The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-21
PLATFORM SATISFACTORY.

A Sioux Falls dispatch says that the
republicans OF the state in general
have no criticism to offer in reference
TO the platform adopted by the repub-
lican state convention held at Sioux
Falls last week, and It is believed that
the platform viii furnish a common
ground upon which both stalwart and
progressive republicans can stand
shoulder to shoulder in the coming
campaign and win an Overwhelming
victory at the polls in November.
The platform contains planks endors-
ing principles adopted by the stalwart
republicans at their convention held
prior TO the June primaries, hence the
stalwarts can have no cause for com
plant on that score. The refusal OF
the convention to- adopt all the planks
proposed by X. 0. Richards of Huron,
omitted from the platform what the
stalwarts have designated as pOpulis-
tic ideas. OF course, some Of the
planks went much further than would
have been the case had the stalwart
republicans beer in a position To con
troll the convention and write the plat
form, but in general the principles set
forth in the platform are such as can
be supported by the average republi-
can without regard TO whether he Is
identified with the progressive or stall
wart faction Of the party.
The plank of the platform adopted
by the Sioux Falls convention favor
ing the repeal OF the law requiring
the publication of insurance statements
al fight such as the republicans of
South Dakota have been engaged in
during the past four or five years. 1t
has beer a favOrite amusement for the
'outs' to shout against the alleged
evil effects of the distribution of the
insurance statements among the news
papers which are loyal to the faction
of the party in power in tie state, and
II has been charged in season and out
of season that newspapers have been
held In line for the state administra-
ton solely because of the handing out
to them of these troublesome insur-
ance statement.
However, for the political effect it
would have, the insurance statement
matter has been held up before the
voters of the state as a terrible ex-
ample of the means used by alleged
willy politicians to build up a machine. !
and the result is hat the newspaper
men themselves have killed the goose
that laid the golden egg-so to speak.
Inasmuch as the republican state
platform contains a plank declaring
that "the primary law should be
amended to meet deficiencies made APP
parent In it's actual operation 1t is
certain that the legislature to be elect
ed in November will assume the task
OF remedying imperfections in the law
which were revealed at the June prim-
aries. The chief thing TO be accom-
plished by amending the law is to pre-
vent, SO far as possible, the members
of n party voting the ticket of a
different party.
1t is notorious that at the June prim-
aries thousands of democrats openly
voted the republican ticket through
out the state, in the hope of nominat-
ing those republicans who were regard
ed as the weaker ones so the chances
OF the democratic candidates for the
same offices would be improved at the
election mex November.
One Of the plans proposed is to have