The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-02-27
LEMKEVENTI0N
FOURTH G. 0. P.
MEET IN MONTH
Republicans Doing Things High,
Wide and Handsome +,
This Year
THREE TICKETS" NAMED
Each Brand of Party Has Its
Entry for Presidential
Primary Race
THREE TICKETS" NAMED

When the Republican state central
committee assembled here today ar
the call Of Chairman William Lemke
Of Fargo. the meeting marked the
fourth gathering of North Dakota re-
publicans within month, each with
different presiding officials and each
in similar preparation for the state
primary March 16.
CHRONOLOGY OF G. o. p.
The three conventions held previ-
ously were as follows
At Bismarck January .2S, on Call
signed by National Committeeman
Gunder Olson Of Grafton, with A. 7.
Faber Of Mandan. chairman, and
Thomas Thorwaldson Of Grafton. sec
retary.
At Bismarck February II. on cali
Of six members Of the Republican
state. central committee. with Colonel
J. A. Frame of Grafton. chairman.
and II. f. Gallagher Of Golden Valley,
secretary.
At Hillsboro February 20. reported
called by b. +. Baker Of Glenburn,
said to be Il director Of the Equity
society, with H. NJ. Hendrickson OF
Simcoe. chairman. and Lieutenant
Governor Howard K. Wood. secretary
HOW AND WHY AND WHEN
The January meeting was attended
by 12S who were voted accredited
delegates ON recommendation Of the
conventions credentials committee. IT
adopted resolutions suggesting support
7 IJ0 rline sonI}
others as party leaders.
The convention February II was
made up of delegates chosen prev!-
Ously in the counties and the list OF
accredited delegates numbers ap-
proximately 425 1t adopted r"solu.
tions. urging presidential candidates
not to file for the primary III North
Dakota, mentioned no candidate for
endorsement and declared the deleSa.
ton to the national convention would
be "uninstructed.'
The Hillslpro gathering was report.
ed to be an informal session Of 100
progressive republicans" 1t endorsed
Senator Hiram W. Johnson for the
presidency and adopted resolutions
urging Chairman Lemke to call a
meeting Of the state central commit
tee for the endorsement Of candidates
named.
Mr.. Lemke's call for today's meet.
ing specified it was for the purpose
Of Endorsing candidate for presi-
dent. national committeeman. ma
tional delegates. and presidential elec
tors"
THE THREE TICKETS
Each Of the three previous gather
ings the past month has made NOM
nations for presidential electors and
national delegates
The nominations" of the January
convention were as follows:
For national committeeman-Gun-
der Olson. Grafton.
For preside 1tial electorS-H. II.
Nicholson, second judicial district: l..
F. Mahowald. fourth judicial district
and Z. $. Johnson. sixth judicial dis
tricr. one each from the first and
second districts remaining to be ap-
pointed by the nominating commit
tee.
For delegates to the national con.
tCuLIOll-A\l Ck NASAClldI. NdSS CVuH
ty; Henry Mclean. Cavalier: f. &C.
Lucas. Ransom: Fred SenvoId. third
judicial district:\ G. B. Little. Bur
leigh; T. s. Pryse. Kidder: w. S.
Shaw, Ward: Staale Hendrickson.
Burke: T.. 3. Bishop Stark, and Z
A. Tostevin. Morton.
For alternates. national delegates
J.. c. Vobayda. Ramsey county: Char
les Clark and John Shaw. fifth dis
Stevenson. Grant. five remaining to
he named by the, nominting commit
tee.
The convention February II nomi-
mated candidates for national COM
mitteeman. presidential electors and
national delegates. and elected alter.
mates as follows:
For national committeeman-Gun-
der Olson. Grafton.
For presidential electorSAA. f.
Heaton, Burleigh county: P. r. Trub-
shaw. Barnes: f. l.. Gordon. Bottl-
neau: P. NJ. Cole. Ward. and f. H.
HOverson, Golden Valley.
i For national legates-First con-
gressional district: Henry Mclean
Cavalier county and E. c. Lucas Ran
som; Second: F.. B. Kelley. Foster
and Alfred Steele. Stutsman: third !:
Olaf Lukensdorf. Ward and F.. r.
Bishop. Stark: at large: A. T. Kraab
el. Trail Miss Minnie J. Nelson.
Barnes: J. f. Davis. Sheridan. and
f. H. Tostevin. Morton.
Alternates-First congressional dis
trict: H. R. Aslackson. Ramsey coun-
ty, and Nels Peterson. Sargent: sec
ond: NJ. W.. Kelly. Logan and o. +.
Toftsrud. Pierce: third: f. J.. Peter
son, Stark and James RICE. Mclean: !:
at large: Steen Nelson. Steele: T.
Welo, McHenry: G. p. Metzger. Will
liams. and Martin Stenehjem. Nc
<Kenzie
MISS NELSON'S CASE
Of, the delegates chosen at the sec.
Ond meeting Miss Nelson requested
Attorney General William LANCER for
an opinion as to whether she would
be- qualified for the position if elected.
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