The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-14
Republican State Convention.

lC iSptoiiN"h -
was called to order at II O'Clock ~
Frank Crane, chairman OF the state
central committee, and after the call
was read, Hon. f. C.. Erickson OF
Elk Point, was elected chairman of
the temporary organization and j. W.
Cone of Sioux Falls was chosen as
secretary.
Motion prevailed that the chair
appoint committees on credentials,
rules and order of business, resolu-
tons and permanent organization.
Major Picker of Faulk presented a
resolution which was adopted by the
full vote of the conventions: "that all
resolutions presented to the conven-
ton by delegates be read and then
referred to the committee on resolu-
tions without debate; that the COM
mittee then report them back to the
convention either favorable, unfavor-
ably or without recommendation"
This was the resolution that the
major tried to have passed two years
ago but the machine killed it.
The convention then took a recess
until two O'Clock to permit the chair
man to select the committees, and
upon converting the chair announced
the committees as follows:
Committee on rules and Older of
business-Lawrence of Brookings,
Williamson of Lake: Lubbock of Miner:
Lavary of Stanley; Lincoln of Brown:
Thoreson of Minnehaha; Van Camp
of Hyde; Freeman of Lawrence; Lien
of Roberts; John McClain Of Hutchin-
son, Jolley Of Clay.
Whiting of kingsbury; Brown of
Brown; Benson of Moody; Richards
of Beadle; Fleegue of Turner; Hanley
of Custer; Bentz of Sanborn; Alexan-
der of Campbell.
Permanent OrganizatiOn-Pickler of
Faulk; Dundas of Dawson; Chesley
of Charles Mix; Andrews of Aurora;
Hall of Sully; Williams of Marshall;
Whsle of Pennington; G. E. Todd Of
McCook; Palmer Of Miner; Rowe of
Hamlin.
Observation-Disclosures of Douglas:
Eastman of Roberts; Thomson of
Hand; Lockhart of Deuel.; Dwight of
Minnehaha; May Of Lawrence; Nor
timer of Butte; Ringsrud of Union;
Steere of Jerauld; Basford of Sphinx;
Keith Of Kingsbury.
The permanent work of the onven
ton was taken up in the evening after
the contests in Gregory, Codington
and Fall River counties had been
decided, the Corey delegation from
Codington being seated and voting
with the anti-machine forces, the
Wilson delegation from Fall River
being seated and voting practically
with the stalwarts and TIE Gregory
county bunch also sympathizing with
the defeated contingent and voting
with them. Frank McNulty OF Sisse-
ton being made permanent chairman
and Mr.. Cone being continued as
secretary with assistants. In the
regular order of business the conven-
ton adopted the following resolutions
without debate:
RESOLUTIONS
The republicans of South Dakota
renew faith in the fundamental prin-
ciples of the party as set forth in the
last national platform, and congratu-
late the people on the universal pros
perity that prevails throughout the
country.
9 In the midst of our prosperity great
combinations have been formed to
destroy competition in the various
industries and ~monopolize the trade
and commerce Of the country, and
new problems have come which
require the wisest craftsmanship and
purest integrity and patriotism for
their solution. In this emergency, as
in those of the past, the hand of
providence is manifest. 1t gave us
Washington and Lincoln to meet the
great problems Of their day, and it
has given our illustrious Roosevelt
who stands at the head of the nation
as a wise and courageous champion
of the rights of a free people, fighting
the battle against special interests
that seek to control the political