Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-12-05
POLITICAL POT
STARTS BOILING
REPUBLICAN, and DEMOCRATIC
MASS MEETINCS.TUESDAY.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE
PARTY LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES
RALLY FORCES FOR FRAY UNDER
new PRIMARY LAW.

Tuesday afternoon the voters Of Fall
River county had their first hand to-
hand session with the much discussed
Richards Primary Law, conglomera-
tion put on the statutes at the last
meeting of the legislature. Both the
democrats and the republicans held
majority proposal meetings for the
purpose of selecting majority propos-
al committeeman to attend the state
meeting in Pierre the arst week in Jam
uary and also electing proposal COM
mitteemen from each precinct to at
tend a county meeting in this city the
first OF the year.
The Richards law is very incomplete
as to the manner Of conducting this
flrst meeting but it was b 9 d In
each instance as near as possible to
what was thot to be the law.
Members of both parties assembled
in the court room of the court house
at two O'Clock and upon mutual
agreement the Republicans adjourned
to the auditors office and the other
party remained. Nearly every demo.
crat in the county seemed to be present
aud rather overshsdowed the other
party in point Of numbers. Whether
this will be the case next fall is hard to
determine
S. E. " ilson, the central committee.
man, called the Republicans to order
and after short speech along the line
of harmony. ETC., entertained motion
for the election of chairman of the
meeting. A. O. Forney, of Oelrichs.
was nominated and elected. Attorney
secretary.
A state proposal committeeman was
the first one to be chosen. 8. E. Will
son, l., II. Hedrick and DR.. Il. H. Will
COX we're put in nomination. After
several ballots on which neither re-
ceived majority. Mr.. Hedrick With
drew and on the next ballot Mr.. Viii.
son was elected. DR.. Wilcox moved
that the election be made unanimous
which was done.
The next in order was the election
of precinct proposal committeeman
and the following we're chosen:
Ardmore, G. 8. Tcole; Argentine, O..
E. Shay; Beaver, Brud Morgareidge;
Burton. A. 8. Forney; Cascade, a..
Mueller; Cheyenne River. Hug b
Houghton; Coffee Greek, John Evans;
Duck Greek, Scott Hill; Edgemont, lst
ward, L. R. Parkip; End, E. A. Skinner;
3rd, W. o. Guilfoyle; Forney,
Andrew Hetland; Horsehead, Perry
Moody; Hot Springs, let ward, L. r.
Highley; Hot Springs, 2nd ward. G. A.
Wilson; Hot Springs, 3rd ward, H. H.
Wilcox; Hot Syringe, 4th ward, ]. f.
Parks; Harmony, A. F. Shirk; Indian
Greek, w. A. Cole; jackson, g. Y. Gull;
Loomer, D. Wilkenson; Minnekahta,
Mike Smith; Oelrichs, ]. B. Coleman;
Odell, George Alkire; Provo, Fred
Coates; Plain. D. NJ. Holland; Robbins,
h. Q. Froom; Rock Island, Fred L.
Dsnaler; Smithwick, W. H. Doling;
Shirkville, g. w. Barton; Sand Greek,
z. F. Williams; w. q. Flat, c. A.
Shackelford.
The vote Of the proposal committee.
men shall be by unit representation or
in other words as construed by law,
each proposal committeeman is entitled
to cast as many votes at the proposal
committee meeting as we're cast in his
precinct for the Hon. Frank M. Byrne,
the leader of the Republican majority
faction or in cases of democratic COM
mittemen for e. 8. johnson, candidate
for governor at the last primary.
The democratic meeting after the de-
psrture of the republicans from b Q
rom was called to order by G. 8.
Eastman, who gave a short address. A
motion for chairman of the meeting
being called for. William Skeene, Of
Minnekahts, and Arthur Colgan were
placed in nomination. The former was
elected. F. A. Little was the unsni.
nous choice for secretary of the meet
ing. For state proposal committee g.
man, A. w. Riordsn and O. 9. East
man we're placed in nomination, the
former receiving the majority Of the
votes was declared duly elected. Com
mitteemen for the different precincts
we're then elected as follows:
Hot springs, let ward, A. W. Riordsn;
Hot Springs. End ward, B. ]. Glattly;