The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-16
NYE WILL GO
TO CAPITAL
IN TEN DAYS
Fully Expects 10 BE Seated aS
Senator From North Da-
kota, He Says
Will. BE \ CANDIDATE
Plans to Run for Both the
Short and Long Senatorial
Terms Next June
Will. BE 4 CANDIDATE.

Appointment Saturday by Gov. A..
G.. S"rli" of Gerald Nyc. toorcrst""n
publisher. to fiji the senate seat
made vacant hy the death Of Senator
T.. +. Iudd, enables the NonpIrtiSan
League to present Il united front ["
their opponents in the coming cam
pAign, NonpNrtiEan leaders say.
Nyc has rorrobCratcd the COVER
n"r's statement that the :.ppoutElrn
practically carried with il the lcagu"
endorsement for the srnatorShip and
that he will be Il candidate for hoth
the long and short terms at the June
primary.
K. \. Ncstos. Minot, l.. B. Hanna,
Fargo. and {. i. Stone, Fargo, are al
! so considered prospective candidates
Tor the Republican nomination. Stone
is n wet and the others arc dry.
At Il conference Saturday Gov. Sor
! lie presented Nyc with his credentials
! ~ senator and the appointce expects
TO leave for Washington within II
| days. In Il statement prepared tol
the Associated Press NIc said:
Nyc's stat cement
"ThiS appointment has come to mc
aH the greatest surprise Of my life
! II catch"s me wholly unprcparcd tc
! make any statement other than that
| have accepted the appointment. Wi
leave for Washington Is soon as pos,
siblc and fully eXpcc: TO be Sc;t",
as a senator fr"m North Dakota.
CAS- to what might be expected OF
ne in that capacity in Washington
think it is generally understood
that | am 4 Republican and am cS
pecially hopeful that the party MAY
become responsible for that measure
of aid which agriculture badly needs
IL hope 10 be able To so serve ~,
state and the people of Moth Dnkot;
that there win eventually rot nee,
be any expression of regret over IN.
having been called into their ser
vice.
League Will Support Sor!ic For Re
election
Sorlic's appointment Of Nyc as sen
ator is construed by Nonpartisal
leaders, who gathered here last weel,
ostcnsibly to consider ways ant
means Of keeping their official news
paper alive. to have virtually aasur
ed him Of united support IN Il cam
ipaign for reelection. That the Non
partisans will support Sorlic TO
the animation is assured as the re
suit Of his action, Frank Nogel, Col
lIarbor. majority floor leader in tn
state house of representatives at tn
. last session. said and Nye also cx
. pressed the opinion that Sorlie w0ul'
be given undivided support.
That fight would have been mad
against the denomination of Sorli
unless an appointment was made wa
, declared by Vogcl to be a fact. Thi
was told to the governor Friday nigh
following Il conference of Nonparti
: san leaders. He was urged to max
ap appointment and Nye was recon-
mended, although the demand wa
, that someone be appointed rathe
/ than any particular person
i In statement Gov. Sorlie said h
expects Nye to prove a popular car
didate for the scnatorship, and
draw the undivided support of bot
Nonpartisans and the FarmerLabo
organization which A. G. Townley, oil
ganizcr of the league. is reported I
, be forming as an incidental to hi
promotion of an oil dcvelOpnIeI
scheme near Robinson. kidder count
@ The belief was expressed IN SON
|. circles that Nye's appointment woul
G draw support from Townley's adhc
y cnts and prevent him from again b'
n coming n power in North Dakot
= politics.
i Expects Senate To Seat Nyc
=, 81 expect the senate to seat my a
" pointcc," said Gov. Sorlic. "Hc is
real Progressive Republican and
, expect his activities to be harmon
= ious with those of the party as
= whole. The national administratit
n is interested in finding a solutit
. for the problems which agricultu
,e is facing and l know that it may d
!. pend on North Dakota's new senat'
~ to give his best efforts in harmon
with that endeavor."
:" Mutual friends of Gov. Sorlic al
= - his appointcc said that their relate
- to their own party is approximate
the same in that both are, progre
sivcs but not radicals. Governor So
lie recently has been censured
some members of his own party b
cause they felt that his administ1
ton has been too conservative.
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