The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-05-24

% PettIgrew's Intention to elect { dele1
OF his wholly selfish attitude
could have only one result; the In
slant separation from him OF all those
who have been his supporters. and the
to his standard of the Wick
hem crowd OF traders who have been
his constant enemies for the last 10
years. The lineup now appears to be
Ter, Wickhem, Kirby and Lee on
side; Johnson and his friends on tho
other. On one side all the old reaction,
airy leaders; on the other the young,
democrats Of the state who
will make q stand for the integrity Of
their party and strive to divorce Il
from the influence Of the bosses. The
pressed by the statement OF one Of
them who said after the meeting:
We welcome the contest. For years we
have been hauling wood and water for
Pettigrew. He has always asked, and
asked always for himself. We gave. We
him. Now that he can NO q use US he
goes with them. We now have an the
old worn-out statesmen and ex-statesmen
in a BUNCH and we shall proceed to whip
with the business forever.
The Real Issue.
We Will not haul Town the Wilson dag
at the behest OF an alien boss, but the Is
sue is not so much whether South Dakota
er man who has had Bryan approval.
1t Is whether the democracy Of ruth %.
kota shall submit to the dictatioa. u Pet
tigrew; who has been sent here to grab 10
for himself and the Infamous Hearst ma
chine. On that issue we shall appeal to
the democratic voters Of the state and try
thu a m MA - A~~.->A A. 49,
delegation that can be relied upon to serve
the Bryan democracy of South Dakota in
every crisis during the deliberations OF
the convention.
The nomination of Pettigrew for United
States senator by the conference held at
Pierre In January was the result OF q
frame-up by the old gang with Andy Lee
Bowler as his second. At this time, -
heretofore. Lee received the glad hand
and when he took the floor to make the
motion to request Pettigrew to file his Pc
purpose was not then known. On the spur
of the moment, without previous discus
sion or consideration, the motion was UNI
Willingly allowed to slide Through. II It
passed. because for years there has been
q silent, but constantly growing hostility
to Pe+tigrew among the young element Of
as opposed to Wilson his fact would have
been enough to arouse open hostilityVt to
him at that time, 30 overwhelming was
the Wilson sentiment. His well known
refused Ia support a program not his
own. or candidate not s~ubservient to him.
his connection with the scandalous North
s~atisfactoriiy explained psa ~a,'a ana al his ne mors 01 Re.
cent service to the Taft administration IN
finally selecting James D. Elliott for
United States Judge. have caused many
sya ia iGt"' for 0p Tn:ted states '0. senator %.
When his petitions were circulated nearly
every place In the state showed disaffec-
ton toward him among democrats. In
Mitchell alone. 20 representative progress
ice democrats refused to sign. In most
or reluctance. The fact that ne openly
ass,.! IS n as %il' 20: sn put c sD s sf Z h Sa' e..
ponent in South Dakota, has caused demo-
Gratis who sacrifice their time and money
for party success 70 grow sick ct the
The success OF his professed principles Is
and has always been secondary to his per-
sonal aims, and hts activity has uniform
Ky d nrsss "a u yon .s se WA nn 70 NJ, =. pocket onra.
nents. A career no singularly selfish could
have but one end. and that end IL now in
sight. If he can succeed in brow-beating
into endorsing his delegation to Baltimore
his last fight will have been successfully
made Fe Will have no further use for the
democratic ORGANIZATION OF Inc 6Iat0 au0
< vii! fail to the lot of those who would
make the party a vital fighting agency for
good government. to repair the wreck
which VIII result fran allowing him to
use our voters In this f1nal attempt to
serve himself.
the issue, the Wilson men are likely
to score a victory. Pettigrew's old
popularity is gone, his organization Of
prior years d~issipated. Wilson Is pop
ular in South Dakota among the demo-
Gratis, partly because he has tho In
dorsement OF Bryan. whose recommen-
dalton they regard as more honest and
quite as intelligent as that Of Hearst's
manager. He Is also regarded al the
candidate likely to get the most repub-
gican votes. 1t is well known hat the
lPettigrew- Wickhem forces have NO
organization and that PettIgrew is
TOW striving frantically to get one and
1t is presumed they will food the state
Nth Hnarst's papers and speakers m
they did in Nebraska and Illinois. If
however, they are met with the issue
of alien bossism they may reap dis.
appointment. Pettigrew's support, In
stead of being an asset may prove 6
liaf ility to the Wickhem crowd. Georg,
Fred Williams was defeated for dele.
gate in Massachusetts n Williams
with Pettigrew, has made the cam
paign for Clark in most of the northern
states. The outcome Of this new
alignment will be watched with inter
est by everybody. To Pettigrew, de
feat his humiliation. He coult
not recover. 1t Is his last fight. It Il
also Lees last fight. If they lose the,
are gone forever, and with them viii
go the Did crowd whose company the,
have SO recently Joined.
The young South Dakota democrat
are trying to get away from the de
feats and the men who have led then
to defeat for years past. They wan
to meet new issues and become q vita
part Of this great government. The,
glory or ONCE for a few selfish me s
who persist in putting their own in
terests ahead Of the interests of tn
rank and file who are primarily con
cerned in good recommendations
Sioux City. la.