The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-20
SOMETHING TO BE DONE

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: By a
majority so small as to make them
grasp, the insurgents, by the liberal
use of money, and by putting a
horde of speakers into the field, Lave
secured nominal control of the April
convention which is to send eight
delegates to the national convention
at Chicago. Governor Crawford went
on record at Watertown as declaring
that the control of this convention
had no bearing on the fight in
June. He gave up this interview
when he thought the insurgents
were going to lose, but with lis
accustomed cheapness, he will no
doubt claim now that the result OF
the primaries vas a fine endorse .ent
of the whitewashing Of Gamtlle, of
the waste OF public money, OF Inc
betrayal OF tue people on the Northern
Pacific deal. of the Walworth county
land matter, OF the bad appoint
ments he has made, Of the charging
Of hotel bills TO the state, and of
the prodigal use OF other peoples
money In order to ''make a showing"
as Dick Richards puts it.
The fact is, however, that the
stalwarts showed a strength in the
state which has astonished Mr..
Crawford and his hackers. The re-
suit of the primaries in March shows
that the popular vote of the state is
back of the stalwarts and that the
stalwarts will win the fight 10 June.
Let there be no doubt about this
|Coe L. Crawford is %hopelessly de-
feated for the senate. and if he gets
into that body he will have to do
as the candidate of the democratic
party
Not county which went stawiart
two years ago is lost to the stalwarts.
Many counties which went insurgent
two years ago have been redeemed to
the stalwarts. If the stalwarts had
spent %one-fourth OF the money winch
Mr.. Richards put into the fight,
they would today be in easy conrol of
the convention. Over the state, it
was shown by the primaries or Tues
day that the popular vote is with
Senator Kittredge and the stalwart
cause, and this means victory in June
because In June delegates can not be
secured with monev, but a refeIen-
dun of the republican voters OF the
whole state is to be taken.
From thu Tuesday primaries
another lesson is to be learned. 1t
is this: that Senator Kittredge can
not make his fight alone. So far as
he is concerned, he has his fight won
before the people of the state. Mr..
Crawford is defeated today. Bnt il
the whole ticket is to be brought
through, II the money.spenulng
campaign of the "reformers'' is to
be met. If the voters of the sta e are
to be posted on truth, it will be
necessary for the stalwarts OF the
state to get into the fight, aud see
to 1t that organization is perfected,
and that the vote of the state is
least.
There can not be the slightest
doubt about what the sentiment OF
the state is. Not a county uh.cb
was carried by the stalwarts two
years ago has been lost TO blsem,
except Mcpherson, in which III,
people were denied the right to saw.
County after county which went in
surgent two years ago has either
gone stalwart this time or has been
$50 close as to be a moral victory
for the ..stalwarts. The returns show
that the popular vote was with tile
stalwarts In this fight. and it is the
popular vote which counts Let
every stalwart In the state get into
the fight from now until June, !, d
there can not be the slightest doubt
about the result. Senator Kittredge
will be returned to..the senate bevond
a doubt and the remainder of the
stalwart ticket will be nominated IL
the stalwarts get into the game.