The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-17
n. D. Legislature
HAS A SOCIALIST
WESLEY FAssET IN RoLETTE
DEFEATED REGULAR REPu5LI-
CAN NOMINEE - DEMOCRATS
GAIN ANOTHER MEM5ER-PRos-
Poets OF SEVERAL CONTESTS.

North Dakota's legislative assemb-
ly will this year have socialist mem
Der in Wesley Fasset, elected from
Rolette county over the regular re-
publican nominee, John E. Brown,
the final returns from the county in
dicating his election by safe major
ity. Though placed In the field as
candidate by the socialist party
Fasset ran as an Independent candi-
date, his own party having no column
ON the official ballot.
Complete returns from over the en-
tire state show material gains for the
democrats in the state legislative as
senfbIy. There will be eighteen dem
ocratic members all told, five being
in the senate and the remaining thir-
teen being in the house. LaMoure
and Stark counties sprung the big
surprises in the legislative race, the
fact that LaMoure elected demo-
cratic senator and democratic
house member, and that Stark county
sent three democrats to the house,
being decidedly out OF the ordinary.
Already there are prospects of con-
tests before the coming assembly.
In the senate there is likelihood of
difficulty from the Third districts,
where M. Ruzicka was elected to sue
coed J. j. Irwin. Both are demo-
Gratis. Irwin was elected two years
ago for the four year term. but dur
ing the past few months has not been
in his district, making his home else
where. Taking advantage of this
absence the voters of the district
elected another senator, and should
Irwin contest the election there
would be some interesting develop.
ments.
From Stutsman county there Is all
so a possibility of contest for place
in the house between r. l.. Walters
and Peter Karpen. Karpen holds the
lead with seven votes. In Walsh
county there is a difference of only
four votes between three candidates,
two of whom are declared elected.
Wambin, Christianson and Hedelan
are elected according to the boards
figures, but Loftsgaard is only two
votes behind Wambin.
In McHenry county one Of the sur
prises of the legislative elections was
found when the last returns gave F.
F. Fritz place in the house, he de-
fec ting Geo. Freeman, one of the well
XII ywn members of the lower house
of two years ago.
Candidates for speaker of the house,
so far mentioned, are General A. q.
williams of Bismarck; Geo. Ployhar
of Valley City; and w. ]. Price Of
Cass county sPloyhar and Price have
been prominently mentioned for the
speakership for some little time, even
as far back as the primary election
but as yet there has been no lineup
attempted. None will be tried until
few days before the session opens
when the delegates begin arriving in
Bismarck
The point of law involved in the
proposed contest from Stutsmau
county is an unusual one. In numer-
Gus cases the voters would mark q
cross at the head of the republican
column and then vote for the three
democratic candidates for the legis-
lature with four to be elected. 1t Is
contended that in some instances the
election boards gave the other vote to
Walters, and that some boards
gave them to other republican can
didates. Karpen will contend that no
vote should be given any republican
legislative candidate because the vot-
er clearly indicated that he wished to
vote for the democratic candidates
only.
An interesting state election figure
comes from Morton county, the home
of S. l.. Nu,hols, the democratic can
didate for attorney general against
Andrew Miller This county gave
Nuchols a majority of 218 over Miller
the vote being 1920 to 1902 Other
wise the entire republican ticket get
| ting over 500 votes more than Burke