Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-24
POLITICS ARE
WARMING UP
Nearly all the First-Term County Of
ficiaIs Up for Reelection
HARMONY MEET At Fl. PIERRE
Nothing Doing in Factiona| Fight.
Who the Candidates Are

The anti-primary campaign has
been somewhat slower in opening
up in Stanley county than in some
other localities in the state, not
withstanding there is more terri
tory for the man with a bee in his
bonnet to cover than in any other
county. The term of court just
closed at Fort Pierre has, how
ever, served the purpose of start
ing the ball rolling, for the reason
that a great portion of the politi-
clans were called there for divers
purposes, and couldn't resist the
temptation to talk politics.
On Monday evening of last week
the frst-termers together with a
few others that have a longing for
first term at something, got to-
gether on harmony program.
Sheriff Huston is the only one
whose tenure of Office expires by
limitation, and States Attorney
johnson will not be a candidate
for the second term. G. M. Price
will again try for auditor, Byron
L. Glow for treasurer, Andy Rick
etts for clerk of courts, H. NJ.
Dinsmore for county Judge, John
McKillip for register of deeds,
Miss Grace Reed for superintsn-
dent of schools, DR.. G. G. Winters
for coroner and F. L. Norman for
assessor. These have all agreed,
and tits. we'll, that they will forego
the pleasures of following the
factional fight in state politics to
the extent of injecting it into
county politics, and will work to-
gether for the common good.
To succeed Sheriff Huston there
are two avowed candidates in the
field, and others yet to hear from.
George Porch, of kadoka, and
Clarence Coyne, of Hayes, have
their nominating petitions in the
field, and George Belford, present
deputy sheriff, and Let Marring-
ton, of Westfork, have placed
themselves in the hands of friends.
Attorney Alvin Waggoner, of
Philip, is an announced candidate
for states attorney. George ID.
Mathieson, of Fort Pierre, is a
candidate for county commissioner
to succeed w. A. Hopkins. For
representative from this district to
the state legislature DR.. G. j.
Lavery is in the field, while the
name of Martin johnson, of Ka-
doka, has been proposed to line up
against him as the representative
of the stalwart faction.
John Hughes, former states at
torney of this county, has yielded
to the suggestions of friends and
is an avowed candidate for circuit
Judge, to succeed Lyman T..
Boucher, of Pierre, who is a can
didate to succeed himself.
There has been no active steps
taken on the part of the democrats
of the county, so far as we have
learned, to get out candidates for
the county Offices, but there is
little doubt that they will have at
least one candidate for each Office.
Lyman county is in the same
senatorial district with Stanley
county, one senator serving the
two counties. Stanley county had
the Office for tho last term, and
Lyman county claims the honors
should be hers this year. j. G..
Bartine, the insurgent who repre-
sented Lyman county in the house
at the last session, has been
brought out for senator, and fact
ional lines will probably demand
that he should be opposed in the
primaries by someone of the stall
wart faith.
Take it all the way through, the
campaign promises to have just
about the ordinary amount of
spirit in it.
How the "SpoiIs" System Works.