Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-20
LEAGUERs HOLD CONVENTION
Committee Appointed to Decide
Whether or Not to Put up
Independent Ticket


Whether or Not to Put up
Independent Ticket
Whether third ticket will be put
in the field in the fall election en-
dorsed by the Nonpartisan league will
be decided by a special committee
of Is and the league state executive
committee. This decision was reach
ed in the statewide convention which
closed in Bismarck at midnight Satur-
day night.
League delegates discussed three
phases of this matter-filing the tic.
ket "from top to bottom" endorsing
three candidates for the Industrial
Commission offices or putting up no
ticket at all. The delegates debated
whether placing candidates in the
field as Independents would help or
hurt the league candidates nominated
in the Republican primary with par
ticular concern as to the effect of the
action upon the candidacy of Lynn j..
Frazier for United States Senator: \
Prevailing opinion was for placing
at least candidates for the Industrial
Commission offices, but delegates de-
clared that developments politically
could not be foreseen and that it was
thought best to leave the matter to
a committee. The committee of Is is
composed of five members from each
congressional district.
Concern was expressed by delegates
as to the attitude the Republican
national congressional committee will
take toward the candidacy of Mr..
Frazier. Demand was voiced and will
be placed squarely before the COM
mittee, asking that the Republican
national organization support him as
it promised to do for Col. Brookhart
in Iowa, Beveridge in Indiana, and
Pinchot in Pennsylvania. ts
Members of the committee from the
Second congressional district are: Fred
Graham, Glendale; B. C. Larkin,
Eddy county; John L. Mikklethun.
Griggs county: G. c. Lauder, James,
town; Mrs. Craig, Benson county.
TO Continus Cos,fisf News
Most of the Saturday night session
of the league convention was devoted 4
TO discussion of the affairs OF tY,eI
Fargo Courier-News, league daily or
gan. The newspaper is owned. A. C. =
Townlev told the delegates by the
National Nonpartisan Publishing
Company, under control of the league
national executive committee and is
now under control of the North Da-
kota state executive committee under
q contract whereby the executive
committee was given charge Of its
editorial policy but prevented from
the indebtedness.
The Courier-News has always lost
money, Townley told the delegates. i
except during the first year. A state
ment of finances was presented by w.
J. Church. chairman of the state COM
mittee. He said that about $4,000
has been paid the Courier-News by
the executive committee in the last
three months, Of which he said all
but about $1,7o0 went to pay the cost
Of printing the German Leader, the
the North Dakota Leader.
sample ballots and campaign litera-
ture. John H. Bloom, manager, esti-
mated there would ,be deficit Of
8. 900 in the next three months but
expected the newspaper to become
, paying proposition in the fall. 81
Townley Intimates Sale
Church called upon the delegates
who declared they wanted to continue
The rier-News, to sign negotiable
paper for $4,000. He told the dele
gates he had signed accommodation
notes for the newspaper but that he
was through, and that If the matter
were left to the executive committee
the newspaper would be turned back
10 the national committee. The re-
.ult was the raising Of money and 4
pledges to keep the newspaper going
for a time.
Townley indicated to the delegates
that if the newspaper were turned
back to the national committee it
would be sold. He said that it would
be sold to q progressive publisher.
{ possible. Asked concerning the in-a
iebtedness Of the paper he said there
vas $4,000 against it and that one
'ffer Of $4,000 had been made for
I. The paper is worth more, he B
ldded. .55'