The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-17
.ECAN IS A
CANDIDATE
Disbarred Sioux Falls Attor.
ney Will Ask Suffrage
of the People.
AspIREs 10 Be GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKo1A
states His Position in Letter to &c.
Hendrlckson, Mayor of Wall. In
Response to Petition.

Believing that the people OF Pen
nington county are interested. in the
letter written by George w. Eagan
to ]. @. Hendrickson, mayor of Wall,
the UNION takes this occasion to pub
fish 1T in full this issue. In this let
ter Mr.. Egan announces himself as
candidate for governor before tie phi
maries next June. The letter as pub
lished in Egan's own paper is as fol-
lows:
Hon. ]. G. Hendrickson, Mayor,
Wall, South Dakota:
My Dear Mr.. H~endrickson:
Some weeks ago l received the fol-
lowing request from you which was
signed, as 1 am advised, by practical
ly every voter in your town. 1 also
received with the same your personal
fluctuations.
"We, the undersigned, citizens of
Wall, S. d., and vicinity, hereby re-
spectfully request Hon. Geo. w. Egan
of Sioux Falls, S. d., to permit his
name to be used as a candidate for
the office of governor of the state of
South Dakota, and pledge to him our
hearty support, both at the primaries
and at the election"
1 have not made reply to the above
before now because of urgent business
engagements which prevented me
from doing SO.
l desire to state to you at this time
and through you to my friends in
Pennington county, that l have de-
cided to stand as a candidate for gov
ernor of South Dakota before the re-
publican primaries as requested by
your people and a large number of
citizens in different parts of this
state. You may, therefore, advise
our friends accordingly.
| shall stand before the people as a
regular republican candidate for the
nomination at the primaries as above
stated. I make this early announce
ment at the request of a large body
of friends and in order. that there
may be ample opportunity to %investi-
gate men and measures. Men with
out proper principles and measures
are useless, and principles and meas
ures without proper men of courage
and character are helpless.
In order that those desiring may
know my exact position it may be
proper to state to you that I endorse
the republican national platform as
adopted at the last national conven-
tion Of u party assembled at Chi
cago; and also approve the provisions
of the republican state platform as
adopted at Mitchell by the last state
convention of the republicans OF
South Dakota.
In addition thereto, I am in favor
of enacting into law in this state the
Recall principle as it is invoked under
the Commission plan of government,
making the same apply to county of.
fcials, thus giving the people sepa.
rate and distinct power from the ju.
dietary to remove dishonest county
officers.
I am in favor of the election of the
members of the state board of chart.
ties and corrections and the warden
of the state %penitentiary by the peo
pie. Thus removing as far as possible
those officers from partisan politics
and taking the power from the gov.
ernor Of building up a personal ma,
chine, with creatures dependent upon
the will of the creator. / would, in,
stead, restore this power to the people
to whom it rightfully belongs.
The insurance commissioner Of this
state should be a nan Of special quail
iication and training; one of expert
ence in the great enterprise of insur
ance, in order that insurance compa
MES may be dealt with justly and i'm
partially while the interests of tn,
people are guarded and protected, ]
am, therefore, in favor of. digntfyinl
that office by elective independence
thus removing from it the stigma 0
being a mere sub.station for the dis
tribution Of personal patronage.
l believe that all appointive office
should be filed by men with q sol
view of the services In he rondpro.