Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-03
R election OF Nesto. AZ
Near Certainty A. Any
thing In. Polite. Can Be;
League Expected To Cen
ter Their Fight On Shafs, j !,
Kitchen And johnson !.
!. Governor Refuse, To Lend
Support To Senatorial
Candidate. !.

Candidate. 4
(By Staff Correspondent
Bismarck, N. D.. June 3.-1nde-
pendent officers. and supporters about
the state capital are optimistic over
prospects in the coming primary cleo
ton.
The general belief is that 30, far as
r. A. Nestos is concerned his re-
nomination and reelection as COVER
nor is as near; to being certainty ga
anything in politics can be: This In
spite OF the obstacles which have
been thrown in his way.
:. Leaguers 10 Fight Three Men.
the Nonpartisan league, it is gen
orally believed here, will center its
fight on three men. These are George
Shafer, the Independent Republican
candidate for attorney general, J. A.
Kitchen, commissioner Of agriculture
and labor, who is seeking renomina-
tion, and Attorney General Sveinbjorn
Johnson who is now candidate for
the supreme court.
Reason is Obvious.
So far as Mr.. Shafer and Mr.. John
son are concerned, the reason for this
attitude ON the part of the leaguers
ia. OBVIOUS. with. Nonpartisan
league attorney general in office the
indictments against several 81 the
league leaders in connection with the
xrecking Of the Standtnavtan-Amer-
lean Bank Of Fargo would Of. course
he allowed to fall fiat. Naturally
therefore the leasuers are deairous OF
,putting their candidate. r. N. Car
berg Of Hettinger into office, rather
than Mr.. Schafer who can be depend
have. the bank cases pushed to the
end. ,,'
u The Sa1ae Idee.
:. For somewhat the me reason they
desire to bsat Nf.s 0Anson for the
supreme eoqEt- 81. ~ i6tes1 ased4 they
wHl point to that dAfaaf as As ire;
nudiattonn ~ the poopls ;ok the at
torney general who "has used his Of
dee for. political ends"
The general feeling around the cap
ital. hoWever, 10 that Mr. Shafer is
growing in strength from day to-day.
and that the people in general, even
including large number OF y the
leaguers, wish a thorough probe OF
the affairs Of the Scandinavian Amer
dcan bank which will be insured tkshe
.
Kitchen Has Hard FIGHT.
T. "A. Kitchen faces perhaps the
hardest fight OF any of the lndepend-
tent candidates in his fight for the Re
uublican nomination commissioner OF
agriculture and labor. ". J. Church,
the Nonpartisan league candidate for
.this office. IL probably the strongest
candidate on the league ticket. while
Siver Serumgard, who II also = candi-
date for the commissionership is the
only man on the H L. Stagner ticket
who is expected to poll any msteSs.
The view taken hero 10 that none
of the other~candidates on the Stegne'
ticket can be expected to pull enough
Of vote to detract very seriously
oandidates. This applies especially to
IL J. Wehe. candidate for attorney
general in the Republican primaries
and Mr.. Stegner himself.
Epect Small Vote.
Al far as Stegner himself IL con-
cerned the general view s that ne
will poll only small vote and ina.
he cannot cut into the Nestos strength
anffIciently to put his nomination In
serious jeopardy. According to one
!renort which is current. 1t was never
intended that he should actually stay
IN the race. but he was induced to en-.
tar the contest with the hope o.
!. xhosting Governor Nestos into coming
out in support Of Senator McCum
+ ber.
Abltles BY Action
Il Tho governor, however, insisted OF
abiding by both the letter and spirit
of" the action taken by the Jamestowl
convention and refused to lend hi
support to any senatorial candidate
Then when those who had brouen
Stegner into the field found that hh
toriai candidate and tried to Withdraw
Steiner they found that he had beer
nernuaded that he actually had I
:. chance to get the nomination and thu
envernorship and wouldn't withdraw
whether or not this is the correc
E version Of the matter or not 1t 10 dif
dcult to say, but in any case the feel
~ here Il that tho McCumeer leader
arc now ready to give their hones
et 81 they promised to do at tn
jamestown CONVENTION.
Largo Dem. voAA
~ ono compilation mentioned here !
the question Of the Democratic vota
in the primary eiecu9n. ~ Y, ESneIAi
10 relieved that this will be Mucl
i.reer than last year ON account 0
the entrance Of the Helistrom .ticke J
into tho race. Some believe that !
] ,ns msy run as high a. s2,oos, while Il
the last primary only sonse 5000 yot
n the. Democratic ballots. Since tha
tavna the women have been given Ith
bsiiot which practically doubles tn
ss,st. INT even 10 IL the 81, 900 estimat
/: ~ correct, It viii mean that the Dom
oeratic vote will be practically tvtc
j a large in proportion. as = sit it Vas h
The 1ndepe pendents believe. however
tkaf thig win hit the leaguer1 - har1
q Il does the Indepe pendent Repubh
cans. % in order 70 keep the Inde
psndsnt DsmocrsI - no nome ne, sa ss
~ siaaaue DemocsatsSto vote In thei
oan party primary instaad u Of IN tn
Ropubiican ,primaries where n