The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-29
DELEGATES TO :
ANTI LEAGUE
MEETING LEAVE.
Travel from All Parts of State
tc Devils Lake for Inde-
pendent Convention
TALK OF REORGANIZATION
May Over Shadow the Recall
LANCER Comes from Kansas
for Convention
TALK OF REORGANIZATION

Delegates to the Independent state
convention at Devils Lake March 80
and 81 were travelling from all direc.
tions to that city today.
The announced purpose OF the call
Of the convention by the joint cam.
paign committee Of the Committee of
lwenty-One is to decide whether or
not there will be a recall election in
June, or perhaps at a later date.
With reports from various parts Of
the state showing that there was divid
ed sentiment on a recall, both in the
eastern and western Iparts of the state,
it was generally expected that the con-
yention would decide against recall
election at this time. The convention
to last two full days, and a full dis
cussion of conditions in the state is
expected Many delegates to the con-
vention are pronounced in their atti-
tude either for or against a recall.
Reorganization Question
The recall matter may be over
shadowed, it appeared, by, a movement
to form a new campaign organization
of independents in the state, either
for a reorganization Of the Republican
party campaign committee to rehabili.
tate Republican organization and prin-
ciples in the state campaign or to pro-
ceed upon policy of having an lnde-
pendent committee for all factions ap-
posed to the Nonpartisan league, and
to make, it indeDendent Of
the Independent Voters Association
or Republican or Democratic Organi-
zations.
Delegations from the western part OF
the state because of the long distance
to Devils Lake and the difficulty in
reaching the city are in most cases
small in number, many OF the dele
gates being represented by proxy.
Grant county is an exception. With
Claude l4ackey, representative, as
leader, six Of the seven delegates
selected at the county convention ar
rived at Bismarck last night. They
left this morning on NO. 2 and will 60
across from jamestown to Devils
Lake.
Member Of Delegation
Those in the delegation beside Mr..
Lackey are
J. S. Wright. ]. W. Bristow, Henry
Bellman, L. l.. Brown, and E. J. Saun-
ders.
Among those in the Stark county
delegation were George Brown, D. E.
Shipley and Claude Turner.
Represent surIeioh
The three delegates who went from
Burleigh county were Judge E. 7.
Goddard and Charles Anderson, H. p.
Burke :
Dunn county was we'll represented.
Frank Ostrander Henry Cline, Tom
Johnson and Tom J. Ander5 were on
the delegation.
E. A. Tostevin, w. F. Reko, p. D.
Norton and several other delegates
left last night for Fargo and will go TO,
Devils Lake by way of that city. Mc1-
ton county is about equally divided in
regard to the recall. The delegations
from all of the other western counties
are solidly opposed to it.
Delegates Meet. I
Stutsman county delegates and also
the delegates from Kidder and coun-
ties to the south met the delegates
from the west at jamestown and went
with them up over the jamestown Car
rington, New Rockford line to Leeds
and then by way Of the Great North
ern to Devils Lake.
Deny Rumors
The Joint campaign committee late
Yesterday sent to the press tele-
gram, denying rumors that the conven-
ton had been called on.
The telegram is as follows:
Some thoughtless fellow who can
not see the difference between joke
and serious problem has apparently
gone out of his way to start rumor
to the effect that the independent con-
vention to be held at Devils Lake has
been called off. Three inquiries from
different parts of the state reached l.
V. A. Headquarters this afternoon:
The convention has not been called
off and what is more there will be
delegates there from every legislative
district in the state unless our effort
to counteract this rumor should fail
to reach some OF the fartherest out
lying districts.
JOINT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE