Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-27
LEAGUE; LIST i.
OF NOMINEES
COMP ! ! VI PLETED ! | ! / J D
Most Of Present State Off
cials Endorsed, as Had
Been Generally Expected
GERMAN ELEMENT
! OPPOSES NORTON
Loyalty Issue Comes to the
Front in the Situation in
Third District.
THE LEAGUE TICKET. a>Ass
CONGRESS. a.g
First District-J. NJ. Bacr.
Second District-Geo. NJ. Young.
Third District-Jamos. Sinclair.
, STATE TICKET.

L Govcrnor-Lynn j. Frazier.
Lieut.. ut..Gov.-Howard Wood.
Secretary of State-Thomas Hall.
Auditor-Karl Kositzky.
Treasurcr-AlbertH HI. Olson.
Attorney General-Winam, Hanger.
Superintendent 9f Instrlcsi .t !. : n
c., Macdonald.
Insurance Commisssaoner-S. a. Ols-
ness. r. +.
Secretary of Agriculture and Labor
~. N. Hagen. -azs
r.. n. Commissioner-S. J. Aan-
dahl, C. F.. Dupuis. and one to be
chosen by labor representatives.
supreme Court Judse-H. A. Bron-
son. 8 i5iS
Fargo, N. D.. March ply on
FOR no.son conrf..",nsn e from,.the rnird dis
Itrict isstead Ut ,s.sB. Norton present
flHcunbent. npnpan;ti isalf leeene AeelS
Estss stRss ht isid fs fSr
fight, III. that district, q fight Id Mhicl,
loyalty will BIZ the supreme issue.
Reports from the inside say that
Fred Mees Of Morton county, League
member OF the house and now cand!.
against Mr.. Norton. Mees, 1t is re-
! ported, served notice on Norton some
| time ago that because he had voted
for the war he did NOT represent the
German element in the Third distric'
and would never go back to congress
Other delegates today said tina,
Norton's attitude on Gongressma n
Rasr's bill asking $59, ,ooo. .090 ssaf for
drought stricken. rine erS ~. ass Z ulllsAt--
isfa ctory., Norton. It seems, wrote a
letter shortly after the Baer bill was wa.
ur essential and that he felt 1t would
be to the states discredit
The endorsement Of Tom Hall for
secretary Of state came after a long
fight. Thomas Pendray. senator
from Stutsman county. led the fight
for Hall, but did not win out until
after Mr.. Hall himself had been called
before the convention. Hall was
called in shortly after midnight and
evidently succeeded in convincing the
delegates that he was the man for the
Job. Forrest Vaughn OF Cando: au' M
ditor, Of Towner county. had the back,
ing of a number OF delegates for the
lpnsition. The fight against Hall. wa.
I the result OF ATTORNEY Generally Ian
GERS action against him last fall.
4 The convention sprang more or les.
of surprise in. dropping Charlie.
BleiclS from the list Of railroad com.
mission candidates. Everyone expect
!. ed the elimination of M. p. johnson
because Of his break with TownleS
and Governor Frazier but not unit
last night was it known that quiet
1 campaign against Bleick was Mnde,
way. Reports saw Bleick is being
/ dropped because Of the fact he ha.
too MANY friends outside the league
S. s.. Aandahl was renominated. G
F..Dupuis Of Williams county was en-
dorsed for Johnson's place. He Is
member Of the house and Was chair
imam Of the railroad committee ~
4 the last session. The third posttio'
! is left open, 1t was explained, for tht
endorsement Of the labor. element
4 which is training with the leaEue;asi
~ III. "A. Bronson OF Grand Forks as
aistant attorney general and onesttna'
4 reay,, her nf the uriversitv. 1awi sschoo
4 faculty, secured the endorsement. 9
4 the league for Justice OF the supreme
court to succeed Chief Justice A.
4 Bruce. .l iss ~, !, II fs5 ,,5t 81 ~ !.
i Tie only new man endorsed 70
Il ctate ONCE IS q. Olson ynembe'
or the st-.. le.sslstMre from Bowman
county He gets the endorsement TO
-tata trea.,lrav. II The LEAGUE switched
TO Howard Wood. speaker OF tn
/ house, for endorsement as lie,ltenan
4 governor. Eraahel. the present in
rwn, bent. received tho league endorse
4 1nnt two years -ny0, 5T.y. a5p%