The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-04
INDEPENDENTS
HAVE !. BANQUET )
BEFORE CAUCUS
Harmony Speeches Mark Even.
ing During Which Speaker
Ship Vote Is Taken
TWITCHELL GETS 80 VOTES
Anderson, of Burleigh, Is Sec
ond-An Pledge Support
to Victor

~ V1CtOI
Harmony was the keynote of tht
caucus Of independents last night Al
which L. L. TW1tchell, Of Fargo was
named as the Independent candidate
for speaker.
The vote in the caucus on tht
speakership was Twitchell, 3S; Victo'
Anderson, of Burleigh, 16; D. E. Ship
ley, of Stark county. 4. Following
the vote Anderson moved the selection
be made unanimous and Shtpley Sec
onded the motion. A roll-call was
taken. Fifty-eight responded, it was
announced after the caucus. :..'
The evenin meeting of the indepen.
dents in the legislature began with {
dinner at the Grand Pacific hotel al
s p. m. After the dinner Judge
Spalding. q. guest, acted as toast.
master, and several talks were made
Each candidate for speaker made :;
brief talk. C0ngressman-elect 0. B
Burtness, of the First district. Theo
dore Nelson, S. J. Doyle and Senator
Gunders0n also addressed the solons
Judge Spalding said that he haG
sought a representative of younge,
members of the legislature to make b
talk on their ybehalf. and had aske'
Representative Semling, Of Bismarck
to make the talk, but that Mr.. Semline
had moGestly declined. The legisla.
tors then rose to their feet as mark
OF respect for the service of Rep. SEM
ling and other soldiers in France.
One Ballot Taken
When the gathering settled down t.
the business Of choosing speaker
ship candidate, Representative Watt
Of Cass county, a Twitcheil man; wa,
made chairman, and Representatiy.
Semling, an Anderson supporter, was
made secretary. The first ballot de
ctded the contest, Twitchell having /;
large majority.
After the selection of Twitchell, Mr.
Anderson voluntarily declared tina,
any man who came in to a caucu
and them refused TO abide by the de
cision, was not worthy OF being calico
. representative. His talk wa(
cheered. Mr.. Anderson made many
friends during the evening. HIS ;ack
Of experience in legislative uattersZ-
this being his first term in the Lev.
islature-probably counted more a..
gainst him than any. other one thing
1t was felt that Mr.. Twitchell's two
previous terms and expe. lence gained.
in parliamentary procedure made him
the logical candidate.
One Independent
Representative Bjorje, of Grand
Forks county, who was elected with
out opposition either by Nonpartisans
o., independents, was guest at the
dinner but left before the voting. He
says he expects to act independent,
all through the session.
Following the selection Of spcake,
an employment committee was named
consisting of representatives from thu
various judicial districts. Members
OF the committee were, First district
E. o. Ellingson. Hillsboro; Ray John-
son, Casleton; Second. Martin Olson
Devils Lake l.. A. Larson; Tunbridge:
Third N. w. Kelly. Napoleon. Mel.
DISCARD. Kindred; Fourth, s. o. Al
len, Jamestown: L. Il. Heaton. Nc.
sykenzie; Fifth, w. B. Mouck. Minot
J. II. Burns, Surrey; Sixth, C. H
Stark, Dickinson, J. A. Kitchen. Sen
unel Butte. At their meeting Rep
johnson was chairman and Kelly was
secretary.
During the discussion of the en-
plOyment committee the rule was
adopted that efficiency should count
above all else in the qualifications Of
an empl0ye, and that if there was no
question of the efficiency of two per-
sons selected, attention should be paio
to the district he was from, it being
the endeavor to divide the employees as
much as possible.
Dad Dawson Favored
When the office of chief clerk was
discussed Mr.. Twichell told the com
mittee that it had been hoped to re,
W. d. Austin, of Fargo, a, man experi:
enced In the clerkship, but that MIR
Austin was sick and unable to come.
G. l.. Dawson, of Beach, former state
commander Of the American Legion
received all but one vote for the posi-.
tl0n OF chief clerk. If Mr.. Dawson hat
not been named to this position it il
probable he would have been proposed
as contestant against Will Pratel
for secretary of the senate.
E. NJ. Crary. of Devils Lake, former
newspaper publisher, who chose first
assistant clerk and Forrest Skinner
of Bismarck. was chosen second assist.
ant. Mr.. Skinner was formerly color
sergeant of the old First North Da-
kOta and served in France. Veterans
of the world war received especial at
tention from the members of the com.
mittee.
All through the deliberations of the
committee economy and efficiency
were the most frequently used words
do we need him." was the first
question asked, and "Is he efficient?"
was the second. There is little doubt
but that economy will be word fire.
quently heard in the legislative halls
HAS DETECTIVE
: Doom, Holland. Jan. 4.-The for
mer German Emperor William, has
personally engaged private detec-
tive to keep an eye on strangers in
the village of DOOrn This is in ad-