Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-22
OF PROCRESSlVES
Vesssy and Polly Will Both be En-.
dorsed at Huron.
sHRADER AND THORsON FAVORED
These VIII be Pushed for Congress ms
Candidates from Both Ends Of
stRtc-FiEht for Minor
offices.

PIERRE, S. r.. Feb. 2L.-(special)-
While the progressives will not meet at
Huron for several days to Zine up" their
ticket for the coming fray in the primaries.
the general discussion indicates what will
be their practical selections for most OF
the places. They will. OF course, endorse
Governor Vessey for reelection; as they
will State Secretary Policy. For congress
1t looks like the selection OF John f. shra-
der OF Rapid City, for the western. part OF
the state. and Thomas Thorson Of Lincoln.
for the eastern portion. This will leave
them in shape for a nominee for each dis
trict In case 1t Ia held by the courts that
the vote must be by districts this year, or
will at the same time leave them with
candidates from each end Of the state II
the vote is to be by the whole state.
Their selection for lieutenant governor
will be F. NJ. Byrne Of Faux county; that
for state superintendent Of instruction, c..
@. Laurence of Lincoln county. For at
torney general the indications are tina they
VIII defer to the young voters Of the state
and select Royal c. johnson Of HYDE
county. who is being pushed by the younger
element OF the party. For auditor. E. j..
Lampy Of Codlngton county is considered
the most likely man, and for land commits
f 49, 49, ANAAoO VI oldllAtN dDDtdIb
to be in line for their selection. While this
nay not be the exact ticket they select. It
will be found not far from the lineup they
VIII select. Just who their selection for
railroad commissioner from the Third dis
trict (west Of the Mlssouri) will be has not
yet developed.
The stalwarts, on the other hand. have
lined up most Of their ticket, but have
places yet to fill. Their congressional can
dldates will, of course, be Congressmen
Martin and Burke; for governor, ex-Gov-
ernor Samuel II. Elrod; for lieutenant gov
ernor, j. w. Parmley OF Edmunds; for at
torney general, Titus Z. Price Of Yankto
appears to be listed; for treasurer. George
Johnson OF Lincoln-and on this the pro-
grossives do not appear to have yet de-
veloped any candidate, at least none in the
open. For land commissioner they will
probably line up behind Matthias d. Eide
OF Miner county, who was their candidate
In the fight two years ago. For auditor,
II. b. Anderson of Dawson county claims
to be on the list; for superintendent of in
struction, A. H. Seymour of Kingsbury is
classed as the choice for such selection.
The possibility for secretary Of state along
their lineup has not yet developed into the
open. Their candidate for railroad com
missioner Is W. g. Smith Of Sturgis, who
has held the place for two terms and is out
for a third one. As that district includes
all the territory west of the Missouri, it is
possible that some new man in the newer
settled section Of the state may ask for a
change.
Neither side appears to be making any
move In regard to the supreme court judges
to be selected at the coming election, APP
parently looking upon Judges Mccoy and
Smith as satisfactory.
All the circuit judges are to be selected
at the primaries, and the probabilities are
that most, II not all the present judges will
be candidates to succeed themselves. There
will probably be contests in some of the
districts, but the only one in which there
has been any open opposition developed as
yet is in the Third circuit, where C. X.
Seward has long nourished a desire to sit
the bench and has announced that he
will contest the reelection of Judge
Marquis.