Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-20

sion the past month as to whether we
should have primaries in Day county or
not. When the lnsurgent republicans
insisted on an uninstructed delegation
save for Roosevelt, the stalwarts insisted
upon primary to select delegates and
that they be instructed for Secretary
William H. Taft After the Mitchell
republican meeting when 1900 republic
cans declared for Taft and the subse.
quent meeting of the republican state
central committee at Huron, where that
body, composed principally Of insur-
gents, having had their eyes opened by
the Mitchell meeting and seeing that
further opposition to Taft instructions
would greatly weaken their already
losing cause, decided that the best way,
and in fact the only hope they had left,
declared for Taft. This policy meeting
at once with the cooperation Of Day
county insurgents, did away with the
necessity of holding primaries in this
county so far as republicans were con-
cerned.
The chairmen of the republican, DEM
ocratic and prohibition county central
committees called a meeting of the
various committees at Kading's hall, in
this city, for Monday, February ii 1908,
at two o'clock, for discussion and decision
npon the matter. The meeting was
largely attended by the members of all
committees. The objects of the meet.
ing were stated by Chairman Arthur, of
the republican county central commit
tee, who showed that under the primary
election law it would be necessary for
all three committees to decide that they
deemed the expense for holding the
March primaries to select delegates to
the state conventions that names dele
gates to the national conventions were
unnecessary and would be a useless
expense upon the county And that
notice of such meetings and such div
isions must be certified to the county
auditor in writing by the chairman and
secretary of each of the several county
central committee.
States Attorney Frank Sears stated
before the large body of representatives
of all parties that he had Appropriated
the expense of such primaries to the tax
payers of Day county and found it to
be about 81 300, but he had just haa a
conversation with County Commissioner
Goodrich, who had looked the matter
mp carefully aud had come to the con-
cluslon that the cheapest the county
could get away from such primaries
would be $500 and it was very doubt
full if that amount would cover the
total expense.
The democratic committee met in the
front room of the Kading hall, the pro.
hibition committee met in the court
house and the republican committee
met in the Kading hall. Each COM
mittee thoroughly discussed the pri-
maries, the lack of necessity for them
at this time and the great unnecessary
expense that would be placed upon the
taxpayers of the county, and then the
chairman and the secretary of each
committee were instructed that the var
ions committees had each for itself
decided that the primaries were unnec-
essary and also directed them to notify
the county auditor that such action had
been taken by all of them. The follow.
ing notice was drawn up and signed by
the respective officers of the three COM
mittees and States Attorney Sears and
H. +. Denton were appointed COM
mittee to Ole the same with the county
auditor, @. E. Blegen, which was done
shortly after three o'clock Monday, Feb
ruary IL, 1908
| Notice to Auditor.
Webster, 8. D., February IL, 1908.
AT a regularly called meeting Of the
county central committees of the repub-
lican party, democratic party and pro-
hibition party Of Day county. South
Dakota, held at Kading's hall, in the
City Of Webster, Day county, South
Dakota. foS the purpose of considering
the advisability Of holding county
convention and primary election Incl
dental thereto, 1t was decided by said
county central committees that there