The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
STATE LEADERS ARE
DRUNK WITH POWER
SAYS DICK RICHARD
Huron Man Attacks
Repeal Of His
Primary Election
SUFFRAGE WINNER
House Votes To Submit
Proposition AS Cons,itu-
tional Ammendent.
SUFFRAGE WINNER
Tr0m Thursdays Daily.l

W. - - w. Il W. ihi1Ihl dS EdNG
out the following signed statement
today. commencing upon the action
OF the state senate and its attempt
to repeal the richards primary law.
The action OF the senate is the
direct result OF the work of certain
politicians WHO wish to retain the
official SPOTS system and secret ma
chine control, in party organizations,
IN place of open representative and
popular party government. The pres
elt party law is not merely u primary
election law, but In effect, a consti-
tuition for responsible party govern
ment.
.The people enacted the South pa
kota purity law by n direct vote. The
y legislature has no moral or legal
right to repeal that law. A constitu-
tional Initiative and referendum
primary petition calling for the re-
enactment OF the law, with needed
amendments, was filed by me today
With the secretary of state, signed
by over 5000 petitioners for it's re-
tanticn, and more petitions are ar
irving on every mail, which may
bring the number up towards 10, 900
petitioners.
Constitution Dcfied.
The people shall votc upon 1t
again To say Whether the servant
snail he greater than the masters.
The state machine has again wilrully
deled the constitution as 1T did in
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The state which first cnacts Il party
a " that Will make state government
collectively Responsible To the Will
sof the people, will lead, in The pre-
ccssion OF states, iii solution of state
gnyernlVtat, step by step, and one
thing M q time,
such responsive political party
Law is as necessary to responsible
state government, us II responsive
conscience is TO individual govern
lncnt. The people can never manage
arvthirg successfully by the state,
while the official spoils system is iii
vogue in purity organization. IL must
80. Our educational Institutions and
everything 81 effected by H.. The final
fight is drawing to d finish.
Il have faith in the motto of our
state senl and that the people will
sustain the law for the third time
against the attack OF the politicians.
What the politicians don't want
is pretty safe for the people to sup
port
"Wednesday Bix Day
Yesterday proved the biggest day
of the session in acting on important
legislation when the house passed a
resolution to submit a constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage and
the senate voted To submit u state
wide prOlihitury amendment and
passed tho Crawford primary act.
Tho veto in the house on the suffrage
amendment was 81 TO 40.
Al the night session of the mouse
an attempt was made to reconsider
the vote which the suffrage
amendment carried in the afternoon.
The motion to reconsider was lost
37 to 81. The house worked until
1920 o'clock and passed a number
OF minor bills.
In the senate the vote to submit
q prohibitory amendment was 30 to
~: The registration bill to go with
the Crawford primary law was passed
by the same vote.
House bill No. 3l2, by Rep. Sohn-
stoil of Meade, passed the house.
This is a bill fixing the conditions UNI
der which actions for libel may he
brought and defining what shall he
considered a rebuttul of mai:ce in
trial of such cases.
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