The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-10-05
HARMONY FAILED
TO FIND PLACE
At CONVENTION
Five Names Added to
La Toilette Campaign
Committee
WAS NOT PLEASED
Richmd Calls it Rump Con
went ON nd Will Ignore
the Action Taken

There is Il difference OF opinion
between the progressive republican
fore, an the ". @. :tichards fac
liun Us to what constitutes the real
essentials OF ;,n Olive branch. The
.lc that was handed 10 Mr. Kichards
!s the progrlssiNcS did not appeal
10 Mir. Richards With IN otclt force,
and ne d,clincd To receive il.
This witt reference TO the secon4
motliNG Thursday Afternoon OF the
Souta Dakota Progressive Republic
can League. Tho league vas called
10 orGyg AT the cour, house in the
aftelAoGn. the purpose OF which was
TO ,rIoci haftMGnious relations be-
,Ngin t!le lwO clements both OF
witch Iosire 10 be ;l the head OF the
La Fo...&c prcsiGtntial campaign
w44,,, /. 10 be started in this state.
i'm taGt which has been started twice
--IliEl ~ !!NtOl WV McchS HSo, VI
second in Mitchell on The present ot-
caSion.
n, thc Huron convention, which
was disiinctivoly Il richards con-
ven,ion. a campaign committee OF
IivotmCn WAS appointed to nave
charge OF the movement in South
Dakota. Four men on the commit
ice, Mcssls. Rogue. I'owcn, Tschar-
Nor. and Cos were in sympathy with
inc Richards element. and Way was
placed on it rs a progressive factor
The olive branch the progressives
Intended 10 hand Owe was the nam
ing OF five additional members OF Tho
committee. and TO retain~thr same
officials.
With this as the formulated pro
..am President Norbcck called th'
contention to or.er, there helns
about; % men assembled iii III
hail. The comnnittee OF resolution
had been DELAYED in making thei
report and while waiting for ii II
come in Dir. Rata OF Rapid City. wa
called upon to make some remark
in sympathy with the occasion
Touching on the conditions whicl
lie s4ia surrounded the people o
,his country. rs controlled 50 thor
oughlv BY the Interests. he declare
his bclici tha, history would be nc
pca;cd in providence bringing fort
a man as in the Gays OF Lincoln an
Grant 10 break the shackles that bin
tho people.
The Resolutions Presented.
Chairman Norbcck called for til
report OF The committee on rcsOll
,ions and il Was read by G. y. Do
Land. OF Picirc. They are as 70
lows:
The South Dakota State Branch {
the National Progressive llepubl
can League having issued the ca
for this meeting and extended j
invitation to all pro2ressivcs repul
licans who believe that the frees
and highest type of government
effected by cnacting the will o. III
people into law under tho constlt'
,ion. the announced purpose in cal
ing this meeting being to advise 9
the question OF the wisdom of IL
Taft administration, ANA the clal
Of the President 10 Il rcnominatio
and TO discuss other public question
md.
Whereas. pursuant TO said call tn
meeting Of progressive re.,ublicaI
is assembled at Mitchell, South ID
ko,a. ON this 2Sth day of Septembe
1911. he it.
RESOLVED. that in the judgme
of the progressive republicans
South Dakota here assemble
President Taft is not the stronge
nor the most logical candidate W
can be nominated by the national !
publican convention next year.
is our belief that in the .emergen
which the republican party now fac
in the nation and in the face of I
responsibilities III must assume al
the questions it must plye. i stron
or and more progressive candida
should be nominated next year:
We congratulate the people
this state upon the fact that the
rect primary election law OF Il
state contains a provision by viii
each voter OF the republican party
the election of delegates to the ne
national republican convention c
express his choice among the can
dates of his party for the presiden
This is a step in popular COVE
ment of which the national Progr
siye Republican league is a Il
nounced advocate.