The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-06-06
POLITICIANS GATHER
AT TRAVELLING MEMS
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Watertown's Conventions Brips
Large Crowds and Hosts !
OF Campaigners.

-----
Watartown, s. D., May 3i.--whethe,
OF lot the South Dakota Traveir,
Mems association shall be abandoneS
after the annual reunion now In sps
sion in this city. is one OF the question,
likely to prccipitate a hot fight in Il,
business session OF the organizat6,
tomorrow afternoon. Opposition to n,
further existence OF the orga niget u ]
is said TO spring from the United Com.
niarcial Travellers. all OF whose mem,
bers belong to the association.
the association was organized AL /
WATERFOWL eight years ago. At thu,
time the II. C. r.. organization had M
grand council in South Dakota. bu,
what lodges were alive In this stat
were WORKING Under the MinneSots
jurisdiction. The South Dakota Tray.
cling Mems association was organized |:
1t is claimed by y. q. L. men, to taks
the place OF II grand council.
Since that time the. South, Dakota
Jurisdiction has been organized with
George a. Tussey, of Aberdeen. grand
counsellor. II Is argued now that there
Is no longer any need for the associa.
tlon. that its functions gre identical
with those OF the grand council. tha,
with two organizations, neither is AL
strong as 1t ought TO be.
Tho proposition to abandon the as.
ISOLATION will meet with considerable
opposition, as not all or its memben
are merlnbers of the u. g. II. II
Another lively scrap in the business
session win be precipitated when the
time comes TO select the convention
city. Aberdeen and Redfield are aspi.
rants. Aberdeen sent a special train
today with about 500 boosters to ths
convention, while tho chartered train
from Recfeid brought nearly as many
Both towns have many friends
among the delegates, and all are work.
ing hard. The outcome is in doubt
The festivities OF the first day did
not get underway until late In the aft,
ernoon owing to delay in the arrival
OF the excursion train from Sioux
Falls. This train was met by the
Fourth Regiment band, which escorted
the 500 visitors aboasd to the city. The
Sioux Falls contingent, headed by the
Sioux Fails band, reached the business
district just III time TO swing into the
big Meridian road parade.
Politicians Numerous.
State politicians are not overlook.
ing the Opportunities OF the convention
Senator Robert y. Gamble was an ear.
ly arrival. and was oE the program fOl
an, address this, afteFno0n.t.e3 Forne,
Senator Albert j. Bevefidgcg Of In
diana, arrived last evening for a DO.
litical address In behalf of the Roose.
yeit candidacy. and all OF the eve.
ming events scheduled gave way to thu
attraction. The Metropolitan opera
house presented a lively scene at Till,
meeting, and the various travelling
mems delegations, uniformed and
badge6. marched in and occupied Va.
riouS~ sections OF che house reserved
for them. Great enthusiasm charac,
teri2ed these parties, and the meeting
was noisy in the extreme. John Sutt
erland. manager OF the progressive
campaign. came with the ex-senatOr
Among other politicians present and
remaining over today are Samud
Policy, secretary OF state, former Gov,
ernor Andrew L, Lee, former Senator
of minnesota CilErics A. Towpe,; formei
Senator from South Dakota Richard F
| Pettigrew. The candidates here to-day
Included p. f. Wickhem, aspiring Il
the democratic gubernatorial noTnina.
ton; John III. Gates, or Sioux Fat,
askIrg the republican nomination li
| supreme Judge; Frank Glasner. wht
I asks the republican nomination for sec.
| Rotary CT state, and others OF more Of
less pronlinence. Governor Wesley wa
expected to arrive this afternoon tN
an address before the Afternoon ses
sion. The feature tonight win be tn
speech of Senator Robert NJ. La Fol-
lctte at the metropolitan, who has beer
given the right of way for the eve
ming.
The attendance today was estimGtR
ct $500 outside visitors, Five band,
Kept the streets lively with music. Tn,
sports program begins this afternc0I
with a ball game between Waterfront
end tile Flandre;lu, Indians, after wEit
the wild west performance will N
staged at the BAH park