The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-11-11
First Spasm Of Richards Pri.
mary tuesday Starts Year
Of Political Strife
To Meet In November
Select Delegates To The State Proposal
Meeting On Third Tuesday Of This
Month And Name County Ticket
On 4th Tuesday In December

The opening gun of the next
twelve months in the politica
world Of South Dakota opened Tu.
esday with the holding of the Pre-
cinct Initiatory Organization elec
tion in the various precincts thro-
ughout the county, and at this ell
ection was chosen the Precinct
County Central Committeeman
and three Proposalmen from the
various precincts. These proposal
men will meet in Kadoka on the
third Tuesday ih November and
will select three Proposalmen tc
the State Convention at Pierre
and again on the Fourth Tuesday
in December they will gather a
the county seat and nominate tn
county ticket. One Of the pdpeis
has dubbed the Tuesday fiasco a.
the first act of the Sunshine State
Follies of 192O-192l," and they
have hit it right for of the fool
ishncss in the world the Richards
Primary law is the most "damph-
oolish."
In several precincts of the cou-
nty no elections whatever were
held and as a result these precin-
cts will not be represented in the
two County Proposal meetings.
THE ELECTION RETURNS
In Kadoka precinct the election
was exceedingly quite, and all eff
forts to stir up a battle failed
only forty-two of the electors OF
this precinct voting at the elect
ion. On the Republican side OF
the fence J. f. Brockelsby was ell
ected as County Precinct Central
Committeeman, and c. N. Iced
ON, o. f. Stuart and E. Z. Mel.
lor were chosen as the Precinct
Proposalmen.
In Belviderc Precinct quiteness
and peace were the report and
Fred Hodgin was elected the Rep
ublican County Precinct Commit
eeman, L. A. Pier, j. V. Dripps
and f. C. Barth were selected as
the Proposalmen.
In Jewett Township Oscar H
Olson was elected Precinct Comm
itteeman by the republicans ant
: Andrew Renning, o. a. Letting.
we'll and Albert Nelson wele sci!
ected Proposalmen.
+. Down at Interior it is reported
that the eection went unanimous
and the Republicans selected Jesse
Hodges as Precinct Committeeman
and Bert Hodges, J. f. Calhoor
and Leslie Crew as their Propose
J men.
Quite spirited fight developed
: at Cottonwood and the Republic
an Committeeman elected wa!
j. w. Conquest, while John |
Howe, H. S. Cochran and G.. V
Cook, were returned winners TO
Proposalmen.
Down at Weta the republican
selected w. M. Gilchrist as thei
Committeeman and H. P. Gilchris
J. B. Nafe and Ed Freemole a
their Proposalmen.
At Stamford the republican
returned J. w. Canney WHINE
for Committeeman, and F. l.. Ba
bcock, Chas. Darling and j. w
Canney as Proposalmen.
F. l.. Gale was elected Repuh
lican Committeeman in Brady Pre-
cinct and G.. C. Brown, Jud PEP
per and Pete Stout were chosen a
the Proposalmen.
Frank B. Sherwood was electe
Precinct Committeeman by the r
publicans in Big Buffalo and Ceda
Precinct, and Ole Skotvold, J. "
Misel and F. b. Sherwood com
pose the delegation of three pre-
posalmen from that precinct.
Returns from the other precir
cts are not in at the Auditors ol
flee at this writing.
The Democrats evidently wer
chv nm holding THAR Drocinct ole