Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-05
League Plan to Get
Old Guard Support
Is Doomed "a Fall
Would Demand Support O.
Independents For Frazier
At Meeting Wednesday;
If This Fails They Would
Line Up Old. Guard Men,
But So Far Old C.ard
won't Line
(By staR Correspondenty y

Bismarck, N. D., Sept 5-E6orts
Of the Nonpartisan league leaders ITO
obtain the support Of part of the old
guard element of the Republican
Republicans for state Offices appear
unlikely to succeed on account Of the
unwillingness Of the old guard men:
to be made sacrifices on the Townlsy
altar. SiFss
In theory the plan is rather a good
one and is simplicity in itself.
The League Plan.
When the Republican state GENITAL
committee meets Wednesday the
Nonpartisan league section thereof
would make a demand on Governor
ent candidates that they pledge sup
port to the entire Republican ticket,
including Lynn J. Frazier for United
States senator. When this pledge WAS
not forthcoming the leaguers would
proceed to outlaw the recalcitrant
independents and endorse other men
in their places.
The Big Part. go
But here was the big part of the
scheme. The leaguers alone could
not hope for success in the general
election and help was needed. There:
fore. the obvious thing to do was to
get help from some one Of the mem
bers of the Republican old guard who
were believed to be disgFuntled with
the Nestos administration.
+ Sought "Old Guard
With this idea in view, it is under
stood that Adjutant General Fraser
was approached with the suggestion
that he become candidate for gov
ernor, and a similar suggestion re-
garding the attorney generalship was
n ~ xe6
Neither man bit, however. according
to reports, and the league leaders; are
as consequence rather put to- IT 10
find any candidates who would lend
any semblance of real Republicanism
to their proposed ticket.
The general belief here, however. .sis
that they will not prevent the carry
/ ing out of the league heads for the
putting overs'a complete ticket in the
l.held. Among those who are reported
as being willing to head 1t are Will
liam LANCER, former attorney gener4i.
and Obert Olson, former state treas
urer.
LANCER is Back.
After being at odds with the league
leaders in unmeasured terms, LANCER
is now back in the fold. If the real
heads of the league believe they have
much actual chance for success with
their state ticket, his nomination Ia
not particularly likely, but he may be
taken on as sacrifice. If the chances
are regarded as hopeless, this would
have the effect of getting him out. Of
the way as far as future campaigns
are concerned.
Seek Scandinavian Vote.
Olson's endorsement may be de-
cided upon as an effort to line UP the
Scandinavian vote. Then, of course,
there are any number of simon-pure
leaguers who stand varying chances
Reports that Senator P. j. Nc
Cumber may re-enter the race for the
senatorship are rather generally dis
counted here, although some Of his
local partisans are understood to be
planning to align themselves with the
| league against J. F. T. O'Connor for
| the United States esenatorship, and
possibly of state Offices also if a
satisfactory arrangement can be
made.
Few of the central committse
| members have arrived in Bismarck ~
yet for the meetings to be held We'd
nesday.