The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-18
RESULTS OF
n. P. FARLEY
ARE DEBATED
Andrews Says League|'Insur'
gents" Win Victory; Nef-
son Says Harmony Failed

Two opposing views of the recent
Nonpartisan League convention IN
Bismarck are given in "The Pro-
gressive," published by John An
drews. and "The Independent Re-
view" organ Of the Independent Vot-
ers' Association.
Andrews says the victory was one
for Progressives.
The Independent Review says the
harmony was only pretended ana
the league factions will be scrapping
again soon.
'The Progressive" says; "No zone
can tell whether the Reputation OF
bosses was made in good faith or ac-
cepted as another expedient upon
which to get by in difficult place.
In the latter case the paper warns,
one of two things will happen: 1.-The
league will be divided or the bosses
will find the law which they take as
Joke enforced with stringency.'
Enumerates Points
The Progressive enumerates its
victories as follows:
"Repudation of old leaders
Townley, Lemke and Wood and es-
tabIishment of state executive com
mittee as supreme authority.
y Severance of relations with ma
tional executive committee.
establishment of official weekly
paper whose editor was to be named
privately owned.
Secured statement of membership
drive of Townley in 1922; condition
of Lemke fund, some accounting O
$4,000 accommodation notes, ant
some arrangements to indemnify Thu
signers.
Reputation of state executive
committee in naming North Dakot
Leader the official paper.
"Amended bylaws to accomplish
these purposes: the amendments ar
effective Immediately. Retention o
present name and until February t
remain as part Of the Republica
party-"the third party and Farmer
Labor move died on first"
Another View
The Independent Review, edited b
VI.
Nonpartisan League convention hel
at Bismarck October 10, failed as
harmonizer is readily understood
when it is realized that the who
proceeding was Unanswered so as
keep the farmer insurgents in tn
League under the leadership Of job
Andrews of Fargo, from getting
single opportunity 10 give the col
venton broadside IRON their cam
This maneuvering began with IL
adoption Of the order of business al
ended with the hurrahing over Il
adoption of a resolution ssparatlI
the North Dakota Nonpartisan lie
que from the National Committe
-i.Wh ich has not existed for so ioI
that most Leaguers have forgott
it entirely. The only hope left f
those who claim to be sincerely~tr
ing to- make the League a pur
farmers organization lies in anoth
convention to be held in mid-wint
and to which the isurgents will u
doubtedly try to elect q new set
delegates and incidently install
executive committee which will n
be a Townley-Lemke tool.
Leader Continues
The North Dakota Leader will CO
tinue publication despite its repud1
ton by the North Dakota Nonpar
! san League convention in Bismar
October 10, it was announced yestt
day by N. S. Davies, the editor. I
sLeader has been the official org
of the League in this state but
the Bismarck convention the LIE
guers decided to start publication
~ a new weekly to be known as t
North Dakota Nonpartisan. 1t h
Originally been intended to make
new paper daily but the promote
found that enough money could I
be raised to finance a daily. 10
Bloom, who for years published a
edited the Devils Lake journal,
Democratic paper, is one of the
corporators of the new League WEI
ly.