The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-09-18

committee, made up of one member
from each precinct in your county,
and see to it that they are tried
and true progressive republicans.
Also choose a member from your
county for the majority state pro-
posal committee which will meet at
January to name a full list of can
didates for state and Congressional
offices, including U. S. Senator. and
who will make and submit a party
platform, all to be passed upon by
the enrolled voters at the primary
election to be held on the fourth
Tuesday of next March. Make that
state proposal committeeman declare
who he is for, before you give him
your support, so that no deception
and false pretense may defeat your
wishes.
The candidate for state proposal
committeeman who refuses to tell
you whom he will support as a can
ddate for U. S. Senator, and whom
wants to hang back and be non
committal, will be against me: you
can depend upon that. He will be
connected with some %still-hunting
gum-shoe candidate who is afraid to
show his hand.
Calls it Final Struggle.
cit is the final and supreme strug
gle in a contest which has been
pending ever since l threw down the
challenge in the opert house in Hur-
on in 1903-between the old school
machine group of politicians, backed
by the railroads and the Homestake
Mining Company, and the champions
of better government from this strug-
gle now would in itself be a final
victory for the men and the practice
so ardently opposed from that time
until now. / shall neither retire nor
retreat, but shall move upon the en-
trenchments of the enemy and fight
it out. If we are to have deserters,
let them go i've to the other side.
We shall gain many votes from reas
enable stalwarts who have come to
see that we are right. Our gains
will exceed our losses and we shall
be better off without the soldiers OF
fortune who follow the camp in
search of plumber, and when they
find it not, pass owe to the enemy.
Many such VIII go ver to the dem
%ocratic party. Their alliance will
not strengthen that party. but will
weaken it. So let them go. If we
are true to ourselves and open and
sincere with the people. the jutice c
the cause we represent will insure
victory.
What He has Supported.
THE anti-iniunction bill, the ex-
,,,l,;no ~e r o;p,or thn ~oonl
ment of Archbold, the defeat OF
fraudulent claims, the advocacy OF
vocational education, the support OF
the postal savings and parcels post
the advocacy of a tariff commission
the denunciation of jingoism in con
nection with the Mexican difficult
ties, the plea for fair treatment OF
the American farmer in Canadian
tariff negotiations, the enlarged
homestead. the advocacy of a fiXet
term for judges of the interior fed
eral courts, the support of the La
Toilette tariff reduction bills,-thest
show along what line l endeavoret
to serve. Besides. ! am glad to say
that | favor the enactment of a rura
national banking system upon
sound basis which enable the farmer
ofthe United States to borrow none.
on farm mortgages at a less rate o
interest than they are required t.
pay under the present system.
81 am frank enough to say tina
would be pleased to have my com
mission extended over the period o
a second term. 1 am fond of tn
work and should I be continued
shall strive to the best of nv abili
ty to discharge every duty with fidel
ity and in good conscience"