The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-27
STEGNER FILES
. PETITIONS FOR
PRIMARY RACE
Bismarck Man Formally Enters
Race for Gubernatiorial
Nomination
SERUMGAARD ALSO FILES
Ormsby McHarg Petitions Filed
To Put Him on The
Ballot

Petitions were filed with the secre-
tary of state today for Harvey l..
Stegner and Silver Serumgard. Mr..
Stegner VINO resides in Bismarck is
seeking the Republican nomination for
governor on platform opposed to the
Industrial program we has AM
nounced as the slogan of his cam
paign: Clean tho Slate and Save the
State"
MIR. Serumgard, prominent Repub-
lican of Devils Lake has filed for the
Office of commissioner of agriculture
and lagor. He will campaign upon
the Stegn,r platform. These men de-
clare that there a growing senti-
ment in the state to scrap the entire
program and save the tax payers the
necessity Of fresh bond issues and
mounting tax levies.
Petitions for Joseph A. Hooker of
Dawson who is seeking the Repub-
lean nomination for secretary of state
will be filed Monday. lie has taken
as his platform the principles as laid
down in Mr.. Stegner's announcement
and the three candidates will kork in
complete harmony.
Mr.. Stegner is at work upon his
keynote speech, he announced today,
and probably will deliver it at New
England where he lived for a number
of years.
Lowering of taxes will be one of
the chief issues of the Cleanup
Ticket" Mr.. Stegner pointed out to-
day recent statement made by the
tax commission that AZ per cent of
all taxes levied since statehood had
been levied during the last six years.
"This is a deplorable state of af-
fairs" said Mr.. Stegner, "and an is-
sue which both the league and the
/. V. A. have lodged Governor Mes
tos and Senator Baker promise more
taxes because they are asking sup.
port of the electorate on virtually
the same platform of continued state
socialism. From the canvas Of the
voters made bv my friends and sup
porters am confident that there is
= real need for someone to 60 before
the people on the straight issue of
cleaning house now and without de-
lay before tax costs mount higher and
IL, . tf e .
higher. .1.-
Answers Others
Senator Baker, the league candi.
date for governor believes in spend
ing sufficient money to try out the
farmers program. Governor 'Nestos
believes in spending mt quite so much
to experiment with the same program.
In both instances tbs means a large
ioutlay of pubic funds in ventures
which experience has taught US will
lose money the losses of course must
be made up by the taxpayers.
In and my associates are in the
race for principle. Let the issue of
whether we are to have socialism or
Danish 1t as a state policy be determ-
ined honestly June %. II elected, l
promise to turn the key in the Bank
of North Dakota, salvage the White
Elephant of mill and elevator at
Grand Forks and Drake nd decrese
the horde of employees necessary to
carry on these enterprises. Let those
who favor this program but still cling
to candidates who will not gve them
any relief from state socialism rally
to the support of this ticket which
has only this object in view."
According to announcement from
the Nonpartisan league state COM
mittcc in Fargo, George E. Wallace
will not be candidate for supreme
court judge. The committee, it was
said, will present the name of Seth
Richardson, petitions will not be filed
for William Lemke. It was said in
league circles here that petitions fol
Lemke were circulated in order to
force the league state committee to
indorse a man for the supreme bench
for the place on the ticket made va.
cant by the withdrawal of Judge
Grace, and that Richardson was Sc
lectcd. ...
Petitions were filed today putting
Ormsby McHarg in the race for the
Republican nomination for senator.
Petitions for candidates for state
offices and county offices may be
failed until 5 o'clock Monday after
noon. Democratic petitions were abou
the only ones lacking in the secretary
of states office at noon today.