The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-03-13
N0NPARTISAN REPUTATION OF
JOB ". BRINT0N INDICATED IN
PRESSC0MMENT0 CANDIDACY

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flage-Sisal Trust Consumers
Stores-Newspaper Grab Pro-
moter Would Go to Congress
Have A. C. Townley and William
Lemke, powers that dictate the des'
TIMES of the Nonpartisan league, fin
ally yielded to popular clamor and
dropped Job w. Brinton, who for four
years has been the third member OF
the Soviets triumvirate in North Da
kota?
The following comment upon Brin
toms announcement Of his candidacy
for congress to succeed George NJ
Young of Valley City appears in to
days Courier-News. It may indicate
that the parting of the ways for Town
ley and his bosom friend and associate
of many years has come, or it may
on the other hand. (and this is the i'm
preston most generaD merely be an
other bit of socialistic camouflage in
dulged in by the Soviet leaders to lul1
the suspicious Of their followers tc
whom the name Of Brinton has become
stencil.
Here is the Courier-News' view Of
Brinton's congressional aspirations
announced yesterday in Brinton's 10
cal organ, The Farmers Press, OF
which his brother, c. M. Brinton, IL
editor: aa...
Bismarck, March II. = This
weeks eurleioh County Farmers
Press, the league paper Of this
county, appeared today with let
ter from J. w. erinton, dated at
Miami, FIa., in which he announe-
ed that he would seek the nom-
ination for congress from the Sec
ond North Dakota district now
represented by George N. Young.
r In thus making announcement Of
his candidacy, Mr.. erinton, it Is
pointed out, has violated one Of
the unwritten laws OF the Non
partisan league, to the effect that
seekers afteer office are not toler-
ated, and that all nominations
must be made by the various con.
ventions, without previous elee'
tioneerino.
In his letter Mr.. Brinton denies
the story, printed in some Of, the
league papers, that he is not a
resident Of North Dakota. 1t IS
said, however, that il signing as
one Of the incorporators Of the
Publishers National Service bu-
reau, and also Of bank at Dick.
inson, Mr.. erinton gave St. Paul
as his address. ~.
The Press is now editet by G.
N. Brinton, a brother OF the an
nounced candidate.
A growing suspicion that Congress
man. George NJ. Young and the Na
tional Nonpartisan league were at ou'
was confirmed today by the publica
tion in a local Townley organ Of let
ter from Job W. Brinton. declarlns
his intention of opposing Young FOL
denomination on the republican tlcke
as candidate for congress from tnf
Second district. / 4
Brinton since retiring from the &C
tive management Of the Townley news
;Daper combined several months ago ha'
been deyoting his attention to tht
promotion Of a ''sisal trust in whlci
he and other leaguers are interested
at Miami. Fla. North Dakota las
heard from him, when at the las
regular republican convention Tread
well Twichell Of Cass read letter il
which Brinton advised William Lemk'
that in the event Of the two faction
into which the regular republican,
then appeared to be split each puttint
m candidate for national committee
man. he (Brinton) purpsed to rul
as a third candidate. with the sup
port of the Nonpartisan league. ant
on a platform embracing the pri;
ciples of Hiram W. Johnson Of Cal
fornia. The reading Of the Bril1oi
letter apparently cooked that scheme
as the, second republican convention
thereupon turned around and endorsed
G,lnder Olson, who had been renom
mated for national committeeman b!
the republican convention which n
had himself called.
Mr.. BrintOn'S letter is eSpeclall! LII
teresting to Bismarckers in view o
the fact that during the Referendum
election campaign last spring he state'
from the balcony Of the league hote
here his intention of freeing the state
of his presence. Mr.. Brinton informe'
a crowd Of several hundred which ha'
gathered to hear yTownley discuss rel
erendum issues that he (BrintOn) ha
purchased home in st. Paul an
that North Dakota would no lon@e
need concern itself with him. as h
expected to keep out of the stai
thencefOrth. Now Mr.. Brinton come
hack and states that in spite Of hi
long residence in Colorado Springs. i
st. Paul. Miami and elsewhere, Il
never has ceased to he Il full-pledge
citizen of North Dakota.
Mr.. Brinton's letter follows:
THE Farmers Press. Bismarck. \
D-I wish to correct recent state
ment published in state newspaper
under Bismarck date which reads u
follows:
"'Mr. Brinton could not be a cal
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