Deutscher herold. [volume] (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd-Dakota) 1907-1918, 1916-05-04

WHY IS IT?
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, April 27th.

conference and were present when
harmony agreement on national dele
tgates was reached, will be very much
surprised at the movement which has
been started to defeat Hans Demuth,
lof this city, one of the candidates
Iagreed on by that conference. The
nominal reason given by the Sioux
Falls Press in an editorial opposing tho
election of Mr.. Demuth, is that he is
against the nomination of Colonel Roo
lsevelt. But there are other candidates
for delegate who are likewise opposed
to the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt
aud still the Press has no word against
them. Mr. Demuth is justified there
fore in reaching The conclusion that the
Press, whose editor is an offieeholder
under the graces of the state machine,
is permitting the European war to be-
come an issue in the republican pri-
maries.
Mr.. Demuth was put on the ticket by
Mr.. Ewert. This gentleman acting for
Mr.. Cummins had made pledge to Mr..
Demuth that he was to go on the ticket
and when the conference was held at
Mitchell, the delegates were informed
that there could be no harmony dele
cation selected unless Mr.. Demuth were
accepted as one of the delegates. Every
man who attended the Mitchell con-
ference knows that this is true. Mr..
Demuth, who was well known to Mr..
Ewert to be anti Roosevelt, was selee-
tied; in fact he was named as a can
didate after he had made his speech
declaring that he would not vote for
the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt
under any circumstances. There are at
: least three other candidates for dele
gate who take the same position but
raised against them Mr.. Demuth IL
: firmly convinced that the fight has been
started gaainst him by the Press, not
: because of Roosevelt, but because ne
was born in Germany and because his
sympathies are with his fatherland in
the great war now being waged. Other
: IHise how can it be explained that Mr..
Demuth Is the only anti Roosevelt man
who is selected as the victim Of an
Especially vigorous and discriminatory
ight7
, Does the Press speak for the ma
chine under which its editor is an of
I ficeholder7 If SO, the "harmonyo pro-
J gram win be all shot to pieces before
> it is begun. If it does not, definite
statement from Governor Byrne and
= Mr.. Ewert and Mr.. Norbeck ought to
, be forthcoming. The distinct under
, standing at Mitchell was that the dele
, gates were pledged to Cummins for
such length of time as Mr.. Cummins
, appeared to have a chance and that
then the lid was off. The attempt now
, to force all these candidates TO go TO
Roosevelt under pain of an organized
movement against them il not only =
, repudiation of the agreement, but win
, knock into cooked hat all the ahar-
hiouy winch Ada bSc1 So pabASheay
, built up.
The most absurd statement we have
seen for many day is this declaration
J from the Press
"We have known often enough OF
men being elected as delegates to con-
ventions on the strength of their pledge
to support certain candidates; but
never yet, as far as we know, has man
! been elected a delegate on the strength
of his opposition to a particular can
! didate,'' =
: Wen, then the editor does mt know
, far. The primaries in Massachusetts,
held this week were fought on exactly
this issue. 1t was pro- Roosevelt or
against Roosevelt This issue was out
lined in a full page ad which we have
before us as printed in the Springfield
: Republican. The fight was simply for
or against Roosevelt and Roosevelt was
1 trimmed to a finish. The same situation
developed also in New Jersey. The
Press has made itself ridiculous.
If in truth the fight against Mr.. De-
, muth is made because he is against
Roosevelt, we shall welcome its extern
sion to the other nti-Roosevelt dele
; gates who are ON the ticket. IF on the
other hand, the real reason for the fight
is because Mr.. Demuth was born In Ger
! many, why not say soY Ii Mr.. Demuth
{ has not in all the years that he has
7 lived in South Dakota and all the de-
7 votion he has shown TO American ideals
! and all the loyalty he has given to
America yet established himself as an
!, American citizen to the satisfaction of
Mr.. Dotson, we are sorry. This news
2 Ipaper is willing to accept Mr.. Demuth
r on par with any citizen in this state.
+ and we regret exceedingly that he is
I the only Roosevelt man on the
4 ticket who is singled out for attack.
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