The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
RE0RGANIZE
L.Y. A.; NAME
NELSON HEAD
New Body Is Formed at Meet
ing of Independents Here
to Replace Old Bodies
PLAN is OUTLINED
Organization to Have State
Committee, District and
Local Committee

Theodore G.. Nelson was elected
chairman Of the state central COM
mittee of the Independent Voters
Association at the close of a meet
ing of the temporary state COM
mittee at an early hour this morn
ing, at which the temporary organ
ization of the reorganized l. v. A.
was completed. Senator T. j.. Kelsh
of Fullerton was chosen vice-chair-
man; Miss Laura Sanderson of La
Moure secretary and p. w.
Ciemons of Fargo treasurer
The new organization came in
to being Saturday night at a con-
ference of Independents at the
Rialto theater, the conference be-
ing called by chairmen of the In
dependents in the Legislature.
With the signing by Governor
Nestos of senate bill No. 233, the
non-party election bill, the old
committee of twenty-one, compos-
ed of seven representatives of the
real Republican," state committee;
the Democratic state committee
and the Independent Voters Asso-
ciation, will cease to function. The
old !. V. A. also will dissolve.
The new organization will be
non-partisan, and according to the
resolutions. will devote itself chief
ly to securing election to state Of
fees and to the legislature of can
didates it favors.
A plan or organization, with a
state central committee. Legislative
district committees and precinct
committees, was formed.
New Phase of Politics
The organization marks new
phase in North Dakota politics.
The Republican and Democratic
committees presumably will cease
to function Sc far as state politics
are involved, if senate bill No. 233
holds up on the referendum.
Democratic Action
An informal conference of
Democrats was held Sunday af-
ternoon at which resolutions con-
demning the action of the Demo-
cratic state executive committee in
Fargo last week in opposing the
non-party state election law, and
calling for a meeting of the state
central committee Of the party
here next Saturday to take a stand
in opposition to the executive COM
mittee. Senator Kelsh was chair
man of the meeting. 1t went on
record as favoring the non-party
election bill and the new Indepen-
dent Voters Association organi-
Zat;on.
There probably will be state
wide convention of the Independent
Voters Association in the spring
to form a permanent organization.
No action leading to this end was
taken by the executive committee
organization, however. The cleo
tion of officers of the State CEN
trail committee this morning COM
pleted the temporary organization.
A fund of about $500 was raised
to carry on the work temporarily.
Plan of Organization
The plan of organization sub
mitted by the committee did not
contain name for it, and it was
ON motion from the floor that the
name Independent Voters Asso-
c:ation" was adopted.
1t is provided that there shall
be three units in the organization
the precinct or voting district
organization, legislative district
organization and the state central
organization. The strength of
each organized would be measured
by and based upon the total vote
for its candidate for Governor in
each of the several units.
The state central committee
would be composed of the district
representatives selected for men,
bership on the state committee,
and the committee would select,
either from its membership or out
side of it, chairman and a vice.
chairman.
There also would be state ex-
ecutive committee consisting of
one of the district representatives
from each judicial district for each
10000 votes or major fraction
thereof cast for the organizations
candidate for Governor at the last
general election, providing each
judicial district would be entitled
to at least one member. The men,
bers of the executive committee
would be selected by the district
representative Of the district state
The state executive
committee would have power to Sc
lect from it's membership, or out
side of it, a secretary.
Each legislative district would
have a central committee composed
of the precinct representatives
elected for membership. Members
of the legislative district commit
tee would elect from their own
number one person for every two
thousand votes, or major fraction
thereof, cast for the organizations
candidate for governor at the last
precinct election, to represent the
district on the state central COM
mittee.
Voters in the precincts would
assemble biennially sometime be-
tween January and May l of all
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