Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1915-12-25
FACTIONS MAY UNITE
Sioux Falls Correspondent Thinks June
Primary Sufficient-May Name
List of Delegates.

Sioux Falls, Dec PA we'll defined
movement is under way among the
leaders of the stalwart and progressive
Republican factions in South Dakota
having for its purpose the uniting of the
two factions on list of delegates to rep
resent the Republicans Of South Dakota
at the Republican national convention
next June, says All Burkholder in a
newspaper letter.
1t is believed this movement will be
successful, and should such prove to be
the case it will be unnecessary to hold a
special primary election throughout
South Dakota on April 4th, next, as had
been contemplated in some quarters, for
the purpose of electing delegates to the
Republican national convention. Should
it not be necessary TO hold a special
primary for the selection Of delegates,
the taxpayers Of South Dakota would be
saved an aggregate Of $50, 900 or $50, 900,
which, it is estimated, would be the cost
of the special primary
The miXup in the selection CT dele
gates to the Republican national con-
vention is due to the fact that the ma
tional convention, called for June :, is
only one day after the date for the reg
ular primary election in South Oak ota,
which is fixed by the new primary law
for the FIRST Tuesday in June, which
next year will fall on June 9.
If the stalwart and progressive Re.
publicans Of the state can agree upon a
list Of delegates the special primary
election would not be held, and the men
agreed upon would be on hand at the
Republican national convention when
it conVenes June 7, prepared to take
their seats in the convention when the
proper officers in South Dakota wired
them the proper credentials as soon as
the result of the primary election on
June 6 was known, which doubtless
would be early on the morning of June
7, in ample time for the necessary Off
cial telegram to be sent to the delegation
in Chicago, so the members could take
their seats when the convention con-
vened.
1t is understood that the supporters
in South Dakota of Senator Cummins,
for nomination to the pres
idency, favor this plan, as they cannot
see how the interests of Senator Cum
minis can be adversely affected by the
failure to hold a special primary cleo
ton. As matters stand at present there
is no doubt that the field captains of the
Iowa senator can confidently claim that
South Dakota favors the candidacy of
Senator Cummins. While some of the
old line Republicans of the state are op-
posed to Senator Cummins for his fail
ure to support President Taft for re-
election, the great bulk of the dominant
progressive Republican faction is for
Senator Cummins, and of this there is
not slightest doubt.
With the object of influencing the Re-
publicans of other states, Senator Cum
Minis field captains will have full iustifi-
cation for claiming South Dakota for
Cummins, and this will give the Iowa
man as much prestige among western
Republicans as though a special prim-
ary election was held at great cost in
April and delegation elected and plac-
ed under instructions to support the can
didacy of Senator Cummins in the Chic
ago convention.