The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-13
STATE POLITICS
INTEREST CENTERS in BATTLE
TO BE WAGED FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR'S.

their utmost to rouse the voters of
the state TO the importance OF the APP
preaching election. In addition TO a
United States senator, three congress-
men and a full state ticket. judges
will be elected in the various judicial
circuits, and in the counties a full list
of county officers will be elected. A
number of proposed new laws and
proposed amendments to the state
constitution also will be submitted to
the voters under the referendum
amendment to the state constitution.
Interest in the campaign centers in
the fight for the United States SEN
atorship and for the office of govern
or. While performing his duties in
Washington, friends are actively
looking after the campaign of Con-
gresham Charles II. Burke, the re-
publican nominee for election to the
office of United States senator. and
express themselves as confident OF the
success of Mr.. Burke.
f.. s. Johnson of Yankton, the
democratic nominee for United States
senator. is making a hard fight, and
his friends say he has a very good
chance to win, they figuring that in
addition TO the solid democratic vote
he will receive the votes OF thousands
of progressive republicans, whom
they profess to believe will bolt the
republican nominee. Mr.. Johnson is
making an active campaign.
H. l.. Loucks, Independent eandi-
| date for the United States senate, al
so is making an active campaign, be-
ing at present engaged in making
| speeches in behalf of his candidacy in
different parts of the state and having
a number of other addresses SEIZED
uled.
The efforts of the managers of the
republican campaign are directed to
| ward having both republican factions
unite upon and support the republic
| an ticket, which is made up in part
| of progressive republicans and OF
stalwart republicans. Gov. Byrne,
renominated to the office he
holds, is one of the leaders of the
progressive faction, while Congress
man Burke, the republican NOMINEE
for the United States senate, has
been accounted a header of the stall
warts.
The republican managers have
adopted as their slogan Burke AMI
Byrne," and with this battlecry con
fdently expect to unite the members
of both factions upon the entire re-
publican ticket, and thus declare the
death knell of factionalism in the re-
publican party in South Dakota. If
these efforts for harmony in the re-
publican ranks in South Dakota are
successful the republican managers
expect the entire republican ticket to
be elected by pluralities ranging from
5000 to $4,000.
The democrats and supporters of
an independent republican movement
in South Dakota declare that the re-
publican managers will utterly fail in
their efforts to line up the members
of both republican factions solidly for
the republican ticket. They predict
that thousands of the republican
voters will at the election vote
against certain nominees on the re-
publican ticket and give their votes
to either the democratic or independ-
ent candidates for the places involv-
ed. Apparently sincere in this be-
lief, they expect a victory for some
of the democratic and Independent
republican candidates.
r.. O. Richards of Huron, independ-
ent candidate for election to the office
of governor of South Dakota, con
tinues to wage what Is perhaps the
most aggressive and active campaign
ever carried on by a candidate for of
flee in South Dakota. He is making
from two to four speeches per day
ana is invading strong republican
territory and getting right among
the voters, among whom his friends
say he is daily gaining additional sup.
porters in large numbers. While Mr.
Richards is making his campaign
without a political organization, he
himself is one of the ablest political
generals in the state, and has the
active support of other men who also
are adopts at sizing up political stu
ations and keeping in touch with the
voters of the state. The Richards
men may be keenly disappointed
when the result of the election on the
office of governor is announced fol
lowing the election on November 8
but it is a fact that they confidently
|. are counting on the success of Mr.
Richards.
In the First congressional district
the opposing candidates who are at
tracing the most attention are Con
: gresham C. II. Dillon, renominatet
by the republicans, and A. l.. Var
Osdel, the candidate of the progress
sive or bull moose party. The dis
trict has a very heavy republican ma
jority. The friends of Congressman
Dillon, because of this and the pop
ularity of their candidate among the
republicans of the district in general
are predicting his reelection by
good vote.
In the Second district the mos1
conspicuous candidate is Royal G
johnson, the republican nominee, and
present attorney general of South Da'
kota. The situation in the Second
district is much like that in the
First, the district having a heavy re-
publican majority, which friends oil
Mr.. Johnson declare his
election.
In the Third (Black Hills) district
the leading candidates for congress
are Judge William G.. Rice. republic
an nominee, and Harry L. Candy,
nominee of the democrats. This dis
trict also has a republican majority
of a pronounced character and the
| election of Judge Rice is being pre-