The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
Fixes Up Slate for Vot-
ers to Approve in
Primary
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ACTION RESENTED
AT Least Six of Ten On Ills
4 List Were Not Consulted
I About the Move

III A scheme on the part Oh IOhn Snth-
Il elland, of Pierre, to dictate the nom
nations to be made at the South De
kota primaries June 4th, was sprung
and it was like tossing so much po-
litical dynamite into the fray.
On "Wednesday of this week, Mr..
Sutherland began sending out from
Pierre, $4,000 copies OF n circular
calculated TO put in office the candi-
dates of his personal selection.
Ii was two or three days before
some of the candidates on his list
heard what lie was doing and when
they did find it out, there began one
long series OF loud explanations.
The New Sutherland Ticket.
Here is the Sutherland slate OF
candidates:
For United States Senator. Thomas
Sterling.
For Congressman, First District, G,
ii. Dillon
For Congressman, Second District,
]. O. Curtis.
For Governor, Frank NJ. Bytne.
For Lieutenant Governor, A. Van
Osdel.
For Secretary of State, Fred Hep
perle.
For State Treasurer, A. w. Ewert.
For Rail Dad Commissioner, j. ].
Murphy.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
First District, Samuel C. Policy.
Fol Judge OF the Supreme Court,
Second district, John Howard Gates.
For national Committeeman, Thomas
Thorson.
Sutherland's design upon the posi-
tion of political boss for the state of
South Dakota dates back to the time
when he took charge of an incipient
La Toilette boom and got himself
chosen manager of the campaign in
this state. When La Folette's chances
in the presidential campaign went
glimmering, Sutherland gracefully
and noiselessly slid into the Roose-
Welt camp, organization, baggage and
all, Notwithstanding La Toilette is
fighting Roosevelt harder than Taft.
Dillon COnspired in January.
Then Sutherland, with two or pos
sibly three, OF the candidates on his
list, including MIR. Dillon, concocted
a scheme to settle the primary con-
test in advance by telling the voters
just whom they should support. The
Republican believes this is the ulti-
mate result OF a meeting held at mid
night last January 10, in room 81
of the Cataract hotel, Sioux Falls, and
attended by Mr.. Dillon, and a few
others, at which it was planned to or
ganize a candidates trust"
But at least six out of the ten
candidates Mr.. Sutherland has undei-
taken TO nominate by means Of his
circular, made hot haste to establish
the fact that they knew nothing about
the scheme, that they We're not con-
suited about it, and, furthermore,
that they considered it not only wrong
but an act of political idiocy.
For, these candidates on Suther-
lands slate began at once to take an
inventory OF the political assets this
scheme of Sutherland's awarded to
them. They discovered that, whereas
there were ten candidates on the
Sutherland slate, there We're nineteen
not on ;t In other words, this means
lining up nine candidates with each
one on the slate and nineteen against
him. Those not on the sutherland
ticket include three candidates for
United States Senator, two for con-
gress in the Second, one for congress
in the First, two for governor, one
for lieutenant governor, three for sec
rotary of state, one for state treasurer
four for railroad commissioner two fol
judge of the supreme court and one
for national committeeman.
Discouraged by Move.
Thus it was that most of those or
the Sutherland list were thrown into
dependency by the action OF the
would-be political Napoleon at Pierre
The most conservative of political OBJ
servers agree that the stunt pulled
off by Sutherland probably will NEAR
the defeat of some on his ticket who
up to this time rave had an excellent
chance of winning.
The Branson campaign committee
of this city received prompt disavow
ais of any participation in the Suth
erland scheme, from Sterling, Byrne
Ewert and Hepprele and still Others
took the trouble to make an elaborate
explanation of the fact that they dis
approved of the move although the!
We're not willing to make public state