The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-02
Democrats Also Have Session,
Including Battle For, Secre-
taryship-Matter Of Select. !.
ing Candidate TO Oppose
Senator Nye Left 10 Execu.
tive Committee BY Real
Republicans

Republicans
Republicans and Democrats, mcct-
ing here Wednesday 10 organize party
state central committees. had twoi
separate intra party battles.
Effort to rcunite the two factions
Of the Republican party after \ To-
year split due to the activities OF the
Nonpartisan league failed when the
real or Coolidge Republicans rejected
proposal to unite with the Nonpar-
tisans in organizing the state central
committee. Nonpartisans offered tp
permit the real Republicans to select
the committee secretary on condi-
ition that NOnpartisans should select
the chairman.
The Nonpartisan overture also was
conditioned upon acceptance BY the
real Republicans of plan to permit
the Nonpartisahs to control the cre-
details and resolutions committees
and their support Of resolutions en-
dorsing the candidates. Of Governor
Sorlie. Senator Gerald r. Nye and
other NoMpartisan candidates.
oUc OCutk9tG AOOUt0Q 1WNG
Nonpartisan members apparently
had majority Of state central com.
mittee members, 25 being registered
publicans mustered "a. One man was
counted in both groups. however, nc
being John Ellison Of the 3Oth dis
trict.
Ellison first sat in the Nonpartisan
meeting and presented his credentials
there. Later he withdrew from the
meeting at the request Of the real
Republicans and sat with them. He
was labeled as q real Republican
when he was elected at the meeting
or Morton county Republicans Of
both factions early in the summer.
Nonpartisans organized the legal
Republican state central committee
by electing Fred ]. Graham, Ellen.
dale, as chairman; Mrs. f. @. Bailey.
Bismarck. vice chairman; Ray Smith.
Rottineau. secretary. and Frank vo-
gel, Coleharbor. treasurer.
Spalding Reelected
Real Republicans. at separate
meeting. reelected r. F. Spalding.
Fargo, as chairman, and H. F. Horner,
Fargo. AS secretary. Following their
usual custom the real Republicans
dccla retss .vAca ,cies to exist in. eA dis
committeeman were elected who are
not in fact Republicans. The vacan-
cies will BE- filled by appointment of
Chairman Spalding. acting on the ad
vice Of real Republicans in the dis
tricts where vacancies were declared
to exist. Spalding also WAS author-
lied to appoint an executive commit
tee of seven membersi with a request
that he try to pick men from all parts
Of the state, not merely from the
eastern section.
The acid test of Republicanism rs
laid down by the real Republicans
was whether or not the elected COM
mitteemen sat with them. or with the
Nonpartisan group. The Nonparti-
sans have been consistent opponents
of the Coolidge administration.
Following their meeting. at which
resolutions endorsing the Coolidge
administration. pleading for agricul-
tural Legislation and condemning Ger
aid P. Nye, Republican senatorial
candidate, were passed, the real Re-
publicans adjourned to consider again
the advisability Of selecting candi-
date to make campaign against Nyc
Despite rcpeated attempts to reach 4
decision at meetings Tuesday night
and Wednesday the session ended
without definite action other than to
leave the final decision in the hands
Of the executive committee to be ap-
pointed by Chairman Spalding.
Action Considered Improbable
Although Spaldin9 urged the draft.
ing Of man to make the rxcc. other
leaders considered such action inn
probable in view Of the lack OF
unanimity on the subject. Among
candidates mentioned were r. A. Mes
tos, Minot. former governor, and A.
M. Christianson. Bismarck, chief
justice of the supreme court. Neither
has indicated that he would consent
to run. NeStOs was candidate for
the real Republican endorsement at
q pre-primary meeting at Devils Lake
in February but lost to l.. b. Hanna
Fargo, who was Overwhelmingly de-
feated by Nye ut the primary.
Because Of the advantage which
candidates in the Republican column
have i'm North Dakota it was held by
many leaders that q man running as
an independent would have small
chance to win.
Resolutions Adopted
Resolutions adopted by the real
Republicans held that "The subject
OF of6krcatest importance to the people
of this state and of the northwest at
this time is the Stabilization Of ag-
riculture, and that this subject is
not only for general advantage but is
Of natonal or even larger concern.
I'm practice it has appeared that
excesses and shortages in the sea
son4h production of great agricultural
staples has been the occasion for both
increases and decreases in the mar
kct prices OF the products Of agricul-
tue quite out Of proportion TO actual
variations in crops. Az . result II
has been too often true that the total
market vaiue Of small crop has ex.
ceeded the total market value OF Q
large crop Of the same commodity.
"The Republican party Of North
Dakota il united in the opinion thet
the Republican policy Of economic
equality Of the farming industry with
other industries shall be insured r.
the greatest possible degree by the
enactment Of legfS9atipn which will
admit Of the establishment of an
American price level for The products
Of the farm above tho world price
level for. such products. Just % the
protective tariff system accomplyhes
that result for hbor and snanufac-
tured products. We fe&oice in the
prosperity OF industrial America and
insist upon the justness of our g.
mand that On equal opportunity for
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