The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-21
MISS FAMILIAR FACES
Bowen and Thomson Not Ex'
pected to Attend Extraor-
dinary Assembly.
AUSTIN CHIEF CLERK i |.|l'
Former Deputy Insurance Com.
missioner Picked Conven-
ton Plans Talked.

The Nonpartisan leagues first Sc
cret caucus of the special session will
be held Tuesday evening in the assem-
bly, room Of the Northwest hotel,
Speaker Howard B. Wood announced
this morning. All league members OF
the legislature who are in the city
are asked to attend, and they will be
addressed by Governor Frazier, Speak
er Wood and William Lemke OF Far.
go, one of the board Of governors OF
the league in North Dakota.
Policies and measures for the spe-
cial session will be outlined, and the
action of league members on matters
which it is known will come up WILL
be determined. Speaker Wood SAID
this morning that the only measure to
come up so far as he knew to q GER
tainty was the revision Of the county
seed bonding act Mr.. Wood was not
certain this morning that an effort
would be made in caucus tomorrow
evening to place limit on the length
of the session. Until We. learn just
what is coming up, it will be rather
difficult for US to fix q time for g.:
journment" said the speaker. In the
next breath he stated that PRESIDENT
Townley will not be here this week,
but may come in next week, Wnlcn
would indicate that the speaker ex-
= poets the session to extend beyond the
end of the week, at least. u " n :
! Viii Not Seem Natural. rs
A secret caucus without TOwnley,
Thomason and. Bowen will seem ua.
natural to league legislators who at.
7. tended some Of the >rousing meetings,
in the Northwest assembly room dur
ing the regular session. None Qr
these big leaguers will be here, how
ever, for this week, at least. Speaker
"a Wood intimated that Bowen, VINO WAS
chief clerk of the house tn the reeu-'
lar session last winter will not, pc
here at all. Mr. Wood has asked ".
ID. Austin, former deputy commission
er of insurance, to take the clerkshtp,
Mr.. Austin, now secretary OF the
North Dakota Retail Merchants Asso-
citation Mutual Fire Insurance Co., At
Fargo, has served both houses OF leg
islature in a secretarial capacity Ed.
win f. Wood, brother of the speaker,
is already on the ground and WILL
again act as assistant clerk In the
house. l.. l.. Stair OF Bottlneau anu
Peterson of Towner, two OF the
leagues prominent leaders on the
floor of the house, are here today. as
is Mr.. Lemke, who, with Speaker
Wood, will do the talking for the
league in Tuesday evenings caucus:
Speaker Wood is at the capitol this
afternoon, conferring with Governor
Frazier as to the measures which he
wishes taken up in the special ses'
sion and also getting line on the
clerical help situation. The speaker
this morning expressed the hope that
a majority of the clerks might be OBJ
tanned from various departments az
the state house, but stated his 'oetiet
that it would be necessary to bring IN
some help. s.s.' /" -,
-. No Reorganization.
II will make no new committee ap-
pointments," said the speaker this
morning. This is merely continu.
alton of the regular Fifteenth assem-.
bly,, and all of the committees hold
over The death of Rep. l.. D. Wiley
of Morton leaves the ways and means
committee without head, and Rep
w. J. Church, as ranking member, au'
tomatically becomes chairman
League Convention Soon.
The league state convention Will pc
held some time before the first OF
March, probably in Bismarck, Speaker
Wood announced today. Each legts'
| lative district will name one delegate
| to this convention, which will endorse
a state, legislative, judicial and con.
gressional ticket. "Wh will have q
!, candidate for congress in every dis
trict," said Wood, "but ! have no
idea now who they will be"
This convention also will elect q
! state executive committee for the
league, and will be notable as the urst
popular election the league has held
within it's own ranks. Speaker Wooo
is no longer manager OF the league IN
North Dakota. He has been succeed
I ed by H. l.. Elliott of Minot, and the
speaker is devoting his entire time to
organization work. THE league is
now organized in Is states, said MT.
Wood this morning, "and the work Is
progressing very favorably."
Senator F. T. Gronvold OF Rugby,
member from Pierce county, constitut-
ing the 42nd senatorial district, Is the
; first arrival among members OF the
! upper house. Senator Gronvold had
: been in Fargo attending the Tri!State
; Grain Growers meeting. and he came
! on to Bismarck a couple of days In
: advance of the session. Senator w. y
: Martin of Morton, whose wife Is spend
!. ing the winter in Bismarck with hel
. daughter, is here. as is Senator G. w
. McGrey Of Mclean.
Senator Gronvold .is not inclined to Be
], lieye that the special sessiOn can q
\ anything in less than ten days. H
! has no pet bills Of Ais own - latru
4 duce. and u not making any Seneea
(Coatinuod . - ye q