The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-04
HALV0RS0N TO
GET SUPPORT
FOR GOVERNOR
Democratic Candidate to
Head Ticket to Oppose
Leaguers in the Fall
ELECTORS UNDECIDED
LaFOllette Republican Elec-
tors Expected to Quit;
Others To Be Named

Final touches were placed today
on the plan adopted by the Demo-
cratic and independent Republican
state committees here yesterday for
a fusion ticket in the November
election, to contest for state offices
against the Nonpartisan League
candidates.
With both committees agreed that
Halvor Halvorson, Democratic nom
inee. should head the ticket, COM
mittee of IL worked out the final
draft of a platform in the early
hours of today, putting into Ian
guage the instructions of the COM
mittees. A campaign committee met
again this morning to perfect de-
tails for a vigorous fall fight.
The platform upon which the fu-
sion ticket will 60 before the people
follows the lines of the jamestown
platform of last April. 1t commends
the effort of Governor Nestos and
associates to carry out pledges, de-
clares the big issues Of the campaign
are state industrialism and tax re-
duction. opposes extension of the
state ownership program advocated
by the Nonpartisan League, and
proposes that in the event the state
owned flour mill at Grand Forks
continues to lose money the
question of it's further continuance
be submitted t" the people. 1t op-
poses repeal Of the law providing
board of managers for the mill
and approves restriction of the
Bank of North Dakota to a rural
credits institution.
The campaign committee named
includes. W. F. Reko and w. q.
Stutsman of. Mandan; Charles Sim
on of New England; S. J. Doyle Of
Fargo, and Oscar Seller of James
town, and H. p. Goddard of Bis
marck.
Victor Corbett of Minot probably
will accept the position of campaign
manager and will maintain hool-
quarters either in Bismarck or Faro.
If Mr.. Corbetts business does not per-
nit him to become campaign manager
he will be made member Of the
campaign committee.
A meeting of the fusion executive
committee is planned early next week
to work out complete compaign plans.
Probable Ticket
The fusion ticket will not be en-
tirely completed until the committee,
clothed with full power by the indie
pendent Republican and Democratic
state committees. works out details.
1t will include Halvor Halvorson of
Minot for Governor: either J. H. Nc
Coy, Democrat, or successor, for
Lieutenant-Governor Miss Lillian
Gubelman or successor for Sccre-
tary of State; w. S. Hopper for Com
missioner of Insurance; George Shat
er, Attorney General; J. A. Kitchen,
Commissioner of Agriculture and La
Dor; John Steen for state auditor,
George Leonhardy of Williston, DEM
ocratic nominee for this office, to
resign; Railroad commissi toner's, L.
M. Byrne. Edward Kibler and Ed
ward Hadley.
Electoral Question
No further action had been taxi
en- today with regard to presiden-
tial electors. 1t is expected in
political circles, however, that
the four Republican electors who
favor LaFollette will resign and
the Coolidge forces will be per.
mitted to name q complete slate
of Republican electors who favor
him. The LaFollette electors are
expected to be bracketed in the
Independent column. F. A. Vogel,
LaFOllette campaign manager,
said that an announcement pro-
bably would be made in this
matter within a few days.
An advisory committee of IL
MEMBERS to act with the Repu-
blican state committee as con.
trolled by N0npartisans, was an
nounced by Roy Frazier, chair.
man, as follows: .Jud LaMoure,
R. ]. Hughes, F. ]. Graham,
Harry Lynn, John Hagan, R. r.
Smith, d. H. Hamilton, E. J.
Myhre. Frank Lyons, L. M. Ho-
we'll, VIM. Stern, Mrs. E. o. Bal.
ley.
The occasion of the biennial organ
ization of the Republican and Demo-
cratic state central committees
brought together also the LaFollette
campaign committee and a mass con-
vention of the Farmer-Labor Party of
the state.
The outcome Of pickering and re-
elimination among members of var
ious factions brought out a more
clarified atmosphere with regard to
the state situation, both with respect
to the national and state campaigns.
Fusion Plan
A committee of six Democrats and
six Republicans opposed to the Nom
partisan League agreed to program
Of fusion for the fall campaign, which
| would result in the withdrawal of
Democratic candidates for. offices
won by anti-League Republicans in
the June primary and the indorse-
ment of other Democratic candidates
headed by Halvor Halvorson Of Minot