The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-08
! MORE ASK STATE
SENATE NOMINATION.
7. a. Nord, international Falls Real
Estate Man, and Robert ApRoberts,
Socialist Editor, Filed Yesterday
FIVE NAMES TO GO ON BALLOT
!. A. Wilson, Charles Hayden and A..
a. Andrews Had Previously Filed
Difficult to Pick Winner

Difficult to Pick Winner
Harmony talk of the last few
weeks concerning the selecting of a
senatorial candidate from the legis-
.lative district comprising Beltrami
and Koochiching counties was given
a severe jolt during the last two
days when four aspirants to the seat
filed for the nomination with Sec
rotary Of State Schmahl. + II :,
In keeping with his word, l.. A
Nord, the International Falls real
estate dealer, who announced while
in Bemidji last Saturday that he
would be a candidate, late yesterday
afternoon filed. He filing was
closely followed by that Of Robert
ApRoberts, editor of the Bemidji Ex-,
aminer, who was recently named as
the choice of the Socialist referdum
ballot. IA So .
Had Previously Filed e j.
!, A. A. Andrews, the Bemidji law
yer, and Charles Hayden, Of Black
duck, filed Tuesday, and F. A.. viii
son, editor of the Bemidji Sentinel.
did so some time ago, thereby plac-
ing the number who desire to repre-
sent this district in the next legis-
lature at five. !, =:
Many Favored Elimination =
"A. A. Andrews Of Bemidji was the
first to announce his candidacy for
the senate, and he was closely fol-
lowed by Wilson,. It soon became
evident that either of the two
would he strenuously opposed. Re-
alizing that the situation was seri-
GUS, and that International Falls
felt Koochiching county might right.
fully place man in the field because
of the Bemidji disagreement, An
dreWs advocated the holding of an
elimation meeting for the purpose of
naming a man upon whose shoulders
the senatorship might de cast and
upon whose candidacy the united
of the district would be Civ
en-.
The idea was favored by many.
Remained Unanswered
The plea of Andrews, in which he
stated that he would withdraw in
favor of Wilson, should he be named,
remained unanswered by the Bemid-
il editor
AS consequence instead of there
being one Bemidji man asking the
support of the district for the NOM
ination there are three and and two
outsiders ~ "
Nominate Two -:
At the June primaries the two
candidates receiving the highest
number of votes will go on the gem
eral election ballot. AS conditions
now exist it is difficult to pick the
winner 4
Hayden, recognized as one of the
most popular residents of the county,
is sure to carry Blackjack and a
large number of the country districts
while his vote in Bemidji is certain 20
be large, his entry into the race be-
ing caused by the strong support
promised him from this city.
That Nord, being the only candi-
date from Kooohiching county will
gather large per centage of the
votes cast there is to be expected. He
is a strong campaigner, has a pleas.
ing personality, and together with
the fact that should he be elected the
interests of the entire district
would be well taken care of, he is
likely to cut deep into the votes of
the Beltrami candidates.
Three From Bemidji
There being three candidates from