Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-24

Courier-News and North Dakota
Leader should be vested in this ex-
ecutive committee.
In discussing the retirement OF
George A. Totten, Jr., as Office man
ager of the league, Mr.. Liederoacn
motion to accept Totten's resignation
was supported by himself. Ole Kaldor
and Christ Levang the majority mem
bers of the committee. and opposed
by Walter Maddox and r. H. Walk
er, the minority members.
Mr.. Lederbach admitted hat the
committee had revamped the bylaws
of the league SO as to make it diff
ficult to recall it's members, but ex-
originally incorporated in the bylaws
was a measure against the majority
members Of the committee.
Took All Morning.
The chairman was still reading the
mittee adjourned its morning session.
and continued the reading when work
was resumed this afternoon.
Procedure Changed.
The order Of procedure for today
not quite the order which was recon-
mended in the report of the commit
tee on procedure. That report hap
pened to be handed in on typewriter
sheets. and Immediately F. A. Vogel
of Mclean county was on his feet
protesting that as there was no type
writer in the auditorium building.
The report was probably 'cut and
dried" by the executive committee.
So that report was rejected. and an
other which seemed likely to make
the league safer for democracy was
81 substituted.
Before this developed. however, the
order had gone making the meeting a
star chamber session.
Non-Leakuers Ousted.
All "non-leaguers, especially news
paper men were asked to leave the
LANCER Has Credentials
William LANCER remained in the
hall n it developed that he carried
credentials as a delegate to the con-
vention from Morton county. The
credentials committee refused to seat
him as a delegate, but he was permit
ted to remain on the floor.
The first est Of strength comes as
a result Of a motion to include the
election OF a new executive committee
In today's order Of business.
Motion Tabled.
The executive committee majority
succeeded in getting this tabled, but
1T was by a narrow margin of four or
five votes only. This showed that the
Ldederbach element Of the convention
had a very slight margin of safety for
control.
Fargo, march, 24.-Most significant
OF All vents Last night was the in
PRODUCTION Of a resolution calling for
the naming of a new executive COM
mission. which would mean the GUST
ing Of he present ~Iiederbach regime,
This was laid on the table BY q very
narrow margin Of only four or i've
votes and will undoubtedly be
brought up again Friday.
The resolution was s~idetracked las,
night only after a hot argument in
ty and F. A. Vogel Of McLane county
are said to have taken a prominent
part in the effort to ditch A. A. Leder-
bach from the present committee.
Liederbach and the other majority
members OF the committee claim that
they hold office until 1923. Walter
Maddox and r. n. Walker, minority
members Of the COMMITTEES. deny thia
claim saying It ~ based only on by
laws drawn by themselves.
The lineup last night indicated clear.
~ that while the majority member
of the executive committee have side
TRACKED successfully {Townley's bal
ance Of power plan and posstbly
Townley himself. they nus put up Z
tremendous fight to keep their own
pr.it:cns and retain control Of the
CouTfer-News. (.
Nomination of candidates is the
last thing on Fridays program and
there were no new Developments alons
this line last night, It may be, however