The Irish standard., 1912-03-09
PRIMARY PLANS
|: ST|RPROGRESS|vES
RENEWAL OF ACTIVITY SHOWN
BY FOLLOWERS OF WISDOM.
SIN SENATOR.
SOUTH DAKoTAN's IREUP
Afraid Democrats Would Take PART
Seth Low Thinks President
Should Be Re-
nominated.


among the managers and supporters OF
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt,
respectively, over the suggested presi-
Dental primary, and the renewal of
activities by the La Toilette campaign
headquarters, with special reference
to the attitude of the La Toilette men
toward Col. Roosevelt were among the
chief features of the presidential cam
paign gossip here.
The Taft bureau received the fol-
lowing telegram from President Keller
of the Lawrence county, S. D., Taft
club at Lead in that state. Among
other things Mr. Keller said: Il no.
tice Dixon's challenge for presidential
primaries. South Dakota has oper.
ated under primary law for years and
it is a notorious fact that thousands
Of Democrats have always voted in
Republican primaries for the purpose
of influencing nominations. If such
conditions prevail in face of legal en-
actments how much more would such
conditions exist und ,r primaries held
without sanction of law as in most
states they must necessarily be held
If DiXon's suggestion is adopted. The
present system was good enough for
us common people to nominate Roose-
welt for president in 1904, tc nominate
Roosevelt's choice, Taft, in 1908, and
we believe it is still sufficiently ade.
! quate method of ascertaining the real
choice of the people, at least until the
people themselves have challenged the
method in some lawful manner
La Toilette Men Aroused.
That there is far from cordial feel
ing between the Roosevelt and La Fol-
lette leaders in the progressive camp
| was shown by statements given out
| at the La Toilette headquarters.
One feature of the statement in adj
dition to declaring that the issue is
| between La Toilette and Roosevelt in
| some of the western states, is the as
sertion tartly commenting upon these
insurgent senators and representatives
who have deserted the La Toilette
standard to join the Roosevelt move
ment. The statement says that the re-
ports from the western states where
presidential primaries are to be held
''are encouraging" and are to the effect
that while few of the self-constituted
political leaders have had attacks of
"buck fever" there is mo wavering
in the rank and file of the progressives
and they are standing firmly by La
Toilette"
| Special reference is made in the La
Toilette declaration to the campaign in
North Dakota preliminary to the pri-
mary, as follows: Senator Gronna Of
North Dakota will go to his state at
once, leaving Wednesday night, and
will be ON the stump there until the
close of the campaign March 10. Sen
ator Gronna has been in close touch
with all sections of his state and is
confident that the issue which has
been made in thai state between La
Toilette and Roosevelt will result in
the election of a La Toilette delega-
ton. Besides Senator Gronna, the La
Toilette forces have dozen campaign
ers from Wisconsin and other places
on the stump or billed in North Da-
kota."
Seth Low Heard From.
One of the interesting statements
received by the Taft supporters, was
an expression by former Mayor Seth
Low of New York. one of the old-time
friends and co-laborers with Col.
Roosevelt in many New York cam
paigns. Mr.. Low, among other things,
said:
Under all the circumstances, l
think that President Taft fully de.
serves a denomination at the hands
of the party"
| Women Will Have Police Court.