The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-01
LEAGUE IN SADDLE
Every Office With One Exception
To Be Filled Tomorrow by
Non-P Partisan
MANY SHIFTS MADE IN
.. VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
Changes in Stats Already An
nounced and Others Be-
lieved Contemplated

An almost complete revolution In
the official staff of North Dakota will
take place at the capitol tomorrow.
when the formal transfer OF sceptreS
will take place. From the governor
down there will be but two elective
offices in which a change Is not
made, and there is but one elective
official to be seated tomorrow who
was not elected with the endorsement
of the Nonpartisan League and re-
garded as league supporter.
Many Changes.
Governor Frazier has already made
his appointments, selecting n. A. Ma
son Of Wimbledon for secretary, and
Miss Millie Johnson of Fargo for
stenographer
William LANCER, the new attorney
general, has already announced the
appointment of H. A. Bronson OF
Grand Forks to be his first deputy,
and Mr. Bronson will arrive in the
city this evening Mr.. LANCER will
name one other deputy and probably
will make additional changes In tha
force of the attorney generals office.
but he is not prepared to make furth-
er announcements at present.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall, re-
IIaelftci ~ ~ t7NNo,s,,ar.t sssi II Assag.,er,
will rGtaiE his old force practically
intact. Fe has chief clerkship,
made vacant by the resignation Of
John Andrews and the elevation Of
Frank Wilder, to fill.
A. 8. Olsness, commissioner OF In
surance, retains w. D. Austin as chief
deputy and Thomas Sheehan as depu-
ty incharge of the hail department.. as
well as Mrs. Lewis as stenographer.
His two appointees are Chief Clerk
Aslackson and Miss Kvale, personal
stenographer to the commissioner,
both from Sheyenne.
John N Hagan, incoming cOmm1s-
sioner of agriculture, replaces Well.
ington Irysh as chief deputy, with
Lloyd RAIDER of Dickinson, and leaves
out Dairy Commissioners E. A. Green
wood and Assistant Dairy Commits
sioner e. Fl. Pierce. He retains r.
Fl. Thistlewaite as statistician.
Karl R. Kositzky, the new state aus
ditor, brings with him 0. B. Lund aa
first deputy and appoints a new
stenographer.
State Treasurer John Steen, the
only non-leaguer in the lot, makes no
change in the office which he has
held for the last two years.
The incoming railroad commissions
ers, S. J. Aandahl, Charles w. Bleick
and N. P. Johnson, have made no an-
of any impending
changes in the commission staff.
Good Set of Men.
In the new officers, from the gov
ernor down. North Dakota has, 1t is
believed, set of conscientious, loyal
public servants from whom efficient.
honest service may be anticipated. A
majority of these men represent the
preference Of greater number OF
people than has ever accompanied in
to public office any other state Off
cials. All with one exception are CONF
nitted to the program Of the Non.
partisan League.
The New Supreme Court.
From this day forth North Dakota
has but one supreme court. There
leases with the advent of Jan. 1, 1917,
o be any doubt as to which court
las the honors and the powers of the
highest tribunal in the state. The
lew court will be composed Of An-
lrew A. Bruce, chief justice. and As
'ociate Justices A. M. Christianson.
luther Il. Birdzell, r. H. Grace and
!. E. Robinson The last named three
IT these five jurists were elected by
he league and are committed to as
,reat an extent as non-partisan ju-
liciary can be, to the league program.