Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-11
List Published Herewith Gives
Complete List for North
Dakota
Officials are Listed BY Coun-
lies and Party AffiliaIion.
Shown
While State Went for Wilson
Small Number Of County
Officers Elected

FARGO, y. d, Ian. lh-NorIh II:
Rota mas fifty counties with elere'
elective Offices in each, exclusive Q
commissioners, constableS and llsdr
es of the peace, There were forty
nine counties at the recent election
hat Golden Valley has since 6ee'
created ont of Billings, making
h~alfa-ilanslrea counties, with 30
county Offices,
Monday, i50 Of these began new
terms. Until this ytar the county
treasnrers always assumed their dn
Ties at the first of the year, bui uAde:
the new law the terms OF t-easa-erS
do no. begin till May. For man,
years the county auditors have moi
taken up their work ill April l..
There is I'm controversy over the
Office CT county treasurer. The old
law says that NJ treasurer shall mold
Office for than o years. THIS
wonld seem 10 prevent those whose
second term expires Monday from
continuing in Office until May /. when
the new treasurers assume their df-
ties. There is another law. however.
which says all old officials shall hold
office till their Successors qualify.
The problem does not this year al
feet the treaslrers who were re-elect-
ed. In the other cases the county
commissioners are seeking to avoid
complications by either appointing
the retiring t~reasurers 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 re-
turns on county officials in the differ
ent counties OF North Dakota. The
large percentage of the offices held
by republicans is a matter of surprise
10 those who had given the question
no examination.
As Wilson electors were chosen in
rhe state and the democratic candi-
date for governor ran second, the
natural superstition was that the DEM
ocrais had named a large percentage
of county officials as well as members
OF the legislature, hut they got only
oCtClI VA AK ~ VI IL INV
er branch OF the legislature. OF the
fifty members OF the state senate they
named only five this year and have
one hold-over democrat from two
years ago.
OF $50 county Offices in North Da-
kota. exclusive of commissioners, re-
pnbiicans hold 456. or over SO per
cent. The democrats have only IS
or IA per cent. The socialists nav
four county Offices; there are eleven
places vacant, and M independent.
The republicans elected their en-
tire county tickets in the sixteen
counties OF Adams, Barnes. Benson.
Billings. Bsirleigh, Cass, Divide, Kid
der, Mclean. Ramsey. Ransom,
Steele, Stutsman, Trail, Ward and
Wells.
They got all but n in the thir-
teen more counties of Bottineau. Bow
man, Emmons. Hettinger, LaMoure,
Logan, Mercer. Morton, McHenry.
Mckenzie, Nelson, Pierce and Sar-
gent.
The democrats were strongest in
Griggs, where they got eight of the
eleven county Offices. In Cavalier
they secured six and in each of Penn
bina and Richland they had five.
The socialists elected four, two OF
them being states attorneys in Mer-
g and Oliver, a public administrator
in McHenry. and a sheriff in Will
liams.
There are more democrats in the
office of auditor than in any other
position. Thirteen OF the fifty audi
torships are filled by democrats in
the counties OF Bottineau, Burke, Cav
alier, Dickey, Dunn, Emnons, Golden
Valley, Grand Forks. Griggs, Renville,
Towner and Walsh.
Only three democrats were trusted
with handling the cash. members
OF that party holding the Office Of
treasurer in only Cavalier. Foster and
Stark.
The six counties Of Eddy. Golden
Valley, Grand Forks. Mcintosh, Penn
aina and Richland have, democratic
sheriffs and Williams mas a socialist
in that position.
The democratic candidates for
clerks Of court won in the ten coull-
ties Of Cavalier, Golden Valley.
Griggs, Oliver, Pembina, Richland,
Rolette, Sargent, Towner and Walsh,
Eight counties Of iGriggs, Logan,
Pegnbina, Pierce, Renyille, ,Richiand,
stark and Walsh named democratic
candidates for states attorney, while
Me4cer. and Oliver chose socialists
for that position, leaving forty for
the republicans.
seven county Judges are democrats
81 Cavalier, Dunn, Golden Valley, La
Moure. Oliver, Richland and Walsh.
THO republicans had forty-fotr 10
six i'm registers OF deeds, the co'inlles
electing democrats were Bowman,