The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-01-06
BODY
OPENS CAMPAIGN
FIRST POLITICAL MOVEMENT
FOR 1016-LIST OF DEMO-
CRATIC MINORITY NOM
INEES IS G1lEN.

Pierre, S. D.-The first political
movement of the campaign for 1916,
here Monday on the part of r. O..
Richards and few county represen-
tatives of the minority" republicans
of the state, selected as such at the
last primary under the provisions of
the old Richards act, may or may
not be a Joke" of the campaign be-
fore it ends.
1t is certain that theyslan get their
names before the April primary on
filing their petitions of candidates,
but it gives them a line up for lat
er primary if they care to carry their
campaign into the regular campaign,
at the June primary. They are list
of candidates already selected and
in shape to shape to begin the move
ment, and it remains for the future
of the campaign to show just how
ar they will attempt to go.
Their policy so far as announced
was to get into line in case the Unit
ed States supreme court should, upon
the appeal of r. o. Richards to the
tribunal, uphold the old Richards law
in this state. In such case they would
be the only regular ticket" to go
upon the ballot, and any Others who
cared to get into the game would
only be given an opportunity to get
n place upon the ballot as independ
/ ent candidates without any ticket
"line up" whatever.
Investigation as to the number of
voting precincts in the state, which
has been made for the purpose of
estimating the cost of an additional
primary election shows that there
are 1,705 voting precincts. for each
of which there would be three judges
and two clerks, or five officials. which
would be cost of ten dollars for the
one expense in each precinct, beside
the other expenses incident to an
election, which is estimated at. diff
ferent sums by the different ones
| figuring but would mean easily
as much more as the expense of the
judges and clerks at minimum
with possibilities of going higher.
The possibilities at the present
in the state appear to lie between a
special session of the legislature to
change the primary date or the
April primary, although there is a
strong sentiment toward the carry
ing out of an attempt at an agreed
list of candidates at the June pri-
mary, but with the list selected last
night, as a possibility, it would mean
"a contest in June, at the least and
this might complicate matters even
though a portion of the list selected
/ is of men who are in favor of COM
Ipromise proposition.
l The democrats selected as their
candidate list:
Delegates to the national conven-
tion at ST. Louis: Ed S. Johnson, of
Yankton: G. N. Cooper of Perkins:
i Andrew e. Lee, of Clay; Robert e.
Dowdell, of Sanborn; C. w. Hoch-
stetler, of Beadle; Tom Johnson OF
Pennington; w. II. Frost, of Stan
ley; Mark w. Sheafe Jr., of Cod
ington; j. j. Batterton, of Roberts;
John Westerly. of Beadle.
For supreme court judges; James
Brown of Brule; II. II Potter of Day,
State chairman, Con r. Huntley
Iof Bealde.
: National Committeeman, John A
/. Cleaver, of Beadle.
, Congressman, First district. Theo
5 dore Erickson; second district, Chas
3 Stutenroth, of Sphinx; third district
: Harry Candy, of Pennington.
!, Governor, Arnold H. Bliss, o
BeaGle: lieutenant-goyelnor Walter
e Jacobs. OF Brown; secretary of state
f James p. Bird; attorney. general
Y John T. Heffron, of Lawrence; audi
tor, John P. Biehn, of Gregory; Ian,
d commissioner, Fred Meniery; treas
f urer, Jacob Fergen, of Hutchinson
e superintendent of instruction, W. F
S Chamberlain OF Clay; Railway Com
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