The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-25
CARR NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF
CONVENTION

OeutI~1 eleCtOI1 ana ! N9C1oQol com
mitteeman and commjttsewoman.
; Tickets In Prospect
In his address @ chairman Of TIL
convention, Carr pointed out th,
desirability Of selecting men who's,
names are well known throughou
the state as candidates for delegat,
TO the Republican national conven
ton. The probability 10 that 8.
names will be contained on the bal
lot, be said, the Nonpartisans ant
Wet Republicans already havinf
announced their intention Of pre
senting complete tickets at til,
presidential primary.
He drew applause when he de.
clared that enc Of the principal pur.
poses Of the convention was 70 re,
solidly behind candidate for The
presidency who would be . middle
western man acquainted with and
sympathetic to the problems d
agriculture and one interested ia OBJ.
tanning farm relief insofar @ ],
may BE- possible by legislation
This reference was taken BY many
Is referring to tho candidacy Of
F. Q. Lowden, Illinois, whom the
convention is expected to endorse.
A hitch was experienced in or
ganizing the convention when A.
L. Garnes, Burleigh county, who
had been nominated % one Of the
secretaries, asked to be excused.
Netcher was named in his place.
The order Of business, q recon-
mended by the central committee
and adopted by the convention.
called for the appoin .ment Of .
committee on platform and the en-.
dorsement of the various candidates
whose names will appear Is candi.
dates for convention delegates, elec-
tors, and committeeman on the
presidential primary ballot.
Is on Committee
Fifteen men were named on the
platform committee which will re.
port to the committee late this aft
ernoon. BY resolution. membership
on the committee was limited to five
men from each congressional dis
trict. The committee membership
follows: B. F. Spaulding, Fargo; E.
=. Veitch, Grand Forks: w. G. Cur
It's, Lisbon; Harrison Carnett, st.
Thomas; S. ]. Atkins, Towner coun-
ty; Q. F. Bryant, Logan county: II.
F. O'Hare, Bismarck; Willia N
Schulz, Rolette county; G. B. Craven.
Foster county; H. w. Green, Barnes
II. P. jacobson, Hettinger
county; ]. ]. Nelson, Morton county;
w. 6. Owens, Williams county; p. D.
Norton, Ward county, and George F.
Shafer, Mckenzie county.
On motion Of i. i. Twichell, Far.
90, the convention resolved into con.
ferences Of the delegates from each
congressional district to select .
given number Of names for candi-
dates for presidential electors, dele.
gates TO the national convention and
The names selected by
The congressional district conferences
will be submitted to Z committee Of
nine, three from each congressional
district, which will make recon.
mendations to the convention. The
first congressional district was civ.
en- the right to select Is names and
the second and third districts Il
zach. Under the terms Of the resolu.
ton not more than five delegates
may be named from any one congress.
sional district. Twichell said his de.
sire was to SEQ that each part Of the
state . properly represented.
First District Groups
Names selected ct the first dis.
trict conference were: r. r. Nor.
ran, Walsh county; William Stearn,
Cass county; A. F. Bonzer, Jr.,
Richland county; Frank H. Hyland,
Ramsey county; Henry Mclean,
Cavalier county; e. 2. veitch, Grand
Forks county; william w. Watt,
Cass county; n. H. Graham, Ram.
Bey county; s. ]. Atkins, Towner
county; O. ]. SoIlie, Trail county;
y. Bacon, Grand Forks county;
8. F Spsulding, Cass county; w. G.
Curtis, Ransom county; ]. A. Din.
ME, Grand Forks county; H. NJ. Wal
dFdn. Cavalier county; Mrs. Jennie
Moran. Cavalier county; r. A. Lath.
rop, Steele county, and Nels Peter.
son. Sargent county.
Second District
Names presented by the second
district conference were: Dr.. L. B.
Green, L. Moure county; F. T.
Gronvold. Pierce county; w. J.
Schulz, Roletts county; J. G. Oberg,
Burleigh county; Lawrence Miller,
Wells county; ]. p. Davis, Sheridan