Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23
YOUNCDEMOCRATS
Of SOUTH DAKOTA
QUIT THE BOSSES
Inside Report Of the Mitchell
MeetingEPettigreW EN
posed As Party
Enemy.
CLARION CALL SENT OUT
Aim Of Johnson Democrats Is
To Free Party From Bosses
AS Explained By One OF
Them.
CLARION CALL SENT OUT
Special Correspondence to The Sioux
City Tribune.

City Tribune.
The dispatches to the outside papers
covering the meeting of the democratic
state committee held at Mitchell on tho
second day OF May did not tell the In
side story of the situation in the ranks
OF that party.
The meeting resulted Ia the complste
and FINAL separation m the young. pro-
gressivs democr.st, Of the state IRON.
the old leadership under
and for years Pettigrew has been
served by the young democracy, head
ed by Ed johnson, and others, who
have responded to his every call with
fortitude and loyalty seldom seldom
have determined to mobilize their
forces into a new and greater denaoc-
racy which shall mean something bet
ter than subservfency to few out-ol-
still desire to manage party affairs for
their. personal ends. Lee was the fool
CT this young element in former years
because they believed him sincere, but
within the last three months he has
been first for Bryan. then for Wilson
trade with Pettigrew. has become a
Clark candidate for delegate. His
vacillating attitude appears to have
lost him the confidence and respect OF
supporters and his late huniliating
surrender to the dictation Of Pettigrew,
brought about through his unaccount-
able conversion to the W1iclShern- Bow
Ter faction. and agitated by his apanl-
ton to become United States senator
if Pettigrew is chosen member OF the
Clark &c net bae placed him firmly
in the ranks of his former foes.
Pettiarew Called the Meeting
The committee was called together on
the perenptory order of Pettigrew VINO
paid for the 11th hour kilograms sent
out by Chairman Lyons. Pettigrew had
neglected to make ARA angenents TO get
set of straight Clark delegates filed.
presunaing that he could command
either block OF delegates previously Sc
lected when he was ready. He de-
manGled that a preferential primary OF
the democrats be called to settle the Is
sue between Wilson and Clark This,
however. was & makeslaift to save Lee
well known that before the committee
meeting was called Pettigrew had the
pledge of Lee to flop to Clark II the
committee failed or refused to FUR
nian ting former governor means Of
escape from tine fatal mistake Of de-
claring for Wilson before he had heard
from the boss.
On the floor during the committee
meeting Pettfgrew placed himself end
the power OF the Heasst political ma
speakers on the auction block by de-
claring twice that he would support
the delegates who would renounce Will
son for Clark 1t Is doubtful il a more
brazen piece of political mercieandis
ing was ever before witnessed 1t was
not done with the expectation that the
Wilson men would come to him, for
PettiRrew himself was responsible for
the inception Of the Wilson movement
IN South Dakota. He wrote letters to
many of his old rupporers, after his
visit to Wilson last November extoll-
ing the virtues cf the New Jersey gov
erncr and expressing qualification that
his old friends in South Dakota had
suffered change Of heart ct the call
of Hearst. His discovery of Wilson 8
alleged unfltness was an after thought.
for It docs little credit to his intelli-
Fence to say that he was not familiar
with Wilson'S writings and speeches
until after he had announced his IN
tention to support Wilson. No sooner
had he taken his Job with the Hearst
machine than he began campaign In
South Dakota for an uninstructed dele
CATION to Baltimore. AT the Pierre
conference his strikers worlced consist
entity to that end. The motive for this
1e1oWew 1or the last eight years has
been Gr.rs96 W0Nnng delegate An un
Instructed delsga tYon Aona South Da-
kottt might therefore mean Clark. =
Hearst desired 1t. OF Hearst hfEaset
II that were wanted, but 1t would be at
all times a trading delegation to b.
used for Pettigrew ana the Hearst ma
chine.
r,,o nresent situation shows tha'