The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-01-15
MINORITY NAME
PART OF TICKET
ENDORSE TEN MAJORITY CANDI.
DATES AND CHOSE SIX FOR
PRIMARY SLATE.

BY the action of the minority re-
publican committeeman in session
late yesterday afternoon, ten OF the
candidates chosen by the majority
faction in an earlier meeting we're
endorsed by resolution and six were
named to oppose other nominees.
The legislative ticket comprised an
entirely different set of candidates.
II. j. %Spangler a given the fun vote
of the meeting, 1868 in number, for
the nomination for state senator. In
the first ballot for representative. DIR.
II. f. Dnndas received 1,24S votes.
and the nomination, against 81 votes
for w. j. Herzog and 161 votes for
John Watkins.
In the balloting for the second
nominee for the lower house. Mr..
Watkins was eliminated as a minority
candidate when Mr.. Herzog received
LOIS votes and his opponent, 3S5
votes.
WI Rowley received the full vote
OF the meeting for the nomination for
clerk of courts. A unanimous vote
also was given DIR. c. A. Bower for
coroner and j. G. Lehman for com
missioner from the Third district.
Henry Swindler was chosen as the
candidate of the faction for state CEN
tral committeeman and Fred Carlson,
who acted as chairman of the meet
ing, was selected as its choice for
state proposal committeeman. The
principles and mottos chosen by the
minority faction al the Pierre meet
ing on Monday was endorsed by the
county committeeman.
The following nominees OF the ma
jority republicans yer endorsed by
the minority committeeman: John
Dondelinger, for treasurer: j. ID.
Davis, for auditor; e. e. Owens, for
sheriff; ID. G. Cox, for register OF
deeds; o. G. Thompson, for county
Judge, and e. X. Mather. for county
surveyor. The nomination for states
attorney was passed by resolution.
In The latter part of the delibera-
lions OF the majority faction. ID. Ii.
Strothers was nominated for the
commmissionership of the Third dis
lrict over j. G. Lehman, the inculn-
bent of he office. The vote was l.424
to 3l4. ~. j. Curtis was nominated
for the First district and ID. l.. Me
l,eod for the Fourth. Both of these
candidates were endorsed by resoiu-
tions of the minority element.
Paul Nj. Young was nominated as
the candidate for majority state CEN
trail committeeman, receiving the full
l,f3S votes cast at, the meeting. Ray
l.. Branson was given the unanimous
vote for the nomination for state pro-
poSal committeeman.
The majority session accepted the
principles as adopted by the state
majority committee in it's Pierre
meeting and chose as it's motto: THE
Progressive Policies, Presidential Pri-
mary n Good Roads"
In the sessions of the democratic
county proposal committee yesterday
afternoon, III. Il. Hitchcock was chos-
en- as state proposal committeeman
and e. w. Leehan. as state central
committee. AS no division was made
between the majority and minority
elements, the action of the commit
tcemen will be equivalent to the
|str;ight nomination. .
The socialist county proposal com
mittee chose as its motto, collective
Ownership Under Democratic Control
and Equal Suffrage" Following is
the slate of county candidates.: l.. e.
Stair and Il. III. Eager. representa-
tives; O. S. Iceland, treasurer; c. I.
Anderson, auditor: G.. "A. Kelly,
sheriff; John McAvinney, register of
deeds: j. B. Stout. clerk of courts;
Sivcrt Bivedal, corop r; A. T.. Sober
green n A. II. Jol IS, county com
m~issioners.