The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1920-02-27
Brinton's Letter To
Iemkc Read AT Cow.
Selection Of Olson.

iE Selection of Olson.
When the nominating committee re-
ported the name of o. E. Engen Of
Cass county for national committee
man.: Mr.. Engen declined to act.
Delegate Merry Of Stark county
then placed in nomination, Gunder
Olson Of Walsh county, present ma
tional committeeman, asserting that
Mr. Olson was a man of unimpeach-
able character and that he should be
honored by reelection to the position
he holds.
Treadwell Twitchell, seconding the
motion, said that it might seem in
consistent to propose the name of Mr..
Olson. in view of the position that
Republican members of the state cen.
raj committee had taken on the pre-
vious convention, but he asserted that
he, personally, was absolutely con-
vinced that Mr.. Olson had no active
partsIin the previous deal, and that it
wasYessential that he be re-nominated.
From several parts of the hall there
was opposition to Mr.. Olson's elec-
ton il Nelson of Dunn, Koffell Of Bur
leigh, and others, spoke against the
nomination. L. l.. Twitchell Of Cass
insisted that it was the business Of
the convention to place in nomination
man who could be elected, and he
cited Mr. Olson's success Of four years
ago. 1t was "a matter of practical
politics., said Mr.. Twitchell.
q, eRiNToN LETTER READ
At this point Treadwell Twitcheli
obtained the floor, and with the con-
sent Of the delegates, he offered evil
dence, as he termed it, Of the nece3-
sity Of supporting Mr.. Olson, to the
end that there may be no split in the
party ranks which would result in the
selection of J. w. Brinton as Repub-
lican national committeeman.
A letter written on Jan. %, in Mi
ami, Fla, by Brinton, to VIM. Lemke,
and addressed also to A. c. Townley,
to whom a copy Of the original letter
was dispatched by Brinton. was then
read by Mr.. Twitchell to the convcn-
tion:tI
81 wish you would make out. or
haveg it done for me. the necessary
papers to file as a candidate for ma
tionl committeeman on the Repub-
lican ticket, for the March presfden-
tial primaries" Brinton wrote to
Lemke on Jan. %.
sss.1 am not; fully decided as to
whether: shall file, but I want the
papers ready to forward to Hall in
case Il make the decision. Should
fle Twill give out an announcement
!. thai Sam "a cand date fpr4 national
committeeman. supnorting the Repun-
Johnson Of California"
Further on in his letter, Brinton
writes:
"I believe that it would be good
, noljcy. In view that my name has
been brought in as q co-worker TO
McCumber that file as an indepen-
dent candidate in opposition to NC
Cumber as we'll as the man the Bacon
crowd would, put up: This would
! make it hard for the Fargo Forum to
substantiate its charges hat the Br1n'
ton element in the Nonpartisan league
is supporting Mckenzie.
"The situation would be under
stood by those entitled, to the intorma-
tion, so there would be no conflict ir
the final analysis. If I am elected
the selection certainly would be salts
factory: to. he leagMes elbows, and It
would sbe satisfactory to: the. faction
that is friendly to the league. but ati
the same time fundamentally opposed
to It s-s
"This would make at least three
cornered fight for the national com
mitteeman%** making certain to divide
the anti,eaeue Republican vote. MAX
ing nv election reasonably sure.'
With this Information before II,
several Of the delegates who had spok-
en- in opposition to Mr.. Olson asserted
their readiness to accept him as a
means Of preventing the possibility. o1
a break that would hermit Brinton's
election, or the selection OF any othsr
candidate that might be brought into
the field by the Socialists.
Fargo Forum.
These developments only 20 to- SUI
stant,ate the suspicions that there was
aud ia a deal beween Mckenzie and
Townley and McCumber. Things are
coming to light right along to prove
this. MANY of our citizens know ct IN
stances where there have been secret
meetings of Mckenzie and Towrley
and where they have met and hatched
IN schemes to control things polftfca!
Mckenzie made use of Townley TO
elect McCumber four years ago and ne
Is making use of him this year to ger
control Of the national campaign funo
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