The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
I'd, HoMME COUNTY S. D. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER . 1912
SOME PLAIN FACTS.

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Huron three weeks ago a commit.
tee was appointed to secure if pos
sible, the removal of the Roosevelt
electors from the republican ticket
and the substitution of Taft elect.
ors. The committee consisted of
F. D. Wicks, Scotland, chairman !;
G. M. Day, Sioux Falls u. F. Hal
laday, Iroquois: T. B. Roberts,
Pierre: J. B. Townsley, Gettys
burg; III. Chamberlain of Cham
berlain; F. s. Mease, Madison !.
II. L. Loucks, Watertown; w. s..
Bowen, Huron; j. W. Peckham,
Parkston. The committee address
ed q letter to the Roosevelt COM
mitteeman, g. G.. Sherwood, the
text Of which is given below. As
was expected no reply was received
so the committee again met and
issuel a call for a mass conven-,
tion of republicans to be held in;
Mitchell september 19, 1912. At
this meeting it is proposed ito take
such action as may seem best to
defeat the Roosevelt electors, and
also such candidates on the state
and congressional ticket as have
since they were nominated, bolted
the republican party ticket and al
lied themselves in every thing but
name with the bull moose party.
By so doing they have forfeited all
claim to republican support. Fol
lowing is the letter to Mr.. Sher-
wood:
c. G. Sherwood, Esq, Chairman of
Republican State Committee. Clark
S. D.-Dear Sir: At meeting of
republicans in the city of Huron on
the 14th of this month, we were APP
pointed committee with authority to
take such steps as our Judgment die
tated to procure the removal of the
eieotors nominated at the Huron con-
vention on July End, 1912
These electors have publicly de.
clared that they will not vote for the
election of Mr.. Taft Tor president. If
elected they intend: to use the power
delegated to them by republicans to
elect as president man who is openly
and avowedly seeking to destroy the
republican party. The explanation
and defense of their presence on the
republican ticket is that a majority Of
the delegates who nominated them
were of the opinion that the nom
inaticr of the republican candidates at
Chicago was not fairly made, and,
consequently the party in this state is
not bound to support these nominees
Admitting, for the sake of the
argument, that the nomination of Mr.
Taft was secured by unfair tactics, the
republican party of South Dakota is
not in position to raise the objection
as this state, through its delegates,
participated in the nomination after
the alleged offense was committed and
with knowledge thereof.
Whether or not the nomination at
Chicago was fairly secured is matter
upon which republicans may differ,
but that is question for each vote
to decide for himself,
The Huron convention was not
authorized by the republicans of this
state to pass upon the regularity of
the presidential nomination. The del
egates to that convention were elected
two weeks before the convening of the
national convention at Chicago. 1t
was their duty, under the law TO
formulate state platform and nom
mate electors for the republican party,
not for the bull moose party. They
had no right to assume that the
majority of the republicans in this
state were not satisfied with the con
duct of the national convention.
If they had actual knowledge from
poll of all the republicans in the
state that majority of them would
| vote against Mr.. Taft because they
believed he was nominated by unfair
means it would have still been their
duty to nominate electors who would
support the republican nominee, as
they represented the republican party,
not the individual views of the mem
bers thereof. The party in this state
is part Of the national party. and
we recognized this fact when we sent
delegates to the national convention.
AS the state of South Dakota is one of
the units of the United States, SO the
republican party in this state is one
of the units of the national republican
party; and when the party in this