Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-02
RICHARDS A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE.

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paign are saying that Mr.. Richards is likely to be a
candidate for governor as an Independent the coming
fall.
Mr.. Martin Widsten, who was secretary of the
Richards committee at Huron, is authority for the'
statement that Mr.. Richards is seriously considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of continuing his campaign. A
1T seems to me- declared Mr.. Widsten in a news1
paper interview a few days ago, THAT there is no
choice for Mr.. Richards but to go to the people as an in
dependent candidate at the November election to dis
lodge Byrne and the state machine which is charged
with trading for the Homestake vote to be delivered
to Governor Byrne, which seemingly has been done2'
Should Mr.. Richards enter the campaign as a car.
didate, it would unquestionably make an interesting;
fight, particularly if the bull moose party should nomi-
nate a strong man. !
But we opine that the so-caled stalwarts will az
cept the result of the primary and will be found sup
porting the ticket, with a reasonable degree of una1-
unity. y
If this should prove to be the case, as we believe
it will, there would have to be quite a falling away
from the dstinctivey Byrne following, as indicated by
the primary, to encompass Governor Byrne's defeat.
In other words, unless a considerable part of the
votes that went to Byrne at the primary election should
go over to the new bull moose party, Governor Byrne
will very likely be successful.
There seems to be one Ion, odd duck in Kranzburg
which focks by itself.
The fall election is seven months distant. 1t is not
likely that the electors Of South Dakota will enthuse
very much for a few weeks, at least.
If anybody thought it was the rural precincts
that would give Mr.. Burke a black eye he should look
at the returns. Burke's strength seems to have been
scattered all over the state and Throughout the rural
regions as well as in he cities and villages.
The anomoly is presented in the house Of represen-
tatives at Washington of a great body of democrats
breaking loose from their regular party leaders and
j; submitting to the leadership of second and third
rate politicians. Sometimes, however, the second and
third raters really represent the sentiments Of the
country better than the so-called leaders.
Tt will always be the belief Of Mr.. Anderson's close
friends that ifsMr. Richards had not been in the race
for governor Mr.. Anderson would have won the nomi-
nation, and possibly Mr.. Richards close friends may
think that if Anderson had not been in the fight Rich
ards would have won. We don't know, nor does any
one else, whether either contention is well founded.
but it must be conceded that if either had been out Of
the way the other would have secured a much larger
bunch OF votes.
Speaking Of the inheritance tax, an eastern news
paper IS quoted as saying that when once adopted it
VII #fepsaieu.$ inIs leadS the Sioux Falls
Argns-lleader to say that the time is coming when the
state will take d big chunk of the great estates a. AZ
inheritance tax with q double object: to raise revenue
and tos equa1ize things THE income tax will work
in the same way, 3 the Sioux Falls paper adds. Both
the income tax and the Inheritance tax involve the
principle Of ssconfscation,' as looked upon a genera.
ton ago. .At all events, it IS the taking of something
from the few for the benefit of thes many.
As Pierre newspaper suggests Chas. q. Burke for the
vice presidential nomination. Let Mr. Burke be elect
cd to the senate frst-and then he wouldn't accept Tia
wee presidency unless he il ready to step down and
out.