Evening star., 1925-06-23

Legislature Of any State may EN-.
power the executive thereof to make
temporary appointment until the peo-
pie fill the vacancies by election as the
Legislature may direct
The question is whether, in view of
this language Of the Constitution, the
Governor of North Dakota is not com.
PEELED to issue Writs of election to All
the present vacancy, in view of the
fact that the Legislature has not pass
ed law since the ratification of the
constitutional amendment referring to
nlllng vacancies in the Senate.
Old Law May Hold Over.
The only possible chance that the
governor has authority to make an
appointment is that the old law giving
such authority when vacancies occur
red prior to the adoption of the sew
enteenth amendment holds over, it
now appears
If a special election must be called
in North Dakota this Summer or Fall,
and at the same time a similar cleo
ton is held in Wisconsin to fill Sena.
tor La Follette's place. the Northwest
Will again become storm center of
political activity. The regular Repub.
lican organization is intent upon fol.
lowing up its victory Of last year in
that section of the country, when
every State except Wisconsin cast it's
electoral vote for President Coolidge.
In North Dakota il is not unlikely
that the regular Republicans would
put forward former Gov. L. II. Hanna
who managed the Coolidge campaign
in that State last year. Whom the
Non-Partisan Lea guers and Progress
sives will put forward is not vet
known here. Gov. SOrlie, himself
might enter the race, or former Rep
resentative Lemke, or the present Rep
resentative from the third district,
James II. Sinclair. a Non Partisan
Lacquer. also La Toilette supporter
IN the campaign year ago.
Regulars Face Hard Task.
If the regular Republicans-as op
posed to the progressive wing in the
Northwestern win one of these sena-
torial contests 1t will be a decided set
back for the Progressives. But it is by
no means sure that the regulars can
accomplish this end. Even with
President Coolidge running success
fully in North Dakota last November
the Non-Partisan Leaguers elected
their nominee for governor. This year
there will be no national ticket in the
field The regular Republican organi-
zation. however. will stress the need of
choosing Senators who will support
the policies advanced by President
Coolidge.
The regular Republicans will be
compelled to go into the primaries to
nominate candidates for the Senate in
North Dakota and Wisconsin, and
they may never get beyond that stage,
If the Progressives do as they have
in the past and name their candidates
as Republicans
Read Out of G. O. p.
Senator Ladd and Senator La Fol-
lette both were read out of the Repub-
lican organization of the Senate, and
II will be interesting to see what will
be the attitude of the regulars in the
Senate toward their successors. If they
are also representatives of the pro-
gressive wing of the party, and if
they voted for and supported the La
Toilette ticket in the last campaign.
The progressive element of the SEN
ate from the West, including Senators
Borah OF Idaho, Norris of Nebraska.
Norbeck and McMaster OF South Da-
kota, who yet followed President Cool.
idge, was restive under the attacks
made upon La Toilette. Brookhart,