Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-03-28
N0NPARTEAN
STATE TICKET
Endorsed at Convention at
Fargo-Few New Names.

Fargo, N. D., March 26.-At the
NOnpartisan state convention held
here today, the following candidates
were named on the state ticket head
ed by Governor Frazier. All the
places were filled in the endorsement
with the exception of one member of
the railroad commission.
STATE TICKET.
Governor-Lynn J. Frazier, of
Hoople, Reimbursed.
Lieutenant Governor - Howard
r. Wood, Deering, speaker Of the
lower house at the Fifteenth leg
islative assembly.
Secretary of State - Thomas
Hall, Fargo, Reimbursed.
Auditor-Carl r. Kositzky, Bis
marck, Reimbursed.
Treasurer-O. H. Olson, Bow
man, member Fifteenth legislative
assembly.
Attorney General-Wm. Lang
er, Mandan, Reimbursed.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor-John N. Hagan, McHenry
county, Reimbursed.
Commissioners of Insurance-S.
A. Olsness, Sheyenne, re-indorsed.
Commissioner of Railroads..
J. Aandahl, Litchfield, Reimbursed;
Charles F. Dupuis, Temple, mem
ber of Fifteenth legislative assem-
bly,, third place left open.
Supreme Court Justice-Harry
A. Bronson, Grand Forks, assistant
attorney general.
Congressional Ticket.
Congressman from First district
j. M. Baer, Fargo, Reimbursed.
Congressman from Second Dis
trict-George NJ. Young, Valley
City, re-indorsed.
Congressman from Third Dis
trict-James H. Sinclair, Kenmare,
member of Fifteenth legislative as
sembly.
The entire Nonpartisan ticket of
two years ago was Reimbursed with
the exception of Lieutenant Governor
A. T. Kraabel and two members Of
the railroad commission, 8. ]. Aan-
dahl of Litchville, being the only
member Reimbursed. Howard r.
Wood of Deering, speaker Of the
lower house at the last legislative as
sembly, was nominated without op-
position for lieutenant governor.
Olson For Treasurer.
Obert H. Olson OF Bowman, a mem
ber of the lower house, was nomin-
ated as the league candidate for state
treasurer to succeed john Steen of
Rugby, and Harry A. Bronson OF
Grand Forks, at present serving the
state as assistant attorney general,
preme court justice to succeed A. A.
Bruce of Grand Forks.
Candidates endorsed for congress
were Present Congressman John NJ
Baer, Fargo, Of the first district;
George Young of Valley City, Second
district and James H. Sinclair, of
Kenmare, Third district, to succeed
Norton, elected on the
ticket year ago.
. One of the handsome things done
by the delegates was the endorse
ment of Thomas Hall for secretary of
state.
During the morning sessions of the
resolutions were adopted
pledging farmers to support the gov
ernment in the war and also for the
greatest possible production Of food
grains, asking congress to grant the
president further authority to fix
prices on products in which there is
excess profit taking. The resolutions
call for short time loans to the farm
ers by the govrnment on crop secur-
ity, taxing of idle lands, selling of
by the government thru
the parcels post, sale of agricultural
by the government.
The record of the state admins
tration. elected by the league and that
Of Congressman John M. Baer were
praised in the resolution.
The resolutions urge support to
the liberty loan, the Red Cross, the
Y. NJ. c. A., Knights Of Columbus and
other war enterprises, and urge the
members to suppress all disloya:.
thoughts and. acts, and made plain to
all those not we'll informed the just
ice of our nations cause and the
of the intentions of the
American people in the war.
Fargo, March 27.-A. c. Townley,
president Of the National Nonparti-
san League; J. w. Brinton, manager
of the Consumers United Stores Co.,
and Albert Blair of Boston, will be
the principal speakers on today's pro-
gram of the second days session of
the national Nonpartfsan state con-
which opened here yesterday
with secret caucus and at which on
cials of the present state administra-
ton were Reimbursed, with the ex-
ception Of Lieutenant Governor and
two railroad commissioners, the cau-
Gus lasting until $3.50 this morning.
Rev, r. Maxwell, of Denver, Colo,
the first speaker on the morning pro-
gram declared that the aim Of the
league was to take "spe<s
cial privilege out of government"