The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
IPSWICH DEMOCRAT QUITE EXCITED.

Democrat edited by that well known
veteran democratic newspaper man,
f. j. Tracy, seems to be very much
displeased with the nomination OF
j. w. Harris, of this city, for
state senator Of the Th.r5y-seventh
district on the republican ticket.
The Democrat seems to be op
posed to Mr.. Harris mainly because
he is a republican and because OF
the fact that he was nominated by
such a handsome majority. How
ever, it accuses him Of making "a
hard and expensive campaign to
defeat Il. f. Finch for the uomlna-
ton 1t is generally known
throughout the district that about
six weeks before the primary cleo
ton Mr.. Harris submitted to a
surgical operation and from that
time until the primary election lie
was unable to get out among the
voters in the country, Us much us
he would have been pleased to 40
so. His friends throughout the
district realized his misfortune In
this particular and did all they
could for him, with the result that
he secured an excellent majority In
nearly every precinct in both Wal
worth and Corson counties. He
did not expect to secur a majority
in Ednunds county, Mr.. Finch's
home, but the election returns
showed q small majority in Bowdle
and an almost even vote in Roscoe.
AS to the expensive part of Mr..
Harris campaign, it was compare
lively light under the circum~
stances. Furthermore, he is fully
able to meet the expense and is not
asking any assistance from the
Democrat or anyone else.
The Democrat says that during
the campaign between now and the
November election Harris will be
carrying too much weight and will
be handicapped by the corporation
COLLAR the intimatinn being that
Mr.. Harris is controlled by the
railroads. 1t may be well for The
News to deny this accusation un-
conditionally. 1t will be emem-
bered that during the primary cam
paign NJ. Harris endorsed the
electric headlight bill and the work
ingmen's compensation laws, both
of which proposed measures are not
favored by the railroad corpora
tions-and the former of which
would now be a law in this state
but for the fact that the initiative
and referendum was invoked by the
railroad companies.
Prior to the primary election both
Mr.. Harris and Mr.. Finch con
Quoted a clean campaign, refrain
ing from personalities and extend
ing one another every possible
courtesy, as also did the republican
newspapers in the district. Mr..
Hrrris was the successful nom
inee and will do the same in the
campaign to follow.
But The News believes that the
Democrat is sc much concerned on
account of reasons not made pub
lie in its last issue. The vote in
Edmunds county is about evenly
divided as between the democrats
and republicans, with the odds
slightly in favor of the democrats.
Yet the primary returns show
nearly two hundred more repub-
lican than democratic votes. This
would indicate that about that
number of democrats in that cou1
ty voted for Mr.. Finch in the pri-
maries-and would probably vote
against him at the November cleo
ton. Mr.. Harris, like Mr.. Finch,
stands well where he is best known,
and every indication points to a
larger vote at the November cleo
ton than at the primaries.
The News would suggest that
the Democrat follow the old admo-
milton of letting the voters Of the
different political parties skin
their own skunks."
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