Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-14

| In the primaries two year ago Egar
e got 2l,446 votes, Elrod 2o,3S5 and YES
. sey 26,272. People With a penchant
10 figure may do some lead pencl'
work on these facts,-Pierre Capita
Journal
Considering the fact that he has
never been here, il is surprising Ia
note what a lot OF Egan sectiment
there is in this county. Nearly every
farmer We meet is in favor of Egau
for the republican nomination for t. e
scvernorship, and if this be any in
dicalion, the silver-tongued orat or from
Sioux Falls will win out in the county
by large maiority.-Onida Watch,
man.
The country press of the state geY
| orally concede that the campaign for
governor is going 10 be warm one
18th Ryrne, Gull and Egan in the race
and while they are divided in their
humble efforts 10 aid their favorite
candidate. they are unanimous in the
opinion that unless something most
unexpected happens, that Egan holds
the pole in the race, and that he will
be an easy winner Trip County
Joarnal
Geo. w. Egan. candidate for COVER
Gor. filled his appointment at the
court house last Monday afternoon and
was greeted by large audience. The
court room was filled with farmers,
mostly, from This vicinity who came
out 10 hear him discuss the political
issues OF the day, His principles and
What he stands for We're explained in
q Very simple manner and during his
speech he made a great many votes
He is progressive and in fact he is too
progressive. He is about ten years
ahead OF the state in that line. At tn"
same time Egan will receive the nom.
nation and no doubt the election this
Year as the voters of today will sho"
The independent spirit when the pri,
mary comes on June 4th-Olivet Lead.
er.
The republican voters of South D.t
kota have just awakened to tn, fac
that the party leaders have heretofH"a
been handing them what the conf.
dence men hands to his poor unsus-
pecting yictim,--a gold brick" They
are wondering now why they ever al
lowed themselves to be thusly treated.
This awakening is evident from tho
fact that Geo. w. Egan, the strictly
primary candidate for governor is BE-
coming the almost unanimous choice
Of the party Two years ago the op
ponents of Mr.. Egan travelled the state
over OBTAINING his character and it
was only by the combined efforts ri
every poliu ian in the state that they
accomplished his mere defeat, if in
fact he was defeated at all. The mag.
nificent showing that he made in the
face of such opposition proved to the
people that he was man of worth
| instead of an imposter as he vas
branded. Few are the men of today,
| if any there be, who could have braved
the tempest that Mr.. Egan did and
have survived.-Lestervilie Ledger. q
| The following letter is one of many
that come to Mr.. Egan from over the
state
Pactola, South Dakota,
Feb. 22nd, 1912.
Mr.. Geo. w. Egan,
Sioux Falls. S. D.,
| My Dear Sir:
On this day when the mind of every
| true American reverts to "The Father
OF His Country" permit thewell-wishes
and admiration of lifelong republican
for the stand you have taken political.
| ~, especially in promising the people
that ii you are chosen their governor,
there shall be an official house-clean-
ing at our state capitol, which every
fair minded citizen acknowledges to
4 be very essential
/ Believing that man of your char
acter and disposition will even appre.
| ciate the God-speed of an obscure voter