The Bismarck tribune., 1923-03-05
DEMOCRATS IN
SESSION 0. K.
ELECTION LAW
DIR. PIatOu Heads Delegation
Which Withdraws From
Meeting
RAP EX. COMMITTEE
Resolutions Repudiate Action
Taken Recently by Body
ut Fargo

Saturday afternoon gave their in
dorscment to thc election laws pass
cd during the session Of the lcgisla-
turc just closed and repudiatcd the
action taken by the members claim
ing to be the executive committee
of the party recently in voting to
submit these laws to referendum
election.
Opposition to this action came
from a group Of about four members
headed by L. S. Platou Of Fargo
Il. J. Hughes Of Dickinson( and to a
lesser extent from Chairman G. S.
Wooedgc.
DR.. Platou and Nh. Hughes be-
came angry and left the meeting be-
fore the report Of the committee on
resolutions had been submitted.
Opponents charge that the action
was taken by minority Of the state
committee. saying that only % of
the 40 districts were represented
and some Of these were represented
by questionabl proxies, and with
draway Of four before, the rcsolu-
tons were adopted made it a minor
ity action.
Resolutions Adopted.
The res solutions setting forth the
position Of the state central commit
tee in connection with the election
laws read in part as follows:
"Wc hereby unqualifcdly approve
the purpose and intent of the Nom
party election law as being a dis
tinct political advantage to us as a
minority party in the state "a we'll
as hcing in the best interests Of our
state in that it affords an opportun-
ity to consider state issues and can
didatcs on their merits, and not on
the basis Of party labels"
1--WE commend that point with
pride to the unanimous vote record
cd on these measures by our Demo
cratic members in both the house
and senate. We feel that no fur
thcr defense Of their action is need
ed than to call attention to the
unanimous vote cast against these
measures by the Nonpartisan League
members Of the assembly"
Other articles in the resolution
take rap at the Fargo Courier
News for the claiming that the state
central committee made up Of Office
holders under the Ncstos admins
tration and stating that the cxccu-
tive committee was named illegally
by Mr.. Woolcdgc and discharging it
The resolutions committee consist
cd of james Campbell. Mandan. Paul
Johnson, Mountain: John Gammons,
Fargo; J. IL. Mccoy, Wahpeton, and
Eli Porter.
The meeting began shortly after
3 o'clock with the report Of the
committee on credentials as to who
should be seated. Dr. Platou immed-
lately started the fireworks by at
tacking the right of John Gammons
to represent the 10th district. He
was voted down, however, and Mr..
Gammons seated.
DR.. Platou then attempted to in
troduce resolutions attacking the
good faith of the call for the COM
mittee meeting. By vote Of 90 to
4 this resolution was referred to the
committee on resolutions which had
been named under a motion made by
by Mr.. Campbell of Mandan.
Angered by this DR.. Platou an
nounccd his intention of leaving the
meeting unless he could obtain roll
call, on his motion the roll call was
granted without changing the result.
The committee then retired to
draw up the resolutions and it was
at this time that Dr.. Platou and Mr..
Hughes left the meeting.
Urged Hands OF.
The report of the committee was
accepted without a dissenting vote
being registered although the chair
man Of the meeting, Mr.. Wooledge,
has previously spoken urging that
the committee should keep its hands
off the election laws.
W. f.. Byer!y of Vclva, in reply
declared that it was impossible to
refrain from taking some action on
account of the action taken by the
so-called executive committee at it's
Fargo meeting. He declared his
conviction that some of the members
who attended the Fargo session had
not even read the laws they con-
dcmned.
AS to a test Of party loyalty he
sid that this should be the support
of the party's national candidates.
Some of those men at Fargo work.
ed and voted against J. F. r. O'Con-
nor for United States senator" he
declared.
The concluding address of the af-
ternoon was made by Senator W. b.
Lynch of LaMoure county who ex-
planned the attitude Of the Demo-
cratic legislators who supported the
election laws.
These laws were under discus.
sion here for weeks, but during all
mat time never heard woro
from the self constituted saviours of
thc Democratic party VINO don't
th'nk had ever read the laws" he
declared.
NOTICE TO WATER coNsuMea.s
Oniteo states District Court
O,strlct Of North Oas<ota,
,,.r, Soutnwestern Division.
,an,, n oo,.v,~,. ouppy Nom-
Plaintiff.
rank Milhollan, G. w. McDon-
.en; ~ H. Stutsman and
Defendants,
,isy OF Bismarck, q municipal
Intervenor.s
,RDER GRANTING TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER
This cause came regularly on for
a application by plaintiff Tor tenn
'orary restralnifig order against the
'eferdants ana each OF them, indivi-
lvally. and il their respective CO y
lOrth Dakota, and ae1tnst the inter-
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