The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-12
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1926

for members Of the state raiiroad
board Frank Milhollan, Fry Hsr0ing
and G. C. Mcdonnell, Hisn.arck; for
surtfintendent Of public instruction.
Bertha Tweed, Divide county. Miss
Tweed, in Z messaGe, declined to
make the race, however, and the exc
cutive committee WAS directed to se-
leet candidate Il Miss Tweed refus-
ed to reconsider her decision.
Senator Nels MAenuson, Bottineau,
Wa named a. the candidate for the
post of commissioner of agriculture
and lhbor.
The Nonpartisans will make . de-
ter1nined effort to win control ct the
next election Of the state industrial
commission which controls all state
owned enterprises. Its members are
the governor, attorney general and
commissioners Of agriculture and la
Dor, two Of whom now are Coolidge
Republicans, the governor being the
only Nonpartisan- Republican MEM
Der.
Burr For Supreme Court
District Judge A. G. Burr, Rugby.
was nominated o candidate for
Judge of the supteme court on the
judicial ballot. Other candidates
were w. s. Lauder, Wahpeton; C. L.
Crum, Mandan. and district judges
Thotnas H. Pugh, Dickinson, and
Frank /. Lambke, Hettinger.
J. A. Gray, Lisbon; Herbert Rob-
cts, Stanton, and Alfred Dale, Bis
marck, were nominated members Of
the Nonpartisan Executive Commit
tee but Gray and Roberts declined
to serve. The convention then con-
sidered a proposal to appoint ,one
man as campaign manager who would
act as an executive committee in con-
nection with m advisory committee
composed Of all county chairmen. .
Numerous anti-administration lead
ers left no doubt in the minds
Of the delegates that they would not
support Sorlie in speeches preceding
his nomination, although practically
all of them agreed to accept Nyc.
Among those who indicated that
they would not work for Sorle's
election were Senator Dave Hamil.
ton, McHenry county; Frank vogel.
majority floor leader Of the House
ut the last session and delegate
from McLean county; Jack Fifer,
Plaza, and Allan McManus, Grand
Forks.
Vogel's declaration that he would
work for the election of Nye and
Graham, congressional candidate in
the second district, but that tits
up to you Sorlie men to manage and
finance the campaign, as a private
in the ranks I'll fight in the ranks
, was taken as tacit desertion of the
executives standard in the forthcom-
ing campaign.
Injected Directors
Efforts Of the convention TO find
q method Of adequately financing the
North Dakota Nonpartisan,~ official
league newspaper, were without
tangible result.
Mrs. c. A. Fisher, Bismarck; John
Hagen, Ward county; 5. A. Olsness,
Bismarck; l., c. Miller, Burke coun-
ty, and John Nathan, Bismarck, were
elected to the newspapers board OF
directors.
Instead Of adopting a plank ia
recommend f0ur-year terms of office
for oil state and county officers, the
convention defeated the proposal.
records Of the convention secretary
showed today.
At = meeting. this morning the Re-
publican Nonpartisan State Central
Committee endorsed Nye for the
short term for senator and authorize
ed it's chairman, Roy Fraziex, to cir
cul3te petitions to put his name on
the ballot. Action on the long term
, will be taken later. Fr0Kier will act
as campaign manager for the cleo
ton of Nye' Sinclair and other can.
. didates for congress.