The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-03-20
BOOM FR AZIER
TO ENTER into
SENATE FIGHT
Some Leaguers Would Give Him
Endorsement Rather Than
Gronna
QUEER l. V. A. POSITION
Gr0nna Was Counted Upon as
l. V. A. Candidate For
The Position
QUEER l. v. A. POSITION

With the odds strongly against sue.
cess of A. c. Townley,s balance of
power plan being adopted at the lea
que convention in Fargo on Thursday
of this week. there is, it became known
today, q strong movement on foot
iamong many Nonpartisan League
members to put former Governor Lynn
j. Frazier in the race for United States
| senator.
Unless the league convention should
take no action at all on the question
Of endorsing candidate for United
States senator, it appears that "A. j.
Gronna and LSnnsJ. Frazier, on oppos-
ing tickets in the 1920 primary, may
be bidding for the support of the con-
vention. The Liederbach state head
quarters crowd Of the Nonpartisan
League is apparently out for Gronna.
The Cass county league delegation en-
dorsed Gronna for the senatorship. Oh
the other hand Lynn J. Frazier still
has q great following among the lea
guers and his name may be coupled
with an effort to overthrow Liederbach
control.
Complete silence is maintained by
the Independent Review, organ Of The
odore Nelson and the l. V. A., OH the
announcement Of former Senator Gron-
ma. Considerable effort is devoted to
an attack on Townley and his balance
Iof power plan in this organ. One
might picture in the Independent
cartoon which shows the fist of lea,
que delegate connecting with the jaw
of "ToWnley and his gang"
Gronna Strong With ]. v. A.
Gronna has been sort OF bell-weth.
er for the L. v. A. organization. 1t
is no secret among politicians that the
leading /. ". A. members fully expect.
ed to support Gronna and to beat Sen.
ator McCumber with him. There ap-
pears no change of attitude on this
score In the l. v. A. organ.
Is it possible in the swiftly chang
ing currents of North Dakota politics
that Theodore Nelson, once Lacquer
and co.worker of A. A. Liederbach IN
Dunn county, will again be with Lied.
erbach in trying to nominate Gronna
in the Republican primary?
dGronna is reputed to be rich man,
worth q half million dollars more or
less. He has frequently been referred
to as an available candidate because
Of his ample finances. He has been
counted on for this reason, as we'll as
others, by some OF the l. v. A. leaders.
Gronna says he favors the league pro.
gram and the l. v. A. also stands on
q modified league program. Regard.
less of what the league convention
has done, Grbnna still has scores OF
friends in the l. v. A. and his friends
fully expect him to get their support
and their votes in the primary.
Against Fusion. M
Little surprise lis OccasiOned among
the regular Republicans over the atti''
tude of Gronna or the l. V. A. organ.
The fact that Gronna has changed his
principles and that he has been strong.
ly allied with the l. v. A. is taken by
them as a further indication that there
can be no compromise on principles
among the regular Republicans In the
primary, no fusion with Democrats BE-
fore the primary .g 5.sat,s
1t is pointed out tnat II tne NOHPdl-
tisan League should show 9 sirpris
ing strength there could be fusion after
the primary. But the regular Repub'
licans do not want to see an arrange
! ment between Democrats and RepuD'
licans before the primary. An attempt
to control the policies of two political
! parties smacks of principle which
has long been attacked in American
politics as the most vicious of all PC
litical endeavors.
The attitude of the I. V. A. in read
| ing Townley out of his own organlza-
ton, dwelling on the "purging' OF the
league Of Lemke and others, includ-
ing a number of former radical league
| leaders in the legislature, paves the
! way for consistent support of Gronna
by the r. v. A. The l. V. A. has com
/ planned that the league leaders were
crooked, but there was nothing wrong
with the league principles or leaguers
except they were misguided. II there
is no difference in principle it is point
out the I. v. A. can support Gronna.