The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-17
sTALwART VICTORY SURE.

OFFlClAL COUNTY PAPEk
sTALWART VICTORY SURE.
Aberdeen News.-The stalwarts of
South Dakota have every reason to
congratulate themselves over the out
come of the March primaries and of
the Huron convention. The result
urely presages a big triumph in June.
Two years ago the state convention
was overwhelmingly insurgent. This
year, with a disgraceful breach of
faith in Sphinx county, after the dele
gates had been elected, the insurgents
had the slim majority Of "A at Huron.
This majority was composed of the 5
i~ntimidated votes from Sphinx, 4 stol-
en- and illegal votes from Mcpherson,
~ stolen and illegal votes from Stan
ley, 5 county seat fight votes from
Charles Mix, 6 county seat fight votes
from Wa1worth, 13 votes gained by
chicanery from Codington, 10 default
votes from Lake, 5 compromise votes
from Sanborn-a total Of GO votes
that should rightfully have been
counted in the stalwart column. With
these votes in the stalwart column,
where they belonged, the convention
would have stood 285 stalwart to 2O3
lnsurgent.
Besides, the insurgents secured the
delegates from Hutchinson, Faulk,
Deuel., Bon Homme. Miner, Brook
ings-53 In ably a lei scratch,
by the absence Of one to two dele
Gates, by two votes In a single pre-
cinct In the a Of Faulk, by a few
Individual votes in the CASE of Brook
ings. by q single delegate In Hutchin-
ron, by two delegates in Bon Homme.
The securing Of these So delegates by
the insurgents was a piece of pure
luck. Had luck been with the stall
warts in these counties the vote in
the state convention would have
Stood 23S stalwart to $50 insurgent
~ more than two to me-. These So
votes signlied nothing in a political
ssnse % affecting the June primaries
the mere luck Of the matter might
have been with one side or the other.
The June primaries, az far as the
1snatorship and the state omces are
concerned. will be decided by the
vote Of the entire state. The vote
will be counted as q whole. There
viii be but one chance, therefore. for
. lucky turn on majorities, while In
11Arch there 9 several chances
With the Insurgents winning them all.
Lake county. Mcpherson. Stanley
Charles Mix. Walworth. Codington
are sturdy stalwart counties by popu.
lar vote. The stalwarts got moth.
ing from these counties in March save
4Sspltt In Charles Mix. They lost ali
Of Faux. Hutchinson. Bon Homme
BrookinEs. Deuel.. Miner by scratch
votes for delegates. At the wors,
these counties will tie in June, thu.
eliminating them from the contest.
The north tier Of counties as 8
1roup. including the insurgent coun.
~ OF Roberts. will return a handsome
atalWart majority. more than Offset
ting any insurgent majorities II
0ptnk. 6ully and the Northwestern
railroad counties from Beadle to tn,
Hughes county line. Lake, sanborn
AcCook. Charles Nix and othel
known stalwart counties In that sec
ton will Offset insurgent majoritie,
Clay. Union. Moody and Turner
oonceding for the sake Of the argu
aent that Hutchinson will be q tie II
June - In March. Minnehaha coun
q With IT. immense vote will be stat
wart two or three to one. In the nv
Black Hills counties the insurgen
vote will be scarce worth counting.
Another significant feature Of tn,
STRAY 10 the fact that the insurgen
light has been prosecuted day ant
night for nearly two years past by
dosen state ,ofncers and two scor
state appointees and employees. tn
stalwart campaign started at Mitchell
on January 2sth and has had onl
four candidates for state Offices in tn
neld-Kittrege for the senate. Burk
and Martin for congress and Brown
for governor. Compare the shown
made by these four candidates in
month with the slim results accom-
plished by the two % ofice-holder
a almost two years of constant ei
fort and there can be no doubt of tn
outcome in June.
And still another consideration. L
the campaign for the April CONVEX