The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-18
LEGISLATURE
N0NPARTISAN
BY BIG LEAD
Townley Makes Substantial
Gains in Senate and Holds
Own in House
SOME WAREHOUSES; BACK
Return of Enough Stalwart
Leaders Assured to Make
" Things Lively
SOME WAREHOUSES; BACK


" Things Lively
While league control Of the next leg.
islative assembly is unquestioned,
there, will be enough independents in
both houses to make things interest
ing. In the senate there will be sew
eral holdovers. including Gil w.
Haggart Of the ninth, Frank E.
Ployhar Of the 18th, Frank H. Hyland
OF the 21st, NJ. L.! McBride Of the 31st,
John A. Beck Of the 35th, c. V. Carey
Of the 9th and II. p. Jacobsen of the
49th. A majority Of these men are
senators who have had two or more
terms in the upper house, and they
form a nucleus around which opposi-
tion to the league may be expected to
concentrate. A. S. Gibbons Of the
22nd, for many years q lead
or In the senate and regarded by
many as the most powerful man in
thmat body Is reelected. Albert
Stemno of the seventh, although elect
ed with the league endorsement two
years ago. u r'
Hold-over leaguers in the senate will
be Walter Wexford, Christ Leyang, J..
p. Helnmingson, Charles u. Drown,
Richard McCarten, G. /. Mokrid, John
w. Benson, Thomas Pendray, William
Zieman, Carol d. King Thorwald Mo-
stad James A. Wenstrom, George r..
Hunt, Morten Mortenson, Edward
Hamerly, Ole Ettstad, and J. l. I."Ca-
hill. Familiar faces which will be
missing from the ranks OF the old.
timers will be those OF John f. Paul
son, A. J. Kirkeide, deceased; Martin
Thoreson, deceased; H. w. Allen, w.
E. Martin, p. T.. Kretschmar and G..
". McGray all of whom are veterans
Of many years service. ..,..s.
o. H. Olson, Lacquer; succeeds T. n.
Putnam, independent, in the 32nd dis
1tfict; E. II. Kendall Lacquer sue
ceeds u. H. Hamilton democrat and
Lacquer. from the 34th. district; E. A.
Bowman, league republican, succeeds
G.. H. Porter, republican anti-leaguer,
from the 24th; G. II. Noltimier league
republican, succeeds the late Martin
Thoreson In the 38th; John Weber,
league republican, succeeds Paul T..
Kretschmar republican anti, from the
36th; w. = Porter league republican.
succeeds Menry Mclean, republican
anti, from the 18th; Edward M. Mel
son W Richland, o republican hold
over who was. friendly to the league in
the last assembly, succeeds himself in
the 18th; A, IS. Gibbens Of Towner,
republican anti.leaguer, succeeds him
self In the 22nd; P. ]. Murphy, repub-
lican .aItileaguer, succeeds himself
in the fourth; w. J. hurch q league
representative In the last assembly
who was inclined to be more conserv-
ative than some Of his associates, sue.
ceeds the late A. J. Kirkeide from the
goth; A. G. Storstad, republican anti
leaguer, succeeds Senator H. J. Rowe
from the 10th; G. A. Ward. Lacquer,
succeeds H. W. Allen, republican anti
from the 26th; A. A. Liederbach,
leaguer, succeeds John Young, repub'
Ncan anti, from the 4Sth; Andrew H.
Oksendahl, Lacquer, succeeds F. T.
Gronvold republican anti from the
42nd; H. H. McNair, Lacquer, succeeds
John e. Paulson, republican anti, from
the eighth. =, a.
The fifteen districts from which re-
turns have been resolved show the
election Of eleven leaguers,< with q
18th friendly to the league. an actual
gain for the Nonpartisans of ten mem.
bers, inasmuch as one of the new
leaguers succeeded a hold-over who
voted with the league In the last ses'
sion. Out Of the fifteen districts re-
porting. the independents claim three,
each of which was held by the anti.
league faction In the last assembly.
The league, therefore, already is as.
sured a majority of three members In
the upper house, with 27 senators out
of q total of 20 accounted for. 1t nis
probable that returns from the nine
other districts which elected senator's
this year, and in all of which there
were league candidates, will increase
the noparty majority in the upper
house, where the lineup probably will
be 80 leaguers to 10 antis. Among
those classed as leaguers, however,
are at least three whom the league
cannot rely upon to support any such
radical legislation as House Bill Al,
and on important questions the vote
in the upper house may yet be close
enough to be interesting. Fl
Reports to date would indicate that
the lineup in the house will be prac-
tically the same as in the last ses-
sion, where the league had an actual
majority Of about 80. The league lost
in some districts this year, but it
gained in others. and there will be
little change in its voting strength on
the floor. ~
e. A. Bowman probably will be
speaker of the new house., succeeding
Howard r. Wood, who .as lieutenant
governor becomes presiding officer Of
the senate. w. J. Prater, land COM
missioner. again has his eyes on the.
secretaryship of the senate. The up
per house will not seem the same
without Lieut.. Gov. A T. Kraabel in
the presidents chair.
"a PERSONS