Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
SOUTH DAKOTA IS
IN TAFT COLUMN.
Republican Convention Names
Eight Delegates to Nation-
al Convention.
SESSION is A LIVELY ONE
Resolution Favoring Nomination of Sec.
rotary Taft Is Adopted by
AccIamation.

The Republican state convention to
name eight delegates to the national
convention at Chicago was in session
at Huron less than five hours and was
one of the most exciting and intensely
interesting of any convention ever
held in this state. Every county was
represented by full quota of dele
gates. There were 222 1-2 stalwarts
and 266 LIZ progressive votes.
The stalwarts, who are followers of
Senator A. B. Kittredge, and the pro-
gressives, adherents of Gov. Coe I.
Crawford. were fully organized. When
the first show Of strength was made
Hamlin county gave four votes to.
the stalwarts and Sphinx county gave
ten votes to the progressives.
Frank McNulty of Roberts county
was made temporary chairman and
M. J. CLANCY of Clay county perma-
nent chairman, with w. e. Sweeney
of Lyman as secretary.
All went smoothly until the report
of the resolutions committee was pre-
scented. Then the stalwarts objected
to the resolution indorsing Gov. Craw-
ford's candidacy for United States
senator and commenting his admins
tration Of state affairs.
District Issue ls Made.
Effo>ss were made to outgeneral the
progressives in the adoption of this
resolution and some strong speeches
were made. Finally motion prevail
ed dividing the resolutions so that a
vote ON that portion referring to Gov.
Crawford would be had before taking
vote indorsing Secretary Taft for.
president.
The roll was called and Crawford
was Endorsed by 1858 1-2 against
ton favo ing the nomination of Secre
tary Taft for president was adopted
by reclamation.
Other resolutions. adopted without
objection, favored:
The policies of President Roosevelt.
Protection of American industries.
Revision OF the tariff schedules to in
IRON and also articles manufactured
and controlled by trusts or monopolies
on the free list.
Asking for the enlargement of the
powers of the interstate commerce
comm ssion with absolute power to
| fix and establish rates on interstate
traffic and pubic service operations
and empowering the commission to
prosecute trusts and monopolies.
Requiring public service corpora
lions to keep uniform system of ac-
counts to be open to inspection of the
interstate commerce commission at
all times.
The establishment Of state railway
commissions and assessment boards
for states.
Enactment of law providing for
the power OF granting temporary in
functions.
Enactment of an employers liabili-
ty law.
National graduated income tax.
Tax on inheritances.
Gov. Crawford briefly acknowledged
the honor shown him.
Delegates to Chicago.
DeleSatSS 70 lue ndtioHdl EoAFcH-
ton are:
Gov. Coe l. Crawford of Huron, E..
L. Sem Of Oacoma, K. o. Strand of
| Howard, A. W. Ewart Of Pierre, G. H..
Dillon Of Yankton, A. l.. Lockhart Of
Clear Lake, r. G. Grimshaw Of Dead
wood, P. H. O'Neal of Faulkton.
Alternates-C. j. Anderson Of Au-
rora, G. H. Lavery of Stanley, G. W..
Pratt Of Charles Mix, George w. Mer-
ry of Grant, H. c. Alexander of Greg
DRY, O. S. Swenson of Minnehaha,
Frank A. Brown Of Brown. G. A. Hoff-
man of Walworth.
A number Of brief addresses were
made, among the speakers being At
torney General Ellis Of Ohio.