The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-04-27
FAIL TO AGREE
ON US. SENATOR
McCumber Claims He Had Votes to
Control Convention, But Did
Not Force Issue
WANT HARMONY AT ANY COST
Republicans May Support o'Connor At
Fall Election

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Fall Election
The republican and democratic state
conventions held at jamestown last
week closed Thursday, fully in accord.
The delegates present were unani-
nous that the work of sound govern
ment in North Dakota must and shall
not be retarded. Republican and dem
ocratic independents are closer. and
more cordial than ever as result of
the twin conventions, which agreed
without friction on a harmony pro-
gram.
The republicans who are named to
make the fight against the nonpartisan
league ticket in the primaries are:
Governor, R. A. Nestos, Ward; lieu
tenant governor, Frank H. Hyland,
Ramsey; secretary of state, Thomas
Hail.. Stutsman; state auditor, n. C..
johnson, Sargent; state treasurer, Jno.
.Steen, Pierce; attorney general, Geo.
Shafer, Mckenzie; insurance commits
sioner, H. G. Carpenter, Cass; COM
missioner Of agriculture and labor,
Joseph A. Kitchen, Golden Valley;
superintendent of public instruction,
Minnie ]. Nelson, Barnes; railroad
commissioners, F. T. Gronvold, Pierce;
A. D.. McKinnon, Sheridan; C.. E.
Knox, Dickey; congressman, first dis
trict, O. B. Burtness, Grand Forks;
second district, G. NJ. Young, Barnes;
third district, left open.
The democratic convention endorsed
for nomination:
Governor, Charles Simon, Hettin-
ger; lieutenant governor, W. p. Por-
terfield, Cass; secretary Of state, Mrs.
L. w. Gammons, Cass; state auditor,
Hans Anderson, Grand Forks; state
treasurer, !. M. Hegge, Trail; insur-
ance commissioner, E. A. Lillibridge,
Stark; commissioner Of agriculture
and labor, Nick Nelson, Grand Forks;
railroad commissioners, Walter o.
Leary, Ward; c. w. Hollock, Cass;
Arthur Dickson, Roiette; congressmen,
first district, H. E. Smith, Nelson;
second district, ]. B. Fried, Stutsman;
third district, E. j. Hughes, Stark; !;
U. S. senator, j. F. T. O'Connor, Grand
Forks.
There was no endorsement made for
U. s. senator on the republican tick
ct, and none by either convention for
supreme court justices. There are
eight Independent candidates in the
field for the supreme bench and it is
generally accepted that the three re-
ceiving the highest number Of votes
in the primary will oppose the league
nominees in the fall.
The fusion of forces for the fall
campaign will come after the primar-
les. Under the "gentlemen's agree
ment," four places are accorded the
democrats, that of state auditor, in
surance commissioner and two men,
bers of the railroad commission. The
men endorsed for these positions on
the republican ticket will yield in favor
of the democratic nominees. On the
railroad commission the high man on
the republican ticket and the two high
men on the democratic ticket will be
supported by the Independent forces
of both parties.
The only friction that appeared in
the democratic ranks was occasioned
by F. o. Hellstrom of Bismarck. He
was opposed to fusion. This is not to
be wondered at when it is known that
Mr.. Hellstrom supported Frazier in
the recall campaign last fall. The
democratic convention was just as
strongly opposed to the misrule and
inef1iciency of the nonpartisan league
officials as the republican convention,
The only real contest Of the repub-
lican convention came on United
States senatorship. For the past sew
eral years the enemies Of McCumber
in the republican camp have been af-
ter his scalp. They had organized to
beat him for denomination. He had
only two weeks to get his forces to-
gether for the Jamestown scrimmage,
yet on the eve Of the convention the
senator had enough votes to secure
his own nomination.
The convention was called to order
by B. F. Spaulding, who was antagou.
istic to McCumber. For nine hours
the battle ragged before the state CEN
tral committee in a room uptown,
while the convention marked time and
listened to patriotic songs and ad-
journments at the armory. It was
late in the afternoon when the battling
forces came to an understanding on
the McCumber candidate for chair
man and no endorsement for United
States senator. The peace table was
kicked over several times during the
negotiations, but the cooler heads
managed to straighten things again,
until finally the terms Of the Cum
ber men were accepted. 81,
When the convention did get to GO
ing at 700 o'clock in the evening e
did not take long to put its program
through. The report Of the committee
Of IS, the adoption Of the platform,
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