The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-02-28
JOINT DEBATE
DRAWS LARGE CROWD
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.
DISCUSS IMPORTANT
ISSUES.

Master, both aspirants for the gov
ernorship of South Dakota, was we'll
advertised caused an overflow crowd
to come out to the high school audi
torium to hear republican principles
and platforms explained.
County Chairman H. H. HoIdridge
introduced the speakers and acted as
time referee in a set Of discussions
that are to form part of the political
history of this state in the future.
Mr.. Richards, as challenger, be-
came the first to address the large
concourse of people who expected to
hear clean clear-cut enunciation of
mates vitality important and issues
as they d.e understood by the author
of the Richards primary law. The
speaker opened his address with an
attack on prohibition and all bone
dry legislation and quoted sufficient
number of excerpts from his wine and
beer platform to convince his audi
tors of his attempt to flirt with the
wet interests in order to grab off a
governorship. Wine, beer and a NOR
ality test he mentioned as the para
mount issue in this state. He repeat
edly fell back on the personal liber-
ty" slogan of the vets to prop up his
clumsy arguments for reintroduc-
tion of the liquor business which he
would foist on this state totally ignor-
ing the interests of the home, the
church and the form of sobriety the
electors of this commonwealth de-
manded when they ratified the dry
amendment along with over three
dozen other states that so splendidly
stood by national prohibition. His
statement that bone dry law brings
i'll will and crime and is immoral''
will be resented by every intelligent
voter in the state. Mr.. Richards is
the exponent of a zero program and
a dead issue and as his opponent
pertinently remarked, "the wine and
beer would not be obtainable even in
the event of wet legislature and
wet governor who stood for the inter-
ests OF the vets. He had absolutely
nothing to offer concerning the more
vital matters that pertain to the inter-
ests OF the state at large; nothing
about education or agricultural prog
ress; not a word about our natural
resources or our educational system:
no mention of the conservation of
the manhood of our boys and young
men. There were no clearly defined
conclusions on the relations of labor
and capital or on the problems of de-
velopment of more efficient transpor-
tation. No word was uttered regard
ing the control of radicalism and the
general regulation of business in gen.
eral.
In his very forceful speech the lieu-
tenant governor flayed his opponent
Tor his program that was Character
lied as zero program" or platform
He held up the liking bee" in minor.
ity state politics to scorn. The sneak
er naiied K. 0. Richards platform OF
wine. beer and morality to the mast
and proceeded to fill it full of the
bullets OF his keen cutting logic. His
opponent WINGED more than once
when the Richards political ambi-
tions were mentioned and when Il was
explained just how the primary law
was conceived for the political pre-
ferment of the author of It.
He stated that he had asked Mr.
hichards on five different occasions
TO explain his legal merit system and
also at five different times had
begged him to tell Just which state
appropriation could be eliminated in
the interest Of economy and that so
Iar ne had failed to make reply. He
pronounced the Richards platform of
wine, beer and the morality test moro
trash" and mentioned his pitv for
the sponsor Of It.
That the lieutenant governor had
= real constructive platform that
touched all the vital problems and in
terests OF the state was anparent
when he set forth those things for
which ne would labor II elected a
the highest office in the state. His
paramount issue is Republicanism
and the basic platform is as follows:
I. Soldiers bonus law similar to the
Minnesota law which grants SIS to its
ex-service men: 2. Segregation OF
boys from girls at the State Industrial
school at Plankinton, also separation
OF the younger convicts at the state
penitentiary from the older and more
hardened ones: 3. Home builders Law
that would provide an opportunity
Tor laboring men and others to obtain
cheap money: 4. A Law to stabilize
the price Of food supplies and agricuI-
tural products; 8. Increased pay for
teachers: z. A wider program for con-
solidated schools: s. Dual system Or
control for railroads; 3. Recreation
and community centers for the young
people Of the state; 10. Property
rights preserved intact for poster
ity; IL. Total wiping out of I. w. w.
activities.
The applause given the lieutenant
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