Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-12-27
TICKETS TO BE NAMED.
Committeemen to Gather at Pierre january
5-Lesders at Work Putting Finish
ing Touches to their Plans.

meeting of the state proposal committee
men of the various parties and factions
to be held at Pierre on Monday, January
5, only two weeks away, the leaders Of
the majority and minority republican
factions and the leaders of the demo
cratic party of South Dakota are hard at
work putting the finishing touches to
their plans for the Pierre meeting, when
the two republican factions and the
democrats will endeavor to place the
strongest possible tick let before the voters
of the state, 30 they will have good
list of men to pick from at the March
primaries, when the voters of the state
themselves will have the say as to the
makeup of the regular party and faction
al tickets which will be voted on at the
regular election in November of next
year.
The matter of platforms also is receiv-
ing some attention, as the state proposal
committeeman at their meeting at Pierre,
in addition to selecting tickets to come
before the voters at the March primary
election, will be required to adopt party
and factional platforms. Leaders of the
minority faction ofrepublicans at meet
ing in Sioux Falls a few days ago ap.
pointed committee Of twenty leading
members of the faction living in differ
ent parts of the state to draft a platform,
and this will be submitted to the minori-
ty republican state proposal committee
men for adoption as a whole if the
committeeman see fit, or to be changed
in such respects as will meet the views
of the state committeeman.
Norbeck q Favorlte.
Interest centers in the makeup of the
ticket to be placed in the field by the
minority republicans, as it now is as
sured, and has been from the first, that
Senator Crawford and Gov. Byrne will
be placed on the head of the majority
republican ticket for denomination to the
Offices which they now hold. While
friends of Ii. p. Packard, of Redfeld
have been claiming that Mr.. Packard
would have walkaway in securing a
place on the majority republican ticket
for the Office of lieutenant governor, the
latest developments indicate that Peter
Norbeck, also of Sphinx county, of which
Redtield is the county seat, will capture
the prize. 1t is said that the majority
proposal committeeman from his own
county is opposed to the selection of Mr..
Norbeck, but his friends in other parts
| of the state say this will not make the
| slightest difference, they contending that
his claims are greater than the interests
of a single county and that as he belongs
to the progressive republicans of the
entire state, he can be placed upon the
ticket for the Office of lieutenant COVER
nor without the wishes of the state pro-
posal committeeman from Sphinx county
being taken into consideration.
That r. o. Richards, of Huron, will
head the minority republican ticket for
the Office of governor now specifically
certain. In some quarters among min
ority republicans there was desire to
have j. w. Parmley, prominent resi-
dent of Ipwich, placed on the ticket for
governor, but has steadfastly refused to
permit the use of his name in connection
with the Office of governor, and it now
is probable that he will be the choice oi
the minority republicans for congress in
his district. His candidacy for this
Office will add great strength to the min.
ority republican ticket, as he is very
popular, has wide acquaintance through
out the state and is considered one of the
strong and brainy men of South Dakota.
Democrats Making Plans.
The democrats of the state, who last
year came near electing their nominee
for governor, are making plans to place
strong ticket in the field at the meet
ing of the democratic state proposal
committeeman, which also will be held at
Pierre in January, at the same time as
the two republican committees meet.
While sentiment has not yet crystalized
on men for the different positions, the
democrats have strong men in number
of the counties of the state, and it is be.
lieved there will be little difficulty in
selecting at the Pierre meeting a strong
ticket from the Office of United States
senator down to the last place on the
ticket.
Although there is democratic faction
in the state which is making fight on
E. s. Johnson, of Yankton, who last
year was the nominee of the party fol
governor, democrats in position to
speak with authority contend that Mr.
johnson, regardless of what his wishes
in the matter may be, will be asked to
make the race as the democratic candi
date for United States senator. Mr.
johnson has within the past few weeks
been quoted as saying he was not can.
didate, but nevertheless his friends
throughout the state will, it is said, never
rest until his name has been placed upon
the democratic ticket for the United
States senatorship.
States Attorney F. w. Sellers left over
the Burlington December Oath for Pierre
to spend the holidays with his brother
there. Mr.. Sellers is the state propose
committeeman of the majority factor
of the republican party in Custer county
and will remain over to attend the pro
lposal committee meeting, which is tt
frame platform and select candidates
for state and congressional offices O