The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
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ciety Of Equity, farmer; Sam Aandall
Of Litchville, Barnes county, farmer;
all three will run in the Republican

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all three will run in the Republican
party.
R.W. Beighle of Sawyer, q delegate
to the convention, upon his return,
called at the Independent Office and
talked about the convention, which he
pronounced very successful. Among
the other delegates from this section
of the state were Anthony Walton Of
Minot; Leonard Fletcher of Norwich;
H. A. Monigan and B. Solberg from
north of Minot; Howard Wood, Mr.. o.
son, and Mr.. Nelson, from the vicin-
ity of Minot, and M. D. Graham of
Burlington.
Mr.. Beighle stated that someone
scattered thousands Of circulars
among the delegates with the words
"Where Has the Money Gone To?"
printed on them. He stated that the
auditing committee had spent weeks
in going over the accounts carefully
and said that their report was salts
factory to the convention. He stated
that the money had practically all
been invested, but said that thousands
of dollars more were raised for an
emergency fund, which may be used in
combating the attacks to be made on
the League. He said that nearly every
man present seemed to be willing to
put up $1O0 if necessary to see the
League program carried out. Mr..
Beighle explained that while nearly
every candidate endorsed is member
of the League, not an official of the Or
ganization is candidate. The candi-
dates will run on the ticket of their
choice, some as republicans, others ar
democrats, and a few as socialists, for
the legislature.
The League is preparing to get out
with from so to 100 autos just as soon
as the roads are fit and intend to visit
every voter in the state. The League
owns AZ autos-all Fords-and they
declare that this is not going to be a
Ford Peace Party, but Ford Fighting
Party. Almost every delegate to the
convention took from one to four new
names for membership.
The convention was addressed by the
candidates selected, by Dr. E. F. Ladd,
who made plea for state pure food
label; by John H. Worst, A E Bowen,
Ray McCaig, and others
1--WE are not going to sling mud in
this campaign, but will discuss affairs
in the state as we find them," declared
President Townley.
"There are three kinds of men who
have joined the League. There are the
unselfish men who have aided the or
ganizers to build the league not for
their own purposes, but for the good
of the state.
"Then there is the man who has
joined to gain office and the man who
has just joined for his own selfish pur-
poses." AS an illustration of the first
man Townley read a letter from a
member. The latter kind were illus
trated by Geo. J. Smiths letters and
by yelled reference to o. ]. Sorli.
Townley, with sarcasm, iron and
humor, paid his respects to Plaza
Smith for seeking to use the league to
further his ambitions to be governor,
and for the better part Of an hour en-
tertained the audience present. Re-
peatedly Townley insisted that he was
friendly to Smith.
Among the candidates endorsed for
the legislative ticket are:
District o
S. S. Peter, Berthold.
District "a, part of McHenry Co..
John NJ Hagen, Rep, Deering.
District Al, Mountrail County
F. J. Haines, Rep, White Earth.
Walter Maddox, Rep, Plaza.
District 45, Part of McHenry Co..
E. E. Bryan, Rep, Voltaire.
Ole Ettestad, Sen., Balfour.
District 46, Mclean County
A. L. Maxwell, Rep, Turtle Lake.
R. L. Fraser, Rep, Garrison.
District 43, Renville County
Edward Hamerly, Sen., Sherwood.
G. Patterson, Rep, Donnybrook.
District %, Bottineau County
A. M. Hagen, Rep, Westhope.
Nels Magnuson, Rep, Souris.
J. C. Miller, Rep, Souris.
L. L. Stair, Rep, Newberg.
District 20, Part of Ward County
Howard R. Wood, Rep, Sawyer.
Anthony Walton, Rep, Minot.
J. E. Erb, Rep, Ryder.
J. w. Smith, Sen., Surrey.
District 40, burke and Divide Coun-
r. pro,,,r pan Noonon