Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-10-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
Nearly Complete Legislative Tickets
Nominated by Both Parties in the
Stste. This Year.
Secretary of State is Certifying the
Nominations to the Several
County Auditors.
Some Gossip Regardin the Legislative
Contests in the Several Dis
tricts of the State,

Legislative nominations are being
certified to the county auditors
through the state by Secretary of State
Falley for printing on the official bal
lot for the fall election. Nearly COM
plete tickets have been nominated in
every district by the republicans and
fusionists. There are thirteen hold
over senators who will have seats in
the legislature at the coming session,
James Fuller of Pembina, j. l.. Cashcl
of Walsh, M. F. Murphy of Grand
Forks, F. w. Ames of Trail, Andrew
Slotten of Richland, R. c.. Sanborn Of
Ransom, R. c. Cooper of Griggs, w.
\. Laidlaw of Cavalier, o. I. Hegge Of
Benson, Wesley Baker of Emmons, J.
B. Sharpe of LaMoure, V. B. Noble of
Bottineau and j. A. McDougall of
Morton. All of these were elected as
republicans except Cashel, Noble and
McDougall. Another has gone over
to the fsuionists, Murphy of Grand
Forks, who resigned his place as a
member of the republican state CEN
trail committee some days ago and will
probably be listed with the f%usionists.
Two holdover senators have re-
signed their seats, T. T'wichell of the
Tenth district, who has been nomin-
ated for the Office of sheriff of Cass
county and E. F. Porter of the Twen-
t%y-second district, who is the republic
can candidate for secretary of state.
The candidate to succeed Twichell on
the republican ticket is G. w. VOL
bert, who was a member of the lower
house at the last session. In the
Twenty-second district, the republic
cans have nominated H. J. Miner to
fill the unexpired term of Porter.
Miner was also a member of the lower
house at the last session. The fus-
ionists have nominated J.. X. Swan
for the senatorial seat in this district.
From the first district, Jud LaMoure
is a candidate for reelection to the
senate, and will without doubt sue
coed himself. George Taylor of Bath
gate is his opponent. There will be
two changes in the senators from
Grand Forks county. H. E. Lavayea
of Larimore is the republican nom
inee in the Fifth district, to succeed
H. F. Arnold of Larimore who has
represented this district in the upper
house for several terms. ]. D. Taylor
is h republican nominee in the Sew
enth district, to succeed D. w. Luke,
who was not renominated. In the
Ninth district, Fargo, there will be a
e senator, R. S. Lewis being the re-
publican nominee for the seat held by
J. E. Cronan, and J. B. Lockhart being
the fusion nominee. Two other new
men will come from Cass county, in
the Tenth and Eleventh districts, G..
W. Wolbert and P. S. Talcott being
the republican nominees. ]. F. Dew
lin is the republican candidate to sue
coed McCarten in Sargent county and
John Powers is the fusion nominee for
the place. In the Fifteenth district
H. B. Cox, who held the unexpired
term of Major White two years ago,
has been nominated for the four year
term, and is opposed by Mayor Nc
Pherson of Valiey City, who was a
member of the house several years
ago. In the Twenty-frst district there
r three candidates, Henry Hale, for
mer representative, is the republican
candidate, George Vannier is the reg
ular fusion nominee, and Col. Creel,
who has been senator from that dis
trict for the past four years, is a can
didate by petition. In the Twenty
third district, Ormsby McHarg and NJ.
D. Williams are the republican and
fusion nominees. McHarg was q
member of the lower house two years
ago, and Williams was former land
commissioner of the state under the
pop administration. Senator Mar.
isnalls seat in the upper house from
Dickey county is being contested fol-
by T. w. Millham of Glendale, repub.
lican, and D. E. Geer of Glendale
fusion. Martin Jacobson is the re.
publican candidate in the Twenty
ninth district and has no opposition
In the Thirty-frst district l.. A. Simp'
son is the republican candidate ant
Alfred White is running by petition
There are no fusion nominees for tn,
house in the Twenty-ninth or Thirty
first districts.
There will be a large number Of new
men N the house. In only n or tw'
districts have the complete delegation
been nominated.
BANANA FARMING.
"A. G.. Holstrom has completed tn