The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-09-12
NAME CRBBGAN
FOR GOVERNOR
, ~
rSoaresslvss % North Dakota For
mally Organize at Farao on
Friday, Afternoon.

Dr. U. U. Creegan, president Of
Fargo College, was nominated on
tie Progressive ticket as guber-
nAtorial candidate at Fridays
session Of the North Dakota Pro-
gressive convention. There ap-
peared to be but little opposition
to- the proposition of putting a
state ticket in the field, and such
opposition as was voiced was not
manifest until after the nomt-
nation Of the gubernatorial can
didate had been made, which fol-
lowed Immediately upon the op-
ening Of the session at eigh.
o'clock.
AS soon as the meeting conven-
ed, Chairman Nehemiah Davis of
Minot declared that nominations
for governor would be in order,
and Silver serumgard of Devils
Lake arose.
1T is fitting in choosing a stan
dard bearer for the movement to
select one who is particularly 1T
ted to stand for the principles of
which the Progressive party
stands for" said Mr.. serumgard.
I'VE want man who stands for
the rights OF humanity and not
for the rights Of other interests.
In the past wire pulling and dirt
has had q tendancy to keep the
right kind Of timber out Of office,
and 4 wish to nominate tonight
. man who represents the prin-
ciples for which we stand, DR.. C..
0SCreegan Of Fargo.
DR.. Creegans was then nomina-
ted by acclamation, and the voice
Of the convention was almost un-
animous.
B. G. DISCARD Of Nelson county,
who was among the late comers,
was then granted the privilege of
addressing the convention from
the platform, and his subject was
the advisability of placing a third
pdrty ticket in the field.
'There is some question in the
minds of many Of u.s." he said,
"as to whether q third state tick
ets should be placed in the field,
and although I am a devoted ad-
mfrer Of Teddy Roosevelt and
hope he is elected as the next
president of the United States and
believe in the Progressive pro-
gram from top to bottom, I am a.,
nong those who are placed in q
very peculiar position"
Mr.. DISCARD said that in the
past he has been more or less
mixed up in party politics and
has participated in the work Of
the organization with which he
has been afhliated. At Bismarck,
he said, he was among those who
took action to repudiate Taft and
Sherman, believing, however, that
by substituting Roosevelt and
Johnson at the head Of the ticket,
q third party state ticket would
not be put in the field. He believ-
ed that the best results could be
Obtained by supporting the state
ticket nominated at the primaries
in June, thus uniting the vote.
,..If you feel that you want to put
in an opposition ticket, however"
he said, you have a perfect right
to do so, and wish you God speed
but as for me, I will have to op-
pose the state ticket, and there are
other Republicans who are in the
same boat. will vote for Roose-
welt and Johnson, though won't
be7 in position 10 do the. active
personal work that should be
able to. do otherwise"
Following M. olsgo pods remarks
~ names OF other candidates
w9re presented to the convention,
end were nominated as follows:
Lieutenant governor, A. T.
Eraabel Tfsill county; secretary!
ueastate; Thomas Hall. Bismarck;
site auditor. Carl Jorgenson,
Bfsmarck ;state treasurer. Gunder
Olson. Walsh county; attorney
general, andrew Miller; coinmis-
sioner OF insurance, Walter Tay-
lof; railway commissioners, w.
q. stutsman, o. P. anderson and
W. 81. Mann. The proposition Of
agriculture and labor was left in