Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-07

Among the counties claimed by can
Fdidate Egan in his canvass for COVER.
nor is Gregory county. Whoever gave
the Sioux Falls statesman this infor.
nation is very much awake to the
general sentiment in all parts of the
country. This newspaper ventures the:
assertion that Gregory county will go.
for Egan by at least 500 majority
Gregory County News.
The Aberdeen News suggests that
as the public censor of Sioux Falls has
quit the job of uplifting the public
morals of that city, they might "let
George do it, meaning George w.
Egan. We are not right sure but
what Geo. w. would do it if given the
opportunity. Egan loves the spot
light and the advertising attached to
the job of cleaning up Sioux Falls
would suit him to a T.-Brookings
Register.
g5r5g sti'1s..r
While it is still little early to
make definite guess as to the politi-
cal outcome in Hutchinson county III
the June primary, we base our belief
on the information furnished from.
what should be reliable sources in the
different parts Of the county, and it is
Ito the effect that Hutchinson7countyi
will give substantial ajorities for
Taft for president, Gamble for sena-
8 tor, <Branson for congress, and Geo. w.
Egan for goyernor.--Pa rkston Advance
Candidate Egan has announced that
he will begina speaking campaign in
the Rosebud country March 18th and
will open his work at Herrick and
close at Winner on the Saturday fol-
lowing. He will make speeches at
Fairfax, Bonesteel. Herrick, Burke,
Gregory, Dallas, Colome, Winner, Cas.
ter and Witten. Without the assist
ance of a great deal of advertising, it
goes without saying that Mr.. Egan
& will be greeted with full houses wher-
ever he speaks Gregory County
Il News.
AS the Burke Gazette sees things
politically in this state relating to the
4 governorship, it3says: There is prac-
ticalIy no opposition ta George w.
.Egan for the governorshlp of South.
Dakota. This is not exactly as the
\ Gazette would like to see it. Twas
The hope of this paper that a strong
\ and progressive republican Of characs
ter would be found to make the race
against Mr.. Egan for the nomination;
The friends of Mr.. Byrne and MI.
Gull may as well admit what every
body else already knows, that neither
of them SIS of governorship size. AS
matter of fact, Bgan is by far the
most capable man for the position
now III the race, and in the light OF.
y other things which have bearing on.
The matter We don't know but what
! he is entitled to it, Gregory County.
f News. sss 4 IA
he newspapers from all over the.
+ state tell us that the fight lis on Geo.
w. Egan. the only strictly republican
candidate for governor opened his can
4syas gof the state at Elk Point on Janu-
airy 20, 1912. This was a big meeting
Sand if Mr.. Egan don't make a clean
sweep of Union county public demon
stration is no criterion to Judge by.
Egan has started the bail rolling and
he will keep it up until the right be-
fore the primaries. He will 60 into
every part OF the state where he has
never been before and with the facts
that he is placing before the people
there is no doubt of what their de-
eisions viii be. Mr.. Egan intends to-
make an extensive tour Of the country
west Of the river extending into the
Black Hills country He received d
good vote in that territory two years
ago and VIII receive d greater vote
this year A Stanley county subscrfs
her writes the Ledger thusly: sIInr.