The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-20
South Dakota Topics

South Dakota Topics
Senator Gamble Of South Dakota, like
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin, has
espoused a fight in which he is more
than likely to be defeated and thereby
sustain some loss Of prestige and IN
fluenoe, Like the senator from Wiscon-
sin he has entered this fight against the
protests Of many Of the leaders who
have stood shoulder to shoulder with
him in the fractional war that has swept
his state.
Only the republican voters Of sim
gle legislative district Of the state are
directly concerned, but because SEN
ator Gamble has chosen to take sides.
and because it is the, only contest OF
the campaign for members OF the leg
islature, a whole state has become in
terested John Holman, the law part
ner of Senator Gamble, is candidate
for denomination to the lower house of
the legislature, and Titus E. Price, a
former member, is his opponent :, ,s...,
The fight has become one Of the bit
terest the state, has even known for a
minor office. AS a general thing, the
that Price will be successful, and that
tn senator and Mr.. Holman will be
Inundated at home Many insurgents
over the state have taken sides
against Gamble and Holman, not be-
cause they would see their senator dis
credited, but because they would pun
ish Holman for standing with the
fighting the primary and accepting the
paternity Of the caucus law under
which the parties now act. Many men
who carried the burdens of the late in
surgent canvass condemn Senator Gam
BILE for thrusting Holman into the lime
light again and are hoping and predict
i ing that Yankton county will send
Price and not Holman to Pierre next
winter. These men want Holman pun
ished for his share in the defeat Of the
4 primary. Stalwarts hope he will lose
q because he turned apostate and because
ID Senator Gamble is backing him. And
the chances seem to be good that he
will lose.
A startling story comes from Brule
county that Joe Green, whom the in
surgents hate almost as they hate death,
lis actually, flirting with the Crawford
Gamble wing Of the party and only
needs few words Of encouragement to
go over, horse, foot and dragons. For
years and years Mr.. Green was the cog
I'm the "machine' that was relied upon
ito keep Brule county within the fold
and to shed q benign influence upon
adjacent counties and over the range
country to the west. He met with some
reverses, but as pretty general thing
The did what he was delegated to do,
and on few occasions, notably at the
state convention at Mitchell, he fairly
,men on top and the reformers or in
isurgents at the bottom. The insurgents
have never forgiven him for that day g
work when, under the plea Of an indie
pendent movement, he rounded up
hundred or more Of the delegates and
eventually delivered them to the Kit
|tredge faction Of the party and was
made the temporary chairman Of the
sconvention.
The whirligig Of politics has made
some startling changes in Brule county,
as well as in other counties Of the
state, and Mr.. Green has found that
he is not the real hot favorite Of the
"stalwarts' that he used to be. His
mantle seems to have been divided and
to have fallen upon the shoulders OF
Montgomery, Ochner and Blodgett, men
whom he was once accustomed to fight
as rank insurgents and traitors to his
cause. Mr.. Green has not forsworn am
bition and he sees no steppingstont
left on the side where he once Tough
SO Justify. Probably for this reason h
q Is casting goo-goo eyes and otherwise
signaling the leaders of the winnin.
faction Of the party.
Huron correspondents and othe
friends of Mr.. Crawford may preac]
and preach to the contrary, but it i
no doubt fact that the insurgen
leaders have already decided to rul
him for senator two years hence in tn
expectation that he will put Senate
Kittrsdge upon the shelf. This is tn
program today, and it is more tina,
likely to hold. In preparation for tn
to obtain the full fruits Of The revol
against the machine" their leader
are now, watching the organization
men as the cat watches the rat. Car
dldates. tor. members Of the legisla
fture are to be named at second prims
r1es and county conventions to be he'll
next month, and the Crawford an
mate any scheme devised to embarras
them next winter and in future can
paA5g Ia ;ns,, ,oon+s ,,,.,,4 &c.. ,,
the organization and control Of bot
| branches of the legislature. The
want direct primary and anti-pas
Pierre the coming winter to make sue
good records that they can go bac
IN two years almost without the as]
ing. Their movement will be deeme
Q failure in large part unless they ge
2 the legislation upon which they mao
their campaign and elect the senate
next winter, and the second one tw
4 years hence.
Everything portends another batt]
royal in Minnehaha county, The insu
gents declare that Mr.. Kittredge.
striving to secure control Of the cou,
TVS delegation to the legislature an
Il. w. Parliman is his candidate fl
senator: They profess to be more tha
4 ready to engage him second tim
and declare that his cause is mue
1 weaker than it was In the first prim,
ries: # they win they will nominal
IL z. ". Dwight Of Sioux Falls for 81
Of the senators, There will be son
Il poetic Justice in this, for few yea
4 ago, when Mr.. Dwight was memb,
Of the. lower house, he would hay
date Of the mac6in e'' t That 'G be ma an
the men behind his candidacy we
Il persona non grata.
Insurgents say they will have I
trouble in Minnehaha- They have IL
prestige Of the victory in May. Sc
eral old-time Fmachine" men are "a
to have gone over to them, notab
Charlie Holmes, chairman Of the coun
central committee, who is said to ha,