The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-07-22
THE SKIDS WELL CREASED

The Republican party in Burleigh
county today has two commlttees
which claim to represent the party or
ganization.
Members of one of these committees
organized Yesterday afternoon at tne
regular time provided for the orsanlza-
tion of political parties in every coun-
tv Of the state, took the amazing
stand Of voting for a resolution CRIT
icising the party they say they repre-
sent.
The other committee voted for reso-
lutions reviewing the history OF tae
Republican party, pledging new realty
to the party, praised Senator Hardlns
and Governor Coolidge, the party's
candidates in the national campaign;
and condemned extravaganza IN the
Frazier state administration.
This situation was brought aDout
during the meeting of precinct COM
mitteemen of Burleigh county when Il
members denounced the action OF tne
majority in voting for resolution
condemning the Republican congress
and DOlteu Lue ulecLlA6.
Not Merely a "Bolt." :,
The 21 declare their action was not
merely "bolt" The majority OF the
committeeman, those who are Nonpar-
tisan league adherents, voted them
selves out of the party when they re-
fused to stand by the party candldates
and condemned the party's represent
ofiuoC Il.
Control State Organization.
The Nonpartisan league now IS IN
control of the Republican party state
committee, obtained by electlng pre-
cinct committeeman who go lnto Or
panization meeting and put Nonpar-
tisans in offices Of the Repupllcan
party. r.+,o on-
Two wears ago there was little op->
position to the league members IN tne
meeting in Burleigh county-tnere
was only one voice raised against
them. The division yesterday was 80
leapuers to q opponents. Two OF the
So precincts were not represented.
While the Independent Republicans
carried Burleigh county in the pri-
mary against the Nonpartisan candl-
dates, the fact that precinct COM
mitteeman in the smallest preclncts
has an equal vote with representatives
of the largest precinct, the league Was
in the saddle yesterday afternoon.
The dramatic action of the Il COM
mitteemen followed a declaratlon ol
Theodore Koffel, one OF the floor lead
ers for the antiTownley group OF
committeeman, that he would not stay
in a meeting in which men masquerad.
ing as Republicans sought to control
the county organization.
After leaving the convention IN the
court room the 81 assembled in the
oheriff's office and formed their or
ganization.
The Committees.
The men named by the. group OF
Nonpartisan league committeeman
az representative of the Republican
party, follow:
County chairman-E. A. Trygg,
Trygg township.
Secretary-A. II. kn0Wlton'
Regan. CO.
State Committeeman-Sam J.
King, Moffit.
Executive Como. f. SpangDerg,
wilton: Fred JOsephsOn, Wing;
]. II. Small, Bismarck; Jom by
ers.
The men named by the Republicans
in the second convention are:
County chairman-E. Z. Fog
arty, Sterling. -, n,a
Secretary-G. N. Livdahl, Bis'
marck!; ru,o
State committeeman-Theodore
KOffel, Bismarck. T..
Executive committee-To DC
named by chairman. ..
State Well Represented.
The meeting was called TO oroer Wy
w. ]. Prater, retiring chairman Ml'
Prater is a Townleyite, being en-
Moved by the state home building as
sociation. Howard Martin, the league
county chairman, who came into tne
county shortly before the primary, was
ON hand to help direct things, though
not committeeman. S. S. McDonaid'
another member of the state admins
tration and Nonpartisan, was at the
meeting.
Prater called for the election OF a
temporary chairman. The Nonpartl-
sans proposed E. A. Trygg and named
him over E. j. Fogarty. A. H. knoWl-
ton was named temporary secretary
over G. n Livdahl.
The temporary chairman read a list
Of the committeeman. A motion made
for the examination of the list by a
credentials committee, supposedly pre-
pared by Nonpartisan league men. was
denied.
More Is Halted.
The league men refused to permit
the voting of proxy for L: H. Lang
lev. Republican. Walter Sellers, OF
Hav Creek, Republican, was seated.
A motion was made that the tenn
porarv chairman be made permanent
chairman was about to be put to
vote without giving an opportunity
for the presentation of nominations,
when Theodore Koffel and G. N. Liv-
dahl, chief spokesman for the anti
Townley group, jumped to their feseItti sIti
: After parleying, nominations were
called for. Trygg was nominated by
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