POLITICAL NOTES: Necessary Ingredient

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POLITICAL NOTES

"Necessary Ingredient"

South Dakota Republicans met at Pierre last week to nominate a governor, none of the five candidates in last fortnight's primary having polled the 35% of the total vote required for nomination (TIME, May 19). No. 1 in the primary had been Secretary of State Gladys Pyle, running strong on her personal popularity, without organization support. No. 5 and last had been Warren E. Green, dirt farmer of Hazel. For eleven ballots in the Pierre convention Miss Pyle deadlocked with Brooke Howell of Frederick for first place. Suddenly Mr. Howell, on orders from the state organization, withdrew, throwing his support to Last Man Green, who was nominated on the next ballot. Thus machine politics had routed personality, topsy-turvied the popular vote.

On the brink of tears, Miss Pyle said: ''While I feel disappointment and surprise in not receiving the nomination, such disappointment and surprise, of course, is a necessary ingredient of a convention of this character."