Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23


cation which he CO n use. A completes
revela ton OF MS wholly selfish attitude
could hnve only one result: the In
slant separation from him OF all those
accession to his standard of the Wick
hem crowd CT traders who have been
hls co'1stant enemies for the last 13
Years. The lineup now appears to be
e5lean-eut and definite. Pettigrew, Bow
side; johnson and his friends on the
other. On one side all the old reaction
cry leaders: on the other the young,
progressive democrats of the state who
their party and strive to divorce it
from the fnhuence q the bosses: The
feelings of the young men are best ex-
pressed by the statement Of one of
them who said after the meeting:
/. We welcome n contest. For years we
:sf'ss sways Is ass si.Ss Afsss sss sHs
fGnsht s Na the ed esof and 1hippsd 1n them for
goes with thatd. We n now Via have 9e al r the he
Pld w.orn-out statesmen. and ex-statesrnen
them 0fs ing = ~ az Sssi .nd ID Mas haae
The Ksal Issue.
we .Sa will na,a not eSi dSTn the Wilson flag
+ whethes ss e9s scta Rh' basota 5as 'z
viii vote for WilanH or clafk Or any 9TH
Il sa ass9 Sss he aa' dsszy ess nzs eDaPPs pa
tigrew. wh has ban sent here . grab 10
sss for simses ss + ana sia the q + ssas @
chine. On that iss,ts We shaN appeal to
the democrate ate voters ef ths atsts nd try
delegation that can bafelied Vpop to serve
shs sHsrH 1rysn sssa sSn e aoYA bstesa II
the convention.
States senator BY the dpnferancs heid at
snrs m ~ se Ola was ~ s sss Hnp p
ss tire tool for its acoSnpiisnment, and
Be~ssT az his second. At this t.ns rs
'' se;- ~ Soer sr's Is slsa s9s,-a asla
tition he was we'll INNs.xlt
purpose was not then known. On L. ~.
of the moment without preyiUo4 1DunR
sion or consideration, the motion waS ~
had been discussed it couN nevsr fave
passed, because for years thsre has been
a. silent. but constantly growing. hostility
the party. If he had then been known
as opposed to Wilson this fact would have
bssn b @ sn9 3hs tine to aropse so n9sEt to
the Wilson sentiment. His wen known
close relations to Jim Ilill. his arrogant
qsse 1wn or ts saSTs ns any PIeg'am
his connection with the scandalous North
Carolina Bond deal which has never been
satisfactorily explained and his moro re-
cent. service to the Taft adininistra 4on In
finally selecting james ID. Elliott Tor
United States States judge, nave caused many ny
availability for tinted States senator.
When his petitions were circulated nearly
every place in the state showed 0isaftec
ton toward linn among fernoosats. In
Mitchell alone. 20 representative pe'osress-
,ae de asmoerats refused 70 sgn e most
or reluctance. The fact that he openly
declares he will not put up q fight unless
sn Taft Is N non'nats s sas aaa Gamble lam s Is y. aB ae
Gratis who sacrifice their time and MONEY
for party suceess to grow sick at the
npectacle of his .monun7ental seinshnsss
The success O! his professed pfinciplch Is
and has always been secondary to liis per-
v ms rewas to nah his poeE
his pride or vengeance upon his ops,o-
nents, career 50 singulal'y selfish. could
have but ono end and that end is now In
sight. II he oail succeed IN brow-beatine
or foofing the democrats of South Ddlsota
into endorsing his delegation to Baltimor'
his last fight Will have been succesafuiN
made. Ttc WI! have no further use for tbs
democratic organization q the state an
Il will fall to the lot of those who woulc
mako the party vitnl fighting agency fcr
gcod government TO repair the wrecl
which Will result fram allowing him Y
serve himself.
In promptly making Pettigrew,isn
the issue, tho Wilson men are likcl,
to score victory. Pettfgrews oil
popularity is gone, his organization
} prior years dissipated. Wilson is pr y
ular in South Dakota among the demo
Gratis, partly because he has the Il,
dorseneut of Bryan. whe = rccolnmcr
dat1cn they regard as moro honest
quite rs intelii ,nt that OF Hearsl
manager He is aio regarded as t.
candidate II y to get the most repul
ltcan votes. Il Is we'll known that Il
l7ettlgrew lickhem forces have u
organization and that Pett1grew
pow striving frant. ally to get one,
1T is presumed they will flood the str
w't' ftearst's papers and speakcrs
they did in Nebraska and Illinois.
hcwaver they are met with til rs
: nj alien bossism they may reap u
. appoii tInent. Pettigrew's support,
st@atl of being an asset may qfdYa
ltahility to tho Wickhem crowd ieort
9 FREQ .tlliams was defeated TOR ae
gate iN A4assa chusetts and WtGiaias
With Pettsrew. has made ths ear
. puign f"r lark In most of the a9linel
i elsnsnef,f will be watched with i,ici
8 ost bs evsrybcdy. To pettigreu, 4.
> fear nloj.ils his humiliation. He louI.
r not recover. 1t is his last fight e
t olso Lees last fight If they lose tn,
q arc sono forever. and with thcrn ~
: go The oiG crowd whose company The
@ htve 81 recently Joined.
rhe NoEng South Dakota de4naetstS
s DIR trying to get away from ttfe Il
! ts and the men who fla,e led tiei
= aeisn Tor years past. rhGy sg;.,
10 meet satN issues and beconc y.ta
: pay. this great government. Tie
! ,-@ ;g,,-si 9f merely naaneu 5,li,g &. e.
t glory acc fo., few selfsi4 ,ea
;. .arests s,head Mex i Of the il'1 inter.s-
l;snk ana file who arc primarily go
eerned IN good government--Trib