The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-20
MANY CHANGES IN LEClSL alive ROLLS
INDICATED BY RESULTS Of PRIMARY
Some Names Long Prominent
in States Affairs Eliminat-
ed at Recent Election, While
Others Retire Voluntarily
Both Noupartisans and In
dependents Thus Affected
(By Associated press)

of eliminations incident to the re-
cent primaries and voluntary retire.
ment from legislative service.
The complete list of Republican
nominations for the house and state
senate disclosss the presence there
of numerous new names, replacing
some with which North Dakotans had
become familiar in the last few years.
In the state senate, Ter instance,
Ralph Ingeraon, BUrka and Divide
county. will be absent as the result
Of his refusal to accept the Nonpar-
tisan League endorsement to succeed
himself because such endorse ment
proposed that he run on the Republic
can ticket. Instead he elected to be-
come q candidate for governor on the
Farmer-Labo ticket and his name
will appear in the ballot ~ such ut
the general election.
F. F. Babcock, senator from Ran
som: Charles n. Whitmer Of the
Oliver. .Mercer-Dunn district and.
prior to his senate service, active as
Nonpaftisan leader in the house !:
John L. Miklethun, Griggs and Steele
counties, are other Nonpartisans who
will be absent. Babeock was defeat
ed for the nomination and Whitmer
and Miklethun voluntarily retired.
independents Missing
Among prominent Independent SEN
ators who will be absent are Theo-
dore Haldor. Traill county; J. H. Nc.
Coy, Richland; f. B. Page, Benson
and A. G. Storstad, Cass county. Kal-
dor, Mccoy and Page were not can.
didates and Storstad lost the nomina.
tion in his district to another lnde'
pendent.
Equally interesting and important
changes have occurred in the house
lineup. Frank A. vogel, League flOo,
leader at the last session. isn't q can
didate to succeed himself, Neither
is B. c. Larkin, Nonpartisan speaker
Of the 1925 house. ]. w. Hemple
| Sheridan county, Voluntarily retiret
rs did Herbert Roberts of the Dunn
district and P. F. Doyle and Free
| EckeYt of Mckenzie county. Th'
latter pair became involved in bit
ter party feud in Mckenzie 40 the re
suit Of which both dropped out.
Sanford and A. G. Miller, the latte
! the lone communist member Of tn
house two years ago, also will b
absent.
George W. Morton Of the Dunn dis
trict dropped out to become candi
date for the state senAte--and lost
E. H. Brant, Emmons county, took
fling at the state authorship nomi
, nation and George Hoople, Walsh
took o try at the nomination TO
commissioner of agriculture and 10
Dor. Both lost.
! Paul johnson. veteran Pembin'
county legislator, decided not t.
make another try. p. G. Hanson, TO
years the representative from tn
fifth district, Grand Forks county. re
tires. Michael Tschida, Morton: c
H. Starke, Stark; Robert Boyd ant
A. G. Divet, Cass, are others VIII
have voluntarily retired.
In the list Of Republican nominees
Of which the Independence hold !
for the senate and 81 for the house
consideration is not given to tn
| possibility Of shifts in the fall elec
tion. Independents have IA holdove
members Of the senate.
i Nonpartisans hold 81 Republican
nominations for the house and l
Republican nominations for the sen
ate without consideration Of the pro
posed contest Of the Independen
nomination in Kidder and Emmon
counties.
Peculiar Situations
Peculiar situations are presente'
by Towner and In Moure counties
For. the last four years Towner ha
I elected two Democratic Independent
n g house members and Ia Moure he
elected its Democratic lndependen
cA8didate to the senate once. w. D
Lsmeh was elected four years ago an
II candidate to succeed himsel
against the Republican, J. G. Ard
. huser, who had no opposition. !.
II Thus, while the Independents hol
81 house nominations, the TSwne
county situation IL looked upon b
| political observers % giving ther
prospects Of additional members.
! The names Of men nominated TO
the legislature, with Independent Q
Nonpartisan endorsement, follow b
districts:
j First district-Pembina county
John Halcrow, Bowssmonti G: y
Huffman, Backoo and John K. OLA
son, Cardar, Independents.
Second district-Ward county
n. Burkhart, Nonpartisan.
IL Third district-Walsh county
!. Aaron Levin. Park River and M.
Lillehaue1n, Brocket, Nonpsrtisanf
Il Fourth district-Walsh county
Andrew johnson. Forest River. lndt
FIFTH district-Crand Forks cous
. ty-David Stsedsmsn. Larimors, i
Sixth district Grand Forks con,
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