Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-28
POLITICAL FICHT IN HILLS
Rapid City Anxious TO Secure Cen
gresnonal Plum Next Year.
SCRAP Is ONE OF LOCATION
Governor Vess-y Faces Opr~-ition OF
Stalwarts for Re-EIection - Cow
srnor--oandIaRtes fer Other
place..

Places.
PIERRE s D. Dec EZspecinlD-Rve-
since statehood the Blsck Hills section q
the state has had Representatives either in
the Senatorial OF congressional deleuAuon
from the state and IL every case the rep
resentatve has come from Lawrence
county. Several attempts have been made
by the counties In the souJhern part o. the
BLACK Huls section TO break into this ar
rAngtmtnt but they always have failed
There are rumors that under the provisions
Of the primary Law. q strong effort viii
be made % change the past conditions
The people % RAPID City feel thai after
more than twenty years o. sue representa-
ton from Lawrence county they are en-
uusd 20 = showing and rumorE are strong
Of their going after IL FOR keeps next
June. The question q EtAlVRrt ana
progressive does nos appear 70 enter into
The situation, only the one Of location OF
the nougrsEsman from the western half Of
the state Up 10 the present the names
which are most often mentioned In that
connection are John +. Shrader and {. j.
BueL shrsdor has always been with the
sLalwArt faction in their fights. and Buei
with the opposition. II RAPID ClU decides
70 MAKE the fight IN earnest Il u not AkelY
thai more than che Of these men WIn be
brOuEnt 70 the front and hls name Will be
pushed for al the forces that RAPID City
can While this move is in a
certain extent aimed al Congressman Mar
TN personally u Is more largely . geo
graphical han a personal fight
Last Of the river, the only open opposi-
ton as yet 10 the return 10 Congressman
Burke IL the biennial candidacy Of ". s
Glass Of WATERFOWL, who always an
nounoes his candidacy for the next cam
pslEn a. soon Is the returns show las de-
feat Et the election in which he has Just
been deefsled. This quiet does not mean,
OF course, there VIII be no opposition 10
Burke, but whatever there is in that direc-
ton has not put in an appearance Up 70
the present
Many After state Places.
Along the state list the names ErS com
ing TO the front pretty regularly nov >,
L. Truran has announced ms candidacy
fer the position Of head OF the state land
department, where he has flied The posi-
ton of deputy for seven years and has &C
CURED 4 thorough familiarity with the
work Of that department which would 20
q long way toward assuring q ~cOntinu-
Anoe q the policies Of the last and pres
snt commissioners should be be selected
The only other name which has been men
toned In that direction il the booming
which the Stanley county papers are Civ
ing n. M Hanson. The lease clerk IN the
department. who lives in mat county. 1t
is not known whether he Will become q
candidate for the place or not
r. - .-.aH.--Hu ~NaH- TlNn n Tnhn-
son, present county auditor OF Lyman
the name Of Z. J. LAmpy Of wEtertoWn
WAs presented in an announcement inne-
diately following the progressive meeting
at Huron in September and which VA al
the time taken as q challenge to the can
didacy Of W. S. Glass Of that city.
While The list Of names for Euperin-
tendent OF instruction. which was started
early in the fall included about half the
county supsrintsndentE in the Etate-pot
counting the 'Eirls"-4t has remained At 8
stAndstiI since that time, but probably by
now. II rspublished. would include the
whole list.
For attorney general the only Names In
the open as yet are Royal c. johnson OF
HYDE county. who has made q good record
as states attorney OF that county and
who has the backing Of the younger poll
ucians Of the state, the move having been
started by state university boys who were
classmates Of johnson at the university,
As that element IL 10 be the recruiting
ground, the older politicians may have 10
consider II before the END Of the cam
paIgn. Another name is that Of Charles
JerEsnEon Of Roberts county. now states
attorney. who wants to be a. the head Of
the state legal department
For lieutenant governor, the only name
vet brought into the open is that Of
state Senator Frank N. BHrne OF Faux
county, whose name Is being urged by the
papers in the north central part Of the
EtEte
flight for G0vsrnOruhfP.
Just where the situation VIII land 30
far as the governor is concerned is yet
an open one. Governor Vsssey viii find
friends and votes where be die not get
them two years ago. and Pm the other
hand viii find opposition. where be re-
ceived support at that time. Who his
opposition if any, viii be appears 70 be
eentsring on either Ex-Governor Elroo Of
Clark, OF K. L Abe Of Huron II either
OF these men come into the field IL viii
be as a straight FtalwATt candidate in Do
position 10 Vessey as 4 progressive The
candidacy Of George ". Egan, which Ap-
peAred 10 be somewhat formidable last
summer now appears TO be dwlndling down
10 practically nothing. One OF the hopes
OF the stAlwarts was In a division OF the
progressive vote by EgGn giving a strong
stAlwaE1 an easy victory, but thai element
does not sppeET as strong now a. II did
4 few months ago
Two nominees for supreme court judge
VIII be selected In the primaries next June,
and II is not considered likely that there viii
be any opposition among the republicans
themselves 10 the selection Of Judges NO
Coy and Smith to succeed themselves fol-
lowing their appointment By Governor Yes
sey last summer And BY the way this
election viii proEids a court, which viii
rrufafn sseuuFfuuiuT mGmbErR instead