Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-07-22
WILL SPEND $100, 900
Prohibitionists to Wage Hard Battle
Republicans Plan to Sweep State
by Large Plurality,

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iminary arrangements for the opening
of state headquarters, from which the
fall campaigns of the two parties will be
conducted. 1t appears assured that Nit
chel will be the headquarters of the
democratic state committee, while re-
ports are to the effect that Sioux Falls
will be selected as the point from which
to direct the state campaign of the re-
publicans Charles B. Powers, Of Cham
berlain, recently elected head Of the re-
publican state central committee will
be in charge Of the headquarters of his
party and will direct the fall campaign,
assisted by the candidates for state and
congressional positions and other leaders
of the party.
Although the republicans expect to
sweep South Dakota by large plural
ity, it is understood an aggressive fight
will be waged by them to make the vic
tory as sweeping as possible With
Peter Norbeck, nominee for Governor,
heading the harmony republican ticket
which was placed in the field at the
primary election in May, and with the
two former factions of South Dakota
republicans lined up generally for the
ticket Of the party, the republican lead
ers believe they will have fairly smooth
sailing during the fail campaign and win
a pronounced victory at the general
election in November.
win not be Tame.
The fight between the prohibitionists
and the nti-prohibitionists, with state
wide prohibition as the bone of conten-
ton, alone assures a lively fall campaign.
While the fight between the republicans
and the democrats may not be as excit-
ing as some desire, the contest over
prohibition will make the coming cam
paign one of the hottest ever waged in
South Dakota.
The prohibition fight will be of special
interest to the newspapers Of South Da-
kota as a great part of the battle for
and against prohibition will be conduct
ed by means of paid advertisements in
the newspapers of the state. 1t is re-
ported that the prohibitionists have
raised campaign fund ranging between
$4,000 and $l25, 600, and if this is true
they viii not lack for funds to pay the
newspapers literally for the space occu-
pied by plate matter and other paid
advertising which they already have
commenced to run in generous amounts
throughout the state
The anti-prohibitionists also will lib
orally use newspaper space in setting
forth arguments why South Dakota,
having once had statewide prohibition,
which, it is said, they will contend will
not put a stop to the liquor traffic and
would result in the loss of a large rev.
enue to the cities and towns of the
state.
Both sides in the fight for statewide
prohibition will back mp their argu-
ments by facts CLEANED from the expert
ence of other states, and many columns
of newspaper space will be used in get
ting this and other information and
arguments bearing on the question be-
fore the voters Of South Dakota.
Richards Ideal in New Form
The newspapers of the state have in
many instances approved plan of Rev
w. Ii. Talmage, of Flandreau, chairman
of the South Dakota social service com
mission to organize a free employment
bureau to cover the entire state, with
state secretary and a secretary in each
county. Persons wanting employment
and persons wanting employees under the
plan will make their wants known to
the central organization, which will see
that their wants are supplied
Huron friends of r. o. Richards,
known as the father of the primary cleo
! tion law system of South Dakota, an
nounce that this plan of the Flandreau
clergyman is identical with a plan orig
mated by Mr.. Richards and contained
in law which was adopted by the vot-
ers of South Dakota and subsequently
repealed by the state legislature. They
declare the plan has been adopted by
the general government and that now
the state of South Dakota is returning
to it through a civic organization after
the legislature had rendered the plan
void by its repeal of the law of which
the plan was part.
This development promises to be used
as an argument by the friends of Mr..
Richards in securing support for his
amended primary election law, which
will be submitted to the voters of South
Dakota at the election in November for
their adoption or rejection.
Third District Contest.
In the political field in South Dakota
the hottest battles of the coming cam
pagn will be waged in the Third con-
gressional district between Judge John
G. Bartine, of Lyman county, republi-
can nominee for congress and Harry L..
Candy, of Pennington county, present
congressman from that district. 1t al.
yays has been claimed that the district
has heavy republican majority, but
through division two years ago in the
republican ranks, Candy was able to
defeat the republican nominee.
1t is said that in the campaign now
about to open the republican voters OF