The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-02
Figures Now In Give
Him a Lead of
1877.
T is IMPORTANT.
Under Richards. Law Party
Committee Will Dispense
State Patronage.

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Pierre, s. D.-Unofficial returns
from all but eleven counties of the
state practically assure Inc selection
of j. Il. l.ockhart, tho minority choice
for state committeeman. as sthc tis-
urcs give him. lead of 7S7s and two
Of the counties not yet reported give
him. a lead of 500.
With the counties now in, Byrnc
leads by 1855 and Burke by 4522. 1t
Is expected that the official caavass
will be made Thursday.
The selection OF a chairman for the
Republican state central committee is
particularly important under the
Richards primary system, which plu-
vides that all the state patronage
shall be dispensed in accordance with
recommendations by the state central
committee of the party in power.
This means that if Gov. Dyrne is re-
elected, Lockhart, as chairman OF the
state. committee, would have q lot to
say about state patronage. unless
Byrne should refuse to comply With
the law and nothing of that sort is
expected.
The Total Votes as Reported.
With the counties of Bennett,
Dewey, Douglas, FAN River, Gregory,
Hanson. Harding, Hyde, Lake, Meade.
Pennington, Perkins, and Stanley not
yet reported unouicially, the totals
SO far, as footed by the secretary of
state are:
For United States Senator.--EurEe
21,551; Crawford, 1903.
For Governor-Anderson. 1906;
Byrnc, 1920; Richards, S,169.
For state party chairman-Lock-
hart, 1852; Way. 1915.
For OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
14.194; Norbeck, 2O,646.
For state treasIrer-Harris a.
23S; Ewert, 2O.354.
For railroadN commissionsr3Op-
helm. ~14,31S;; Dougherty. nSNS6s 5
For secertarysR f. state-G1assner,
1918; Rood, 1851.
The estimated total vote as cast in
the Republican primary is placed by
the secretary of state at about 50,-
900, which would be about 5000,
votes beloW tho usual Republican,
primary vote in South Dakota in re-
cent years!%
BURKE MUST NOW RUN "a
AS "PR0GRESSIVE- CANDIDATES
Aberdeen, S. D.-Attorney Gener-
al. Johnson holds that portion of the
South Dakota primary law which re-
quires county auditors to assemble at
the largest town infthe judicial circuit
on the first Monday after the pri-
maries to canvass the vote for Judge
to be invalid, because another provis-
ion OF the law requires the auditors
on the same day to canvass the legis-
lative vote ut their OWE county seat.
Hc. holds that as 1t is impossible for
the auditors to accomplish the impos-
sible, the vote for circuit judge viii
have to be carvassed in the ordinary
manner.
Another interesting thing in the
primary law is that Representative
Burke. according to the. law, while
nominated as a minority" or stall
wart candidate, will. have to make the
for United States senator on the
majority Or progressive platform,
because the majority candidate for
governor was nominated. Another in
teresting possibility is that J.. J.. Lock
hart, the minority, candidate for
chairman of the. state committee of
the Republican party, will, il the fins
al returns give him the victory over
S. x. Way, the majority" candidate
for the place, be called upon to con-
duct the campaign of Governor Byrne
and the other majority candidates
the state ticket who were nomin-
ated. Lockhart was chairman of the
minority state committee, in the
primary campaign and bitterly oppos-
ed the candidates whom he will now
be called upon to do his best to elect
If the final returns bear out the pre-
liminary indications and show that
the party, while nominating a pro-
gressive state ticket, chose a stalwart
manager.