The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-12-07
SOUTH DAKOTA
PROPOSALMEN
STATE TICKET NAMED BY RE-
PUBLICANS, NON-PARTISANS
AND DEMOCRATS.

Pierre, Dec. THE slated party
ticket of the republicans went thru
with one exception at an adjourned
meeting that continued late tonight.
Ruell F. Jones of Britton won out
over V. r. Sickle for the attorney
general nomination after one of the
most heated political scraps in local
history. Sickle is present assistant
attorney general and was said to be
scheduled for the job by the admins
tration forces. There was also a
slight contest between C.. e. Coyne
and Charles Burkhart for secretary
of state but the balance swung in fa-
vor of Coyne.
Following is the republican lineup
as it will appear on the majority tick
ct next spring:
For National Committeeman-W
E. Milligan of Brown county.
For State Chairman - George
Wright of Beadle county.
For Governor-William H. Nc
Master of Yankton county.
For Lieutenant Governor-Carl
Gunderson of Dawson county.
For Secretary of State-Jake Par
rot of Timber Lake.
For Attorney General-Buell F.
Jones of Britton.
For State Auditor--E. A. Jones OF
Lincoln county.
For State william o.
Brien, incumbent.
For Commissioner of Schools and
Public Lands-Nick Knight, incum-
bent.
For Commissioner of Education
Fred L. Shaw of Huron.
The three congressman, Johnson,
Christopherson and Williamson, were
renominated.
The feature of the Nonpart san
league convention here today was lie
selection of woman-Miss Alice
Lorraine Daley-as a candidate for
governor. Miss Daley was an instruc-
tor at the Madison normal school but
of late has been engaged in organlza-
ton work for the league. Other NOM
nations on the Nonpartisan ticket
are: Lieutenant governor, r. r.
Kleinhasser of Freeman; secretary
of state, A. L. Putnam of Timber
Lake; auditor, l.. J. Thompson OF
Letcher; treasurer, w. p. Wohlheter
of Sisseton; superintendent or pubic
instruction, Mrs. Georgianna Bonita
White River; attorney general, y. ..
Hagen, Huron; commissioner Oh
school and public lands, o. M. Burch,
Dixon: state chairman, Tom Ayres,
Zeola: railroad commissioners, first
district, Dan Eliason, Crooks; con-
gress. first district, G. L. Hasvold,
Madison; second district, Andrew i.
Lockhart, Milbank; third district, U.
H. Smith, Reliance.
The platform adopted by the nom
partisans was similar to that adopted
at the state convention last June,
among the clauses of which are state
bank, public ownership and develop
ment of public resources, unqualified
right of all workers to organize, re-
lease of all political prisoners, inves-
tigation of administration of rural
credits board and others dealing with
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state economy.
The democratic proposalmen ad-
iourned at IL o'clock after hard days
work. The following nominations
were made: Governor. L. N. Grill,
Elk Point; state chairman, w. w.
Howes, Wolsey; national committee
man, James Nee, Centerville; lieu
tenant governor, DR.. F. N. Bilger,
Edgemont; secretary of state, Ed
ward F. Engler, Ipswich AUDITOR
James A. May, Chamberlain, treas
uses. David Mccullough, Sioux Falls; !;
commissioner school and pubic
/ lands, S. d. Sharp, Gregory county;
superintendent public instruction
Miss Roberta Smith. Fort Pierre;
railroad commissioner, 0. j. TJet-
land. Lennon; attorney general, j.
4 p. Alexander, Brookings.
Congress, first district, andre"
4 Anderson, Elk Point; second as
trict. William R. Veitch, Groton;