The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-08
Make EFFORT
FOR HARMONY
Conference Held at Mitchell
Adopts Declaration of
Principle.
THE kII1REDGE FORCES WERE IN ATTENDANCE
Call Secret Meeting of staIwarts
and Insist That Troublesome
Resolutions be Adopted.

A large number of republicans from
all parts of the state attended the
open call to meet at Mitchell last
Friday. VIM. Roddle of Bookings
acted as chairman. Mr.. r. o. Rich.
ards business partner, George Hutch.
inson, who was an unsuccessful can.
didate for bank examiner, and 11r.
Richards secretary were present and
tried to help ex-senator Kittredge by
causing strife in the meeting. Their
motives were understood, however,
and the conference paid no attention
to them.
The following resolutions were
adopted at the conference:
'The republicans assembled in open
conference at Mitchell, South Dakota,
October lst, 1909, hereby publish and
declare the purposes of the meeting
and the principles sought to be sus-
tanned:
'"This meeting is called for the pur-
pose of uniting the factions of our
party and reconciling difference with
in the party, so far as may be possible
without surrender of those funda-
mental principles that have been
enunciated by the republican state
platforms of 1906 and 1908. We here
reatfirm those principles and approve
the wisdom manifested by the mem
bers of the legislature in redeeming
those platform pledges and enacting
them into laws of this state, and we
pledge ourselves against any attempt
at their repeal.
"We believe that the adoption OF
those principles by the republican
party has been step forward in the
advancement of government by and
for the people, and that they cannot
now be surrendered. This meeting
is not called for the purpose of adj
vancing or retarding the candidacy of
any man for public Office within the
party; for the reason that we believe
cardinal principles of government are
of paramount Importance and the
candidates. of individuals are of sec
ondary consideration to the people at
large.
"Our pride and confidence in the
republican party is due to the fact
that it has ever put principles before
men and that it has ever been pro-
gressive In thought and ideas that
have commended themselves to the
better judgment of the people, and
that the success of the party has been
due to it's fidelity to principles after
announcing them.
"In view of these evident facts we
declare it our purpose to support can.
didates for Office within the party
strictly according to personal merit
as herein declared, and not to give OF
Withhold our support simply because
of former factional utilization.
"Since the republicans of this state
have twice endorsed the principles We
are here seeking to sustain, we trust
that re-atfirmation Of those princi
pies will give no cause for renewa
OF factional feeling, but will furnish
common ground upon which all repub
lican candidates may stand and from
which they may appeal to the people
on their personal worth and meri,
through the primary law.
We have full faith in and we re
affirm our allegiance to the repub
lican party, national as we'll as state
and we will listen to no surrender O
the fundamental principle of protec
tion as expressed in the last nationa
convention at Chicago. While not a
much was accomplished in the direc
ton Of downward revision of TIN
tariff as was hoped for by the repub
hcans OF this state, yet we apprve tn
effort made and the stand taken b,
those senators and representatives O
the northwestern states, through
which, and with the aid of republi
can president, favorable progress wa
made.
"We cannot commend the cours
pursued by Speaker Joseph C. Cannon
in his arbitrary use of power agains
! those members of the house who ma
J differ from him in thought and idea
nor can we commend his interpreta
. ton of the revision clause Of the Chi
cago platform, nor his stand agains
revision downward. While willin
to yield to the judgment Of the ma
jority of our party, yet we believ
that the party may be made stronge
) and better by nationally taking &C
) vance ground and not by clinging
I the extreme conservatism of Speake
b Cannon. This position leaves sue
. republicans as believe in what til
term "Cannonism'' represents in til
public mind and who propose to d
fend the principles to which the wor
:. gives expression the privilege to mail
= tain their position before the republ
:. cans of this state.
4 "We recommend that the peop
q use care in the selection of candidat.
D for the next session Of the ]egislatu1
and pledge them to the ratification
: the income tax amendment to tt
federal constitution.
"We favor the invoking of hon
rule in the matter of the selection
). postmasters, by letting the party .