Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-20
BIG LEAGUER|S
LEAVE / HOUSE
Move UP IS Senate League
May Miss Their
Leadership.

Bismarck Dr.. Nov. 20.-Rep. c.
p. Peterson league floor leader In the
last session, sEwhen he represented
Towner county, viii not be among
those present when the roll Is called
January. Rep. Peterson a~spired5tto
g. seal in the upper house and he
picked out Senator "A. g. Gibbons
job. That veteran solon took Peter
ION Of TowneE"Sto Q very neat. clean
ing, although the whole strength Of
the league was lined up b~ehind,,the
legislator who had served the Non
partyites so well In the lower house.
Gibbons is one Of the strong indie
pendent and conservative pillars Of
the senate. and his ret1rn to that
body for four years more is a subject
of general rejoicing in official circles.
The defeat Of Senator d. H. Ham
tlton in McHenry county was some-
Henry is strong league territory, it
is said that Hamilton's successor Is an
Independent Republican. Hamilton
a Democratic hold-over in the
last session, hut he voted with the
league and was one of the orators
who held the floor for some time In
defense Of House Bill "a before that
measure was inferred in the senate.
Porter, who succeeds Mclean as
senator from Cavalier county, Is said
to be a strong anti-leaguer, instead OF
a league man. as reported originally.
Henry Mclean, Republican, was de-
feated for denomination in Cavalier
county. and the Independent Repub-
lican support then was switched to
Porter, who is a Democrat. electins
candidate, who ran as a Republican:
On the other hand, Rep. Storstad,
who defeated Senator Rowe for re-
election in the Tenth, Is reported to be
q Lacquer instead Of an anti, as orig
inally stated.
This readjustment would give the
ants n more member in the upper
house than appeared in the original
tabulation. The league is making
only general claims as to, the ]egis-
lature, having asserted in it's state
organ that 1t will have IS to 80 mem
bers in the house out of a total Of
113, and from 80 to SO members OF
the 40 in the senate.
Sargent county turned down the
league nominees for reelection and is
sending two antis to the. house.
Pierce county, although it defeated
Senator Gronvold, an anti, for re-
election to the upper house, is send
ing two Independent representatives.
The league in the house is likely to
feel the loss Of Anthony Walton Of
Ward and G. p. Peterson of Towner,
who are not coming back at all, and
e. A. Bowman of Kuhn and Howard
r. Wood of Deering, who go to the
upper house. Rep. Church is another
powef~in the league who takes a seat
in the senate, and Representatives
Olson. Storstad, Noltimier, Weber,
Ward, Liederbach and Oksendahl, all
veterans Of at least n terms service
in the lower house, will. be lost to the
league ranks there, having been ele-
waited to the senate.
Walter J.. Maddox of Mountrail,
Del Patterson Of Renville and l.. L.
Stair of Bottineau are three big
leaguers who still will be in our
midst Any n Of them may succeed
Howard r. Wood as speaker Of the
house, or the mantle may fall on Rep.
Lazier Of McHenry, or Father J. r.
Maddox Of Benson, aid then there
are such likely youngsters as Fay
Harding, Kunkel and Weld Of Wells
and Weld Of Emmons, and the most
! popular choice Of all probably would
be Uncle JIM Harris Of Mercer, but,
because of his independence, though
he is q good Lacquer, he is not in the
least likely to land it. All of the
others mentioned are leaguers. and all
were members of the last assembly.
It is far easier to predict some OF
the men who will not be speaker.
Among these may be listed Rep. Nels
Peterson Of Gwinner and Rep. Burl
Carr Of Barnes, who served in the last
assembly, and Rep. James F. Murtha,
Democrat. who in as a new
man with a solid a~nti-league delega-
ton, returning Kelly. a sarcastic,
fighting Irish son-of-a-gun who gave
the league much uneasiness and inno-
cent bystanders much amusement
during the last session. Olsen and
Mikkelson are Kelly's running mates
from Ramsey, whose senator, Frank
Hyland of Devils Lake, also anti, is a