The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-04

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of split tickets in the approaching
primaries. The Nonpartisans, in state
convention, at Fargo, endorsed Tom
Hall for reflections Nhe league lea8s
erg were wise enoukh to know thVk
Tom, stood mighty good chance a.
being. reelected without their endOrsar
ment, and they realized that would
look bad. So Mr.. Hall will 60 on thu
ballot at the primaries as Nonparti-
san choice Some Nonpartisans who
are especially good friends Of Attorney
General Willia&d hanger will not vote
for Hall. Their number is not be-
Ilieved to be y91yIarge. On the other
hand, q great dldny who would other
wise support tie independent voters
ticket all the way through, will skip
one place because Tom Hall is on the
other ballot. Tom, in other words,
IS going to be- responsible for some
double crossing. IIa will cause con-
siderable ballot sphtfdng on the side of
the independents, md probably will
fail to receive II small percentage Of
the NOnpartisan vote The strength
he will draw from the independents Is
expected to more than make up for
any loss he will sustain through Lam
gers enmity, and 1t is quite generally
prophesied that when the votes are
counted he will head the list. Two
years ago Tom Hall ran 84,671 to
Frazier's 1866, and the secretary of
state, If the rural press is any criter-
ion, has gained rather than lost friends
through the attacks made upon him
from within his own party. ~
Some astute politicians are wonder
ing why the independents at Minot did
not endorse some fairly sure winners
on the Nonpartisan ticket, selecting
men who have been subjected to little
criticism, and whose administration
has been at least as good as the aver
age. The explanation probably lies
in the desire of the independents for
a complete ticket which would repre-
sent as many sections of the state and
as many factions as possible. Many
incline to the opinion that the indie
pendents would have made easier in
roads on the league ranks had they
endorsed such men as John N. Hagan
for labor commissioner; A. s. Olsness
for commissioner of Insurance.; Tom
Hall, for secretary of state, and, per-
haps, S. J. Andahl for railway com,
missioner. It would. it is claimed, be
measurably easier to- elect these men
than to defeat them. 1t is possible
some of them would not have accepted
an independent Enforcement, but the
effect would have been gained. The
league passed up similar opportunity
when it declined to endorse Patrick
Norton of Hettinger for reelection to
congress. Norton has many good
friends in the. Third district who are
leaguers, and who will vote for him
in spite of the leagues attitude toward
him. A certain loss Of solidarity will
result.
While it is not easy to induce any
good Lacquer to admit even a POSSIBLE
ty of defeat for any Of the state can
didates, there is one here and there
candid enough to admit that N. e.
Macdonald has real fight on. his
hands, and that the next state super
intendent OF instruction may be q
WOudu. AuS PRIMARIES OAASA A>OA -
Dakota women their first opportunity
to exercise in state matters the linz
tied franchise accorded them by the
18th general assembly They are per-
mitted voice In the selection OF q
candidate for state superintendent OF
public instruction on the nonpartisan
ballot The fact that one of the can
.didates is a woman and a woman who
has been prominent in club work,
must be taken into consideration IN
estimating Macdonald's chances OF re-
tanning the office to which he was
elected two years ago. There is an
ancient feud between Miss Minnie >.
Nelson of Valley City and Mr.. Mac
donald This friction has bob6ed up
In all the North Dakota Education as
sociation conventions in recent years,
and the two factions, within pedagagic
ranks, are clearly defined.
A free and fair fight with no favors
between Obert A. Olson OF Bowman