Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-09

plain the Morrison appointment?
BILL OLSON ENDORSED.
At a meeting of the Democratic cen
trail committee for Ransom county
held in the courthouse on Feb. 5. Bill
Olson OF Valley City was endorsed fol
national committeeman by vote OF
II to a. The Progressive Democratic
platform as adopted at the meeting
held at the time of the Tri-State Grain
Growers convention in Fargo was
unanimously endorsed. The delega
ton to the national convention as en-
dorsed by the Progressives, consisting
of l.. l.. Stair, P. A. Suhumskie, J. c.
Leum, Carl Bicheler, F. O. Hellstrom,
Joseph Norm, ]. B. Hagelberger, Tim
O'Connor, Dave Hamilton and j. E.
Brady was also unanimously endorsed.
A resolution condemning Carl JOr'
genson's tax schedule as unfair, I'M
warranted and unjust was also passed
unanimously.
The meeting was entirety harmon
ious and did not show any of the bit
terness exhibited by the so-called
state leader in their mad scramble for
appointments for themselves.
TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES.
The Farmers Non-partisan Politi-
cal league, which will hold it's big con-
vention in Fargo the latter part OF
March, will at that time endorse can
didates for various positions, to be
voted upon in the June statewide pri-
maries.
That the league will not confine it's
attention to any single party, and that
it will not bring forth slate of its
own candidates, is generally accepted
Instead, the league will endorse a
set of Republican candidates, set of
Democratic candidates, and so on, and
the league then will urge all its men,
bers-totalling over 36,0OO-to go into
the primaries Of their respective par
ties and vote for the men the conven-
ton endorses.
Objects sought to be accomplished
by the league leaders in their move
ment are obvious-for they are en-
deavoring to bring forth from the pri-
maries of the two parties, set of
candidates that will be acceptable to
them. Failure in one or the other of
the primaries in nominating the can
didates they endorse will be followed
by an attempt to concentrate all the
leagues strength on the candidates
they do succeed in nominating, no
matter to what party they may be.
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The township conventions which
will be held. on February % will be
the means of selecting delegates to
the state convention. This step is es-
sential because the Nonpartisan
league is an entirely new organization,
and cannot go about its business of
nominating candidates as do the old
established parties.
ANSWER CARMoDY.
Trail county Democrats have re-
piled to Judge Carmody on the Perry
endorsement. 1t follows:
in a recent issue of Fargo paper
there appeared a statement by John
Carmody, formerly of Hillsboro, n. D.,
in which he makes some startling re-
marks but which are not so startling
when stated with truth. Mr.. Carmody
tries to make it appear that the Bru
egger supporters were not notified of
our county committee meeting. We
do not claim that they were but we
do claim that every elected precinct
committeeman in Trail county was
notified by letter Of the meeting and
the purpose Of the meeting. Further,
Mr.. Carmody claims that the action
Of the committee in endorsing a post
master at Hatton was not necessary
as this had been already done by Mr.
Bruegger and NJ. F. Hegge previous to
the meeting OF the county committee.
IF this statement is true, then John
Bruegger Is certainly the last Demo.
crat of the state who should be en-.
dorsed for national committeeman. be-
cause this committee went to the trou.
BILE and expense OF holding a county
committee meeting to recommend
someone who had already been en-
dorsed by Mr.. Bruegger. Why then
did Mr.. Bruegger request the com.
mittee to act on said appointment?
"An additional fact which should be
called to Mr.. Carmody's attention is
that NJ. F. Hegge is not the precinct
committeeman from Hatton. This Mr..
Carmody should know. The precinct
committeeman from Hatton is DR.. E.