The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-03-03
LAST HURON CONFERENCE.

, ly bunch OF republicans present, but
owing to the uncertainty of travel or
some other important thing the at
tendance was not quite SO large as that
of the one held the first Of the month.
This gathering styled themselves "in-
surgents" or "progressives" but we
noticed they bore the same "old
stamp" of those at the former con
ference. We used to know and rec
ognize them as republicans.
There was TON" Thorson, 1--WE have
known tom" since the year one)
and he didn't look as though he had
been in the arena for over a quarter
of a century, o could we detect
the ear marks of a rebel" Tom
looked prosperous and progressive"
all right but Observation-Disclosures.
Then there was Ringsrud, he could
hardly be classed as an 'insurgent,"
he has more the appearance OF a
"stalwart." A. O tells us he has
been out OF politics for some years
and he looks it-ke's not as gray and
grizzled as some of his fellow suf-
ferers who were there.
John Sutherland was one Of the
few that looked like an ''insurgent."
Johns inherent desire or capacity for
a scrap was born in him and he can't
help 1t. Always on the firing line"
becomes John and he delights in max
ing the enemy sit up and take no.
tice." Then there was Bill Roddle,
everybody knows Uncle Bill" regard
less OF politics-well. do you think he
looks like a rebel? Hardly. He is
wart," and has never been classed as
a lightweight" anywhere, although
he would hardly meaure up to Kit
in some things political.
Basford, BASS" for short, is the
same old warhorse he was a quarter
of a century ago and wears the same old
smile 1--WE don't think it will ever wear
on Bass is betwixt and between,
We always knew him as a good repub-
lican. His s%crapping qualities how
ever ought to class him as an Gin
surgent" but his well known war cry
TO the victors belong the spoils" might
put him in the "stalwart" class. Any
how Bass" is a good Indian.
Sem and Dick Richards, they're new
ones, and Judging from some things
We saw at Huron, the word "insurgent'
has not been misapplied-they are
%scrappers from start to finish. Char
lie Englesby is a good soldier and
does not believe in going on the"fr-
ing line" as long as there are others
to do the fighting-but he knows how
to marshall the forces and line them
up in battle array. Barring his size
and shape Charlie would make a good
"stalwart," for he's a good General"
Carl Sherwood was not there, we
missed Carl, we anticipate however
that he is just as "stalwart" as ever?
We didn't hear his name mentioned for
congress either, although it would have
been a credit to the conference to
have done so-but evidently it was
location" and not the man that was
wanted.
Andy" Lockhart, brother of Jack"
was there as of yore. Andy" has the
appearance If not the characteristics
OF a "stalwart." We fail to compre-
bend just why Andy should be lined
upon one side and Jack" on the other.
But that old spirit of rebellion when
1t was brother against brother" seems
still to prevail,
There were some more time-tried and
fire-tested old heroes ike Senator Dill
Ion and Geo. Rice and a few younger
"would-be's" like Clark, Dokken and
Policy, even Little Mac of the Aber-
deem News was there and we are still
ransacking our brain to solve Macs
position-perhaps he is a "stalwart
progressive republican" Dick Halla-
day might tell us.
There was the same spirit of "get to
gatheriveness" in this conference that
was manifest in the preceding one
but it took considerable longer. Like
Banquo's ghost Richards wouldn't
down and Wesley wanted another
term-and it looks as though he might
get 1t, providing our long haired
friend from M%innehaha county could
be placated with an appointment as
gate keeper to the "house of lords"