Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-11
Insurgents
Divide THEIR
COMMITTED
Marshall Men Agree to Enge-
rud But Cant SWdl.
low Lauder
j. A. Buchanan Of Stutsman
Endorsed for SeCfe.
tafy Of State
Andrew Miller Of Bismarck
May Be IndOfsed for At
t0fney General

Fargo, Jan. 10-The meeting Of the
insurgent committee in Fargo Thurs ]
day night was long-winded session
and the aspiring leaders were still
closeted as late as 1880 when the
newspaper men went of watch.
The gentlemen present selected
central committee, endorsed" a candi-
date for secretary of state and in
formally discussed candidates for 9TH
er offices. They also discussed the
best methods for frisking tie candi-
dates and raising the sinews of war.
It was decided to have a COMMITTEES
OF nine to. run the campaign. One
was supposed to be named from each
judicial district but In the absence Of
any one from the Slope country the
fifth district got two men. The per-
sonnet of the committee:
J.. M. Devine, Minot; A. M. loft
hagen, Lakota; r.. Engerud, Fargo; s.
d. Adams, Lisbon; A. P. Peake, Valley
City; j. A. Regan, Fessenden; T. e.
Tufte, Northwood; o. g. Rishoff, Mil
ton.
The ninth man was not agreed upon.
The Marshall faction named four and
the johnson faction four and they
couldn't agree at this meeting on the
ninth man.
The selection of this committee was
the result of the agitation by the
other endorses on the insurgent tic
ket who were alarmed over the bitter
ness of the fight between Johnson and
Marshall and saw the finish of the in
surgent cause with so much internal
trouble.
At Minneapolis this week they bore
down on Marshall and made him come
off the perch enough to authorize his
friends to name committee, half and
half i.
The Johnson supporters at first and
to some extent, yet, could not see an
r advantage in such a move. They main
tanned they would not go into the deal
at all unless they could be represented
on the COMMITTEES by both Lauder and
Engerud as two Of their faction. This
threw the Marshall crowd into the air
and they positively declined to be hui
INFLATED by the appointment of Laud-
er. It Is understood that Engerud sent
word he wouldn't serve unless Lauder
was retained.
There was hot time over the Sc
lection of the committee, which final
" resulted as announced It is
claimed that some Of the Johnson
men who were unrepresented at the
meeting will not agree to combina-
tion committee. They say their fight
is against Marshall more than against
the other candidates in the primaries
and they will be in better position
to defeat Marshall by an independent
campaign than by combination with
the Dickey county man.
The convention Endorsed" j. A.
Buchanan of Stutsman county for
secretary of state.
Walt Taylor, editor of the LaMoure
Chronicle, was Endorsed, for insur-
ance commissioner, but declined the
honor.
Andrew Miller. until recently as
sistant attorney general. was dis
cussed as the nominee for attorney
general, but it is said he can have
the nomination IL he wants It. Can
didates for other places on the ticket
& were discussed in an informal way
The new committee, II all the men
serve, will raise the tsinews Of war;
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