The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-30
STALWARTS NOT
| TO HAVE ANY SAY
INSURGENTS READY TO IGNORE
THEM AT SIOUX FALLS.
Choice Of Member of Congress for the
Hills Is to Be Left to Pennington,
Meade and Butte, Which Have Insur-
gent Leanings- Ennrick Is Strong at
Home and Leads in the Race.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal. .< --- T..
Sioux Falls, S. o., May 8o-Mayor F. N
Emrick Of Rapid City and his friends appear
10 have matters we'll in hand, and express them
selves as confident that he will be one Of the
two congressional nominees of the insurgent re-
publicans. who will control the state conven-
ton next Tuesday.
within the past twenty -four hours there has
been perceptbile rise in the congressional
stock of Mayor Emrick. It Is predicted by
leading insurgents that even If the stalwart
delegates from Lawrence county, who are
eighty-one in number, abandon Congressman
Martin and attempt to dictate who his sue
cessor in congress shall be, they will have
absolutely nothing to say with reference to the
selection of the insurgent nominee for congress
from the Black Hills. =. -.
The insurgents say that to permit the
eighty-one stalwart delegates from Lawrence
county to aid in the selection Of the nominee
would be turning over to the stalwarts the
naming Of an important part OF the 1nsurgent
hard-won victory the insurgents express them
selves as in no mood to permit the stalwarts
to dictate or have q hand In making any part
Of the ticket.
Kind to the Stalwarts.
The insursent leaders further assert that
the insurgent candidate for congress from the
Black Hills will be selected by the insurgent
delegates to the state convention from Pen.
nington, Butte and Meade counties without
gates from the renaaining Black Hills counties
The insurgents say that after the selection
Is made by themselves there can, OF course
be no objection to the stalwarts from the other
Black Hills counties indorsing the man Sc
~lected If they see fit to do SO. 49, T.
Pennington, Meade and Butte counties are
entitled to an aggregate of an even fifty dele
gates in the state convention, and If the dele
gates from the counties mentioned agree upon
Mayor Emrick as the Black Hills nominee for
congress- he will receive the unanimous sup
port Of the insurgent majority in the state
convention.
Mayor Emrick, who is dentist by profess
sion, and who now promises to attain promi-
hence in the political affairs Of the state, was
has been a resident of South Dakota for six
teen years, and has served three terms OF two
years each as mayor Of Rapid City. He he's
been prominently identified with the upbuildlna
lever in the future greatness Of South Dakota
as whole. and the Black Hills in particular
Will Not Help Judge Campbell.
Many of the insurgent delegates to the STATE
convention have friendly personal feeling to
| ward Judge Campbell Of Aberdeen, who for
merly was identified with the fnsurgent move
mcnt in South Dakota, but who recently be
| came identified with the stalwart faction an
hss be e Of the
| Of the state convention. ~
This friendship, however, will not result /
any of the insurgent delegates voting for Judg
| Campbell in the state convention should h!
| name be presented as candidate for nomina
tion to congress. The INSURGENTS will refuse t
| vote for him for the same reason that the
will not permit the stalwart delegation frol
Lawrence county to select the Black Hills Ii
surgent candidate for nomination to congress
They recall that in the state convention tW
years ago, when the insurgents mustered abou
vention, the staiwarts, who had conrtoi of tn
convention, wholly ignored them and made U
congressional and state ticket from tried an
=, true stalwarts.
Chance for an EARLY Clash.
Interest in the opening features of the sta,
J convention centers in what the insurgent mi
! jority in the convention will do should Fran
Crane, chairman Of the republican state con
mittee, and a leader Of the stalwart faction
follow the usual course and recommend a cal
didate for temporary chairman of the CONVEX
ton. Should he make the usual recommendatiO
it is natural to suppose that he will propose tt
In this event there is not the slightest doul
that the insnrgent majority will nominate q
opposing candidate for temporary chairman ar
concentrate the votes Of the insurgents upc
him for the purpose Of defeating the choice
the state chairman.
The temporary chairman, of course, will ha,
the naming of the credentials and other cor
: mittees and as there will be contesting del
cations from several counties the credentia
!, committee, If appointed by a stalwart temp
rary chairman might strive to seat the saliva
. delegations from the contested counties, th,
, unseating the tnsurgent delegates.
. 1t is safe to predict that in the eve
+ Chairman Crane makes the customary recor
mendation for temporary chairman the l
surgents will nominate and elect one of the
vention, the stalwarts, who had control of Il
convention machinery a few minutes after
calls the convention to order.
Up to Chairman Crane.
I
- man Crane, realizing that If he selects
- - stalwart for temporary chairman, the insurger
= will promptly reject his choice, Will not
r tempt to make selection of temporary pl
a to order will ask the pleasure of the conve
ton III reference to whom the convention {
8 sires shall act in the capacity of tempora
% chairman. ..s..
e While 1t is customary for the chairman
l. l. the state committee to appoint the tempora
i chairman Of a state convention, both the den
9. q Gratis and republicans of South Dakota ha
d established presidents to the contrary. At t
o in August, $685. J. NJ. Greene, at present I
South Dakota member Of the republican !
tional committee, was recommended by
ID chairman Of the state committee for the pc
g ton of temporary chairman Of the conventit
/ The opposition in the convention did
take kindly to this accommodation. and
porary chairman was nominated and bal
was required to make the selection, Mr.. Gree
winning out after lively and bitter conte
Other Precedents.
sas contest OF Tagsd in the der
~ q held at Aberdeen. The gold democrats
a free silverites were the opposing forces
of the convention, both seeking to secure cont
er of the gathering. majority Of the members
OF the democratic state central committee
cided in favor of s. A. Ramsey of Woonsoc
is for temporary chairman of the convention
pr he was recommended for the place.
tn Mr.. Ramsey was the candidate Of the 6
be standard wing Of the party The free sill
r. democrats Objected "a his selection and no
BIT noted w 4 LYNCH of Huron ms free sill