The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-05
MADDOX STILL
KEEPS SILENCE
ON NOMINATION
Hope Fades for Union Of Non
partisans and Independents
on Central Body
ANDERSON WILL QUIT
Democrats Having Trouble
Making Harmony a Com. !,
mites Are Appointed

BY Z vote Of a to ( the Non.
partisan group of the Republi.
can state .tral committee to.
day tabled . report BY it, con.
ference committee In which the
committee commended support
Of Herbert Hoover for president
and expressed confidence that
he would work out Z solution
for the farm problem.
1t was expected that the In.
dependent members Of the state
central committee would refuse
to join with the Nonpartissns IN
perfecting . state organization
as = result OF this action.
Whether or not . joint organisa-
ton could Be perfected was
doubtful up to that time.
The fight against the com.
mittee report was led BY Frank
vogel, Of Cole Harbor and r. w.
Frazier Of Crosby.
The Democratic committee
went into executive session at
ESQ o'clock p. m. 1t the Patter.
son hotel, where temporary
headquarters are being main.
tained. The resolutions commit.
tee met st 1:3O and late this
afternoon neither committee had
reported.
The committee had just been
allied to order with w. A. Thatcher
II Bottineac as temporary chairman
Ind Ray Smith, Bottineau, - sscre-
,ary when the committee presented
is report. It was contended that
he resolution was out Of order and
he motion to table IL made on that
,asis.
Some Nonpartisans explained that
he committee organisation had not
,een perfected and That the resolu.
ion was tabled for that reason. lts
sponsors admitted, however, that th1
vote was in the nature Of 4. test and
hat the resolution could not be ex-
2ected to pass.
The text Of the resolution follows
Whereas North Dakota 10 primar.
ly an agricultural state and recog.
aizing the serious need Of national
agricultural relief and fully believ.
ng in the statement Of Herbert
Hoover that the condition Of agricul.
ure is the outstanding current m.
ional problem, and in his sincerity
Il purpose, and the ability to solve
he problem, we heartily endorse the
.andidacy + Herbert Hoover and
curtis for president and vice presi.
lent Of the United States.
Further, we heartily endorse the
stand Of Herbert Hoover on the con.
'truction Of the Great Lakes Inland
waterway, believing th.t aid of thu
will result in marked
'enefit to the agricultural north
vest.'
The resolutions committee Of ths
tate democrat central COMMITTEES
adjourned at 2:30 p. m. to attend the
executive session without adopting
resolutions.
At the executive meeting they in.
Heated that they would ask for more
ime to complete their work. They
'efused to t-ivulge any action which
night have been taken.
The meeting opened shortly after
p. m. ]. A. Gray, Lisbon. read
he resolution to the body, and "a
argument ensued when Gray moved
hat the resolution be adopted. Il
vas moved, seconded, and carried
hat the action on the resolution b
abled.
r. r. Smith, Bottineau, acted q
secretary.
Upon motion that . credentials
of five men be appointed
o Immediately act upon credentials,
Thatcher appointed G. Patterson,
)onnybrook; H. P. Halvorsou,
o. E. Erickson. Tappen;
!. A. Gray, Lisbon, and p. II. Nil
er. The meeting was then tenn
,orarily adjourned 90 the creden-
ials committee could make their
lecisions. The meeting was to re-
une in . few minutes, after the
had functioned.
Leaders Of the Republican and
|SIUU&4 3tSS P0S StSSB WSS0 OtS1v1Qk -
lay for some solution to tho diff
'ulties which face them.
The Republicans were striving,
Nth no marked success, TO reach n
lgreement whereby Hoover viii 70
eive the united support Of tho two
eading factions without compromis-
n1 their respective stands On StatG
ssues which have been considered q
paramount importance for the last
o years.
Talk Of . united party and of the
possibility that each group would
'ecogni1o the same STATE central
committee w1s lees hopeful today,
The two factions have maintained
separate STATE GENITAL eognmittoeo "a
'ecent years, although The Nonper.
isans have had . majority u ~
eeally elected comuaittoomon. WIN
;hs Nonpartisans might ~ Vlth s..
|pect to state issue1 MaS IN cooG1.
,ration which mado ~ h1opG @ 0
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