Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-08-02
POLITICS WARMING UP.
Ball for South Dakota Campaign Has Be.
gun to Roll-Primaries in Decem-
Der and March.

oASoA oiioS Os ~, July
the next statewide primary election, to
be held the third Tuesday in March, Is
about eight months distant, the ball for
the next campaign in South Dakota was
set rolling by the get together republi-
can mass meeting held in Sioux Falls
last Friday. AS the result of the meet
ing it is expected that candidates for the
republican nomination for the Office of
governor and other Offices will make
their announcements without delay, 80
preliminary work can be commenced at
mary elections are to be held under the
new state primary law in December, the
campaign will increase in activity as De-
cember approaches. None of the candi-
dates may do real hard work during the
hot weather, but there is much in pre-
liminary way that can be done in ad-
vance of the active part of the cam
paign, which will open the latter part of
September or early in October and be
prosecuted from that time almost with
out intermission until the statewide pri-
mary election in March.
The fact that the mass meeting of re-
publicans held in Sioux Falls chanced
to be called by a committee made up
largely or almost wholly of stalwart re-
publicans caused the suspicion to be
aroused among some of the more radical
and more timid progressive republicans
that there was ''nigger in the wood
pile," and that the stalwarts had ulterior
motives in calling the meeting. But
the mysterious "nigger" was not in evi.
dence during the meeting, and many
progressives were agreeably surprised
when the meeting adhered to the pur-
pose set forth in the call, not to advance
the interests of any individual who may
come before the voters of the state as a
candidate for Office. 1t was with the
intention of adhering to this purpose
that the mass meeting, by vote which
was practically unanimous, refused to
indorse the administration of Governor
Byrne or the work of the South Dakota
delegation in congress.
The mass meeting and the action ta-
ken in appointing committee to secure
an enrolment of the republican voters
of the state will arouse the republicans
of the state to the importance of having
their names registered as voters as re-
quired by the new primary election law.
Those who do not register before the
evening of October 3lst next will not be
permitted to vote at the county primary
elections which are to be held in Decem-
ber. Thousands of voters had supposed
that if they did not register they could
swear in their votes at the December
primary elections in the counties, but
such is not the case.
At another mass meeting of republi-
cans to be held at Huron on September
10th the committee on enrolment will
report the progress made, and such fur.
ther steps as may be necessary will be
taken to urge all republican voters of
South Dakota to register not later than
the time limit-October 3lst.
Keen observers express the opinion
that the Sioux Falls mass meeting ac-
complished wonders in making decid-
edly better feeling between the stalwart
republicans and considerable body of
the progressive republicans, and there
are those who believe that the harmony
program arranged between these ele-
ments will result in combinations which
will sweep all before them at the state
wide primary election to be held in
March.
There is belief in many quarters that
unless there is harmony between the re-
publican factions in the next campaign
the democrats of the state, who have
been greatly strengthened during the
past year or two, may capture some of
the state Offices, with a fighting chance
for capturing the United States senator
ship and perhaps one or more of the
congressional positions.
CHILDREN'S PLAY HOUR.