Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-04
DENIS APPROVE
]. Y V. A. PLANT0
DEFEAT LEAGUE
Will Name Committee Of
Fifteen to Confer With G..
%. P. and I. V. A.
Favor Appointment Of ].
Nelson Kelley to Board
Of Administration
lBy STAFF Correspondent

.(By Staff Correspondent
Fargo,..N. D., March members
of theMDemocratic state central COM
mitee. meeting here Friday voted to
appoint a committee of Is members to
confer with like committees of the In
dependent Republicans and Inde-
pendent Voters association regarding
plans for cooperation in the coming
state campaign, and to report on the
result of such conference at the
Democratic state convention the date
for which will be announced in the
neal future.
This action was in accordance with
a request made of the Democratic
committee, by a committee of the In
dependent Voters association which
conferred with the Democratic COM
meette Friday afternoon, ahld paves
the way for an Independent coalition
against the N~onpartisan League SINH
lar to that of 1920.
The Democratic central committee
also appointed a committee Of three
members to submit to the state con-
vention a platform and a set of reso-
lutions.
Resolutions Passed.
Resolutions passed included one
empowering the chairman of the COM
mittee to call a delegate state v
ton at a time and place to be selected
by himself, a endorsement of j. Nell
son Kelly Of Grand Forks as a posi-
BILE appointee to the state board Of ad-
ministration, and an expression of
sympathy and confidence. in Former
Governor John Burke, in connection
with the recent failure of the broker
age house in New York with which he
vas connected.
The general attitude of the com
mittee was that it desired to place the
general good of the state above all
considerations of party n to CO.
operate heartily with the Independent
Republicans and the Nv. A. as long
as there was any possibility of an at
tempt on the part of the Nonpartisan
League to win back the control of III
state.
The plan for cooperation suggest
ed Friday by the Independent Voters
association provided for the appoint
ment of a committee of As members
of which the Republicans, the Demo-
Gratis, n the I. V. A.. should each.
name Is. Each Of these units OF Is
will consist of seven women and eight
men, .
In accordance with this suggestion
the Democrats will name a committee
of Is, which will confer with the Re-
| AN L. ~ SoItllI1IIlCGS, 1Iiu
will report to the Democratic .conven-
ton all information regarding the
need for cooperation, n the best
methods to be followed which it is
able~ to gather. The convention will
then take whatever action may seem
proper. =.
Will Invite G. O. p.
The same suggestions will be placed
before the Republican state central
committee by the T. V. A. when the
Republicans meet in Grand Forks
next Wednesday night.
The committee on resolutions and
platform which is to report to the
state convention consists of George l.,
Duis Of Grand Forks. w: T.. Purcell
| of Wahpeton, and Assistant Attorney
General Charles Simon of Bismarck.
Attorney General Sveinbjorn John
SON, chairman Of the Democratic state
central committee presided at the
meeting today, and +. F. Burchard Of
Grand Forks acted as secretary. Some
20 of the members of the committee
were present.
President Everson, Secretary Theo-
dore Nelson. and Ole Engen of the In
dependent Voters association made
up the I. V. A. committee, which APP
peared before the meeting to urge the
plan Of cooperation.
The resolutions adopted were as
follows:
Your committee bcgs to recom-
mend that a state convention Of the
Democratic party be held in the near
future to adont a platform and
recommend candidates for the coming
primary elect on. We recommend
that the time and place for this con-
v%ention be named BY the chairman of
the state central committee: that the
convention be Il delegate convention,
said delegates to be selected by the
county organizations. We further
recommend that the number of dele
gates be chosen on the basis OF one
delegate from each county for each
100 votes or fraction thereof Isl for
the Democratic presidential candidate
at the last national election.
This resolution was amended so as
to make all members of the state CEN
trail committee. and all county chair
men also delegates to the convention.
Sympathy For Burke.
The North Dakota Democratic state
central committee greatly regret the
news brought to us by the Associated
Press conveying the information of
the financial reverses which have
oyertaken our friend, John Burke,
and we wish at this time. without
knowing the full circumstances to ex-
press u full confidence in his in
tegrity, and we feel sure hat such re-
verses were brought about by circum-
stances i've which he had no control.
The Democratic state central COM
mittee is informed that the name OF
j.. Nelson Kelly is being considered
In connection with the appointment as
a member of the state board Of d
m~inistration. This committee has
known and worked with Mr.. Kelly
intimately for years and we have full
confidence in his ability to MI this
position acceptably, and in his in
tegrity as a citizen. We believe his
appointment will b. a c%reditable one