Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-28

Democratic Committeeman
Issues sue Statement on
Fisks Letter.

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former Judge G. j. Fisk Of Minot,
Withdrawing al candidate for delegate
to the national convention, Sveinbjorn
johnson. chairman Of the Democratic
state central committee, said:
The candidates endorsed ct the
state convention At Fargo on Febru-
AIRY the 4th wore agreed upon after a
committee consisting Of three men
from each Of the three congressional
the convention, had carefully con-
sidered the claims Of all the candt-
dates. There were more than twenty
candidates for delegates alone. The
committee reported and all the can
didates who were no recommended
agreed to support the ticket in the in
terest of party harmony and party
was not recommended made q motion
that the choice be. made unanimous
by q rising vote. Thereupon all the
Democrats present with, I believe, two
exceptions, stood up and the choice
was ratified After the convention
adjourned. certain men Travelled all
over the state trying to, get up an OPP
position ticket. One Of the men In
ducedsto consent to run on this oppo-
sition ticket was former Judge C. J..
Fisk. It is evident from his letter
that matters were .misrepresented to
him. These men who were instru-
mental In arranging IN opposition
ticket to the choice Of the convention
circulated the statement that the
delegates endorsed at the Fargo con-
ference were opposed to the leader
snip anu ne oemocracy OF ". =.
tended AZ Fargo we're hranded as
staIwarts ana reactionarias, when
Judge. Fish, was annrized of the true
FACTS. he. immediatelv udthdrew. So
did also M. McHurh "
p-,., No r.na,a...
-.
rs a mater q faet, the convention
a. Fargo enoorseoak leadership OF
Mr.: y ana MI. wilson but did not
enoorse Mr. y Tor president Tor
the reason that Mr.. q pub
licly stateo nat ne would not De q
CANDIDATE have Tor q LON time
nao IN my possession 4 from
Mr. Bryan stating IN substance that
ne d1d not want to be put In the atti-
tude OF 2 candidate because = he
wished to be free to fight fora pro-
eressive platform M progressive
cano1oate at q francisco. pom re-
ce!pt OF TINS -
wrote Mr.. Bryan ADVISING him OF the
1act that all n delegates
a. fargo would support MIN IN MS
nent1 o 9 progressive platform 2 q
progressive candidate. We. therefore.
out OF Difference to Mr.. y
wishes, took no steps to MS
petition OF get his name on me ballot.
! notice that ne a given. public mo-
tice that his name must not appear on
q ballot
e:Gygs1 ~ Open Convention.
'.aThes convention was fair and open.
Everybody had q chance to. be heard
and the convention urged every
Democrat who was a candidate or
whose friends were candidates to
make the fact known. As q matter Of
fact, one of the men who Is now a
candidate on the opposition slate and
who travelled all over this state and
sent kilograms to get candidates out
was in the convention and stood up
and ratified the choice OF candidates
by his vote. The candidates endorsed
are progressive Democrats who stand
for and will insist upon a progressive
platform and a progressive ;. candi.
date" sas s,f .Fs.
Judge F1sk's Letter.
The letter to which, Mr.. johnson
refers is as follows: es