The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-07-21
Ter, Bismarck attorney, was dark
horse" candidate for the Federal
judgeship. A dark horse/ And that

Ter, Bismarck attorney, was a "dark
horse" candidate for the Federal
judgeship. A dark horse/ And that
after, even in this column, Mr.. Miller
has been talked of as the leading con-
tender for the job for two months
past. Heretofore, according to Mr..
Liggett, the reporter, the fight had
, been between Seth Richardson and
A. C. Divet. Though no one much,
unless perhaps it was Senator Ladd,
has paid much attention to Mr.. Rich
ardson. While Mr.. Divet did not
figure prominently in the running I'M
til his name had been recommended
by the bar association and the state
central committee. All of which
came weeks after Senator McCumber
had made it known that his support
had been promised to Attorney Mil
Ter. To complete his wire story, Mr..
Liggett then stated that two North
Dakota congressman were also back
ing Miller. Although he did not
take the trouble to see these gentle
men themselves and ascertain the
facts at first hand. Unless he knew
that neither of the gentlemen in
question have had much to do with
the appointment and merely wished
to distort the facts, which would be
quite in keeping with the policies of
his breed of news-writers.
John NJ. Baer, who retired from
Congress after going before the peo-
is also having his fling as a scribe.
Gently saw fit to tackle the tariff bill
nd ~ fho Nf
Plumb Plan League, John proceeds
Fordney bill. Although at the time
the teeth had already been extracted
following a fight of some weeks upon
the part Of George N. Young and the
entire Minnesota delegation, most of
whom Baer and his friends have long
since exposed as friends Of big Biz. "
There was little else of interest in
the. Baer editorial save that he twit-
ted the congressman in general for
their laxity in warm weather. Though
the weather was much more agree
able in the last three months session
of the. Sixty-Sixth Congress when
Mr.. Baer, as Representative him.
self, answered something like one
roll call in all of that time. And it
is not recorded that he refused to
draw his monthly pay check at reg
ular intervals. That was after Con-
gresham Baer had been defeated.
Senator Gronna, also beaten at the
polls, came back and in the same
time and for the, same money put
over his resolution appropriating mil
lions for seed grain for drought
stricken farmers, saw his bill restor-
ing the War Finance Corporation be-
come law, and staged hard but
unsuccessful fight for the passage of
his act for the Federal control of
the meat-packing industry.
An announcement from the White
House respecting the North Dakota
judgeship appointment is expected
hourly although it is understood that
the President would devote some time
to the matter. Senator McCumber
went to the Presidents office by spe-
cial invitation late last week and it is
possible that the call had to do with
matters of state patronage. He, how
ever, had nothing to say respecting
the interview and the matter still
rests where it was last week.
1t has been unofficially reported
that a change would soon be made
in the office of United States Mar
shall, the position now occupied by
S. J. Doyle, an appointee of President
Wilson. Jim Shea, of Wahpeton,