Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-27
iederbach Faction Ousted
h And New Executive Com
h mittee Named; Townley
u Announces He Will, Resign
But Is Big Factor At The
Convention.
(By star Correspondent.)

Fargo, N. D., March :7.-Before
ne Nonpartisan league convention
djourned here early Sunday morn
Ag. resolutions were adopted express
qhg confidence in A. c. Townley as
The organizer of the Nonpartisan
and thanking the old execu-
&ss.ve committee for its work during
&he last year.
sss sss A sop was thus given to both Of the
E3actions which had struggled for
SSEnastery during the convention.
The platform for the coming cam
@apaign for which a complete ticket
stvas nominated by the convention will
sabe drawn up by the new executive
which was elected late
$s5aturday afternoon.
n This new committee will also have
Scharge of the Fargo-Courier News,
Sxhe official paper of the league under
lEEthe same contract by which the old
@Dxecutive committee, which was ousted
My the convention held the control.
ss& The position taken by the conven-
9Rtion regarding the Courier-News was
S#tngs, instituted by the old executive
ssScommittee to compel A. c. Townley
William Lemke to turn over the
lEBtock of the paper to the committee,
SS$would not be pressed.
M A resolution passed was the au-
Eth horization of an audit of finances of
II the state organization and of the be-
n gil,nirg OF the proceedings against the
Ere espohsible parties in case Of ANY dis
#crepancies it became known today:
NJ The new executive committee or
II Sganization was begun late last night
Il and early this morning with the
choosing of w. J. Church, Benson
~ county, chairman and A. A. xNattring-
4, ly, Williston, secretary. Enforced alb
\ sence Of some of the committee mem
Il bers delayed further meetings fer the
i present.
The new committee is expected to
take charge almost at once No OBJ
stacles are likely to be set up by Mr..
Liederbach and his following on the
old committee.
The. Courier-News Sunday morn
!, ing published a statement signed by
Idederh<-h, Chris I.evaAg and Ole
Kaldor, d declaSAing that In part I'VE
Y find ourselves IN the anomalous posi-
4 ton of: hayiHe sustained personal de-
! feat, but&:of having the principles we
| maintained since the. beginning of our
tncumbency sustained."
The members OF the new exe-
+ cutive committee ore: Walter
Wexford, Pembinn; w. j. Church,
Benson; Stephen Terhofst, Ward
!. county; A. A. Nattringly, Willis
ton; and Mrs. A. Fisher, Valley
City. OF these the first three
named represent the first, Scc-
ond. and third congressional dis
tricts respectively, while Mr..
Nattringly represents organized
labor, and Mrs. Fisher, the wom-
ans auxiliary.
The convention resulted in the COM
Il plete ousting from power of A. A.
Liederbach, Christ Levang. and Ole
Kaldor who constituted the majority
of the state executive committee dur
ing the last year, and as such have
controlled the affairs OF the league and
it's official newspaper the Fargo Cur
ler-News.
u Townley's influence
This was brought about chiefly
II through the influence OF A. G. Town
u ley, national president of the Nonpar-
Il tisan league, and the desire of the
4 rank and file of the league members
to make clean sweep Of the factions
which have kept the league in a tur-
j moil.
The executive committee which
seemed in full control when the con-
/ vention began lost ground steadily as
the sessions proceeded. and was finally
! swept away today.
Dramatic Resignation
The attack on the old committee
eliminated Saturday morning in
III dramatic announcement by A. c.
n n Townley that he would resign as