The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-29
LEAGUERSAN
0PP0NENTSIN
UNISON HERE
Candidacy of President Is
Commended to Voters in
Gathering at Capitol
HOT MEETING HELD
Harmony Program" Given
Jolt When Treadwe ell
Twichell Enters Meeting

The candidacy of President CAL
win Coolidge was commended to vot-
ers Of North Dakota here yesterday
afternoon by the Republican State
Committee called by Chairman Roy
Frazier Of Crosby for the purpose,
| he announced. of composing the
factions within the Republican party
in a working agreement on the ma
tional election.
| The committee also selected a
slate of delegates to the Republican
National Convention in Cleveland,
to go before the voters in the March
Is election. Ostensibly the division
was seven Nonpartisan Leaguers to
six opposed to the Nonpartisan Lea
que on the proposed delegation.
Eric Bowman, of LaMoure, former
state senator, was endorsed for ma
tional committeeman to succeed Gun
der Olson, receiving 16 votes to four
for Olson. Bowman's endorsement
was unanimous on motion of E. 8.
Myrha Of Richland county, who pro-
posed Olson's name.
| The committee authorized Chair
man Frazier to call committeeman of
the second district together ut Car
rington should Congressman George
Young resign and a nominating con-
vention appear desirable.
The harmony plan" was given q
| jolt by Treadwell Twichell, veteran
Cass county committeeman, who
walked out of the meeting. There
were 81 of the 49 committeeman re-
presented, either in person or proxy.
Twichell declared that Frazier had
=, sought to make deal with Burleigh
Spaulding, of Fargo chairman of the
"Real Republican State Committee"
which does not recognize the Frazier
committee as truly Republican,
whereby the delegation to the ma
F: tional convention would be split
! among Nonpartisans and Indepena-
ents. The division, Twichell assert
| ed, must be seven Independents to
six Nonpartisans as representing Of
their voting strength. The Nonpar-
tisan-included committeeman were
easily in the majority and they
| spurned the suggestion.
Delegate Slate Named
The committee appointed to name
! slate Of delegates chose the fol-
! lowing, and the convention adopted
| their choice: Mrs. f. o. Bailey, Mann
ing; Mrs. Carl N. Frich, Lakota;
Mrs. c. A. Fisher, Valley City; Fred
J. Graham, Glendale; Ole Olson, New
Rockford; B. F. Spalding, Fargo;
VIM. Stern. Fargo; J. A. Powers,
Leonard; T. E. Beals, Dickinson;
| Staale Hendrickson, Coteau; C C..
Conn, Amidon; W. J. Church, York;
Geo. Robins, Grand Forks.
! Spalding is head of one committee
opposing the Nonpartisan League
wh lie W. j. Church is the leagues
state chairman. The anti-leaguers
named on the delegation, generally
have been classed as three ''insur-
| gents" and three "stalwarts"
Gunder Olson, national committee
man was present with James r. Shea.
| but did not participate in the deli
| berations.
Frazier Opens 1t
| Chairman Roy Frazier, opening the
meeting, said he called the commit
tee together "for the purpose of
getting together the various factions
of Republicans in the state which
have sprung up recently. feel it is
my duty to attempt to get these fac
| tions working together"
He read the names of members Of
the committee, which county audi
tors had reported to him as having
been elected, he said. Three names
were missing in the list of 40, one
for each legislative district, these
names having not been supplied by
county auditors.
Ormsby McHarg of Jamestown, in
the committee meeting by proxy,
asked harmony.
"Factionalism has existed every
place." he said. II am not an I. v.
A., not Nonpartisan, I am Repub-
lican. Last fall people asked me
who l would vote for and told them
l was a Republican and wodld vote
the Republican ticket. I want to do
everything / can to end factionalism.
1t doesn't make any difference what
a man is-he is called into question
as Republican"
Frazier replied that a woman rep
resentative of the Republican Ma
tional Committee had, been to see
him in Crosby and told him the fac
tionalism in North Dakota was not
different from that of other states
Eric Bowman of LaMoure wanted
committees named and proposed.
first, a resolutions committee Of five.
Twichell Charges Desl
Treadwell Twichell, committeeman
from the Tenth district, Cass county.
came into the room, and was called
to the floor.
II would be very glad to do what
can with men not Democrats to
get together" he said. sFor 40
years the line of demarcation has
been whether men were Democrats
- or ReUublicanS We ouOh< - ~ .hl.