Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-05-28

ty. AS showing the optimistic faitl
of the progressires in the state evei
: this prodigious lead by the republI
Y cans does not feaZe them. Privat,
| polls of many precincts reveal tina
t probably SO per cen of the republi
can registration, men and women, vii
/ vote for Johnson in spite Of announc
ed affliation. Says Mr.. Charles VIII
lis Thompson in his all-embracing ar
, ticle; Thus. while these voters still
t Icing to the republican name, they arc
, voting as they did in 1912; are nc
more Modified toward the manage
ment that controlled the Chicago con
~vention than they were then, and
merely wish to retain their party men
bership, just as the democrats who
bolted Bryan in 1896 retained the
3name of democrats but kept right on
voting the republican ticket for six.
teen years. a man clings with affec,
ton to an old party name, and the
name progressive has no associations
with it.
In California, the republican lead
ers are making a determined effort to
attract the rank-ani. file back to the
fold. Whether or not they succeed
depends largely upon the composition
of the ticket to fill the state Offices.
especially the head, and candidates
for the legislature. If a reactionary
aspirant for governor is nominated
the progressiyes have reason to be
hopeful OF the of their IAN.
didate although the democrats are not
without q chance, With Franklin K
Lane they could sweep the state;
with a Caminetti they would be so far
in the real that the party would be a
laughing stock. IN an attempt to
the strong grip the progressives
have on the women's vote in Califor,
MIA the lure is offered by the republi-
of the nomination of lieutenant
to a woman 1t is a distinct
bid for votes and in no sense a grace
;ul recognition OF her political due.
It may succeed, but the bait is SO pal
pable that it savors of a bride.
Conditions in South Dakota have
been o dissimilar to those in Cali
Roosevelt carried the state in
1912. running there as here on the
republican ticket. Taft was shut out
utterly, In that year the legislature
passed a law providing for a state
wide primary and for a majority and
minority faction in each party. AS
the progressive element cast the most
in the republican primaries it
became, legally, the majority faction,
the standpatters taking the minority
place. This spring, under the new
law, there were five conventions, held
simultaneously at Pierre, the capital.
They were the majority and minority
conventions OF the republican
and democratic parties, and the con-
vention of the socialist party. Then,
under the law, another primary was
held to decide whether the majority
or minority candidate should become
the regular party candidate, and CT
Fl. Burke, the minority or standpat
defeated Coe /. Crawford.
the majority or progressive candidate
and became the republican nominee
for the senate. Burke's majority was
1000. Crawford is the sitting SEN
ator.
1t is interesting to note that Burke
received 5000 majority for congress
In 1912 when Roosevelt carried the
by 10000, so that his triumph
Crawfod is not so marked a slap
the p~rogressives as 1t appears at
glance. Burke is popular; Craw-
ford has aiienated many friends by
bis course, However, in spite of To-
cal causes the fact remains that he
causes the fact remains that the
reactionary element Is ahead in South
Dakota. In Michigan and repnblicans1
show gains, the progressiyes losses;
In New York the vote for Judge of
appeals revealed a big slump for the
progressives, but there is a vast diff
ference between a Roosevelt running
and a comparatively unknown can6i-
date for judge. New Jersey is a pro-
gressive disappointment both in I'll
vote for governor and for congress.
In Kentucky the primaries show al
falling on and in Maryland the slump
lis heavy, due to q factionai split. In
Omaha a new registration shows SAB
iprogressives as against 6.062 votes
east in November. 1912. In all con.
sgressional contest In Maine the pro.
gressive vote was cut in two. On the
whole the outlook for the third party
ii not encouraging. MI. Roosevelt's
return to the Genes Of political con
|nict Is awaited with much anxiety,
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