Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-01-10
Republicans
Hold Offices
Some Very Interesting Facts
Brought Out Regarding the Of
fees Held By Different Parties
In North Dakota

ties with eleven elective Offices
in each, exclusive of commission
ers, constables and justices Of the
peace. There were forty-nine
counties at the recent election but
Golden Valley county has since
been created out of old Billings,
making half a hundred counties
with $50 county Offices.
Monday $50 of these began
new terms. Until this year the
county treasurers always assumed
their duties at the first of the
year but under the new law the
terms of treasurers do not begin
till May. For many years the
county auditors have not taken
up their work till April l..
There is some controversy over
the Office of treasurer. The old
law says that no treasurer shall
hold Office for more than four
years. This would seem to pre-
vent those whose second term
expires Monday from continuing
in office until May |. when the
new treasurers assume their du-
ties. There is another law. how
ever. which says all old officials
shall hold office till their sue
cessors qualify. The problem
does not this year affect the
treasurers who were reelected.
In the other cases the county
commissioners are seeking to
avoid complications by either ap-
pointing the retiring treasurers
to serve the next four months or
making special appointments of
the newly elected treasurers for
that purpose.
There are many interesting
facts shown by an examination
OF the returns on county officials
in the different counties of North
Dakota. The large percentage OF
the Offices held by republicans is
a matter of surprise to those who
had given the question no ex-
animation.
AS Wilson electors were chos-
en- in the state and democratic
candidate for governor ran sec
ond the natural supposition was
that the democrats had named a
large percentage of county Off
cials as we'll as members of the
legislature, but they got only sew
en- of the 10 members of the
lower branch of the legislature.
OF the fifty members of the state
senate they named only FIVE this
year and have one hold-over
democrats from two years ago.
Of $50 county Offices in North
Dakota exclusive of commission
ers. republicans hold 400, or ov-
er 83 per cent. The democrats
have only 78, or Ii per cent.
The socialists have four county
Offices. there are eleven places
vacant and one independent.
The republicans elected thei,
entire tickets in the sixteen coun-
ties of Adams, Barnes, Benson,
Billings, Burleigh. Cass. Divide,
kidder. Mclean. Ramsey, Ran
Ward and Wells.
They got all but one in the
thirteen more counties of Bottin-
eau. Bowman. Emmons, Hettin-
Morton. McHenry, Mckenzie,
Nelson. Pierce and Sargent
The democrats were strongest
in Griggs. where they got eigh,
of the eleven county Offices. In
Cavalier they secured six and in
each Pembina and Richland
they had FIVE
The socialists elected four.
two Of them being states attor-
neys in Mercer and Oliver. a
public administrator in McHenry
and a sheriff in Williams.
There are more democrats in
the office Of auditor than in any
other position. Thirteen Of the
fifty auditorships are filled by
democratic in the counties Of Bot.
tineau. Burke. Cavalier. Dickey.
Dunn. Emmona. Golden Valley.
Grand Forks. Gisss. Ren-
! vile. Towner and Walsh.
Only three democratic were
trusted with handling the cash.
members of that party holding
the Office of treasurer in only Cav.
alier. Foster. and Stark.
The six counties of Eddy, Col.
den Valley, Grand Forks, McIn.
tosh. Pembina and Richland have
democratic sheriffs and William,
has socialist in that position.
The democratic candidates 70
clerks of court won in the te,
counties of Cavalier, Golden Val
ley. Griggs. Oliver, Pembina
Rchland, Rolette. Sargent, Walls
and Towner.
Fig ht counties of Griggs, Lc
gan. Pembina, Pierce, Renville
2ichland, Stark and Walsh nan