The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-09-25
COFFEY DECLARES
MEETING HERE is
FOR TRAITOR { MS
And Declares Spurious
Clarke's Call for
Party Conference,
HITS AT RICHARDS
Says He Would "Pull the
Wool Over Honest Dem
ocrats of State.'
HITS AT RICHARDS

Sioux Falls. S. D.-lnternal Reeve.
hue Collector James Coffey Will not
attend the democratic conference at
Mitchell during Corn Palace week
not unless he experiences a radical
change OF mind before that date. Mr..
Coffey was in Sioux Falls Satur-
day on business and was shown a call
for such a conference, dated at Hur-
on and signed by "R. w. Clarke.
chairman.' and John A. Westre, Sc
%cretary.'
II am not concerned With the af-
fairs of Dick Richards democracy
and do not see how that call concerns
me-" said Mr.. Cotfey. "lt is but am
other attempt of Richards to use the
traitors of the democratic party to
pull the wool over the eyes of the
honest democratic rank and file and
it will fail just as it has failed be-
fore"
Il am reliably informed that dur
ing the state fair at Huron a few gen
tlemen who did everything in their
power last fall toward defeating the
regularly nominated party ticket. got
their heads together and decided
there ought to be a harmony meet.
ing at Mitchell. Their plans were aid
ed and abetted by Richards through
his tool, Clarke, under the belief that
such men as would naturally gather
at a suggestion from such a source
would be fertile material for his et-
forts to become governor. If Rich
ards wants to hold a harmony meet
ing with Andy Lee and Dick Lyons
and the few others who train with
them, / az see the appropriateness
of it, but the democrats of this state
would prefer to see these traitors to
the party ton for their sins of the
last campaign by service rather than
words. If the democrats want IA meet
ing they ought to have it and they
will have no difficulty in getting one,
but as far as ] can find out they
see no good purpose that can he
served by one at this time.
October 10th . Register.
at has been represented that | am
opposed to having the voters regis
ter. This is absolutely false. Person
ally | am doing everything | can to
have every democratic voter register
within the time prescribed by law
and | would suggest that every coun-
ty organization set aside a day. say
"Wednesday. October Ia. when voters
should register and every democrat
interested in his party should make
special effort on that day to see that
all democrats in his precinct are en-
rolled. Time spent in this manne will
be much more profitable from a party
standpoint than in attending a Dick
Richards hand-picked conference.
"Conditions in this state We're new
er better for the democrats. The pro
gressive legislation being enacted
through the efforts of President Will
son and congress has %enthused the
democrats and inspired thousands of
republicans with the belief that THEN
duty as citizens demands hat they
support the party which is quietly
but efficiently working in their in
terests."
The correspondent called +. S.
Johnson of Yankton on the long dis
tance to get his opinion of the meet
ing, but the only satisfaction receiv-
ed from the eN-candidate for COVER
nor was that corn in thai section
was already beyond the frost line