The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-05-20

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~ 1'A ~ Re believe that
we neeu rr... North Dakota
Our success outside 4 e. state depends
to a large extent on our success in
side. If you can make success in
North Dakota with Mr.. Lemke as a
member of the Industrial Commission,
I guarantee to you that / will see that
we are successful in every state in
the union.
81 want to tell you something that
know about the man-something Of
his services to the organization. l
have known him thru four years Of
close association. I believe he is second
to no man in the United States. In his
willingness to serve your cause he
sacrifices his fortunes, his family and
himself. He forgets to eat and he re-
fuses to sleep when you need his ser
vices. have seen him do more work
than all the rest of us put together
when emergencies arise. He knows
more about the laws and program Of
the Nonpartisan League than all the
rest Of us together.
II must bind you to one promise,
however, want you to release him
at the end Of two years. It may be-
/ think it probably will be-that he
will serve the whole people of the
United States as he has served the
people of North Dakota" concluded
Mr.. Townley.
The delegates demanded that Lemke
make few remarks. ri alone realize
that I am not worthy of the tribute
which Mr. Townley has just paid me"
said Lemke. "I was not aecandidate
for the position. I feel that l will have
to accept your judgment"
Miss Johnson for School Head
Miss Ruth NJ. johnson of Steele
County was the choice Of the dele
gates for state superintendent of
schools. She is at present at the head
Of the Tioga schools and has taught
in North Dakota more than ten years.
She is a graduate of the Valley City
Normal School and the University of
Wisconsin. She is daughter Of Rep
resentative S. w. johnson of Steele
County. .....
G.. w. Mcdonnell, representative in
the legislature for four years and an
experienced railroad man, was drafted
to fill the place of S. J. Aandahl who
wishes to retire from the railroad
onmissionership. Seth Richardson of
Fargo, attorney. and former service
man, was given the unanimous ap-
proval of the convention for the SUI
preme Court. ,>.
Pendray Succeeds Young
To succeed Congressman Young of
the second district State Senator
Thomas E. Pendray of Stuts,nan Co.
was named. Senator Pendray has
served eight years in the legislature.
C. g. Lauder of Jamestown announced
that eve have always found Pendray
lined up right with labor and | have
been authorized to say that labor will
back him up to the last Glitch"
Delegates from each of the judicial
districts met in district caucuses and
selected candidates for the judgeships.
These were ratified by the conven-
tion as whole in executive session.
The slate is as follows ."
First NJ J. Englert Of Valley City,
A. T.. Cole of Fargo and Henry
O'Keefe of Grand Forks. u"
Second-A. d. Burr, Rugby, Charles
sVerrett of St. John and H. c. Dupuy
of Grafton.
Third-Fred Graham Of Glendale
and Charles Ego of Lisbon.
Fourth George K. Foster OF Bis
marck and M. C. Freerks Of James
town.
Fifth. C. Loer of Minot and
George H. Moellring of Ray
Sixth-Frank e. Lembke of Elgin,
H. L. Berry of Killdeer and Attorney
Pugh Of Dickinson.
The committee which drew up the
platform for. submission to the joint
convention was composed of Senator
j. 1. Cahill, Senator Ralph 1ngerson,
P. B. Garberg Representative Chris
tian Hall Senator Ole Ettestad, Rep
resentative Larkin and Representative
C. w. Mcdonnell.
The committee on resolutions in
cluded Representative Girdell Patter-
SON, Senator Eric Bowman, Senator A.
"A. Liederbach Senator ]. L. Mikkel-
thun and w. P. Faulk.
G p. Peterson Walter J Maddox
and Senator a. A. Liederbach formed
the committee on credentials.
Stand by Platform
The convention reaffirmed its stand
on the original platform in these
words sswe stand upon the original
platform as enacted into law by the
legislative assembly during the Fra.
zier administration, as outlined in the
state pamphlet called the New Day,
and which is now being put into ef-
feet
teWe recommend that the coming
legislature enact q new law author
king the state Of North Dakota to
nay IN full the bonus given By the