Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-02-07
Old Parties Invited to
Join in Planning Mass
State Convention for
Naming Ticket.
Conference Refuses to
Endorse Candidates at
This Time; Scheme Is
Urged Upon Counties.

Grand Forks. N. D.. Feb 6-Or-
ganization and campaign plans for the
North Dakota independent voters as
sociation were adopted at the state con-
vention Of the organization today.
BY the plan of campaign adopted. 1t
is proposed to organize force of at
least 25,OOO voters to dedicate their
time in carrying on the campaign against
the Non-partisan league in the state.
Continuation of the work heretofore
conducted by the association was ap-
proved.
In the nomination Of candidates it
was proposed by the committee on
campaign methods that the anti-Non-
partisan league members of the repub-
lican and democratic state central COM
mittees be asked to appoint seven
members each, to confer with a like
committee of seven from the Independ-
ent voters association, for calling
state mass convention of all voters op-
posed to the league to nominate tickets.
This plan of procedure also was recon-
mended in the counties and the legis-
proved by the association.
Officers Chosen.
The executive committee elected T.
W. HfcISUH, w dlluulS, pEeSlQcut, y. Ii.
Nelson, eileen Tim, vice president
Theodore Nelson, Dunn Center. sec
retary; and Ole Engen, Fargo, treasurer.
An emergency committee to deal with
campaign affairs was created. The mem
bers Of this committee are: A. G. Stor-
stad Horace; A. B. Jackson, Devils
Lake: Major Dana Wright. Fargo; Matt
johnson. Botineau, and the president,
secretary and treasurer Of the associa
tion.
A sub committee to prepare initiative
and referendum petitions also was pro-
vided for. w. HI. Stutsman, Of Mandan,
was made chairman OF this committee
and he is to name the other two mem
bers. A conference committee between
republicans and democrats, consisting Of
Frank Hylan. Devils Lake: Walter Bond,
Minot; II. g. Garnett, St. Thomas; w.
H. Stutsman, Mandan: f. b. Laing,
dore G. Nelson. Dunn Center, was ap-
pointed.
Refuse to o. K. Candidates.
Before adjourring. an attempt was
made to have an informal ballot taken
to sound the sentiment Of the associa-
tion in regard to gubernatorial candi |
dates, but this effort was promptly
blocked. The association went firmly on
record against supporting any pro-
spective candidate at this time.
Reforms Demanded.
At today's session. the association ad-
opted a campaign platform which re-
commends: Amending the state bank law
40 as to make the state bank a real
rural credits institution; changing the
workingmens act SO as ''to give EN-
ployers a rational rate and the employees
prompt and adequate compensation for
injuries; the restoration to the super
intendent of public instruction of the
full duties and powers vested in that Of !
flee by the constitution; the creation IF !
a bureau of markets to cooperate with |
the federal bureau of markets; the /
amendment Of the soldiers bonus act so
as to extend its branches TO every
North Dakotan who now is in the army /
or who has been honorably discharged |.
the repeal of the present board Of ad
ministration law; the repeal of the
present absent voters law as applying /
to women: limiting the amount Of state /
money to be used in the terminal /
elevator and state owned mill expert !
ment; the management Of state in
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