The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-08-18
DAVIS TOLD HE
HAS CHANCE
IN NORTHWEST
X. Il. Murphy of North Dakota
and w. w. HOweS OF
South Dakota Report
QUOTES IN N. Y. TIMES

Optimistic reports were gwen 10
John W. Davis. Democratic candidate
for the presidency, and Glenn Shaver,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, by r. b. Murphy of BIS
,uarck Democratic national commit
tceman from North Dakota and w.
W Howes, committee member from
South Dakota, at Claiksburg, west
VIRGINIA, where the committee gath |
erred for the Davis notification cere-
monies.
The New York Times, in an article
from Clarksburg, says:
Particularly welcome was the IN
formation brought by r. b. Murphy,
National Committeeman from North
Dakota, and W. w. Howes, member
of the committee from South Dakota.
II had been generally believed that
the fight in these States would be
between Senator Robert NJ. La Fol
lette, third party candidate, and Pre-
sident Coolidge, but Mr.. Murphy and
Mr. Howes told Mr. Davis that he had
an excellent chance to carry both.
Coolidge-La Toilette Division
Mr.. Murphy said he based his be-
lief that Mr.. Davis would carry North
Dakota on special situation there,
which he believed would lead thou
sands of regular Republicans to vote
the Democratic national ticket.
-Four of the five R>3nblican can
didates for Presidential electors are
La Toilette men and have announced
that they would vote for Senator La
Toilette if elected" Mr.. Murphy SAID
"The situation is of interest from ;
Democratic viewpoint, and resulted
from the action of President Cool
idge's pre- convention managers in IN
iectinp Senator La Toilette into thu
North Dakota primary fight to bea
Senator Hiram johnson of Callfor
MIA, who at that time was believed tt
have good chance of electing tn
delegates to the Republican Nat!ona
Convention.
1.-THE scheme worked all right s.
far as defeating the Johnson candi
dates for delegates was concerne'
but it resulted in the nomination o
four La Toilette men for elector:
Although there is a separate La Fo'
lette electoral ticket in North Dakc
ia, the four La Toilette candidate
on the Republican ticket refuse
withdraw, and as the situation
now Senator La Toilette would ~
five electoral votes if his third pa
ty ticket should carry the State an
four if the Republicans should earn
it.
Legal Action
legal action has been to get II
La Toilette men off the Republic;
ticket, but, judging from the precc
ents of 1912, when Roosevelt cane
dates for elector ran on the Repub
can ticket in several /1.tes, it do
not look as though it would be su
cessful.
1.-The result will be that many Coo
idge Republicans will vote for
Democratic electoral candidates,
the theory that they would rath
have their votes counted for DAY
than for La Toilette, and we ha
received assurance to that effect.
1.-The likeliho God of this is increas
by the situation regarding the st:
ticket. A. G. Sorlie, a member of
Nonpartisan League, defeated Cove
nor r. A. Nestos for the Republic
nomination for Governor and is ri
ming against H. l.. Halvorson, Den
crat. The conservative Republica
will vote for Halvorson and the allt
ment in North Dakota, in both ST.
and national contests, should
about the same as in former succe
full fights against the Non-Partis
League