The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-04
UNITED FORCES
BACK 0'C0NN0R
IN FALL FIGHT
Candidate Who Speaks Here To-
night Truly the Fusion
Candidate
WITHDRAWALS COMPLETED
Democrat and Republican Lead
ers Complete Agreement for
Mixed Ticket

When J. F. T. O'Connor anti-Town,
ley candidate for Governor, steps on
the Auditorium platform here tonight
to speak, he will stand as truly q
fusion candidate.
Withdrawals of anti-Townley candi
dates where there was a conflict was
made Saturday afternoon at the office
of the secretary Of state, leaving the
slate all along the line a straight out
fight between Townley and fusion can
didates.
Two Democratic candidates for
congress, Nick Nelson, Of Emerado
candidate in the First district, and
John B. Fried, of Jamestown, candi-
date in the Second district, leaves O.
B. Burtness, anti-Townley candidate
rs the sole opponent of Congressman
Baer in the First and George M. Young
in the second. These two candidates
won in the Republican primary, with
votes also being cast for the Demo
cratic candidates, and their withdraw
al, it is believed, assures the election
of Burtness and Young. In the Third
district, Pat Norton was defeated and
Sinclair league man, will be opposed
by the Democratic candidate.
Independent Filings
Withdrawals Of Democratic candi-
dates for the legislature in those dis
tricts where the anti-Townley candi-
dates won in the Republican primary
also was completed. Four anti-Town-
: ley Independent filings were made.
They are: Forty-seventh Legislative
district, Charles Delahan, New Leip
zig and Gottleib Rurnius, Elgin;
Twenty-sixth district (Emmons and
Kidder) James Mckee and George Gal
braith. r
The league has filed candidates for
state offices by petition where their
candidates were defeated iT the Re-
publican primary, and filed SO candi-
dates for the legislature. The fol-
lowing Democratic Withdrawals from
the fusion anti-Townley state ticket
were made: secretary of state, Roy
Murphy; auditor,a Roy Chisholm;
treasurer, F. l.. Walker; commission
er of insurance, Frank SanfOrd; COM
missioner Of agriculture and labor.
S. H. Taylor; railroad commissioner,
NJ. NJ Bornam. =. 'ah3
Their places on the tickets were
filed by the Republicans successful
in the primary and other Republicans.
After the June primary a great Ell
fort was made to eliminate all con-
flict between Republican and Demo-
cratic nti-Townley candidates. In
many conferences the agreement was
reached by the anti-ToWnley leaders
to form a fusion ticket. The with
drawals complete the Democratic
committees agreement. All forces
now are in harmony, and it is believed
the completion Of this arrangement is
a mighty step in the anti-ToWnley
campaign.
Combination Necessary
The June primary showed that the
Nonpartsan league cast less than halt
the votes in the state for the first
time. It showed very plainly that il
factional differences are buried and
straight out fight made between So
cialist and anti-socialist forces the
league can be defeated.
League Filings
League leaders filed II candidates
for the senator in districts in which
the i-Townley forces won in the
June primary? The league filings are
as follows:
For Congressional and State Offices
Congress, First district-John M.
Baer, Fargo.
Congress, Second district-Ole H.
Olson, New Rockford.
Secretary of State-Alfhild Alison.
Bismarck.
Treasurer-Ole Kaldor, Hillsboro.
Railroad commissioner-F. G. Hill
debrand, Kuhn.
For House OF Representatives
First-Harry B. Lesher, Cavalier;
G.. Indridason, Mountain. v.
Fifth-Alfred Wall, Aneta. \
Eighth-Oscar Nesvig, Buscton.
Eighth-Henry Strom, Hillsboro.
Eighth-Ole o. Moen, Galesburg.
Tenth-W. ]. Turnbull, HarwoOd.
Tenth-Henry Trangsund, Kindred.
Eleventh-Peter Long, Page.
Eleventh-Otto J. Jahnke, Durbin.
Twelfth-Edward C. Vessel, Wah-
peton.
Twelfth-A. J. Nelson, Christine.
Thirteenth-Bert E. Johnson, Rut-
land -.....
Thirteenth-Livy Johnson, Cogswell.
Fifteenth. S. Johnson, Wimb1e-
don.
Sixteenth-Wm. Bjerke, Hatton.
Seventeenth-R. H. Andrews, Mapes.
Eighteenth-J. M. Peterson, Mona.
Eighteenth-Ludvig Peterson, Lang
don. .k
Eighteenth-Joh McCallum. Clyde.
Twentieth - Theodore Hansen,
Leeds.
Twenty-third-L. H. Larson, Court:
enay.
Twenty-third-C. B. Joos, Pingree.
Twenty-third-M J. Weixel, Gackle.
Twenty-third-Ma Mariner Cook, James