The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-01
Republican Meeting
Quite = Representative Gathering ut
Sioux Falls Last Week

At the recent meeting of re-
publicans at Sioux Falls to get to-
gether under the Richards prim-
ary law, the following executive
committee was appointed: Chair
mani. W. Parmley of Ipswich,
Z. }. Mcleod of Aberdeen, Il. J..
Spangler of Mitchell, J. Il. Cash
OF Bonesteel, j. l.. Lockhart of
Pierre, H. L. Howard of Lead, j.
I. Medin of Sioux Falls, T. S.
Everett of Redfield.
Geo. S. Xix was made Commit
teeman for Grant county.
The following re solutions we're
adopted by the gathering:
Pursuant TO state call, we, the re-.
publicans of Sonth Dakota in mass
meeting assembled do represent and
declare that our party was born of an
aspiration for liberty; that it was bap-
tized in blood and sacrificed tor human
rights, that while dissension among
our national leaders has caused the
party to be temporarily embarrassed
in the nation, nevertheless in crisis
the republican party has always prov
en- to be the most dependable refuge
for equity and progress; and believing
that the welfare of our state and
nation demands that the republican
party be intrusted with the reins of
government in order that the people
may enjoy the fullest measure of pros
perlty and happiness, be it resolved,
therefore, that we announce the fol-
lowing principles fundamental to con-
servative progress in the state gov
ernment:
First-That public service and good
will be the underlying motives in
enactment of all state laws.
Secondly ly-That equal right to vote
shall be extended all citizens who obey
the laws.
Thirdly-That we believe under pop.
Mlar form OF government that it is
essential that the electorate be sober
and temperate. We favor national
restriction and control of importation,
production and distribution of any
kind of alcohol.
FOurth-That the spirit of the pri-
mary law is the preservation of the
people, and the preservation of this
republic. We, therefore, favor q
national primary election lsw TO es-
tablish q legal uniform party govern
ment as legal equitable basis for or
ganizatiOn, to enable hundred f1sl .
lion people to proceed intelliRently in
political organization, and that the
people may be schooled upon one
national issue at . time, and that the
same may be homogeneously focused
upon the same form of primary ballot,
on the same date throughout theforty.
eight states SO that the average citizen
may at a glance, see. understand and
vote his choice of principle and stand
ard bearers. The election laws being
the beginning Of the organization Of
the state government and having to do
NTH the form of ballot, we declare the
theory advocated by President Wood
row Wilson OF short ballot, which
tends to one man power, and he ap-
point all the rest is reverting back to
monarchy in government under our
present executive form of constitution
al power. We regard principles to
be submitted of more Importance than
the length OF the ballot.
Fifth-FOllOwing the completion Of
our election laws to ablish a legal,
intelligent, representative and popular
party government, and to clean up the
Official spoil system in its Organiza-
ton, comes the amendment of our
state constitution to establish equita-
BILE taxation.
Sixth-That the adoption of prsc-
tical. comprehensive state educational
law to centralize, economic and gain
higher efficiency in our public school
system is apparent-vet we do not ia.
vOr parsimoniOus salaries, but thai
such wages shall be paid to our teach.
ers as will attract to this state the
best talent is the pedagogic field.
Seventh we believe that the
most good can be accomplished in the
evolution in state government by or
1anizing good will and service through
practical laws, to afford greater indi.
vidual opportunity and material devel'
opement, without attacking any indi
vidual or property interests THAI
while the public record Of q puplic Of
ficer is proper subject for discussion
we believe that nothing whatever is to
be gained by creating unwarranted
prejudice against any individual ol
property interest, whether such person
is q private citizen or public officer o,
whether such property interest is q
farmers elevator, q creamery com
D8ny, D8nk OF CdllfOdu COupdHy
Individual or corporate propert,
rights are matters entirely for the Law
and the courts to deal with, as We
build by law, in state government.
Eiphth-We condemn the present
democratic administr alton in its pro
posed tariff measure as discriminating
against the agricultural interests o.
the west.
Ninth-In national convention We
favor basing the representation on the
on the republican vote OF each state
rather than on the population.
Tenth-We believe that the record
made by the republicanparty past and
present is broad enough for every re-
publican in the state to stand upon,
therefore we invite every true repub.
lican to join in the conflict against
the common enemy, and we pledge
ourselves to support the republican
nominees Of the next primary election
On these principles do we commence
and pledge the better organization Of
the republican party IN South Dakots