The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-29

Settlement of issues involved in
the law suit instituted in the SUI
preme court, and scheduled for hear
ing this afternoon, to oust four Re-
publican electors, declared favorable
to Senator LaFollette, from the Re-
publican column, was expected to halt
court proceedings. At noon today at
torneys representing both sides to
the law Suit We're endeaVoring to
work out details of the settlement
offered by the Laf gillette forces.
Under the proposal made to the
Coolidge adherents, the LaFollette
forces would withdraw the four cleo
tors and permit the filling OF the va
cancieS with acknowledged Coolidge
adherents. The set of Coolidge cleo
tors filed in the individual nomina-
tions column would be withdrawn,
and the five Lax GILLETTE Wheeler cleo
tors would remain in an individual
column. The negotiations proceeded
on the basis OF the original settle
ment proposal. the failure of which
resulted in the action being started
IN the supreme court.
Under the proposal, it was learned,
a stipulation would be presented to
the court showing an agreement be-
tween the plaintiff Coolidge adher-
ents and the four so-called LaFollette
electors, made defendants. The court
would be asked to issue an order on
this basis, but no opinion would be
necessitated and no legal precedent
established.
Lawyers Confer
A. G. Divet, B. +. Spalding and
Horace Young of Fargo, Francis Muir
ply Of Minot, George A. Bangs Of
Grand Forks ana L. I. Burke OF Bis
marck, representing the Coolidge ad-
herents, c. l.. Crum Of Bismarck and
). r. Ellsworth of James stown, rep-
resenting the elector defendants,
were participating in the conference.
Harrison Galnett, Republican nation
al committeeman, who came here yes
terday, and Jud LaMoure, of Penn
blna, who represented him here DUR
ing the original negotiations, parti-
clpated IN the settlement conference,
But one of the four electors whose
| custer was sought. L. Mkethun-
was in the city. He declined to make
any statement Of his position.
The Coolidge adherents were pre-.
pared to file additional papers in the
law suit in the supreme court. In
this suit the Coolidge adherents, di-
| rectlng action against both the cleo
tors and the Secretary Of State,
maintained that the four electors, out
of five to be elected in the state,
would be bracketed with the name of
President Coolidge in the Republican
column, that voters, seeing the name
| of the President, would vote for
these electors believing they Would
vote for him in the electoral college,
but that, from statements the cleo
tors are alleged TO have made, they
would vote for Robert M. LaFollette.
One supplementary affidavit,
strengthening the statement of H. p.
Remington of Lisbon regarding the
attitude of Martin Larson, elector,
was to be filed. The affidavit of NJ.
R. Freerks of Jamestown, alleging
that F. A. Vogel of Coleharbor, man
ager of the LaFollette campaign in
the state, had declared that the La
Toilette forces never intended to
withdraw the electors but planned
to deceive the Coolidge forces and
"string them along" also was to be
| introduced in the law suit
Ballot Held Up
Completion of the ballot had been
held in allegiance by Secretary of
State Thomas Hall pending settle
| ment of the law suit.
A part of the settlement of the
law suit, the form of ballot proposed
by the Secretary of State, which
would give the ''LaFollette- Wheeler
Progressive" electors a separate col
umn was to be attached to the stipua-
tion presented tn the snnremo conrt