The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-26
ELECTION DAT
PUTS WOOD OUT !
Of The RUNNING
General Impression That Non.
Partisan League Manager
Will Not Have Residence
BRONSON REGARDED AS
PROBABILITY FOR JOB
First Assistant Attorney General
Reported to Be Possible
League Choice

The fixing by Governor Frazier's
proclamation. isued late last evening,
of July 10 as the date for the special
election in the First district for the
selection Of a successor to the late
Henry r. Helgesen, eliminates from
the race Howard r., Wood, state man.
ager Of the Non-Partisan league, whose
name frequently has been mentioned.
The general impression is that
Wood, who was speaker of the last
house of representatives, and is a
son of F. B. Wood, one of the organ
izers of the Non Partisan league, did
not take up his residence in Fargo un-
til after the close of the session, or
about March /. If this assumption is
correct, Wood will not have resided
in the First congressional district the
six months reqisite to establish a
legal residence here. =
No Lack Of Candidates
There is no lack of candidates for
the honor OF the nine who have an
nOunced themselves as active candi-
dates to date, but one, State Senator
Charles f. Drown of Page, may be
expected to carry any great favor with
the league. Drown was elected to
the last assembly as Democrat, but
with league support, and throughout
the session he sat in, the leagues pri-
vate .caucuses u. and. fought for the
league on the flo0r of the senate. He
is, however, advanced in years, and
his health was so poor during the re-
cent session that friends feared at
one time for his life. The fact that
he is Democratic candidate in a
Republican, district twonld.
put him at a. further, disadvantage,
though it is possible that the league
by concentrating its strength on him
might elect him.
l., Bronson Move Probable
A more probable League candidate,
state Ihouse political ddb@frs believe,
is First Assistant A4f14{y General
Il. A, Bronson of Grand Forks. Bron-
SON. is an almost fe1Vfss resident of
the First congressional district. He
has served in the state senate; has
been a member of the law college
faculty at the state university, and,
last, but by no means least ir il dis
trict in which so very large percent
age of the population are NOrwegials,
Bronson is a Scandinavian, hi: name
being an Americanized version of
Approached as to the possibility
Of his becoming candidate some time
ago, Bronson did not commit himself,
but at the same time he dill not deny
the possibility. 1t is taken fOc grant
ed at the capital that If the league
does enter the congressional race
and there are many good reasons to
believe that it will-Bronson Will be
''S o"'"'e 'tT"Vul
Other Candidates
Other men in the running are Fred
erick r. Cuthburt, Devils Lake law
yer and former Democratic 1916 print
ary election opponent of He!gesen;
Fred Bartholomew, Grand Forks hotel
nan, and Helgesen's Democratic op-
oonent in a former election: A. T.
1raabel of Clifford, lieutenant COVER
1or; Charles w. Plain of Milton, for
many years a member of The state
egislature; F. S. Talcott of Buffalo,
warden of the North Dakota penten-
iary, and Others too numerous 70
nention.'