Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19
Doings Among the Politicians
f All Parfe. and Factions and Published Is News Only

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Aberdeen, Sept. 16.-The rnmor is
revived that the republican national
committee, at its meeting In Chicago
this week, will take steps to remove
Thomas Thorson as the South Dako.
ia member of the committee, and sub
stitute an active supporter of Presi
dent Taft, on the ground that Mr.
Thorson, who is supporting Colonel
Roosevelt for president, has, by adopt
ing that course, ceased to be repuD
lican, and is no longer qualified to
serve on republican committee. II
is rumored in Aberdeen that ]. @. Sim
mons of this city, who was chairman
of the Taft campaign committee be
fore the primary election in June, and
Is chairman of the committee Of Taft
republicans that will hold a mass con
vention at Mitchell on September 10,
will be substituted for Mr.. Thorson as
national committeeman, but Mr. Sim
mons denies any knowledge Of such
a movement.
Pierre, Sept. 16.-The meeting of
candidates and members of the re-
publican state committee at Huron the
past week, while doing but little on
the surface, did a great deal toward
clearing up the situation in the state,
probably more than will be done at
Mitchell, this week where there will
be a great deal more noise. The re-
suit was the locating of the position
of the state candidates who were pres
ent, and showing definitely that a part
Of them will not give any aid or coun-
sci to a Roosevelt set of electors,
which was made plain to all. But
this, instead of intensifying any feel
ing against such candidates, appe ars
to have settled the campaign down
to a point where the bull moosers re.
alize that they will be compelled to
recognize that they must consider
that feeling on the part of the state
candidates. 1t means that there will
be two different campaign committees
in the state, one the republican com
mittee headed by Mr.. Sherwood,
which will look after the state cam
paign, and which will work for the
{ T.. . ais,S4s-
election OF the state ticket as selected
at the June primary. The other will
be {. strictly bull moose committee
and will more than likely be headed
by John Sutherland of this city. who
has agreed to assist in the work, but
who, while he has not yet definitely
agreed to head the committee is ap-
parently in line for that position. Is
The next move OF interest is the SUI
preme court cases which will come on
for argument today and tomorrow; in
the first, the question as to whether
or not any candidates for the supreme
court are to be selected at the No
vember election, and IL not, as TO
just what may be the status of pres
ent holding judges and the other n
case judges a re TO be nominated. The
right of the democrats to place the
name of Robert r. Stewart Of Dead
wood on their regular ticket by pc
tition, or act Of their state committee
The case of Tuesday is one testing
the right of the bull moose electors
to place on the republics ballot
These three cases having In thal1
bearing a great deal to do with the
possibilities Of the general election.
The democrats are feeling yer,
cheerful these days with the assurs
ances coming to them from the Sole
sstalWart element til ut they can make
sight drafts upon them for all t ~
votes they control in case the bull
nnoosers remain on the regular ticket
and the assurance Of National Com
mitteeman Thorson, gives Mr. Johl,
son, that II the Taft contingent hat
won, the sight draft could have beef
made upon their faction. which prom
iae no doubt would hold good in cast
HE supreme court should hold tina
TIE moosers mast get off the regulal
ticket Altoge ther II looks cheerinl
to the democrats but there is on
factor to yet be considered. that y
tie voters bank honoring these
different sight drafts when they a II.
presented On the fifth Of next Novem
ber s5:I
The South Dakota supreme cour
Efor the second time u, It's history i
swamped with q series of politica
cases Along III the late nineties
number Of cases eonce rning ths
lssphere Of sthe board Of regents wer'
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