Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-05
THE EIIN(N.ATORS At WORK.

According to reports from Valpey
| City the i,,surgent "elimnation COM
| mMtee' has DONE its work, and put
| forth a ticket for the support OF in
gent republicans at the primar-
les tt appears that the removal OF
| Speaker Burdtck from Cavalier coun
ty to Williams has solved one diff
Guilty with the com mbttee. and made
a place ON the slate for congress for
RI r. Ffelgeson. Skulason OF Grand
Forks seems to he shelved in favor
Of Judge Lander, who goes on the
ticket "a the other congressional cam
didate There are few surprises on
t. rest Of the slate. Pat Norton,
former chief clerk OF the house,
lands the in'dorsemenc Ior secretary
Of state Gronna and Marshall are
the slate candidates for the senate,
and THE rest of the ticket, it would
aDpear is named with the view Of
siren 9Th eninlg rhe senatorial candi-
dates.
cand !l~ wong the insurgents in
the state who will refuse to- be shelv-
ed by IT, is "elim ination committee"
remains to he seen The remark
able, part of the whole thing is that
under the primary law which was
passed to give the people an oppor-
unity to vote for whatever candi-
dates they chose. a. com nMttee Of
twenty-one members of a faction OF
the: repl blican party has to all in
tents and purposes nom mated that
part Of the ticket which was mot pre-
enpted by two or three aspiring can
didates for office as matter Of
right.
The Grand Forks Herald says that
"Bisma rex land lawyers do not take
kindly to the proposition to take off
some OF the Bismarck land district
and attach it. to tre Fargo land dis
trfct." The opposition does not
come from Bismarck land lawyers,
although they have an entirely prop
er and legitimate interest in the
matter Bismarck business inter-
ests and business men have ratur-
al objection toward this diversion OF
what is rl-eir legitimate territory
from Bisma rex to Fargo for no good
reason. The conditions would be
the same II slice OF Grand Forks
trading territory were to be taken
from that city for no good reason
and annexed to the territory OF the
business interests at Fargo. TO COM
pei resid ents OF this territory to go
$50 miles to attend their land office
business when theJ should go only
forty or nfty 6oes not appeal to I
disinterested observer as good pol
icy. or as fair either to Bismarck or
to the settlers who are thus compell-
ed to travel long distance where
they should only travel a short one
as was indicated in the Tribune
when this matter was first reported
According to Dickinson dispatch.
Senator l.. A. Simpson has made such
an impression with his presentation
of the Russell case that an offer has
come to lin from a firm OF corpora
ton lawyers in New York at a sal
airy Of $50, 900 vear-putting him
on the same salary basis as Presi.
dent Taft.
The RIaisdelI-Rird company Of
Minot. Of which the secretary Of
state is the senior member, has Civ
on to the city OF Minot H. tract Of 78
acres Of land as the site for normal
school. il TIE constitutional amend
mfnt for third normal school car
ries at the election this fall.
The Valley city Times Record urg-
es the denomination for the house,
Of Ployhar. formerly one OF the owl
ers Of the r. r., who sold out recen'
ly to w. G. Taylor. The r. r. thinks
there will be sort Of Macedonian
cry for Ployhar for speaker should
he be elected.
The insurgent committee on elm
iDation las been meeting at Valley
City this week. but it is stated the
committee has nothing to give out in
the way of an official list of decap-
itations.
PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT.
The home OF G. w. Temple was the
scene Of a very pleasant social event
Thursday evening when birthday
party was given in honor Of Miss
Mabel EOrthruD of pOrt1an Oregon