The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-21
EVENTS N 1AE
POLITICAL FIELD
GOVERNOR CRAWFORD AND
SENATOR kTTTREDGE MAKE
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
Several Counties Have Decided To
DO Without the March Pri-
mary Election.

y o4OuA u dIlS paper prints ue-
spatch this week stating that the
democrats of the state believe their
chances OF getting control Of the next
legislature atthe coming election
should happen many of the party
would be favorable to Chauncey l..
Wood Of this city IS successor of
Senator Kittredge.
At a meeting of the county central
committee in Sisseton county this
week the organization declared fer
Crawford and Taft
The democrats have lined up with
the insurgents in Minnehaha county
in an endeavor TO defeat the purpose
Of the stalwarts TO hold a primary
lection. The estimated expense that
MI be incurred in case . primary is
a is figured about S1.S00.
Senator Kittredge is making hay
various points in the state He
Caa al Parkston, Chamberlain, AL
andria and White Lake and several
.iea points This makes his third
!, Of active campaigning in the
rpst Of the Stalwart faction
Former Governor C. w. Elrod
IS come cut nat-fcuted against the
proposal that he compete for gu
hernatoral honors again. In de-
Lining TO make the race, Mr.. Elrod
states that he appreciates the good
wishes OF his friends, but since leav-
ing Office he has no expectation or
desire to enter the field again.
The republican county central
committee OF Dawson county met in
Mitchell last Saturday and adopted
resolutions favoring Roosevelt, Taft
and I\ittredge. The resolutions were
passed unanimously, the insurgents
not requesting test vote. A pri-
mary election will have to be held
in the county as the democrats re-
fused o join with the republicans in
dispensing with it,
The prohibition. democratic and
republican county central commit
tees for Edmunds county held meet
ng5 in Ipswich last week and all
three parties voted to get along with
out the March primary election The
republicans appointed delegates to
The state convention and indorsed
Taft and Nittredge.
Stanley county pubicans held
forth at Midland and decided that
there was no necessity of holding a
primary If the following account of
the meeting appearing in the Arugu-
Leader is yeracious, the convention
was a lecordbreaker.
Pierre. Feb. 1.-THE Stanley
county republican central committee
meeting appears from reports o
have been principally conducted by
two men with proxies. They met at
Midland today, and while their
proxies We're two thirds of those
present. they were slightly short of
twc-thirds Of the whole committee
but they resolved to do away With
the primaries and select dclega-
ticn to the state convention after n
1orsinS Crawford and Taft
There will be no primary election
in Gregory county This was de-
ided at the meeting Of the county
central committee held in Bone
teel Monday The county will save
about $1,000 in consequence. The
| delegation TO the state convention
is divided evenly between the stall
warts and the insurgents. No ref
erence to the senatorship was made,
a fact claimed by the stalwarts to
4 be z victory.
Governor Crawford opened the
5attle in Deuel. county Monday, by
speaking al Clear Lake A big
crowd turned out to hear the gov
ernor. He also made an address at
Gary and Toronto.
A primary election in March is the
order Of events in Clay county. Both
republican and democratic county
central committees in convention al
Vermllion so decided. The election
will be held March oath.
A majority Of the county central
committee Of Miner was not on hand
when the meeting was called and tbs
March primary will have to be held
Resolutions for Roosevelt and Ta
i TEre unanimously adopted