The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-21

together the independent forces in
each of the great parties that unit
ed and solid front may be presented
against the crowd that nearly ruined
our state and are now stating every
thing on a last desperate effort to
get control Of our state government
and of the machinery Of the demo-
cratic party. 1t is sheer hypocrisy
to talk about violating the primary
law in this connection and no one
knows that better than you The
socialist leaders who have unsucceSs-
fully tried to control our party or
ganization since 1916 have always
pretended much concern over the
primary law when we have gathered
our forces to fight them. Why do
you now join hands with them? Why
do you assign a false and hypocriti-
cal reason for changing your mind
and refusing to call the committee
together? You know that IN presi-
dental year we have always had such
4 meeting. When man gives a
false explanation of his conduct, il
is my observation that the true ex-
Bloom, the trusted democratic friend
and counsellor of Senators Ladd ana
Frazier and Lemke, and such demo
Gratis as Hellstrom, Maloney and Hard,
always objected to meeting of this
kind, but we had them notwith
ing, because we knew these men were
not democrats at heart. 1t is discon-
now. There must be reason; but
more of this later.
You say you will later call meet
ing of conference, but not to en-
dorse candidates. Why call meet
ing at all? The independent, anti
socialist members of the republican
committee have met for the purpose
of organizing the independent vote
against those who would control in
the interest of the Frazier-Ladd-
Lemke combination. Heretofore, as
/ have pointed out, you believed in
a meeting to endorse candidates in
order to present united front; now
you say it is all wrong. The fact
is that such meeting is more es-
sential now than ever before because
the leaders Of the league have decid-
ed that they want to control the
Dem ocratic organization so that if
democratic pres ident be elected, they
will have no difficulty IN placing the
federal jobs among their friends.
This you know, and understand; and
the democrats in the state arc going
to know and understand it, if can
accomplish it.
Not For Candidate
You insinuate / have called this
meeting in the interest of some cam
didates. This base insinuarion you
know to be false. ! attended :. meet
ing in my own county, but declined
to be a party to any endorsem cnts
because l did not believe in icing
party to local endorsements Of any
candidate. believing the State Com
mittce should do this and not desir-
ing to forestall or embarass it's ac-
ton in any way. notice that you
participated and voted at meeting
in Minot, called, as you know, ihetne
interest Of a certain candidate for
national committeeman AS chair
man of the State Committee, good
taste, if not good sense or self re-
-terest, might have dictated a diff
ferent course to you. l have no
slate of candidates; l am not men,
Der of the committee and have no
vote at it's meetings. The COM
mittee, however, is the official organ
Of the party in the state, and mean
that lit shall be informed Of what is
going on. have never compromis-
ed with those who would ruin this
state: never shall compromise with
them. If the committee is ready to
make such compromise on matters
Of principle in the interest Of patro-
mage, under your leadership, it can
do SO. : predict, however, that if
you succeed in making our state COM
mittee party to patronage deal
with the Ladd- Frazier-Lemke faction
Of the republican party, there will be
some democrats who will refuse to
follow the new leadership We have
reason to be proud that our great
party organization has stood firmly,
at all times, against socialistic
propaganda; personally, I am not go