The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-02
FEBRUARY %
CAUCUS DATE
FOR LEAGUERS
Township Meetings to Be Held
Throughout State to Name
Delegates
FULL TICKETS TO BE NAMED
Convention Here Will Place Can,
didate in Field for Every
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ULL TICKETS TO BE NAMED

League caucuses will be held in
every township in North Dakota on
February % for the selection Of dele
gates to legislative district caucuses,
who in turn will select one represent
alive from each legislative district to
the state convention, to be held, prob
ably in Bismarck, early in March,
when complete state, judicial, legis
lative and congressional ticket will
be nominated.
Little Change Expected.
Little change is anticipated in the
leagues state ticket, unless the or
ganization should conclude to punish.
certain members of the administra-
tion who nave displayed some individ-
ualism and independence not always
in keeping with the league program
One such member of the states Off
cial family was visited by Mr.. Town.
ley on the closing day of the special
session and was very sternly repri-
manded. The league is said to have
it's axe whetted for one other state Of
fetal. Those to whose denomination
no opposition is anticipated are Gov
ernor Lynn J. Frazier, Commissioner
Of Agriculture and Labor John N. Ha-
gan, Commissioner Of Insurance A. S.
Olsness, State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction N. S. Macdonald and
Railway Commissioners C. w. Bleick
and S. J. Aandahl.
The Doubtful Onea
The doubtful ones from a league
standpoint are State Auditor Karl
Kositzky, Secretary Of State Thomas
Hall and Railway Commissioner NJ. P.
Johnson. All in one way or another
have crossed to some extent the pur-
poses of Mr.. Townley. No charge is
brought against any of these men,
however, that they have violated their
pledge to the league, and it is entirely
possible that in the name OF harmony
all will be Reimbursed. Each Of these
men has a. very strong personal fol-
lowing which would be alienated
should the league withhold it's official
approval. a
Lahger's Case. IS
William S. LANCER will seek renom
ination for the attorney geueralshiD,
and probably will get it. Whatever
else may be said of the eccentric gen
tleman, it cannot be denied that he
has been true to the party that nom
mated him and made him attorney
general. LANCER has spent great
deal more money than Linde did, and
the results he has accomplished are
by no means startling, but his spectac,
ular work has won him wide publicity
and much favor among the reform ele
ment
The Treasurership.
The state treasurership is an open
field for aspiring leaguers. J. J. Hast
ings, president of the Scandinavian
American bank at Fargo, a league en-
terprise, is prominently mentioned In
this connection. Casey has been well
remembered. with a job that pays as
much or more than the treasurership,
and which runs for six years. AS
treasurer Casey at best could hold OF.
flee for four years. Grant Youmans,
too, is said to be casting covetous eyes
on the stat treasurership, and Rresi-
dent-pr0-tem bowman of Kuhn is
considered another likely candidate
Hastings claims to have increased the
deposits of the Scandinavian-America
bank forty per cent during his three
months of league stewardship, and In
this case there Is a great possih'litv
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