Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-01-09
CRAWFORD and
BYRNE LEAD
ARE NAMED FOR SENATOR AND
GOVERNOR BY MAJORITY.
RICHARDS TURNED DOWN
THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL
CONTEST LEFT OPEN BY
MAJORITY.

CONTEST LEFT OPEN By
MAJORITY.
Majority Ticket.
State Inducements
Governor-Frank M. Byrne.
Lieutenant Governor-Peter N o r.
beck, Sphinx county.
Secretary of Stste-Frank M. Rood,
Philip county.
State Treasurer-A. w. Ever t,
Hughes county.
State Auditor-J. E. Handlin, Meade
county.
Superintendent of Public Instruc.
tion-O II. Lugg, Hutchinson county.
Land Commissioner-Fr Hepperle,
Eureka county.
Attorney General-C. g. Caldwell,
Miner county.
Railroad Commissioner-Peter Doug
herty, Hughes county.
Senatorial Indorsement-
Coe 1. Crawford, of Huron.
Congressional Inducements
First District-C. H. Dillon.
Second District-Royal @. johnson;
now attorney general
Third District-Open to ind ependent
Minority Ticket
State Inducements
Governor-H. B. Anderson. Dawson
county.
Lieutenant Hovernor-J. 9. Everett.
Redheld.
Secretary OF state-F. P. Glassner,
Bonhomme
State Treasurer. w. Harris, Wal
worth.
State Auditor-A. b. Keller, Gregory.
Superintendent of Public Instruo.
tion-Fred L. Shaw, Beadle.
Land missioner-Konrad Kolne-
man, Minnehsha.
Attorney General-Asa Forest, ir.,
Lincoln.
Railroad Commi iss oner-O. 8.
Opheem, Roberts.
National Committeeman-Dick Han.
ey, Dawson.
Senatorial indorsement-
Charles II. Burke, Pierre,
Congressional Endorsements
First District Dick Woods, OF
Sioux Falls.
Second District-Frank McNulty. Of
Aberdeen.
Third District-W. g. Rice, of Dead.
wood.
Pierre, 8. D., Jan. 9. The Third con.
gressional district situation in the ma.
jority republican meeting Monday
afternoon furnished all of the antici
pated flrewQrks and then few special
pieces for good measure In spite oi
considerable preliminary effect to Sc
cure the nomination because of the
legal requirements of the primary law
and Of special resolution which made
1t necessary for the nomination to be
approved by the entire convention
membership, as the Rice supporter,
had control in the Third district, but
were fairly trampled into the earth b,
the avanlanche of Bartine votes from
oil other sections Of the state.
Rice Mon Rebel.
The result occasioned much bitter
ness in the Rice camp. Before the vot,
was taken, one of the speakers urgei
that there should be q gentleman.
agreement to prevent the outsider
from trying to Disturb the distric
choice. No motion or action was taker
to enforce such an agreement, nor wa.
such condition deflnately established
In any way, but some Of the Rice back
ers were exoitably claiming that the,
had been made the innocent victims o.
misplaced confidence. With the distric
delegates showing q majority for Rio,
and the remainder Of the state refusin,
TO stand for such an arrangement,
peculiar tangle developed that anall,
resulted in the majority republican
faction passing up the matter of an in
dorsement for congress, with the IN
derstanding that the candidates woult
run Independently for the republioa,
nomination.
Under the much cussed Richard,
primary law the provision is that con
eressionsl proposals. be made by til,
stete as whole, although the distric
system prevails In the election. Thi,
Inconsistency is due to the fact tha
there we're but two congressman II
South Dskotx elected at large wher
the Law was frst prepared and no.
changed to meet the new condition OF
that office.
Some very good authorities CLAIM