The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-30
COURT ORDERS
BALLOTS FORM
FOR ELECTION
Approves Stipulation in The
ElectOr Case, Giving Cool
idge G.. o. p. Column
RECOGNIZE REAL G.. O. P,
Papers Provide Vacancies
Filled by Spalding Com.
mittee Are Legal

Coolidge forces today claimed q
moral victory over the LaFollette
forces in the settlement made in the
supreme court late yesterday, under
which four presidential electoral can.
didates alleged to be favorable to
Robert M. LaFollette will retire
from the Republican column and fou,
electoral candidates avowedly fol-
President Coolidge will be substitut.
ed.
The Coolidge forces declared the
settlement was brought about be-
cause public opinion had beeom,
strong against the LaFollette cam.
paign organization in insisting or
keeping four electoral candidate:
favorable to LaFollette in the Repub.
lican column to be bracketed with
the name of President Coolidge OF
the election ballot. Another reason
advanced was that the LaFollettt
forces saw defeat ahead in court
and wanted to avoid it.
They declared that the LaFollette
forces entered into the stipulation
settling the question on the basis Of
the Original agreement" made two
weeks ago between Jud LaMoure
representing Harrison Garrett, Re.
publican national committeeman; r
w. Frazier, chairman of the Republic
can state committee as controlled by
the Nonpartisan League, F. A. Vogel
manager of the LaFollette campaign
committee, and Thomas Hall, Secre.
tary of State.
Much credit was given by the
Coolidge forces to C. l.. Crum fol-
the final settlement. AS attorney
for the electors, he insisted that a
fair arrangement Of the ballot was
the only thing either side had a
right to be particularly interested
in, and he told the court this was
accomplished.
Recognize Real G. o. p. -
Another situation in the law suit
which brought no comment but
which appeared to have unusua
significance in state political af
fairs, was what is construed as re.
cognition of the Republican state
committee" of which B. F. Spaldine
is chairman and which was organized
by neutrality-suspicious., as legal Re.
publican committee in the state.
The stipulation entered into fol
the settlement of the law suit in the
supreme court, and which the court
approved late yesterday, provided:
THAT the vacancy in such offices
Republican presidential electors)
were duly filled as set forth in the
moving papers of the plaintiff by the
certification to the Secretary of
State of the names of Hugh McCuI-
Tough, T. 8. Torkelson, w. B. Over
son and Riley Morgan, but since the
commencement of this proceeding the
said McCulloch refused to serve in
the capacity of candidate for elector
and the vacancy thus left was like
wise filled by the certification to the
Secretary of State in like manner of
Henry Mclean, who has duly accept
ed the position and is qualified to
serve as such candidate"
The moving papers" referred to
said, among other things:
"That thereafter and prior hereto
such candidates (Republican clector-
al candidates) have renunciated their
allegiance to the Republican party,
have affiliated with and given their
allegiance to another and hostile
party and, in anticipation of election,
entertain and have declared their
purpose to vote, as such electors, for
the candidates Of such hostile party,
whereupon they were adjudged in
eligible and their positions upon
such ballot declared vacant by the
Republican state central committee
and the names of other eligible cleo
tors substituted"
Further "That vacancies were
thereby created in the Republican
column upon the official ballot and
that the Republican State Central
Committee had jurisdiction upon the
facts to declare such vacancies to
exist"
Had Declared Them Filled
The law suit was started after B.
F. Spalding, as chairman of the COM
mittee he claimed to the Republican
State Committee, and John Pollock,
secretary, demanded the Secretary of
State to file the names of the four
electors, as was finally agreed to in
the stipulation. The stipulation,
therefore, is construed as a recogni-
ton of the Spalding committee as
the official Republican State Com
mittee.
Under the stipulation agreed to,
and upon which the supreme court,
after a hearing, upon request of both
parties to the law suit to approve it,
issued minute order, the ballot for
the November election will contain a
Republican column, a Democratic
column, a Nonpartisan League Party
column, Workers Party column, in
which will be only the Workers
Party candidates for presidential
electors; a LaFollette column, in
which will be the names of the La
Toilette electors, Gerald Nye, candi-
date for Congress in the Second dis
trict; T. H. H. Thoreson, candidate
for Attorney General, w. J. Church
candidate for Commissioner of Agri-
Continued on page y