The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-07

ASAVeOs
]. M. Kelly of Devils Lake, secre.
tary Of the !. v. A., read the list Of
convention delegates as reported by
county conventions in each of the az
counties in the state.
Difficulty was expressed in get.
ting the credentials Of some dele.
gates Strengthened out and the con.
vention then went on t. nominate
temporary convention officers. ]
=. Davis, Goodrich, nominate. Frank
H. Hyland Of Devils Lake, for tenn.
porary chairman. There was no op-
position and Hyland was elected
unanimously. He Immediately took
the chair.
Hyland Makes Speech
Hyland, in the first speech Of the
convention, reciteG the history Of
the movement against radicals
Citing the fact that the state now
owes $37 ,O0O, 900 and nays 81, zoe, 000
a year in interest, he said the state
Of North Dakota is paying So 9
minute "for Nonpartisat foolish.
ness"
Hyland urged the delegates to
take their time and do their work
we'll rather than try to rush il
through. He promised to advise the
convention when important commit.
tees would report so that each dele.
gate could be on hand when votes
are taken.
Attacking the idea Of the govern
ment in business, Hyland cited the
record of the federal postoffice "as
one of the biggest money losers" in
history.
In his rulings he promise to b.
as fair as he knows how.
Pars0ns Is Secretary
Harry E. Polk Of Williams county
nominated Tom L. johnson of Dunn
county for secretary and j. c. Oberg
Burleigh county, nominated w. f.
Parsons, Bismarck. Both were
elected, the chairman suggesting
that it would be we'll to have two
secretaries.
Members of the credentials COM
mittee were named as follows: G.
A. Fraser, Cass county; C. B. Nc
Mullan, Cavalier county; ]. K. Olaf
son, Pembina county; A. ]. Rulon,
Stutsman county, and Claude Tur-
ner, Stark county.
Personal Ambitions Secondary
While waiting for the credentials
committee to report the convention
listened to q speech by J. e. Davis
OF Goodrich. He urged that inter.
est Of candidates and personal am.
billions be least aside in the inter.
est OF the people of the state and
the protection of private property
from unreasonable inroads of gov.
ernment."
The people are not so interested
in who is in public office, he said
as In what the persons in office dc
while there.
The platform, he said, should
really mean something and be cal.
culated to inspire confidence on thu
part OF the voters, not merely doc
ument intended to catch votes.
The candidates, he said, should
pledge themselves to stand firmly
on the platform. He urged strict
economy in government and the re.
moval Of all unnecessary employees
from the state payroll in the inter
ests OF the taxpayer.
The convention should do what il
can to promote agriculture produce
ton, transportation and marketing
with resultant benefit to the farm
er, Davis said.
Politically Important
Judge McKenna of Napoleon als1
addressed the convention, declaring
this to be an important convention
in the political history OF North Da-
kota. What the state needs, he said
is harmony, not diversity Of inter-
est.
Hyland suggested that the execu-
tive committee recommend q method
of procedure or order Of business
of the convention. It was decided,
however, to wait until the cre1en-
tails committee reports before per-
fecting the permanent convention
organization and proceeding with
committee appointments.
Judge B. F. Spaulding OF Fargo
made a brief address, declaring II
is the duty OF the Independents to
give the country at large differ
emit idea Of North Dakota than il
now has.
Asking for harmony in the party
ranks, he said If convention is
fairly run ther.- is no excuse TO-. any
one sulking in his tent when the con-
vention is in order. Whatever per-
sonal disappointments may be
caused, he urged united support OF
the party, its ticket and platform.
Citing open discussion as of bene.
fit to harmony, Spauldir@ reviewed
some conventions of the early his.
tory Of the state and urged dele
gates to this convention to take q
lesson from the past and do their
fighting in the convention, but ia
support the action Of the convention
after it has closed.
New Call to Battle
Senator Alfred Steel Of James.
town cited the Nonpartisan league
platform as q new call to battle
which Independents should heed
This, he said, came at q time wher
political bitterness had almost dis
appeared and would have beer
worthy Of the Nonpartisal league Of
1917. The Nonpartisan platform. hi
said, means that the independents
must renew their efforts to "prevent
advance Of radicalism" in this state
Steel's closing declaration thai
1--WE must 60 out Of this convention
hall q united people," drew pro
longed cheers. It was interpreted
~ q declaration from adherents o.
John w. Carr that they would sup
port whatever action the convention
may take.
Some Delegates Fail to Come I.
The credentials committee salt
some delegates had not appeared o.
sent proxies and that delegation
from counties with missing delega
lions should cast the votes OF theil
missing colleagues.
The Temporary convention or0an