The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-01-24
MULTIPLICITY
OF REPUBLICAN
STATEP0WW0WS
Spalding, Nagel, Twichell, Lee,
Bacon and Plath Sign
Second Call
NEW MEETING ON FEB. II
Two Sets of Delegates, Presiden-
tial Electors and Com
mitteemen

North Dakota is assured a multiple
ity Of republican state conventions by
a second call issed from Fargo yes
terday for state meeting of loyal
republicans" to be held in Bismarck
on February II, when the work of the
state convention which Gunder Olsen,
national committeeman, called for
January 2S, will be duplicated.
The second call is signed by B. f..
Spalding, S. }. Nagel, Treadwell
Twichell, J. z. Lee, J. D. Bacon and
w. L. Plath, republican members of
the republican state central commit
tee Of North Dakota, and John w.
Carr chairman of the republican
county central committee of Stutsman
county. 1t is addressed to "All loyal
republicans Of North Dakota" and il
reads in part as follows:
"In view Of the fact that the call
for mass republican convention call
ed to be held at Bismarck January
%, 1920, does not specify any qualifi-
cations for persons taking part there.
in, nor is any basis of representation
for the several counties provided for
thereby, and inasmuch as the fixing
of such provisions by any call for a
convention is absolutely essential to
te insuring of proper and fair rep
resentation thereat; and for the fur
ther reasons that such call as pre-,
parsd and ndsssubmittttla to Mr.. Gunder
Olson, republican national committee
man for North Dakota, by persons who
in taking such steps were actively in
/ league with A. G.. TOwnley; that at the
! time the said call was issued Mr.. Gun
der Olson was seriously i'll and in no
condition to have given the matter the
| serious consideration merited, that he
| signed the same undoubtedly in the
belief that such call was regular and
| complete as to all requirements, with
that Mr.. Olson is still seriously i'll
and we are unable TO cOsnult with or
to see him regarding the revision or
resembling of such call, on account of
his physical condition; that under the
call as made no representative repub
lican convention could be held at Bis
marck, and any convention attempted
to- be held there under the cal
as made could result only in gather
ing to be dominated by believers ir
Townleyism and socialism, calling
themselves republicans for the pur
pose of participating therein.
"Therefore, we the undersigned re
publican. members Of the republican
state central committee of North Da'
k0ta, and having most properly the
right to call such convention, do here
bv request all true and loyal republi
cans opposed to, Townleyism and so
cialism to ignore, such call, and &c
solicit and recommend that such so
called mass republican convention DC
not participated in or attended by true
republicans; but that all true republl
cans do attend and participate IN thf
republican convention provided Tor II
/ the hereto attached call, and signe'
by US
The call fixes the representation FOL
each of the counties of the state, ant
complete copy will be found else
where in today's Tribune. Count!
committees are requested to Cal
mass county conventions Tor uh'
election of delegates to the state con
ycntion and in the event Of any count.
chairman refusing or failing 10 acl
such county conventions are called d!
the state committee for p. m. o
February TO-