI of the state ticket
and the control Of the state machinery
The principal places. on the imachiht
slate will be filled as follower = - 80 -
-; ,on af IS States G senator-Eben ". Mar
p, governor-Samue1 III. Elrod of CLARK
.;Congressmen--Charles II. Burke O.
Pierre and Judge A. w. Campbell o:
followers of Coe I. Crawford will ire
sent counter slate about like this:
United States Senator-Robert J
Gamble Of Yankton. = -. :. =
Governor-Coe I. Crawford of HUI
ron. -
Cougressmen-Philo Hall Of Brook
ings, Judge A. W. Campbell of Aber
deem or L. H. Bentley Of Milbank. ~
The fight has come to an acute stag
already on account Of the trouble.