Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-20
Report Of Rurnored Town
ley-McKenzie Co9nbina-
ton Causes Sensation.
BURTNESS OPPOSED
TO BOTH BOSSES
Statement Sets at Rest Ru-
rnors Of DETECTION From
independents,

Alex Mckenzie and Senator p. j. Nc
Cumber with A. G. Townley and his
Socialist supporters, for the control
Of North Dakota politics, has caused
a profound sensation in political CTR
cles the report Of alleged arrange
Statements by o. B. Burtness and
T. B. Elton of this city have been
generally accepted however as setting
at rest rumors which were current in
some quarters that they were con-
nected to some extent with the re-
ported trade.
BaH For Senate?
Along with the reported agreement
by which the McKenzie-McC cCumber
clement would control the action OF
the republican party in national poll
tics, and the federal patronage in tho
event Of a G. o. p. victory in the ma
tional election, and the Townley So
ciausts the internal politics Of the
state, comes the persistent rumor that
John Baer, the Townley cartoonist-
congressman from the first North
Dakota district will not be q candt-
date for reelection, but will seek to
wrest the senatorial toga from the
shoulders Of A. ]. Gronna-
This arrangement is said to meet
with the approval Of Senator McCum-
Der who would find Baer '1ittle more
than an animated rubber stamp" ac-
cording to the general belief.
Congressional Question.
These switches in the political line
1p appear to have caused the circula-
ton of rumors that O.. B. Burtness,
who has generally been regarded as
the most likely candidate to be put
forward by the Independent republi-
cans for the congressional nOmina-
ton had been q party to the agree
mont between the old and new bosses.
made by which he would not be a
candidate for congress- I, but would
support his former law partner, T. B.
Elton, now states attorney of Grand
Forks county, for the nomination.
The decided statement made by
Mr.. 'BurtnesS as to his absolute oppo-
stton to both the Townley socialists
and the old time Mckenzie gang, az
we'll as his ignorance OF the reported
trade, has met with general approval;
as has that Of Mr.. Elton OF a similar !
tenor. ~Ss4.--s., 4 =, ?,
The two statements follow: ~
MIR. BURTNESs.
sThe rumor that have been
connected with or approached by
either A. @, TOwnley or Alex Nc
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