The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-02-26
JUNE ELECTION
MOST LIK ELY
UNDER RECALL
Time Necessary for Petitions
and Conventions Likely to
Put Date There
GENERAL ELECTIoN?
Leaguers Claim They Also Will
Aim Blows at Some
Independents
GENERAL ELECTION? !?

a AllU DlOWS dI oUWc
Independents
Following the announcement from
Fargo that recall petitions would be
sent out immediatelya.by the Com
mittee Of TWenty-One there was gen.
erous lobby discussion In Bismarck
of tine proposed election.
Talk of candidates is included in
the gossip OF the legislators. Among
the names most frequently mentioned
in connection with the Independent
race for Governor is r. A. Nestos, Of
Minot. Mr. Nestos, it is understood,
would be willing to make the race
and his friends are expected to ask
that he be placed at the head of the
ticket. George Shaffer, of Mckenzie
county, who was in the city last week
: for several days, is mentioned as a
candidate for Attorney General
Among the several names that have
been mentioned for the place
of Commissioner Of Agriculture
and Labor is Carl Kositzky,
former state auditor. F. b. Mann, OF
Denils Lake is said to have guberna-
tiOnal aspirations.
Leaguers declare that recall will
mean more than an attempt to unseat
the Governor, Attorney-General AMI
= Commissioner of Agriculture and La
Dor, who compose the Industrial Com
mission and three Supreme court
judges. They assert that the leaguers
will direct their fire against Inde.
pendents elected to office. The lea
guers expect Justices Robinson,
Grace and Bronson to be included in
the recall election by Independents.
Convention in March
1t was announced from Fargo that
delegate convention will be held for
the purpose of naming candidates. It
is expected that this convention will
be held in Devils Lake, the date uu-
certain.
Recall petitions must bear 81 ,er-
cent of the voters of the preceding
general election, or about 10000
names./ To initiate measures it is re-
quired that 10 percent of the voters
at the last election sign petitions, and
that they be filed with the Secretary
of State 80 days before election. A,
recall election shall be called not
less than 40 nor more than As days
after a sufficient number of petitions
has been filed.
1t is expected that petitions will
be sent out Immediately from Fargo
on1 tho hnno pfr
for the petitions begun. 1t is hardly
expected that the delegate convention
will be held early in March, and the
recall election proposed is not ex-
pected to be held until the latter part
of May or in June.
No Form Of Ballot ~
There. is no form of ballot pre-
scribed for state recall election, 1t
is said. There was a form used in
the 36th legislative district last fall
which follows the general style of
ballot. The election is without party
designation. The law says the can
didates in recall election shall be
nominated in the same way as in
the primary election. This is con-
strued to mean that they are nominal
ed the same as for a primary election,
or by the petition Of 800 voters.
! There already Isl discussion as to
the extent to which the proposed re-
call election may go. Since the diff
ference Of the Townley and the Frazi-
er-Lemke faction over the liquidation
OF the state bank, there are rumOrs
persisting that recall election may
see fight within the league for con-
troll, although these officials deny
there is anything like break. The
Arthur LIE Sueur faction, centering
around the old Minot socialist group.
also is a possibility, as it is opposed
to the present regime, Senator Mel
Cumber's friends, seeking to build up
his fences for his campaign two years
from now, also is a consideration in
the discussions. A Twin City news
paper man, interviewing number
of Independents and Nonpartisans
of the recall, obtained the following:
Speaker l.. l.. Twichell, Independent
There is no question to it but that
the Independents will win. The citi-
zens generally have already had more
than they want OF state-operated in
dustries."
William Lemke, attorney general,
member of industrial commission
"Nonpartisans will Spll up a bigger
majority than last November. If the
a Independents start a recall the Nom
partisans will finish it, and will have
a full ticket in the fieldA including the
supreme court judges, State Treasur-
er John Steen and Secretary of State
Tom Hall. No one will be allowed TO-
sit on the fence: either they will be
for or against us. The farmers are
ready for finish fight and will reduce
acreage and every effort to see
the Nonpartisans gain a firmer hold
IN the state than we now have. They
are determined that the special inter-
ests will not crush true democracy"
Tom Hall, secretary of state
II am ready for the recall. Elec-
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