New Ulm review., 1922-03-01
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IS FAR RMER LABOR
NoN-PARTIsANs AND LABOR
PARTY SET MARCH 81
AS DATE.
PRECINCT CAUCUS SATURDAY
COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
MARCH 10.

MARCH 10.
The state convention of the Working
Peoples Nonpartisan Political league
will be held in the twin cities March 81
at 10 a. m, it was decided by the state
executive committee at a meeting last
Wednesday evening.
The executive committee asked the
farmers Nonpartisan league, and the
executive committee Of the farmer
labor party to meet at the same time
and in the same city.
It was announced at the meeting
that the state. executive committee of
the farmers Nonpartisan league had
issued a call for state convention to
be held March II, the date which had
been tentatively mentioned for the
convention of both leagues. #
However, H. G. Tegan, unoficially
representing the farmers league in the
absence of George Griffith, state man
ager, said he thought the executive
committee could arrange to have the
farmers convention postponed until
March 81.
Caucuses on March a.
Precinct caucuses of Nonpartisan
farmers will be held in every precinct
in the state Saturday, March a, it was
announced in the farmers call. Coun-
ty conventions will be held Friday,
March 10, at county seats.
All those who signed up for the 1920
campaign are eligible to attend eau
cuses and county conventions, the call
said. The farmers are also urged to
sign petitions during the precinct
meeting for the revival of the govern
ment grain corporation.
Each precinct is entitled to one dele
gate for each 10 members, present and
voting, and to one delegate in any
case, although less than five may be
present.
John M. Johnson Of Linden, Otto
Triton Of Sleepy Eye and II. a. Unger
of Springfield constitute the County
committee of the Nonpartisan league
of Brown County. No official notice
has been sent out by them as yet con-
firming the dates of the precinct and
county conventions made public
through the daily press.
Await G. o. p. Ticket.
The Working Peoples league con
vention will be held on the same day
and at the same hour as the state, re
publican convention. It is expected
the working people and the farmers
league, if the latter's convention is
postponed, probably will hold over un-
til republican nominations are known
The democrats will meet at Q p. m,
on the same day, and their convention
call was issued in the expectation that
they would be in session long enough
probably. until April I, SO that they
could know what the republicans were
planning to do and act accordingly.
Following the joint meeting Of tbs
two leagues and the farmer abor com.
mittee, the latter may issue a call fol
a state farmer-la Dor party convention
This party is outside the pre- pri.
mary convention law, according te
Fred A. Pike, state chairman. and ths
only way it can hold legal convention
is to call the convention for the pur.
pose Of changing the name Of the party
This will be the ostensible reason, the1
for the call Of the farmer-la Dor forces
Law Bars Recognition.
He pointed out that the party coult
not call a nominating convention
which would be recognized by the law
because apportionments Of delegate
for such convention are based OF
the vote for governor at the last elec
ton, and the farmer-la bor party ha'
no candidate for governor.
81 think this was done purposely t
exclude US by the republican ma
chine" Mr.. Pike said. It has al
ways been customary to base the con
vention apportionment on the averag
vote for all Offices
Suggestions for q new name, Whic
may or may not be adopted by tn
farmer-labor state convention, were
Progressive farmer-labor party, farm
Ier-labor progressive party, and pfe
gressiye-i liberal party.
The meeting dat was q comp romis'
Some persons present wanted it earl
so that the farmer labor candidate
] could get q good start, others Wante
i it as late as May a, because, they sal
4 the campaign would be long enout
anyway and earlier action would gi7
farmer labor opponents a chance
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