Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-02-19

asking that republican
candidates refrain from
placing their names on the state
presidential preference ballot in the
primary election on March Is, to the
end that the state situation be COM
plicated as little as possible, the OBJ
ject of defeating socialism as rep
resented by the Nonpartisan League
leaders being set before the presi-
Dental candidates as the paramount
issue in this state.
TIE nomination of ticket OF 10
candidates for delegates to the re-
publican national convention to be
held in Chicago was indorsed and
will be placed in nomination by petl-
tions for the presidential preference
primary. Five presidential elector-
ate candidates were indorsed, ana
Gnder Olson of Grafton, present ma
tional committeeman, was indorsed
for reelection. The petitions for
Mr.. Olson. the presidential ELECTORS
and candidates for delegates, will be
nut into circulation Immediately.
Delegates indorsed were named in
accordance with the call for the ma
t1onal convention, which provides
that two delegates shall be selected
from each congressional district, and
that four delegates be elected at
large.
Harmony Prevails.
Thruout the convention sessions,
and thruout the preliminary confer
ences harmony prevailed. Not in
years has such gathering of repub-
licans been witnessed in the state.
It was made up of republicans of all
previous shades of opinion, and at
every stage it has dominated, name
ly: That no step Of any nature be
taken that might in any manner
jeopardize the chance of success IN
fighting socialism in the coming cleo
tions of this year in this state.
The plan for the reorganization OF
the republican party in the state IS
most comprehensive. 1t was initial
ed by the declaration that only re-
publicans are qualified to hold Office
in the republican organization and
so far as the republican organization
is concerned, all places held by So
cialists or "Nonpartisan republicans
were declared vacant.
State committeeman, county chair
smep, precinct. coEpnat tteems .sszet1,
who were elected two years ago ny
the primary election procedure are
not, of course, removed from the Of
fee they told, but so far as the real
republican organization is~concernei
and as it is to be reconstructed, they
will have no voice. The new repub-
lican organization, then, will %
made up of the state committee
members who are opposed to the
Nonpartisan League, and they. will Sc
lect state committeeman for the leg
islative districts that are now repre-
sented by Nonpartisans. The eject
of this will be to create state wide
committee of full pledged republi-
cans.
The committeeman will undertake
then the selection Of county chair .
men in such counties that have Nom
partisan republican chairmen, and
the county chairmen, in turn will Sc
lect republican precinct committee
men to work with the republican or
ganization. The state committee
men in each congressional district
also will constitute the congressional
committee.
Strong Party Structure.
The result of this reorganization
plan which will be put into immedi-
ate operation will be the re-estab-
lishment of complete republican
organization thruout the state, and
give to the republicans firm foun-
datton on which to build their struc-
ture.
Speakers at the conference last
night emphasized the fact that man
cannot be a republican and be a Non
partisan, nor can man be demo-
crat and be Nonpartisan, for the
Fundamental principles are directly
opposed to each other, the Nonpartl-
san League, as represented by its
leaders, standing purely for social
ism and revolution.
AS one speaker said. Republican
ism cannot be built by socialists or
by those who compromise with So
cialism.
The appeal directed to the republt-
can presidential candidates probably
Is one Of the most significant devel-
opments Of the entire convention ).
The aim. as previously indicated 's
to do away. with the possibility OF
friction within the state over ma
tional issues at this time. The case